[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3120 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 266
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3120

                          [Report No. 104-549]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 1996

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

                              May 1, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    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, <DELETED>That title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 1513, by adding at the end the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 1512, by adding at the end the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 1503, by adding at the end the 
        following: ``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.''.</DELETED>
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.''.
                                     

                                                 Union Calendar No. 266

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3120

                          [Report No. 104-549]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 1, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed