§ 1120. Murder by escaped prisoners

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1994

   Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title VI § 60012(a) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1120

   Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60012(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1973

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60012(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1973

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 60009(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§1120. Murder by escaped prisoners “(a) Definition.— In this section, ‘federal prison’ and ‘term of life imprisonment’ have the meanings stated in section 1118. “(b) Offense and Penalty.— A person, having escaped from a Federal prison where the person was confined under a sentence for a term of life imprisonment, kills another shall be punished as provided in sections 1111 and 1112.”.

2. 1996

   Economic Espionage Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–294 title VI § 601(c)(2) · 110 Stat. 3488

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1120(a); 18 U.S.C. § 1120(b)

   Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “Federal correctional institution” for “Federal prison”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “Federal correctional institution” for “Federal prison”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Section 1120 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “Federal prison” each place it appears and inserting “Federal correctional institution”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision