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Calendar No. 486
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7036
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 29, 2020
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and
Reform Act of 2004 to repeal the sunset provision.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust Criminal
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Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
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(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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(1) Conspiracies among competitors to fix
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prices, rig bids, and allocate markets are categori-
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cally and irredeemably anticompetitive and con-
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travene the competition policy of the United States.
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(2) Cooperation incentives are important to the
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efforts of the Antitrust Division of the Department
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of Justice to prosecute and deter the offenses de-
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scribed in paragraph (1).
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act, and the
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amendments made by this Act, is to strengthen public and
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private antitrust enforcement by providing incentives for
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antitrust violators to cooperate fully with government
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prosecutors and private litigants through the repeal of the
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sunset provision of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty En-
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hancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note).
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SEC. 3. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 211 of the Antitrust
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Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004
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(15 U.S.C. 1 note) is repealed.
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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Section 212 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhance-
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ment and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is
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amended—
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(1) by striking paragraph (6); and
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
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graph (6).
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Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2020.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 486
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7036
AN ACT
To amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhance-
ment and Reform Act of 2004 to repeal the sun-
set provision.
JUNE 29, 2020
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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