(i) by striking ‘‘, the Commission,’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(a) In General.— 
The’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b); 
(8) in section 12 (15 U.S.C. 6211)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘and the Commis-
sion jointly determine’’ and inserting 
‘‘determines’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘jointly’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘and the Com-
mission’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘and the Commis-
sion’’ each place the term appears; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘provide’’ and in-
serting ‘‘provides’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (E)(ii), in the 
matter preceding subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘or the Commission, as the case may be,’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (F)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘or the Commis-
sion’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or the Commis-
sion, respectively,’’; and 
(v) in subparagraph (H)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘or the 
Commission’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘or the 
Commission, respectively,’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or 
the Commission’’ each place the term 
appears; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); 
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5) 
through (9) as paragraphs (4) through (8), re-
spectively; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘but also includes section 5 of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) 
to the extent that such section 5 applies to un-
fair methods of competition’’; and 
(9) in section 13 (15 U.S.C. 6212)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the Commission are’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘or the Commission, re-
spectively,’’. 
(k) MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT, 
AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2003.—Subtitle B of title 
XI of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 117 
Stat. 2461) is amended— 
(1) in the subtitle heading, by striking ‘‘Federal 
Trade Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Antitrust’’; 
(2) in section 1111 (21 U.S.C. 355 note)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (8); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(9) 
through (12) as paragraphs (8) through (11), 
respectively; 
(3) in section 1112(c) (21 U.S.C. 355 note), by 
striking ‘‘and the Commission’’ each place the term 
appears; 
(4) in section 1113 (21 U.S.C. 355 note), by 
striking ‘‘and the Commission’’; 
(5) in section 1114 (21 U.S.C. 355 note), by 
striking ‘‘or the Commission’’; 
(6) in section 1115 (21 U.S.C. 355 note)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, or 
brought by the Commission in accordance with 
the procedures established in section 16(a)(1) 
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of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 56(a))’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or the 
Commission’’; 
(7) in section 1116 (21 U.S.C. 355 note), in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘Commission, with the concurrence of the Assistant 
Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen-
eral’’; and 
(8) in section 1117 (21 U.S.C. 355 note), by 
striking ‘‘or the Commission’’ each place the term 
appears. 
(l) OTHER LAWS.—For any other provision of law re-
quiring the Assistant Attorney General or the Attorney 
General to consult with or seek the concurrence of the 
Commission or the Chairman of the Commission, where 
such requirement relates to the antitrust laws or unfair 
methods of competition under section 5 of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45), as in effect on the 
day before the effective date, that requirement shall be 
waived. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except where explicitly provided otherwise, this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
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on the start of the first fiscal year that is at least 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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