Sec. 60005. DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER BY A FEDERAL PRISONER
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## SEC. 60005 DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER BY A FEDERAL PRISONER ###
(a)In General Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: > > ## “§ 1118 Murder by a Federal prisoner > > > ### “(a) Offense > > A person who, while confined in a Federal correctional institution under a sentence for a term of life imprisonment, commits the murder of another shall be punished by death or by life imprisonment. > > > ### “(b) Definitions > > In this section— > > “ ‘**Federal correctional institution**’ means any Federal prison, Federal correctional facility, Federal community program center, or Federal halfway house. > > “ ‘**murder**’ means a first degree or second degree murder (as defined in section 1111). > > “ ‘**term of life imprisonment**’ means a sentence for the term of natural life, a sentence commuted to natural life, an indeterminate term of a minimum of at least fifteen years and a maximum of life, or an unexecuted sentence of death.” > . ###
(b)Technical Amendment The chapter analysis for chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:" “1118. Murder by a Federal prisoner.” ".