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 110 STAT. 3460 PUBLIC LAW 104-292—OCT. 11, 1996 SEC. 3. CLARIFYING PROHIBITION ON OBSTRUCTING CONGRESS. Section 1515 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) As used in section 1505, the term 'corruptly' means acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, including making a false or misleading statement, or withholding, concealing, altering, or destroying a document or other information.". SEC. 4. ENFORCING SENATE SUBPOENA. Section 1365(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence, by striking "Federal Government acting within his official capacity and inserting "executive branch of the Federal Government acting within his or her official capacity, except that this section shall apply if the refusal to comply is based on the assertion of a personal privilege or objection and is not based on a governmental privilege or objection the assertion of which has been authorized by the executive branch of the Federal Government". SEC. 5. COMPELLING TRUTHFUL TESTIMONY FROM IMMUNIZED WITNESS. Section 6005 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting "or ancillary to" after " any proceeding before"; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting "or ancillary to" after "a proceeding before" each place that term appears; and (B) in paragraph (3), by adding a period at the end. Approved October 11, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3166 (S. 1734): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-680 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996): July 16, 17, considered and passed House. July 25, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 26, House concurred in Senate amendments with an amendment. Sept. 27, Senate concurred in House amendment.

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