To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to references to such laws.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Antitrust Technical Corrections Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Act of March 3, 1913.--The Act of March 3, 1913 (chapter 114, 
37 Stat. 731; 15 U.S.C. 30) is repealed.
    (b) Panama Canal Act.--Section 11 of the Panama Canal Act (37 Stat. 
566; 15 U.S.C. 31) is amended by striking the undesignated paragraph 
that begins ``No vessel permitted''.
    (c) Sherman Act.--Section 3 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 3) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 3.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, 
or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize 
any part of the trade or commerce in any Territory of the United States 
or of the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and 
another, or between any such Territory or Territories and any State or 
States or the District of Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between 
the District of Columbia, and any State or States or foreign nations, 
shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall 
be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a corporation, or, if 
any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three 
years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.''.
    (d) Wilson Tariff Act.--
            (1) Technical amendment.--The Wilson Tariff Act (28 Stat. 
        509; 15 U.S.C. 8 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) by striking section 77; and
                    (B) in section 78--
                            (i) by striking ``76, and 77'' and 
                        inserting ``and 76''; and
                            (ii) by redesignating such section as 
                        section 77.
            (2) Conforming amendments to other laws.--
                    (A) Clayton act.--Subsection (a) of the 1st section 
                of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)) is amended by 
                striking ``seventy-seven'' and inserting ``seventy-
                six''.
                    (B) Federal trade commission act.--Section 4 of the 
                Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is amended 
                by striking ``77'' and inserting ``76''.
                    (C) Packers and stockyards act, 1921.--Section 
                405(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
                U.S.C. 225(a)) is amended by striking ``77'' and 
                inserting ``76''.
                    (D) Atomic energy act of 1954.--Section 105 of the 
                Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2135) is amended 
                by striking ``seventy-seven'' and inserting ``seventy-
                six''.
                    (E) Deep seabed hard mineral resources act.--
                Section 103(d)(7) of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral 
                Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1413(d)(7)) is amended by 
                striking ``77'' and inserting ``76''.
    (e) Clayton Act.--The first section 27 of the Clayton Act (15 
U.S.C. 27) is redesignated as section 28 and is transferred so as to 
appear at the end of such Act.
    (f) Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act.--Section 
5(a)(2) of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act 
(Public Law 105-271) is amended by inserting a period after 
``failure''.
    (g) Atomic Energy Act of 1954.--Section 105 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2135) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking the first sentence and 
        inserting the following:
``Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify or supersede the 
antitrust laws (as defined in subsection (a) of the first section of 
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)) and referred to in this section as 
`antitrust laws'), or the application of section 5 of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45), to the extent that section 5 applies to 
unfair methods of competition.'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``the laws cited above'' 
        and inserting ``the antitrust laws'';
            (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``the foregoing Acts'' 
        and inserting ``the antitrust laws''; and
            (4) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraphs (5) and (7), by striking ``the 
                antitrust laws as specified in subsection 105 a'' and 
                inserting ``the antitrust laws''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) This subsection shall not apply to an application for 
        a license to construct or operate a utilization facility under 
        section 103 or 104(b) if the application is pending on or filed 
        after the date of enactment of this subsection. This paragraph 
        shall not affect the authority of the Commission to enforce 
        antitrust conditions included in licenses issued under section 
        103 or 104(b) before the date of enactment of this 
        paragraph.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application to Cases.--(1) Section 2(a) shall apply to cases 
pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (2) The amendments made by subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 
2 shall apply only with respect to cases commenced on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.




                                                       

Summary: Antitrust Technical Corrections Act of 2001 - Repeals: (1) the Act of March 3, 1913, requiring proceedings for the taking of depositions for use in suits in equity brought by the United States under the Sherman Act to be open to the public. And (2) provisions of the Panama Canal Act which bar use of the Panama Canal to violators of antitrust laws. Amends the Sherman Act to apply the prohibitions against monopolizing trade or commerce among the States or with foreign nations to monopolizing trade or foreign commerce in or among any US Territories and the District of Columbia. Amends the Wilson Tariff Act to repeal provisions that authorized any person injured in his business or property by reason of anything prohibited by such Act to sue therefor in US circuit court and to recover treble damages and the costs of suit. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to exempt an application for a license to construct or operate a utilization facility that is pending on or filed after the enactment date of this Act from the requirement that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission transmit atomic energy license applications to the Attorney General. Makes this Act effective on the date of this Act's enactment, with exceptions relating to: (1) the Panama Canal Act. And (2) the Panama Canal Act, the Sherman Act, and the Wilson Tariff Act .