Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 18 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 18 : US Code - Notes

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731; Dec. 29, 1950, ch.
1184, 64 Stat. 1125; Pub. L. 96-349, Sec. 6(a), Sept. 12, 1980, 94
Stat. 1157; Pub. L. 98-443, Sec. 9(l), Oct. 4, 1984, 98 Stat. 1708;
Pub. L. 104-88, title III, Sec. 318(1), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat.
949; Pub. L. 104-104, title VI, Sec. 601(b)(3), Feb. 8, 1996, 110
Stat. 143.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 79j of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by
Pub. L. 109-58, title XII, Sec. 1263, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 974.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-104, in sixth par., struck out "Federal
Communications Commission," after "Secretary of Transportation,".
1995 - Pub. L. 104-88, in sixth par., substituted "Surface
Transportation Board" for "Interstate Commerce Commission" and
inserted ", Board," after "vesting such power in such Commission".
1984 - Pub. L. 98-443 substituted "Secretary of Transportation"
for "Civil Aeronautics Board" and "Commission or Secretary" for
"Commission, Secretary, or Board" in sixth par.
1980 - Pub. L. 96-349, substituted "person" for "corporation"
wherever appearing in first and second pars.; substituted "persons"
for "corporations" in second par. and first sentence of third par.;
and inserted "or in any activity affecting commerce" after
"commerce" wherever appearing in first, second, and third pars.
1950 - Act Dec. 29, 1950, amended section generally so as to
prohibit the acquisition of the whole or any part of the assets of
another corporation when the effect of the acquisition may
substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2
of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as an Effective Date note under section
701 of Title 49, Transportation.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-443 effective Jan. 1, 1985, see section
9(v) of Pub. L. 98-443, set out as a note under section 5314 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Section 6(b) of Pub. L. 96-349 provided that: "The amendments
made by this section [amending this section] shall apply only with
respect to acquisitions made after the date of the enactment of
this Act [Sept. 12, 1980]."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Federal Power Commission terminated and functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except
for certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293
of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Executive and administrative functions of Maritime Commission
transferred to Chairman of Maritime Commission by Reorg. Plan No. 6
of 1949, eff. Aug. 19, 1949, 14 F.R. 5228, 63 Stat. 1069, set out
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
See, also, notes set out under section 1111 of Title 46, Appendix,
Shipping.
United States Maritime Commission abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 21
of 1950, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1273, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, which transferred part of its functions
and part of functions of its Chairman, to Federal Maritime Board
and Chairman thereof, such Board having been created by that Plan
as an agency within Department of Commerce with an independent
status in some respects, and transferred remainder of such
Commission's functions and functions of its Chairman to Secretary
of Commerce, with power vested in Secretary to authorize their
performance by Maritime Administrator (the head of Maritime
Administration, which likewise established by the Plan in
Department of Commerce) with provision that Chairman of Federal
Maritime Board should, ex officio, be such Administrator.
Section 304 of Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961, eff. Aug. 12, 1961, 26
F.R. 7315, 75 Stat. 840, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
abolished Federal Maritime Board, including offices of members of
Board. Functions of Board transferred either to Federal Maritime
Commission or Secretary of Commerce by sections 103 and 202 of
Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961.
Maritime Administration of Department of Commerce transferred to
Department of Transportation, and all related functions of
Secretary and other officers and offices of Department of Commerce
transferred to Department of Transportation and vested in Secretary
of Transportation, see section 1601 et seq. of Title 46, Appendix,
Shipping.
(!1) See References in Text note below.