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H.R. 3120 · 104th CongressEnacted

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness retaliation, witness tampering and jury tampering.

Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 104-214. · October 1, 1996

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What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding retaliating against or tampering with a witness, a victim, or an informant in a criminal case, or influencing or injuring an officer or juror in a criminal case through the threat or use of physical force, to provide for a maximum term of imprisonment of the higher of that otherwise provided by law or the maximum term that could have been imposed for any offense charged in the case.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on May 7, 1996. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Introduced
March 20, 1996
In committee
Passed a chamber
Cleared Congress
Enacted
October 1, 1996
Where this sits in the process
Common questions
Composed from the official record
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?

This bill has been enacted. It is law.

The record's latest action, on October 1, 1996: Became Public Law No: 104-214.

Has anyone actually voted on it?

No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.

A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.

Who is behind it?

JON FOX (R-PA) introduced it on March 20, 1996. No cosponsors are recorded.

Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.

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Vote history

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    Passed
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    Passed
  3. President
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No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.