Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 582 To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 3, 2021 Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MUR- PHY, Ms. WARREN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Ms. SMITH, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. OSSOFF, and Ms. BALDWIN) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Death Penalty 4 Prohibition Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Apr 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S582.IS S582 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 582 IS SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF DEATH SEN- 1 TENCE. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 3 sion of law, no person may be sentenced to death or put 4 to death on or after the date of enactment of this Act 5 for any violation of Federal law. 6 (b) PERSONS SENTENCED BEFORE DATE OF ENACT- 7 MENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 8 person sentenced to death before the date of enactment 9 of this Act for any violation of Federal law shall be resen- 10 tenced. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Apr 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S582.IS S582 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS