PUBLIC LAW 101-97 —SEPT. 23, 1989 103 STAT. 635 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON CIVIL CONTEMPT PROCEDURES. (a) IN GENERAL. — (1) The Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, together with the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, shall conduct a study of current law and procedures with respect to civil contempt in the courts of the District of Columbia. (2) The Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate shall conduct a study of current law and procedures with respect to civil contempt in the courts of the United States. (b) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.— Not later than September 1, 1990, the Committees on Governmental Affairs and the Judiciary of the Senate shall each submit a report on the study conducted by each Committee under subsection (a), and shall include in such report any recommendations regarding changes in current law. SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall apply with respect to any individual imprisoned before the expiration of the 18-month period that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act for disobedience of an order or for contempt committed in the presence of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Approved September 23, 1989. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2136 (S. 1163): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-98 (Comm. on the District of Columbia). SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-104 accompanying S. 1163 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): June 27, 28, considered and passed House. Sept. 7, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1163. Sept. 20, House concurred in Senate amendment with amendments. Sept. 21, Senate concurred in House amendments.
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