[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1144 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1144

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


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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 
                               tampering.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1512 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i) If the offense under this section occurs in connection with a 
trial of a criminal case, the maximum term of imprisonment which may be 
imposed for the offense 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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