; and (ii) the FTC shall have the power to deputize former FTC antitrust employees, with the consent of the Attorney General, to continue any FTC antitrust actions as described clause (i). (D) Consent decrees (i) In general At the end of the transition period, the Attorney General shall have sole authority to receive all reports as required under, enforce violations of, approve modifications to, or rescind any consent decree entered into by the FTC before the effective date that concerns conduct alleged to violate the antitrust laws or unfair methods of competition under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 45 ), as in effect on the day before the effective date. (ii) Administrative enforcement If deemed necessary by the FTC and the Attorney General, the FTC shall have the power to deputize former FTC antitrust employees, with the consent of the Attorney General, to enforce and negotiate modifications of FTC consent decrees in effect on the day before the effective date in the FTC’s administrative process. (5) Authority to conduct investigative studies (A) Reports of persons, partnerships, and corporations (i) In general The Attorney General may require, by general or special orders, persons, partnerships, and corporations, engaged in or whose business affects commerce to file with the Attorney General in such form as the Attorney General may prescribe annual or special reports or answers in writing to specific questions, furnishing to the Attorney General such information as the Attorney General may require as to the organization, business, conduct, practices, management, and relation to other corporations, partnerships, and individuals of the respective persons, partnerships, and corporations filing such reports or answers in writing. (ii) Oath Reports and answers required under clause (i) shall— (I) be made under oath or otherwise as the Attorney General may prescribe; (II) pertain solely to competition or the application of the antitrust laws