Sec. 4. **[**[15 U.S.C. 44](/us/usc/t15/s44)**]**
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## Sec. 4 **[**[15 U.S.C. 44](/us/usc/t15/s44)**]** The words defined in this section shall have the following meaning when found in this Act, to wit: “**Commerce**” means commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation.
“**Corporation**” shall be deemed to include any company, trust, so-called Massachusetts trust, or association, incorporated or unincorporated, which is organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members, and has shares of capital or capital stock or certificates of interest, and any company, trust, so-called Massachusetts trust, or association, incorporated or unincorporated, without shares of capital or capital stock or certificates of interest, except partnerships, which is organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members.
“**Documentary evidence**” includes all documents, papers, correspondence, books of account, and financial and corporate records. “**Acts to regulate commerce**” means the Act entitled “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February 14, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto2 and the Communications Act of 1934 and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. 2The reference to ```An Act to regulate commerce,' approved February 14, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto'' should be to ``subtitle IV of title 49''.
Public Law 95–473, 92 Stat. 1337, October 17, 1978, codified title 49 of the United States Code. Section 3(b) of that Act, 92 Stat. at 1466, provides as follows: ``(b) A reference to a law replaced by sections 1 and 2 of this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.'' ``Antitrust Acts'' means the Act entitled ``An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,'' approved July 2, 1890; also sections 73 to 76, inclusive, of an Act entitled ``An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,'' approved August 27, 1894; also the Act entitled ``An Act to amend sections 73 and 76 of the Act of August 27, 1894, entitled `An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,''' approved February 12, 1913; and also the Act entitled ``An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,'' approved October 15, 1914.
“**Banks**” 3 means the types of banks and other financial institutions referred to in section 18(f)(2). 3Indentation so in law. “**Foreign law enforcement agency**” means—4 4The last undesignated subsection in section 4 was added by section 2 of Public Law 109–455 (120 Stat. 3372). Section 13 of such Public Law (120 Stat. 3382), as amended by Public Law 112–203 and Public Law 116–173, provides as follows: SEC. 13. **[**[15 U.S.C. 44 note](/us/usc/t15/s44)**]** SUNSET. Effective September 30, 2027, this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, are repealed, and any provision of law amended by this Act shall be amended to read as if this Act had not been enacted into law.
Effective September 30, 2020, the provisions of P.L. 109-455 (including the amendments made by such Public Law) were repealed. Effective October 20, 2020, section 1 of P.L. 116-173 attempts to amend section 13 of P.L. 109-455 by striking “September 30, 2020” and inserting “September 30, 2027”; however, such section 13 technically could not be amended in order to extend the date due to its repeal as of September 30, 2020. The version of law shown above (and elsewhere in this Act) retains the execution of the amendments made by P.L. 109-455 even though they were repealed in order to effectuate the probable intent of Congress. ####
(1)any agency or judicial authority of a foreign government, including a foreign state, a political subdivision of a foreign state, or a multinational organization constituted by and comprised of foreign states, that is vested with law enforcement or investigative authority in civil, criminal, or administrative matters; and ####
(2)any multinational organization, to the extent that it is acting on behalf of an entity described in paragraph (1).
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- Pub. L. 95-473
- 92 Stat. 1337
- Pub. L. 109-455
- 120 Stat. 3372
- 120 Stat. 3382
- Pub. L. 112-203
- Pub. L. 116-173
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Sec. 4
**[**[15 U.S.C. 44](/us/usc/t15/s44)**]**
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95-473
Stat.92 Stat. 1337
Pub. L.Pub. L. 109-455
Stat.120 Stat. 3372
Stat.120 Stat. 3382
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