1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Merger Retrospective Act of 2017 . 2. Required reviews of the economic effects of mergers (a) Required reviews The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission shall each conduct annually no fewer than 5 retrospective reviews of the economic effects of mergers to which section 7A of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 18a ) applies and which have been resolved by each agency. The decision of which mergers are evaluated will be made by the each agency in conjunction with the advice and agreement of the Chief Economist of the Government Accountability Office. That individual will report on the process and certify that the choices of mergers satisfy the criteria of objectivity, importance, and comprehensiveness. (b) Content of reviews The reviews conducted under subsection (a) shall assess the effects of each merger on— (1) the price and quality of products and services affected by the merger; (2) the effectiveness of any divestitures or merger conditions in preserving competition in the affected markets; (3) any facility closures or other reductions in actual or planned capacity, or in employment; (4) investment in research and development; (5) average salary and employment benefits of the top 1 percent, the median, and the lowest 10 percent of individuals employed by each party to the merger before the merger and by the entity resulting from the merger