legislation: 104-hr-3680
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| 104-hr-3680 | 104 | hr | 3680 | War Crimes Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-19 | 1996-08-21 | Became Public Law No: 104-192. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 18 | War Crimes Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that anyone, whether inside or outside the United States, who commits a grave breach of the Geneva conventions, where the person who commits such breach or the victim of such breach is a member of the U.S. armed forces or a U.S. national, shall be fined or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, or, if death results to the victim, be subject to the death penalty. | 2025-04-07T15:28:21Z |