I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2926 
To transfer antitrust enforcement functions from the Federal Trade 
Commission to the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2021 
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. JORDAN, and Mr. STEUBE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To transfer antitrust enforcement functions from the Federal 
Trade Commission to the Department of Justice, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘One Agency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) It is the policy of the United States to pro-
mote the vigorous, effective, and efficient enforce-
ment of the antitrust laws. 
(2) The overlapping antitrust enforcement ju-
risdiction of the Department of Justice and the Fed-
eral Trade Commission has wasted taxpayer re-
sources, hampered enforcement efforts, and caused 
uncertainty for businesses and consumers in the 
United States. 
(3) It is preferable that primary Federal re-
sponsibility for enforcing the antitrust laws of the 
United States be given to a single agency, and the 
Department of Justice is best suited to do so. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ANTITRUST
LAWS.—The term ‘‘antitrust 
laws’’ means— 
(A) the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); 
and 
(B) the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et 
seq.). 
(2) ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY
GENERAL.—The 
term ‘‘Assistant Attorney General’’ means the As-
sistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division 
of the Department of Justice. 
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(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(4) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The term ‘‘effective 
date’’ means the date described in section 7. 
(5) FTC ANTITRUST ACTION.—The term ‘‘FTC 
antitrust action’’ means any litigation or administra-
tive proceeding initiated by the Commission that— 
(A) is supervised by an FTC Antitrust 
Unit; or 
(B) relates to the antitrust laws or section 
5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 45), as in effect on the day before the 
effective date. 
(6) FTC ANTITRUST ASSETS.—The term ‘‘FTC 
antitrust assets’’— 
(A) means all electronic or tangible records 
and files relating to matters supervised, as well 
as any physical assets or equipment owned and 
used or retained, by an FTC Antitrust Unit; 
and 
(B) does not include any office space or 
leased facilities or equipment. 
(7) FTC ANTITRUST
EMPLOYEE.—The term 
‘‘FTC antitrust employee’’ means an individual who 
on the day before the effective date is employed by 
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the Federal Trade Commission and assigned to an 
FTC Antitrust Unit. 
(8) FTC ANTITRUST
FUNCTION.—The term 
‘‘FTC antitrust function’’ means a function of the 
Commission relating to the antitrust laws or unfair 
methods of competition under section 5 of the Fed-
eral Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45), as in ef-
fect on the day before the effective date. 
(9) FTC 
ANTITRUST
FUNDING.—The term 
‘‘FTC antitrust funding’’ means— 
(A) all amounts appropriated before the ef-
fective date by an Act of Congress to the Fed-
eral Trade Commission that are designated, by 
Congress or the Commission, for an FTC Anti-
trust Unit; and 
(B) all fees collected by the Federal Trade 
Commission before the effective date under sec-
tion 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) and 
rules issued under that section. 
(10) FTC ANTITRUST UNIT.—The term ‘‘FTC 
Antitrust Unit’’ means— 
(A) the Bureau of Competition of the 
Commission; and 
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(B) each division of the Bureau of Eco-
nomics of the Commission that is designated to 
work on FTC antitrust actions. 
(11) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ means 
any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, 
right, privilege, activity, or program. 
(12) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The term ‘‘transi-
tion period’’ means the period beginning on the ef-
fective date of this Act and ending on the later of— 
(A) the date that is 1 year after the effec-
tive date of this Act; or 
(B) the date that is 180 days after the 
date described in subparagraph (A), which may 
be extended by the Assistant Attorney General 
once for an additional 180 days, if the Assist-
ant Attorney General determines that a period 
longer than the period described in subpara-
graph (A) is necessary to avoid harm to the in-
terests of the United States or the effective en-
forcement of the antitrust laws. 
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT FUNC-
TIONS FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3)(D), there shall be transferred to the De-
partment of Justice all FTC antitrust functions, 
FTC antitrust employees, FTC antitrust assets, and 
FTC antitrust funding on the earlier of— 
(A) the date determined by the Assistant 
Attorney General under paragraph (2)(B); or 
(B) the end of the transition period. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The Assistant Attorney 
General, taking care to minimize disruption to ongo-
ing enforcement matters and in consultation as nec-
essary with the Attorney General, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, the General Services Adminis-
tration, and the Chairman of the Commission, 
shall— 
(A) take all necessary actions to complete 
implementation of this Act before the end of the 
transition period; and 
(B) determine the dates certain, which 
may not be earlier than the effective date nor 
later than the end of the transition period, on 
which the transfers under paragraph (1) shall 
occur. 
