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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 262
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal
law, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 11, 2021
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BASS, Mrs.
BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr.
BOWMAN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. BUSH, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CLARK of
Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Ms.
DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GARCI´A
of Illinois, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON
of Georgia, Mr. JONES, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr.
GOMEZ, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN,
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. THOMPSON
of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ,
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, and Ms. WILD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any
violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Death Penalty
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Prohibition Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF DEATH SEN-
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TENCE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
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sion of law, no person may be sentenced to death or put
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to death on or after the date of enactment of this Act
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for any violation of Federal law.
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(b) PERSONS SENTENCED BEFORE DATE OF ENACT-
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MENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
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person sentenced to death before the date of enactment
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of this Act for any violation of Federal law shall be resen-
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tenced.
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