Amends the Federal criminal code to admit into evidence in any criminal proceeding foreign business records kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity. Provides for certification in order to insure the documents' authenticity and accuracy.
Provides procedures for service on the Attorney General and other appropriate Government attorneys of papers filed in opposition to an official request by the United States to a foreign government for criminal evidence. Allows for the appointment of a special master at a foreign deposition.
Allows the district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to suspend the statute of limitations for an offense to permit the United States to obtain foreign evidence. Limits the total of all periods of suspension for a single offense to three years.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
For Previous Action See H.R.5406.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 98-907.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 98-907.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 520.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate, read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1083.
See H.J.Res.648.
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