(3) PERSONNEL.— 
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(A) ASSIGNMENT.—An FTC antitrust em-
ployee transferred to the Department of Justice 
under this Act shall be assigned to the Anti-
trust Division of the Department of Justice. 
(B) EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.—Except as 
provided in subparagraph (C), the transfer 
under this Act of an FTC antitrust employee 
shall not cause the employee to be separated or 
reduced in grade or compensation for 1 year 
after the transfer date. 
(C) 
EXECUTIVE
SCHEDULE.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (B), the Assistant At-
torney General may appoint an FTC antitrust 
employee in a Senior Executive Service position, 
as defined in section 3132 of title 5, United 
States Code, to a position within the Antitrust 
Division rate payable for a position at level 15, 
step 10 of the General Schedule. 
(D) VOLUNTARY NONTRANSFER OF PER-
SONNEL.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an 
FTC antitrust employee may, with the consent 
of the Chairman of the Commission, elect to re-
main an employee of the Commission assigned 
to a non-FTC Antitrust Unit. 
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(E) OFFICE SPACE.—Upon request from 
the Assistant Attorney General, and in con-
sultation as necessary with the General Services 
Administration, the Commission shall allow the 
Department of Justice to use any office space 
or leased facilities previously used by FTC anti-
trust employees until such time as the Depart-
ment of Justice may provide its own office 
space or facilities. After the transfer of FTC 
antitrust funding to the Department of Justice, 
the Department of Justice shall compensate the 
Commission for the costs of the use of such of-
fice space or leased facilities. 
(F) 
RESTRUCTURING.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Assistant Attor-
ney General is authorized to restructure the 
Antitrust Division before the expiration of the 
transition period, as the Assistant Attorney 
General determines is appropriate, to carry out 
the purposes of this Act and accomplish the ef-
ficient enforcement of the antitrust laws. 
(4) ANTITRUST ACTIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as is reason-
ably practicable during the transition period, all 
open investigations, litigations, matters, or 
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other proceedings being supervised by an FTC 
antitrust unit and relating 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, shall be transferred to and as-
sumed by the Department of Justice. 
(B) HANDLING OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRA-
TIVE
PROCEEDINGS.—Administrative 
pro-
ceedings that were initiated by the Commission, 
were unresolved as of the first day of the tran-
sition period, and relate to enforcement of the 
antitrust laws or unfair methods of competition 
under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion Act (15 U.S.C. 45), as in effect on the day 
before the effective date, shall be treated in the 
following manner: 
(i) Any such proceeding pending be-
fore an administrative law judge shall be 
dismissed without prejudice and the matter 
shall be referred to the Assistant Attorney 
General. 
(ii) For any such proceeding pending 
on appeal before the Commission, the ad-
ministrative appeal shall cease, the ruling 
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of the administrative law judge shall be 
treated as the final decision of the Com-
mission, and the Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit shall have ju-
risdiction over any appeal therefrom. 
(C) INTERVENTION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In any FTC anti-
trust action before a court of the United 
States as of the first day of the transition 
period, the court shall allow the Depart-
ment of Justice to— 
(I) intervene and assume rep-
resentation of the Federal Govern-
ment from the Commission; and 
(II) amend any complaint origi-
nally brought by the Commission for 
the purpose of alleging violations of 
statutes other than the Federal Trade 
Commission Act as necessary and 
where appropriate. 
(ii) SCHEDULING
ORDER
UPON
RE-
QUEST.—Upon the request of the Commis-
sion or the Department of Justice, and in 
consultation with all parties to the matter, 
the court shall issue an order making such 
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scheduling adjustments as necessary to fa-
cilitate the transfer of prosecutorial re-
sponsibilities under this subparagraph. 
(D) CONSENT DECREES.—At the end of 
the transition period, the Department of Justice 
shall have sole authority to enforce violations 
of, approve modifications to, or rescind any con-
sent decree entered into by the Commission be-
fore the effective date that concerns conduct al-
leged to violate 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. 
(5) AUTHORITY
TO
CONDUCT
INVESTIGATIVE 
STUDIES.— 
(A) REPORTS
OF
PERSONS, 
PARTNER-
SHIPS, AND CORPORATIONS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Department of 
Justice may require, by general or special 
orders, persons, partnerships, and corpora-
tions, engaged in or whose business affects 
commerce to file with the Department in 
such form as the Department may pre-
scribe annual or special reports or answers 
in writing to specific questions, furnishing 
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to the Department such information as the 
Department may require as to the organi-
zation, business, conduct, practices, man-
agement, and relation to other corpora-
tions, partnerships, and individuals of the 
respective persons, partnerships, and cor-
porations filing such reports or answers in 
writing. 
