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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.
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]
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 1513, 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 im-
posed 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 connec-
tion 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, 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 im-
posed for the offense shall be the higher of that oth-
erwise provided by law or the maximum term that
could have been imposed for any offense charged in
such case.’’.
That title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 1513—
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (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 fol-
lowing:
‘‘(i) If the offense under this section occurs in connec-
tion 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 maxi-
mum 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 re-
spect to witness retaliation, witness tampering
and jury tampering.
MAY 1, 1996
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed