International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994
PL 103-438 (H.R.4781), enacted 11/02/1994

PUBLIC LAW 103-438—NOV. 2, 1994 
108 STAT. 4597 
Public Law 103-438 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To facilitate obtaining foreign-located antitrust evidence by authorizing the Attorney 
General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission to provide, 
in accordance with antitrust mutual assistance agreements, antitrust evidence 
to foreign antitrust authorities on a reciprocal basis; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "International Antitrust Enforce-
ment Assistance Act of 1994". 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE TO A FOREIGN ANTITRUST AUTHORITY OF ANTI-
TRUST EVIDENCE. 
In accordance with an antitrust mutual assistance agreement 
in effect under this Act, subject to section 8, and except as provided 
in section 5, the Attorney General of the United States and the 
Federal Trade Commission may provide to a foreign antitrust 
authority with respect to which such agreement is in effect under 
this Act, antitrust evidence to assist the foreign antitrust author-
i t y -
CD in determining whether a person has violated or is 
about to violate any of the foreign antitrust laws administered 
or enforced by the foreign antitrust authority, or 
(2) in enforcing any of such foreign antitrust laws. 
SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIONS TO ASSIST A FOREIGN ANTITRUST AUTHOR-
ITY IN OBTAINING ANTITRUST EVIDENCE. 
(a) REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE.—^A request by 
a foreign antitrust authority for investigative assistance under this 
section shall be made to the Attorney Greneral, who may deny 
the request in whole or in part. No further action shall be taken 
under this section with respect to any part of a request that has 
been denied by the Attorney General. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE.—In accordance with an anti-
trust mutual assistance agreement in effect under this Act, subject 
to section 8, and except as provided in section 5, the Attorney 
General and the Commission may, using their respective authority 
to investigate possible violations of the Federal antitrust laws, 
conduct investigations to obtain antitrust evidence relating to a 
possible violation of the foreign antitrust laws administered or 
enforced by the foreign antitrust authority with respect to which 
such agreement is in effect under this Act, and may provide such 
antitrust evidence to the foreign antitrust authority, to assist the 
foreign antitrust authority— 
Nov. 2, 1994 
[H.R. 4781] 
International 
Antitrust 
Enforcement 
Assistance 
Act of 1994. 
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(1) in determining whether a person has violated or is 
about to violate any of such foreign antitrust laws, or 
(2) in enforcing any of such foreign antitrust laws. 
(c) SPECIAL SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—An investigation may be 
conducted under subsection (b), and antitrust evidence obtained 
through such investigation may be provided, without regard to 
whether the conduct investigated violates any of the Federal anti-
trust laws. 
(d) RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES PRESERVED.—^A person may 
not 
be compelled in connection with an investigation under this section 
to give testimony or a statement, or to produce a document or 
other thing, in violation of any legally applicable right or privilege. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ANTITRUST CIVIL PROCESS ACT.—^The Antitrust Civil 
Process Act (15 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended— 
15 use 1311. 
(A) in section 2— 
(i) in subsection (d)— 
(I) by striking "or any" and inserting ", any", 
and 
(II) by inserting before the semicolon "or, with 
respect to the International Antitrust Enforcement 
Assistance Act of 1994, any of the foreign antitrust 
laws", and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
"(k) The term 'foreign antitrust laws' has the meaning 
given such term in section 12 of the International Antitrust 
Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994.", and 
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(B) in the first sentence of section 3(a)— 
(i) by inserting "or, with respect to the Inter-
national Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994, 
an investigation authorized by section 3 of such Act" 
after "investigation", and 
(ii) by inserting "by the United States" after 
"proceeding". 
(2) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT.—The Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is amended— 
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(A) in section 6 by inserting after subsection (h) the 
following: 
"(i) With respect to the International Antitrust Enforcement 
Assistance Act of 1994, to conduct investigations of possible viola-
tions of foreign antitrust laws (as defined in section 12 of such 
Act)."; 
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(B) in section 20(a) by amending paragraph (8) to read 
as follows: 
"(8) The term 'antitrust violation' means— 
"(A) any unfair method of competition (within the 
meaning of section 5(a)(1)); 
"(B) any violation of the Clajdion Act or of any other 
Federal statute that prohibits, or makes available to the 
Commission a civil remedy with respect to, any restraint 
upon or monopolization of interstate or foreign trade or 
commerce; 
"(C) with respect to the International 
Antitrust 
Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994, any violation of any 
of the foreign antitrust laws (as defined in section 12 
of such Act) with respect to which a request is made 
under section 3 of such Act; or 
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"(D) any activity in preparation for a merger, acquisi-
tion, joint venture, or similar transaction, which if con-
summated, may result in any such unfair method of 
competition or in any such violation.". 
SEC. 4. JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED 
15 USC 6203. 
STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT COURTS.—On the application 
of the Attorney General made in accordance with an antitrust 
mutual assistance agreement in effect under this Act, the United 
States district court for the district in which a person resides, 
is found, or transacts business may order such person to give 
testimony or a statement, or to produce a document or other thing, 
to the Attorney General to assist a foreign antitrust authority 
with respect to which such agreement is in effect under this Act— 
(1) in determining whether a person has violated or is 
about to violate any of the foreign antitrust laws administered 
or enforced by the foreign antitrust authority, or 
(2) in enforcing any of such foreign antitrust laws. 
(b) CONTENTS OF ORDER.— 
(1) USE OF APPOINTEE TO RECEIVE EVIDENCE,—(A) An order 
issued under subsection (a) may direct that testimony or a 
statement be given, or a document or other thing be produced, 
to a person who shall be recommended by the Attorney General 
and appointed by the court. 
(B) A person appointed under subparagraph (A) shall have 
power to administer any necessary oath and to take such testi-
mony or such statement. 
(2) PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE.—(A) An order issued under 
subsection (a) may prescribe the practice and procedure for 
taking testimony and statements and for producing documents 
and other things. 
(B) Such practice and procedure may be in whole or in 
part the practice and procedure of the foreign state, or the 
regional economic integration organization, represented by the 
foreign antitrust authority with respect to which the Attorney 
General requests such order. 
(C) To the extent such order does not prescribe otherwise, 
any testimony and statements required to be taken shall be 
taken, and any documents and other things required to be 
produced shall be produced, in accordance with the Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure. 
(c) RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES PRESERVED.—A person may not 
be compelled under an order issued under subsection (a) to give 
testimony or a statement, or to produce a document or other thing, 
in violation of any legally applicable right or privilege. 
(d) VOLUNTARY CONDUCT.—^This section does not preclude a 
person in the United States from voluntarily giving testimony or 
a statement, or producing a document or other thing, in any manner 
acceptable to such person for use in an investigation by a foreign 
antitrust authority. 
SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY. 
15USC6204. 
Sections 2, 3, and 4 shall not apply with respect to the following 
antitrust evidence: 
(1) Antitrust evidence that is received by the Attorney 
Greneral or the Commission under section 7A of the Cla3dx)n 
Act (15 U.S.C. 18a), as added by title II of the Hart-Scott-
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Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall affect the ability of the Attorney General or 
the Commission to disclose to a foreign antitrust authority 
antitrust evidence that is obtained otherwise than under such 
section 7A. 
(2) Antitrust evidence that is matter occurring before a 
grand jury and with respect to which disclosure is prevented 
by Federal law, except that for the purpose of applying Rule 
6(e)(3)(C)(iv) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with 
respect to this section— 
(A) a foreign antitrust authority with respect to which 
a particularized need for such antitrust evidence is shown 
shall be considered to be an appropriate official of any 
of the several States, and 
(B) a foreign antitrust law administered or enforced 
by the foreign antitrust authority shall be considered to 
be a State criminal law. 
(3) Antitrust evidence that is specifically authorized under 
criteria established by Executive Order 12356, or any successor 
to such order, to be kept secret in the interest of national 
defense or foreign policy, and— 
(A) that is classified pursuant to such order or such 
successor, or 
(B) with respect to which a determination of classifica-
tion is pending under such order or such successor. 
(4) Antitrust evidence that is classified under section 142 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2162). 
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SEC. 6. EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS. 
Section 4 of the Antitrust Civil Process Act (15 U.S.C. 1313), 
and sections 6(f) and 21 of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 46, 57b-2), shall not apply to prevent the Attorney 
General or the Commission from providing to a foreign antitrust 
authority antitrust evidence in accordance with an antitrust mutual 
assistance agreement in effect under this Act and in accordance 
with the other requirements of this Act. 
Federal 
SEC. 7. PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ANTITRUST 
Register, 
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS. 
publication. 
