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SEC. 214. RIGHTS, AUTHORITIES, AND LIABILITIES NOT AF-
FECTED.
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to—
(1) affect the rights of the Antitrust Division to
seek a stay or protective order in a civil action based
on conduct covered by an antitrust leniency agree-
ment to prevent the cooperation described in section
213(b) from impairing or impeding the investigation
or prosecution by the Antitrust Division of conduct
covered by the agreement;
(2) create any right to challenge any decision by
the Antitrust Division with respect to an antitrust le-
niency agreement; or
(3) affect, in any way, the joint and several li-
ability of any party to a civil action described in sec-
tion 213(a), other than that of the antitrust leniency
applicant and cooperating individuals as provided in
section 213(a) of this title.
SEC. 215. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR ANTITRUST VIOLA-
TIONS.
(a) RESTRAINT OF TRADE AMONG THE STATES.—Sec-
tion 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1) is amended by—
(1) 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$100,000,000’’;
(2) 
striking 
‘‘$350,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$1,000,000’’; and
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(3) striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’.
(b) MONOPOLIZING TRADE.—Section 2 of the Sherman
Act (15 U.S.C. 2) is amended by—
(1) 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$100,000,000’’;
(2) 
striking 
‘‘$350,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$1,000,000’’; and
(3) striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’.
(c) OTHER RESTRAINTS OF TRADE.—Section 3 of the
Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 3) is amended by—
(1) 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$100,000,000’’;
(2) 
striking 
‘‘$350,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$1,000,000’’; and
(3) striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’.
Subtitle B—Tunney Act Reform
SEC. 221. PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF
PURPOSES.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) the purpose of the Tunney Act was to
ensure that the entry of antitrust consent judg-
ments is in the public interest; and
(B) it would misconstrue the meaning and
Congressional intent in enacting the Tunney Act
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to limit the discretion of district courts to review
antitrust consent judgments solely to deter-
mining whether entry of those consent judgments
would make a ‘‘mockery of the judicial func-
tion’’.
(2) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this section is to
effectuate the original Congressional intent in enact-
ing the Tunney Act and to ensure that United States
settlements of civil antitrust suits are in the public
interest.
(b) PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION.—Section 5 of
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 16) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d), by inserting at the end the
following: ‘‘Upon application by the United States,
the district court may, for good cause (based on a
finding that the expense of publication in the Federal
Register exceeds the public interest benefits to be
gained from such publication), authorize an alter-
native method of public dissemination of the public
comments received and the response to those com-
ments.’’;
(2) in subsection (e)—
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1),
by—
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(i) striking ‘‘court may’’ and inserting
‘‘court shall’’; and
(ii) inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Before’’;
and
(B) striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(A) the competitive impact of such judgment,
including termination of alleged violations, provisions
for enforcement and modification, duration of relief
sought, anticipated effects of alternative remedies ac-
tually considered, whether its terms are ambiguous,
and any other competitive considerations bearing
upon the adequacy of such judgment that the court
deems necessary to a determination of whether the
consent judgment is in the public interest; and
‘‘(B) the impact of entry of such judgment upon
competition in the relevant market or markets, upon
the public generally and individuals alleging specific
injury from the violations set forth in the complaint
including consideration of the public benefit, if any,
to be derived from a determination of the issues at
trial.
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire the court to conduct an evidentiary hearing or to re-
quire the court to permit anyone to intervene.’’; and
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(3) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘by any offi-
cer, director, employee, or agent of such defendant’’
before ‘‘, or other person’’.
Attest:
Secretary.