(ii) OATH.—Reports and answers re-
quired under clause (i) shall— 
(I) be made under oath or other-
wise as the Department may pre-
scribe; 
(II) pertain solely to competition 
or the application of the antitrust 
laws; and 
(III) be filed with the Depart-
ment within such reasonable period as 
the Department may prescribe, unless 
additional time be granted in any case 
by the Department. 
(B) PUBLICATION
OF
INFORMATION
OR 
REPORTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the Department of Justice— 
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(II) EXCEPTION.—The Depart-
ment may disclose information de-
scribed in subclause (I) to— 
(aa) officers and employees 
of appropriate Federal law en-
forcement agencies or to any offi-
cer or employee of any State law 
enforcement agency upon the 
prior certification of an officer of 
any such Federal or State law 
enforcement agency that such in-
formation will be maintained in 
confidence and will be used only 
for official law enforcement pur-
poses; or 
(bb) any officer or employee 
of any foreign law enforcement 
agency under the same cir-
cumstances that making material 
available to foreign law enforce-
ment agencies is permitted under 
section 21(b) of the Federal 
Trade 
Commission 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 57b–2(b)). 
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(6) BENEFIT
OF
ANTITRUST
DIVISION.—All 
FTC antitrust assets and FTC antitrust funding 
transferred under this subsection shall be for the ex-
clusive use and benefit of the Antitrust Division of 
the Department of Justice. 
(b) TRANSITION PERIOD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), beginning on the effective date, the Com-
mission may not— 
(A) hire or assign an employee to an FTC 
Antitrust Unit; 
(B) open a new investigation or matter 
within an FTC Antitrust Unit or relating to 
antitrust enforcement; 
(C) without the approval of the Assistant 
Attorney General, enter into a consent decree, 
enter into a settlement agreement, or otherwise 
resolve an FTC antitrust action; or 
(D) initiate a new FTC antitrust action. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DE-
PARTMENT
OF
JUSTICE.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), during the transition period, the Assist-
ant Attorney General may deputize an FTC Anti-
trust Employee to investigate or prosecute an al-
leged violation of the antitrust laws on behalf of the 
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Department of Justice before the completion of the 
transfer of personnel under subsection (a)(3). 
(3) SAME RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, during the transition pe-
riod all Department of Justice employees under 
the supervision of the Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral shall have the same rights and obligations 
with respect to confidential information sub-
mitted to the Commission as FTC antitrust em-
ployees on the day before the effective date. 
(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this paragraph may be construed as implying 
any change to the rights and obligations de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) as a result of this 
Act. 
(c) AGREEMENTS.—The Assistant Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Chairman of the Commission, 
shall— 
(1) review any agreements between the Com-
mission and any other Federal agency or any foreign 
law enforcement agency; and 
(2) before the end of the transition period, seek 
to amend, transfer, or rescind such agreements as 
necessary and appropriate to carry out this Act, en-
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deavoring to complete such amendment, transfer, or 
rescindment with all due haste. 
(d) RULES.—The Attorney General shall, pursuant 
to section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) and in 
accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
prescribe or amend any rules as necessary to carry out 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. REMOVAL OF REVIEW AUTHORITY FROM FEDERAL 
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND STATE 
ENTITIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered transaction’’ means any 
acquisition, assignment, or transfer of control of— 
(A) any license, authorization, or line sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or 
(B) any authorization, certificate, fran-
chise, or other instrument issued by a State 
commission or franchising authority; and 
(2) the terms ‘‘State commission’’ and ‘‘fran-
chising authority’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in sections 3 and 602, respectively, of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153, 522). 
(b) REVIEW OF COMMUNICATIONS TRANSACTIONS.— 
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(1) SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE.—Notwithstanding any provision of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et 
seq.) or any law or regulation of a State or political 
subdivision thereof, the review of the competitive im-
pact of any proposed covered transaction shall be 
solely the responsibility of the Department of Justice 
pursuant to the antitrust laws, and neither the Fed-
eral Communications Commission nor any State 
commission or franchising authority shall have any 
authority to conduct such review. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In reviewing the competi-
tive impact of a proposed covered transaction, the 
Attorney General shall solicit and consider the views 
of the Federal Communications Commission. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF PUBLIC INTEREST STAND-
ARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A determination of the Fed-
eral Communications Commission described in para-
graph (2) with respect to a proposed covered trans-
action shall be limited to an assessment of whether 
the acquirer, assignee, or transferee meets the tech-
nical, financial, character, and citizenship qualifica-
tions that the Commission has prescribed by rule 
under the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
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151 et seq.) to hold that license, authorization, or 
line. 
