3.0.0 2127 2019-11-15T21:55:24Z 2019-11-15T21:55:24Z Senate S S 2012-02-17 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-02-17T18:13:29Z 2012-02-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2012-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2012-02-27 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-02-27 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Assault and harassment offenses Criminal procedure and sentencing Evidence and witnesses Judicial procedure and administration U.S. Sentencing Commission Violent crime Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2012-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-29T21:07:36Z State Witness Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties on any person who kills, or attempts to kill, a witness in a state or local judicial proceeding, who uses physical force or the threat of force against such a witness, or who offers such witness anything of value with the intent to: (1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony or attendance of such witness at a state or local judicial proceeding; (2) prevent the production of a record or document in a state or local judicial proceeding; (3) cause or induce any person to withhold testimony or evidence, destroy evidence, evade legal process, or be absent from a state or local judicial proceeding; (4) hinder, delay, or prevent any person from providing information to a state or local law enforcement officer or judge; or (5) retaliate against any person for attending a state or local judicial proceeding or providing information to a law enforcement officer.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend guidelines to increase the sentencing range for obstruction of justice if such crime involved threatening, harming, or bribing a witness or the destruction of evidence.

]]> State Witness Protection Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced State Witness Protection Act of 2012 Display Title State Witness Protection Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect State and local witnesses from tampering and retaliation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2127is/xml/BILLS-112s2127is.xml 2012-02-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.