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[H.R. 3120 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3120

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
        (1) in section 1513--
            (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (B) 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.'';
        (2) in section 1512, 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.''; and
        (3) in section 1503(a), by adding at the end the following: 
    ``If the offense under this section occurs in connection with a 
    trial of a criminal case, and the act in violation of this section 
    involves the threat of physical force or physical force, 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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.