(2) DETERMINATIONS.—A determination de-
scribed in this paragraph is a determination pursu-
ant to section 214(a) or 310(d) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(a), 310(d)) as to 
whether a proposed covered transaction would serve 
the public interest, without regard to whether the 
determination is phrased as whether the present or 
future public convenience and necessity require or 
will require the transaction or whether the public in-
terest, convenience, and necessity will be served by 
the transaction. 
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CLAYTON ACT.—The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 13)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Trade Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney 
General of the United States’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Com-
mission’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney General of 
the United States’’; 
(2) in section 5(a) (15 U.S.C. 16(a)), in the 
second sentence, by striking ‘‘, except that, in any 
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action or proceeding brought under the antitrust 
laws, collateral estoppel effect shall not be given to 
any finding made by the Federal Trade Commission 
under the antitrust laws or under section 5 of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act which could give rise 
to a claim for relief under the antitrust laws’’; 
(3) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 18)— 
(A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by 
striking ‘‘and no person subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the Federal Trade Commission shall ac-
quire the whole or any part of the assets of an-
other person engaged also in commerce or in 
any activity affecting commerce’’; and 
(B) in the second undesignated paragraph, 
by striking ‘‘and no person subject to the juris-
diction of the Federal Trade Commission shall 
acquire the whole or any part of the assets of 
one or more persons engaged in commerce or in 
any activity affecting commerce’’; 
(4) in section 7A (15 U.S.C. 18a)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘the Fed-
eral Trade Commission and’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘Federal Trade Commission and the’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Trade Commission and’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Trade Commission and’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘Federal Trade Commis-
sion, with the concurrence of the Assistant 
Attorney General and’’ and inserting ‘‘At-
torney General of the United States’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Trade Commission and’’; 
(D) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘Federal Trade Commission or 
the’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘and the Federal Trade Com-
mission shall each’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘Federal Trade 
Commission or the’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘its or’ ’’; 
(III) by striking ‘‘the Federal 
Trade Commission or’’ each place the 
term appears; and 
(IV) by striking ‘‘, as the case 
may be,’’; 
(E) in subsection (f)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Federal Trade 
Commission, alleging that a proposed ac-
quisition violates section 7 of this Act or 
section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission 
Act, or an action is filed by’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Federal Trade 
Commission or’’; 
(F) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter fol-
lowing subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the Fed-
eral Trade Commission or’’; 
(G) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘or the 
Federal Trade Commission’’; 
(H) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Trade Commission or’’ each place 
the term appears; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘or the Federal Trade Com-
mission’’; and 
(J) by striking ‘‘, the Federal Trade Com-
mission Act,’’; and 
(5) in section 8(a)(5) (15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5)), in 
the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Federal Trade 
Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney General of the 
United States’’. 
(b) CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY ANTITRUST RELIEF 
ACT OF 1995.—Section 3(1) of the Charitable Gift Annu-
ity Antitrust Relief Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 37a(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, except that such term includes sec-
tion 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
45) to the extent that such section 5 applies to unfair 
methods of competition’’. 
(c) PENSION FUNDING EQUITY ACT OF 2004.—Sec-
tion 207(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Pension Funding Equity Act 
of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 37b(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, except that such term includes section 5 of the Fed-
eral Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent 
such section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition’’. 
