SECTION 1. DELAY OF SUNSET.
    Section 211(a) of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and 
Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-237; 15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by inserting ``of this subtitle'' after ``214''; and
            (B) by striking ``6 years'' and inserting ``16 years''; and
        (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Exceptions.--With respect to--
        ``(1) a person who receives a marker on or before the date on 
    which the provisions of section 211 through 214 of this subtitle 
    shall cease to have effect that later results in the execution of 
    an antitrust leniency agreement; or
        ``(2) an applicant who has entered into an antitrust leniency 
    agreement on or before the date on which the provisions of sections 
    211 through 214 of this subtitle shall cease to have effect,
the provisions of sections 211 through 214 of this subtitle shall 
continue in effect.''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    Section 212 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and 
Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-237; 15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
        (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
        ``(6) Marker.--The term `marker' means an assurance given by 
    the Antitrust Division to a candidate for corporate leniency that 
    no other company will be considered for leniency, for some finite 
    period of time, while the candidate is given an opportunity to 
    perfect its leniency application.''.
SEC. 3. TIMELINESS; COOPERATION AFTER TERMINATION OF STAY OR PROTECTIVE 
ORDER.
    (a) Timeliness.--Section 213(c) of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 
Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-237; 15 U.S.C. 1 
note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Timeliness.--The court shall consider, in making the 
determination concerning satisfactory cooperation described in 
subsection (b), the timeliness of the applicant's or cooperating 
individual's cooperation with the claimant.''.
    (b) Cooperation After Termination of Stay or Protective Order.--
Section 213 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-237; 15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended by adding 
at the end the following--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Cooperation After Expiration of Stay or Protective Order.--If 
the Antitrust Division does obtain a stay or protective order in a 
civil action based on conduct covered by an antitrust leniency 
agreement, once the stay or protective order, or a portion thereof, 
expires or is terminated, the antitrust leniency applicant and 
cooperating individuals shall provide without unreasonable delay any 
cooperation described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) that 
was prohibited by the expired or terminated stay or protective order, 
or the expired or terminated portion thereof, in order for the 
cooperation to be deemed satisfactory under such paragraphs.''.
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
    Section 214 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and 
Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-237; 15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``of this subtitle'' after 
    ``213(b)''; and
        (2) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) by inserting ``of this subtitle'' after ``213(a)'' the 
        1st place it appears; and
            (B) by striking ``title'' and inserting ``subtitle''.
SEC. 5. GAO REPORT.
    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate, a report on the effectiveness of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 
Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004, both in criminal investigation and 
enforcement by the Department of Justice, and in private civil actions. 
Such report should include study of, inter alia--
        (1) the appropriateness of the addition of qui tam proceedings 
    to the antitrust leniency program; and
        (2) the appropriateness of creating anti-retaliatory protection 
    for employees who report illegal anticompetitive conduct.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.
    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect immediately 
before June 22, 2010.
SEC. 7. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
Amends the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to: (1) extend until June 22, 2020, provisions of that Act limiting civil damages in antitrust enforcement actions involving conduct covered by antitrust leniency agreements; and (2) revise the timeliness requirements applicable to an antitrust leniency applicant for cooperating in an antitrust enforcement proceeding, including the timeliness of cooperation after a stay or protective order has expired or terminated.

Directs the Comptroller General, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the congressional Judiciary Committees a report on the effectiveness of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004, both in criminal investigation and enforcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ), and in private civil actions. Requires such report to include a study of the appropriateness of the addition of qui tam proceedings to the antitrust leniency program and of creating anti-retaliatory protection for employees who report illegal anticompetitive conduct.

Provides for compliance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
To amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to extend the operation of such Act, and for other purposes.