,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aicg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjai,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,grassley7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to promote merger enforcement 
and protect competition through         
adjusting premerger filing fees1 and    
increasing antitrust enforcement        
resources4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,merger ,filing ,fee
 ,modernization ,act of #bjai4  #b4     
,premerger notification filing fees     
,section #fje of ,public ,law #aja-afb  
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ah;a note7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7b7--  7,a7 in       
paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 by striking #de1jjj
 and inserting #cj1jjj2  7ii7 by        
striking #ajj1jjj1jjj and inserting     
#afa1ejj1jjj2  7iii7 by striking #bjjd  
and inserting #bjbj2 and  7iv7 by       
striking #bjjc and inserting #bjai2     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#b7--  7i7 by        

striking #abe1jjj and inserting         
#ajj1jjj2  7ii7 by striking #ajj1jjj1jjj
 and inserting #afa1ejj1jjj2  7iii7 by  
striking but less and inserting but is  
less2 and  7iv7 by striking and at the  
end2  7,c7 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7i7 by   
striking #bhj1jjj and inserting         
#bej1jjj2 and  7ii7 by striking the     
period at the end and inserting but is  
less than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj 7as so adjusted
 and published722 and  7,d7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7#d7 #djj1jjj  
if the aggregate total amount determined
 under section #g;,a7a77#b7 of the      
,clayton ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4            
#ah;a7a77#b77 is not less than          
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj 7as so adjusted and      
published7 but is less than             
#b1jjj1jjj1jjj 7as so adjusted and      
published72  7#e7 #hjj1jjj if the       
aggregate total amount determined under 
section #g;,a7a77#b7 of the ,clayton    
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ah;a7a77#b77 is not
 less than #b1jjj1jjj1jjj 7as so        
adjusted and published7 but is less than

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published72 and  7#f7 #b1bej1jjj if the 
aggregate total amount determined under 
section #g;,a7a77#b7 of the ,clayton    
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ah;a7a77#b77 is not
 less than #e1jjj1jjj1jjj 7as so        
adjusted and published74  2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7c7  
7#a7 ,for each fiscal year commencing   
after ,september #cj1 #bjbj1 the filing 
fees in this section shall be increased 
as of ,october #a each year by an amount
 equal to the percentage increase1 if   
any1 in the ,producer ,price ,index1 as 
determined by the ,department of        
,commerce or its successor1 for the year
 then ended over the level so           
established for the year ending         
,september #cj1 #bjai4  7#b7 ,as soon as
 practicable1 but not later than        
,january #ca of each year1 the ,federal 
,trade ,commission shall publish the    
adjusted amounts required by this       
section4  7#c7 ,the ,federal ,trade     
,commission shall not adjust amounts    

required by this section if the         
percentage increase described in        
paragraph 7#a7 is less than #a percent4 
7#d7 ,an amount adjusted under this     
section shall be rounded to the nearest 
multiple of #e1jjj4  4  #c4             
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated for    
fiscal year #bjbj--  7#a7 #ahj1fjf1jjj  
for the ,antitrust ,division of the     
,department of ,justice2 and  7#b7      
#cdb1jjj1jjj for the ,federal ,trade    
,commission4