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Calendar No. 352

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1764

To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to references

to such laws.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 21, 1999

Mr. DEWINE (for himself and Mr. KOHL) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

OCTOBER 28, 1999

Reported by Mr. HATCH, without amendment

A BILL

To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and

to references to such laws.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust Technical

5 Corrections and Improvements Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

2 (a) PANAMA CANAL ACT.—Section 11 of the Panama

3 Canal Act (37 Stat. 566; 15 U.S.C. 31) is amended by

4 striking the undesignated paragraph that begins ‘‘No ves5 sel permitted’’.

6 (b) SHERMAN ACT.—Section 3 of the Sherman Act

7 (15 U.S.C. 2) is amended—

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 3.—’’; and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(b) Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt

11 to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other per12 son or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or

13 commerce among the territories or possessions of the

14 United States and the District of Columbia, or between

15 any of the several States and any territory or possession

16 of the United States or the District of Columbia, shall be

17 deemed guilty of a felony and on conviction thereof, shall

18 be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a cor19 poration, or, if any other person $350,000, or by imprison20 ment not exceeding 3 years, or by both said punishments,

21 in the discretion of the court.’’.

22 (c) WILSON TARIFF ACT.—

23 (1) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The Wilson

24 Tariff Act (28 Stat. 509, 570) is amended—

25 (A) by striking section 77;
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1 (B) by redesignating section 78 as section

2 77; and

3 (C) in section 77, as redesignated by sub4 paragraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking

5 ‘‘76, and 77’’ and inserting ‘‘and 76’’.

6 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER

7 LAWS.—

8 (A) CLAYTON ACT.—Subsection (a) of the

9 first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C.

10 12(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘seventy-seven’’

11 and inserting ‘‘seventy-six’’.

12 (B) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT.—

13 Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act

14 (15 U.S.C. 44) is amended by striking ‘‘77’’

15 and inserting ‘‘76’’.

16 (C) PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT,

17 1921.—Section 405(a) of the Packers and

18 Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 225(a)) is

19 amended by striking ‘‘77’’ and inserting ‘‘76’’.

20 (D) ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954.—Sec21 tion 105 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42

22 U.S.C. 2135) is amended by striking ‘‘seventy23 seven’’ and inserting ‘‘seventy-six’’.

24 (E) DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RE25 SOURCES ACT.—Section 103(d)(7) of the Deep
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1 Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C.

2 1413(d)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘77’’ and

3 inserting ‘‘76’’.

4 (d) CLAYTON ACT.—The section designated as sec5 tion 27 of the Clayton Act that was added by section 3

6 of the Curt Flood Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–297) is

7 redesignated as section 28 of that Act.

8 (e) YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DIS9 CLOSURE ACT.—Section 5(a)(2) of the Year 2000 Infor10 mation and Readiness Disclosure Act is amended by add11 ing a period after ‘‘failure’’.

Calendar No. 352

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1764

A BILL

To make technical corrections to various antitrust

laws and to references to such laws.

OCTOBER 28, 1999

Reported without amendment