109th CONGRESS
1st Session

S. 443

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 26, 2005

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

AN ACT

To improve the investigation of criminal antitrust offenses.

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 `Antitrust Criminal Investigative Improvements Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF PREDICATE CRIMES FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.

Section 2516(1) of title 18, United State Code, is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (q), by striking `or' after the semicolon;

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (r) as subparagraph (s); and

(3) by adding after subparagraph (q) the following:

`(r) any criminal violation of section 1 (relating to illegal restraints of trade or commerce), 2 (relating to illegal monopolizing of trade or commerce), or 3 (relating to illegal restraints of trade or commerce in territories or the District of Columbia) of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3); or'.

Passed the Senate October 25, 2005.

Attest:

EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

Secretary.

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