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(a) PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED ANTITRUST MUTUAL ASSISTANCE 
AGREEMENTS.—^Not less than 45 days before an antitrust mutual 
assistance agreement is entered into, the Attorney General, with 
the concurrence of the Commission, shall publish in the Federal 
Register— 
(1) the proposed text of such agreement and any modifica-
tion to such proposed text, and 
(2) a request for public comment with respect to such 
text or such modification, as the case may be. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ANTITRUST 
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS IN EFFECT.—Not less than 45 
days before an agreement is entered into that makes an amendment 
to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement, the Attorney General, 
with the concurrence of the Commission, shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register— 
(1) the proposed text of such amendment, and 
(2) a request for public comment with respect to such 
amendment. 
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108 STAT. 4601 
(c) PUBLICATION OF ANTITRUST MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREE-
MENTS, AMENDMENTS, AND TERMINATIONS.—^Not later than 45 days 
after an antitrust mutual assistance agreement is entered into 
or terminated, or an agreement that makes an amendment to 
an antitrust mutual assistance agreement is entered into, the Attor-
ney General, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall publish 
in the Federal Register— 
(1) the text of the antitrust mutual assistance agreement 
or amendment, or the terms of the termination, as the case 
may be, and 
(2) in the case of an agreement that makes an amendment 
to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement, a notice contain-
ing— 
(A) citations to the locations in the Federal Register 
at which the text of the antitrust mutual assistance agree-
ment that is so amended, and of any previous amendments 
to such agreement, are published, and 
(B) a description of the manner in which a copy of 
the antitrust mutual assistance agreement, as so amended, 
may be obtained from the Attorney General and the 
Commission. 
(d) CONDITION FOR VALIDITY.—^An antitrust mutual assistance 
agreement, or an agreement that makes an amendment to an 
antitrust mutual assistance agreement, with respect to which 
publication does not occur in accordance with subsections (a), (b), 
and (c) shall not be considered to be in effect under this Act. 
SEC. 8. CONDITIONS ON USE OF ANTITRUST MUTUAL ASSISTANCE 
15 USC 6207. 
AGREEMENTS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS.—Neither the Attorney General nor the 
Commission may conduct an investigation under section 3, apply 
for an order under section 4, or provide antitrust evidence to a 
foreign antitrust authority under an antitrust mutual assistance 
agreement, unless the Attorney General or the Commission, as 
the case may be, determines in the particular instance in which 
the investigation, application, or antitrust evidence is requested 
that— 
(1) the foreign antitrust authority— 
(A) will satisfy the assurances, terms, and conditions 
described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (E) of section 
12(2), and 
(B) is capable of complying with and will comply with 
the confidentiality requirements applicable under such 
agreement to the requested antitrust evidence, 
(2) providing the requested antitrust evidence will not vio-
late section 5, and 
(3) conducting such investigation, applying for such order, 
or providing the requested antitrust evidence, as the case may 
be, is consistent with the public interest of the United States, 
taking into consideration, among other factors, whether the 
foreign state or regional economic integration organization rep-
resented by the foreign antitrust authority holds any propri-
etary interest that could benefit or otherwise be affected by 
such investigation, by the granting of such order, or by the 
provision of such antitrust evidence. 
(b) LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ANTITRUST EVI-
DENCE.—Neither the Attorney General nor the Commission may 
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disclose in violation of an antitrust mutual assistance agreement 
any antitrust evidence received under such agreement, except that 
such agreement may not prevent the disclosure of such antitrust 
evidence to a defendant in an action or proceeding brought by 
the Attorney General or the Commission for a violation of any 
of the Federal laws if such disclosure would otherwise be required 
by Federal law. 
(c) REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF NOTICE RECEIVED.—If the Attor-
ney General or the Commission receives a notice described in section 
12(2)(H), the Attorney General or the Commission, as the case 
may be, shall transmit such notice to the person that provided 
the evidence with respect to which such notice is received. 
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SEC. 9. LIMITATIONS ON JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS.—Determinations made under paragraphs 
(1) and (3) of section 8(a) shall not be subject to judicial review. 
(b) 
CITATIONS TO AND DESCRIPTIONS OF CONFIDENTIALITY 
LAWS.—^Whether an antitrust mutual assistance agreement satisfies 
section 12(2)(C) shall not be subject to judicial review. 
(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.—The requirements in 
section 7 with respect to pubUcation and request for pubUc 
comment shall not be construed to create £Uiy availabmty of 
judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5 of the United States 
Code. 
(2) LAWS REFERENCED IN SECTION 5.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect the availability of judicial 
review under laws referred to in section 5. 
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SEC. 10. PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority provided by this Act is in 
addition to, and not in Ueu of, any other authority vested in the 
Attorney General, the Commission, or any other oflBcer of the United 
States. 
(b) ATTORNEY GENERAL AND COMMISSION.—This Act shall not 
be construed to modify or affect the allocation of responsibiUty 
between the Attorney General and the Commission for the enforce-
ment of the Federal antitrust laws. 
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SEC. 11. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. 
In the 30-day period beginning 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and with the concurrence of the Commission, 
the Attorney General shaW. submit, to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, 
a report— 
(1) describing how the operation of this Act has affected 
the enforcement of the Federal antitrust laws, 
(2) describing the extent to which foreign antitrust authori-
ties 
have complied with the confidentiaUty requirements 
appUcable tinder antitrust mutual assistance agreements in 
efifect under this Act, 
(3) specifying separately the identities of the foreign states, 
regional economic integration organizations, and foreign anti-
trust authorities that have entered into such agreements and 
the identities of the foreign smtitrust authorities with respect 
to which such foreign states and such organizations have 
entered into such sigreements. 
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(4) specifying the identity of each foreign state, and each 
regional economic integration organization, that has in effect 
a law similar to this Act, 
(5) giving the approximate number of requests made by 
the Attorney (General and the Commission under such agree-
ments to foreign antitrust authorities for antitrust investiga-
tions and for antitrust evidence, 
(6) giving the approximate number of requests made by 
foreign antitrust authorities under such agreements to the 
Attorney General and the Commission for investigations under 
section 3, for orders under section 4, and for antitrust evidence, 
and 
(7) describing any significant problems or concerns of which 
the Attorney General is aware with respect to the operation 
of this Act. 
SEC. 12. DEFINrnONS. 
15 USC 6211. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term "antitrust evidence" means information, testi-
mony, statements, documents, or other things that are obtained 
in anticipation of, or during the course of, an investigation 
or proceeding under any of the Federal antitrust laws or any 
of the foreign antitrust laws. 
(2) The term "antitrust mutual assistance agreement" 
means a written agreement, or written memorandum of under-
standing, that is entered into by the United States and a 
foreign state or regional economic integration organization (with 
respect to the foreign antitrust authorities of such foreign state 
or such organization, and such other governmental entities 
of such foreign state or such organization as the Attorney 
General and the Commission jointly determine may be 
necessary in order to provide the assistance described in 
subparagraph (A)), or jointly by the Attorney General and the 
Commission and a foreign antitrust authority, for the purpose 
of conducting investigations under section 3, applying for orders 
under section 4, or providing antitrust evidence, on a reciprocal 
basis and that includes the following: 
(A) An assurance that the foreign antitrust authority 
will provide to the Attorney General and the Commission 
assistance that is comparable in scope to the assistance 
the Attorney General and the Commission provide under 
such agreement or such memorandum. 
(B) An assurance that the foreign antitrust authority 
is subject to laws and procedures that are adequate to 
maintain securely the confidentiality of antitrust evidence 
that may be received under section 2, 3, or 4 and will 
give protection to antitrust evidence received under such 
section that is not less than the protection provided under 
the laws of the United States to such antitrust evidence. 
(C) Citations to and brief descriptions of the laws of 
the United States, and the laws of the foreign state or 
regional economic integration organization represented by 
the foreign antitrust authority, that protect the confiden-
tiality of antitrust evidence that may be provided under 
such agreement or such memorandum. Such citations and 
such descriptions shall include the enforcement mecha-
nisms and penalties applicable under such laws and, with 
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respect to a regional economic integration organization, 
the applicability of such laws, enforcement mechanisms, 
and penalties to the foreign states composing such 
organization. 
(D) Citations to the Federal antitrust laws, and the 
foreign antitrust laws, with respect to which such agree-
ment or such memorandum applies. 
(E) Terms and conditions that specifically require 
using, disclosing, or permitting the use or disclosure of, 
antitrust evidence received under such agreement or such 
memorandum only— 
(i) for the purpose of administering or enforcing 
the foreign antitrust laws involved, or 
(ii) with respect to a specified disclosure or use 
requested by a foreign antitrust authority and essential 
to a significant law enforcement objective, in accord-
ance with the prior written consent that the Attorney 
General or the Commission, as the case may be, gives 
after— 
(I) determining that such antitrust evidence 
is not otherwise readily available with respect to 
such objective, 
(II) making the determinations described in 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 8(a), with respect 
to such disclosure or use, and 
(III) making the determinations applicable to 
a foreign antitrust authority under section 8(a)(1) 
(other than the determination regarding the assur-
ance described in subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph), with respect to each additional govern-
mental entity, if any, to be provided such antitrust 
evidence in the course of such disclosure or use, 
after having received adequate written assurances 
applicable to each such governmental entity. 
(F) An assurance that antitrust evidence received 
under section 2, 3, or 4 from the Attorney General or 
the Commission, and all copies of such evidence, in the 
possession or control of the foreign antitrust authority will 
be returned to the Attorney General or the Commission, 
respectively, at the conclusion of the foreign investigation 
or proceeding with respect to which such evidence was 
so received. 
(G) Terms and conditions that specifically provide that 
such agreement or such memorandum will be terminated 
if— 
(i) the confidentiality required under such agree-
ment or such memorandum is violated with respect 
to antitrust evidence, and 
(ii) adequate action is not taken both to minimize 
any harm resulting from the violation and to ensure 
that the confidentiality required under such agreement 
or such memorandum is not violated again. 
(H) Terms and conditions that specifically provide that 
if the confidentiality required under such agreement or 
such memorandum is violated with respect to antitrust 
evidence, notice of the violation will be given— 
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(i) by the foreign antitrust authority promptly to 
the Attorney General or the Commission with respect 
to antitrus't evidence provided by the Attorney General 
or the Commission, respectively, and 
(ii) by the Attorney General or the Commission 
to the person (if any) that provided such evidence 
to the Attorney General or the Commission. 
(3) The term "Attorney General" means the Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States. 
(4) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade 
Commission. 
(5) The term "Federal antitrust laws" has the meaning 
given the term "antitrust laws" in subsection (a) of the first 
section of the Clajrton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)) 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 unfair methods 
of competition. 
(6) The term "foreign antitrust authority" means a govern-
mental entity of a foreign state or of a regional economic 
integration organization that is vested by such state or such 
organization with authority to enforce the foreign antitrust 
laws of such state or such organization. 
(7) The term "foreign antitrust laws" means the laws of 
a foreign state, or of a regional economic integration organiza-
tion, that are substantially similar to any of the Federal 
antitrust laws £uid that prohibit conduct similar to conduct 
prohibited under the Federal Euititrust laws. 
(8) The term "person" has the meaning given such term 
in subsection (a) of the first section of the Cla3^on Act (l6 
U.S.C. 12(a)). 
(9) The term "regional economic integration organization" 
means an organization that is constituted by, and composed 
of, foreign states, and on which such foreign states have con-
ferred sovereign authority to make decisions that are binding 
on such foreign states, and that are directly applicable to and 
binding on persons within such foreign states, including the 
decisions with respect to— 
(A) administering or enforcing the foreign antitrust 
laws of such organization, and 
(B) prohibiting and regulating disclosure of information 
that is obtained by such organization in the course of 
administering or enforcing such laws. 
SEC. 13. AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT. 
15 USC 6212. 
The Attorney Greneral and the Commission are authorized to 
receive from a foreign antitrust authority, or from the foreign state 
or regional economic integration organization represented by such 
foreign antitrust authority, reimbursement for the costs incurred 
by the Attorney General or the Commission, respectively, in 
conducting an investigation under section 3 requested by such for-
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eign antitrust authority, applying for an order under section 4 
to assist such foreign antitrust authority, or providing antitrust 
evidence to such foreign antitrust authority under an antitrust 
mutual assistance agreement in effect under this Act with respect 
to such foreign antitrust authority. 
Approved November 2, 1994. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4781 (S. 2297): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-772 (Coram, on the Judiciary). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 103-388 accompanying S. 2297 (Coram, on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 140 (1994): 
Oct. 3, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 7, S. 2297 considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 8, H.R. 4781 considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 30 (1994): 
Nov. 2, Presidential statement.