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PUBLIC LAW 91-452-OCT. 15, 1970

[84 STAT.

title II of this Act, shall take effect on the sixtieth day following the date of the enactment of this Act. No amendment to or repeal of any provision of law under title II of this Act shall affect any immunity to which any individual is entitled under such provision by reason of any testimony or other information given before such day. TITLE III—RECALCITRANT WITNESSES g/2^stau^9so; 28 USC 1*821-

SEC. 301. (a) Chapter 119, title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

1825

75 Stat. 795.

"§ 1826. Recalcitrant witnesses " (a) Whenever a witness in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States refuses without just cause shown to comply with an order of the court to testify or provide other information, including any book, paper, document, record, recording or other material, the court, upon such refusal, or when such refusal is duly brought to its attention, may summarily order his confinement at a suitable place until such time as the witness is willing to give such testimony or provide such information. No period of such confinement shall exceed the life of— " (1) the court proceeding, or "(2J the term of the grand jury, including extensions, before which such refusal to comply with the court order occurred, but in no event shall such confinement exceed eighteen months. "(b) No person confined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be admitted to bail pending the determination of an appeal taken by him from the order for his confinement if it appears that the appeal is frivolous or taken for delay. Any appeal from an order of confinement under this section shall be disposed of as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty days from the filing of such appeal." (b) The analysis of chapter 119, title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "1826. Recalcitrant witnesses.". SEC. 302. (a) The first paragraph of section 1073, chapter 49, title i^^ United States Code, is amended by inserting "or (3) to avoid service of, or contempt proceedings for alleged disobedience of, lawful process requiring attendance and the giving of testimony or the production of documentary evidence before an agency of a State empowered by the law of such Stat© to conduct investigations of alleged criminal activities," immediately after "is charged,". (b) The second paragraph of section 1073, chapter 49, title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after "held in custody or confinement" a comma and adding "or in which an avoidance of service of process or a contempt referred to in clause (3) of the first paragraph of this section is alleged to have been committed,". TITLE IV—FALSE DECLARATIONS

^^%1\%Z^' 18 USC 16*211622.

SEC. 401. (a) Chapter 79, title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 1623. False declarations before grand jury or court " (a) Whoever under oath in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States knowingljjr makes any false material declaration or makes or uses any other information, including any book, paper, document, record, recording, or other material, knowing the same to contain any false material declaration, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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