PUBLIC LAW 104-214—OCT. 1, 1996 110 STAT. 3017 Public Law 104-214 104th Congress An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness retaliation, witness Oct. 1, 1996 tampering and jury tampering. [KB, 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 retsQiation 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 thds 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: 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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