SEC. 15. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO MUR-
DER FOR HIRE.
Subsection (a) of section 1958 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by deleting ‘‘and if death results,
shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years
or for life, or shall be fined not more than $50,000, or
both’’ and inserting ‘‘and if death results, shall be pun-
ished by death or life imprisonment, or shall be fined in
accordance with this title, or both’’.
SEC. 16. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO VIO-
LENT CRIMES IN AID OF RACKETEERING AC-
TIVITY.
Paragraph (1) of section 1959(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) for murder, by death or life imprisonment,
or a fine in accordance with this title, or both; and
for kidnapping, by imprisonment for any term of
years or for life, or a fine in accordance with this
title, or both;’’.
SEC. 17. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO WRECK-
ING TRAINS.
The second to the last paragraph of section 1992 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by changing the
comma after ‘‘imprisonment for life’’ to a period and delet-
ing the remainder of the section.
SEC. 18. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO BANK
ROBBERY.
Section 2113(e) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘or punished by death if the verdict
of the jury shall so direct’’ and inserting ‘‘or if death re-
sults shall be punished by death or life imprisonment’’.
SEC. 19. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO TER-
RORIST ACTS.
Paragraph (1) of section 2331(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1)(A) if the killing is murder as defined in
section 1111(a) of this title, be fined under this title,
punished by death or imprisonment for any term of
years or for life, or both;’’.
SEC. 20. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO AIR-
CRAFT HIJACKING.
Section 903 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as
amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1473), is amended by striking
subsection (c).
SEC. 21. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES ACT.
Section 408 of the Controlled Substances Act is
amended by striking subsections (g)–(r).
SEC. 22. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO GENO-
CIDE.
Section 1091(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘a fine of not more than
$1,000,000 and imprisonment for life;’’ and inserting
‘‘death or imprisonment for life and a fine of not more
than $1,000,000;’’.
SEC. 23. PROTECTION OF COURT OFFICERS AND JURORS.
Section 1503 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by designating the current text as sub-
section (a);
(2) by striking the words ‘‘fined not more than
$5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or
both.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘punished as
provided in subsection (b).’’;
(3) by adding at the end thereof a new sub-
section (b) as follows:
‘‘(b) The punishment for an offense under this sec-
tion is—
‘‘(1) in the case of a killing, the punishment
provided in sections 1111 and 1112 of this title;
‘‘(2) in the case of an attempted killing, or a
case in which the offense was committed against a
petit juror and in which a class A or B felony was
charged, imprisonment for not more than twenty
years; and
‘‘(3) in any other case, imprisonment for not
more than ten years.’’; and
‘‘(4) in subsection (a), as designated by this
section, by striking ‘‘commissioner’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘magistrate
judge’’.
SEC. 24. PROHIBITION OF RETALIATORY KILLINGS OF WIT-
NESSES, VICTIMS AND INFORMANTS.
Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as
subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and
(2) by inserting a new subsection (a) as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) Whoever kills or attempts to kill another per-
son with intent to retaliate against any person for—
‘‘(A) the attendance of a witness or party at an
official proceeding, or any testimony given or any
record, document, or other object produced by a wit-
ness in an official proceeding; or
‘‘(B) any information relating to the commis-
sion or possible commission of a Federal offense or
a violation of conditions of probation, parole or re-