Public Law 104-214

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[104th Congress Public Law 214]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 104-214
104th Congress

                                 An Act


 
     To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness 
   retaliation, witness tampering and jury tampering. <<NOTE: Oct. 1, 
                         1996 -  [H.R. 3120]>> 

    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.''.

    Approved October 1, 1996.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3120:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-549 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996):
            May 7, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 19, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 32 (1996):
            Oct. 1, Presidential statement.

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