1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act”.
Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act
A BILL
To amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to repeal the sunset provision.
2. Findings; purpose
Findings— Congress finds the following:
Conspiracies among competitors to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate markets are categorically and irredeemably anticompetitive and contravene the competition policy of the United States.
Cooperation incentives are important to the efforts of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to prosecute and deter the offenses described in paragraph (1).
Purpose— The purpose of this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, is to strengthen public and private antitrust enforcement by providing incentives for antitrust violators to cooperate fully with government prosecutors and private litigants through the repeal of the sunset provision of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note).
3. Repeal of sunset provision
Repeal— Section 211 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is repealed.
Technical and conforming amendments—
Revival and restoration—
In general— Sections 212, 213, and 214 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) as in effect on June 21, 2020, and as amended by the laws described in subparagraph (B), are revived and restored.
Laws— The laws described in this subparagraph are:
Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 Extension Act (Public Law 111–30; 123 Stat. 1775).
The Act entitled “An Act to amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to extend the operation of such Act, and for other purposes”, approved June 9, 2010 (Public Law 111–90; 124 Stat. 1275).
Definitions— Section 212 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended—
by striking paragraph (6); and
by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6).
Applicability—
Markers and agreements before sunset— Notwithstanding the repeal under subsection (a), section 211(b) of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to any person who received a marker or entered into an antitrust leniency agreement on or before June 22, 2020.
Markers and agreements after sunset— The repeal under subsection (a) shall apply to any person who received a marker or entered into an antitrust leniency agreement on or after June 23, 2020.