(d) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT.—The Fed-
eral Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is 
amended— 
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(1) in section 5 (15 U.S.C. 45)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘methods of competition in or affecting 
commerce, and unfair’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3); 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘unfair method of competition or’’; and 
(ii) in the fifth sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the method of 
competition or’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘method of com-
petition or such’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the first sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘method of com-
petition or’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘method of com-
petition or the’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘or to competitors’’; 
(D) by striking subsection (e); 
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(E) in subsection (g), by striking para-
graph (4); and 
(F) in subsection (n), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘or to competition’’; 
(2) in section 6 (15 U.S.C. 46)— 
(A) by striking subsections (c) through (e) 
and (i); 
(B) by redesignating— 
(i) subsections (f), (g), and (h) as 
subsections (c) through (e), respectively; 
and 
(ii) subsections (j) through (l) as sub-
sections (f) through (h), respectively; 
(C) in subsection (f)(1), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘other than Federal antitrust 
laws (as defined in section 12(5) of the Inter-
national Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act 
of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 6211(5))),’’; and 
(D) in subsection (h)(2), as so redesig-
nated, in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘or competition’’; 
(3) by repealing section 7 (15 U.S.C. 47); 
(4) in section 11 (15 U.S.C. 51), by striking 
‘‘antitrust Acts or the’’ each place the term appears; 
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(5) in section 18 (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(2)), by 
striking the second sentence; 
(6) in section 20 (15 U.S.C. 57b–1)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 
in any antitrust violations’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or 
any provisions relating to antitrust viola-
tions’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘or 
any antitrust violation’’; and 
(iv) by striking paragraph (8); 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘or to 
antitrust violations,’’; and 
(C) in subsection (j)(1), by striking ‘‘, any 
proceeding under section 11(b) of the Clayton 
Act (15 U.S.C. 21(b)),’’; 
(7) in section 21(b)(6) (15 U.S.C. 57b– 
2(b)(6)), in the matter following subparagraph (D), 
by striking ‘‘paragraphs (5) and (7)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (4) and (6)’’; and 
(8) in section 21A (15 U.S.C. 57b–2a)— 
(A) by striking subsection (f); 
(B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f); 
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(C) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ each place the 
term appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 
and 
(D) in section 24 (15 U.S.C. 57b–5(a)), by 
striking ‘‘for any conduct which, because of the 
provisions of the Act entitled ‘An Act to author-
ize association of producers of agricultural 
products’, approved February 18, 1922 (7 
U.S.C. 291 et seq., commonly known as the 
Capper-Volstead Act), is not a violation of any 
of the antitrust Acts or this Act’’. 
(e) WEBB-POMERENE ACT.—The Webb-Pomerene 
Act (15 U.S.C. 61 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by repealing section 4 (15 U.S.C. 64); and 
(2) in section 5— 
(A) in the first undesignated paragraph— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘Federal Trade Commission’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Attorney General of the United 
States’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘commission’’ each place the term appears 
and inserting ‘‘Attorney General of the 
United States’’; 
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(B) in the second undesignated para-
graph— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘Federal Trade Commission’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Attorney General of the United 
States’’; and 
(ii) by striking the third sentence; and 
(C) by striking the third undesignated 
paragraph. 
(f) WOOL PRODUCTS LABELING ACT OF 1939.—The 
Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 68 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘an unfair method of competi-
tion, and’’ each place the term appears; and 
(2) in section 68g(b), by striking ‘‘an unfair 
method of competition and’’. 
(g) FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACT.—The Fur Prod-
ucts Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 69 et seq.) is amended by 
striking ‘‘an unfair method of competition, and’’ each 
place the term appears. 
(h) TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION 
ACT.—The Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (15 
U.S.C. 70 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘an unfair method of competi-
tion, and’’ each place the term appears; and 
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(2) in section 3 (15 U.S.C. 70a), by striking 
‘‘an unfair method of competition and’’ each place 
the term appears. 
(i) ANTITRUST CIVIL PROCESS ACT.—Section 4(d) of 
the Antitrust Civil Process Act (15 U.S.C. 1313(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) Whoever’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Whoever’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
(j) INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AS-
SISTANCE ACT
OF 1994.—The International Antitrust 
Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 6201), in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the Fed-
eral Trade Commission’’; 
(2) in section 3(b) (15 U.S.C. 6202(b)), by 
striking ‘‘and the Commission may, using their re-
spective authority to investigate possible violations of 
the Federal antitrust laws,’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 
(3) in section 5(1) (15 U.S.C. 6204(1)), by 
striking ‘‘or the Commission’’ each place the term 
appears; 
(4) in section 6 (15 U.S.C. 6205)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or the Commission’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘6(f)’’ and inserting 
‘‘6(c)’’; 
(5) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 6206)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, with the concurrence of 
the Commission,’’ each place the term appears; 
and 
(B) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘and the Commission’’; 
(6) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 6207)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Neither the Attorney Gen-
eral nor the Commission may’’ each place the 
term appears and inserting ‘‘The Attorney Gen-
eral may not’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or the 
Commission, as the case may be,’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or the 
Commission’’; and 
(D) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or the Commission’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or the Commission, 
as the case may be,’’; 
(7) in section 10 (15 U.S.C. 6209)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
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