Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/699

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118 STAT. 669 PUBLIC LAW 108–237—JUNE 22, 2004 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1086: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 108–125 and Pt. 2 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 149 (2003): June 10, considered and passed House. Vol. 150 (2004): Apr. 2, considered and passed Senate, amended. June 2, House concurred in Senate amendment. ‘‘(A) the competitive impact of such judgment, including termination of alleged violations, provisions for enforcement and modification, duration of relief sought, anticipated effects of alternative remedies actually considered, whether its terms are ambiguous, and any other competitive considerations bearing upon the adequacy of such judgment that the court deems necessary to a determination of whether the consent judgment is in the public interest; and ‘‘(B) the impact of entry of such judgment upon competition in the relevant market or markets, upon the public generally and individuals alleging specific injury from the violations set forth in the complaint including consideration of the public benefit, if any, to be derived from a determination of the issues at trial. ‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the court to conduct an evidentiary hearing or to require the court to permit anyone to intervene.’’; and (3) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘by any officer, director, employee, or agent of such defendant’’ before ‘‘, or other person’’. Approved June 22, 2004.