shall be punished as provided in paragraph (2).
or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
18 U.S.C. § 1513
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2008-Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 110-177, §206(1), inserted comma after "probation" and struck out comma after "release,".Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 110-177, §206(2), substituted "30 years" for "20 years". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110-177, §206(3)(B), substituted "20 years" for "ten years" in concluding provisions.Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 110-177, §206(3)(A), inserted comma after "probation" and struck out comma after "release,".Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 110-177, §206(4), redesignated subsec. (e) relating to conspiracy to commit any offense under this section as (f).Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 110-177, §204, added subsec. (g).2002-Subsecs. (a)(1)(B), (b)(2). Pub. L. 107-273, §3001(c)(2), inserted "supervised release," after "probation".Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107-273, §4002(b)(4), transferred subsec. (d) to appear after subsec. (c).Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107-273, §3001(b), added subsec. (e) relating to conspiracy to commit any offense under this section. Pub. L. 107-204 added subsec. (e) relating to taking of action harmful to any person for providing law enforcement officer truthful information relating to commission of offense.1996-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-214, §1(1)(B), added subsec. (c) at end. Pub. L. 104-214, §1(1)(A), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d).Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-214, §1(1)(A), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d). 1994-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, §60017(2), added subsec. (a). Former subsec. (a) redesignated (b).Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, §330016(1)(U), substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $250,000" in concluding provisions. Pub. L. 103-322, §60017(1), redesignated subsec. (a) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-322, §60017(1), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Oct. 12, 1982, see section 9(a) of Pub. L. 97-291 set out as a note under section 1512 of this title.