106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1801
AN ACT
To make technical corrections to various antitrust
laws and to references to such laws.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1801
AN ACT
To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and
to references to such laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust Technical
Corrections Act of 1999’’.
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 re-
pealed.
(b) PANAMA CANAL ACT.— Section 11 of the Pan-
ama 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 per-
son 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 pun-
ished 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. 570; 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 in-
serting ‘‘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.—Sec-
tion 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
RE-
SOURCES 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’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (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 enact-
ment 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.
Passed the House of Representatives November 2,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.