DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER BY A FEDERAL PRISONER.

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.” .