[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1143 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1143

    To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness 
                              retaliation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 1995

   Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness 
                              retaliation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1513 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) If the retaliation occurred because of attendance at or 
testimony in a criminal case, the maximum term of imprisonment which 
may be imposed for the offense under this section shall be the higher 
of that otherwise provided by law or the maximum term that could have 
been imposed for any offense charged in such case.''.
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