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      "id": 103627,
      "date": "1998-03-25",
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      "title": "The Proposed Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation Act of 1997: H.R. 2181",
      "summary": "H.R. 2181  addresses the problem of gang-related witness intimidation by making it a\nfederal offense to travel in interstate or foreign commerce with the intent to delay or influence the\ntestimony of a witness in a State criminal proceeding by bribery, force, intimidation, or threat.\n  The bill would establish new federal offenses (punishable by fines and imprisonment) relating\nto attempts to influence the testimony of witnesses in criminal proceedings. The bill would authorize\nthe appropriation of $500,000 for the Attorney General to provide witness protection training to state\nand local governments. The bill would also authorize the Attorney General to make grants from\ncurrent appropriations to state and local governments for witness protection programs.\n  Introduced by Representative McCollum on July 17, 1997,  H.R. 2181  passed the\nHouse under the suspension of the Rules on February 25, 1998, and has been placed on the Senate\ncalendar.",
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