A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2390 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 JULY 31, 2019 Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. SCHATZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF DEATH SEN- 3 TENCE. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 5 sion of law, no person may be sentenced to death or put 6 to death on or after the date of enactment of this Act 7 for any violation of Federal law. 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:53 Aug 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2390.IS S2390 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2390 IS (b) PERSONS SENTENCED BEFORE DATE OF EN- 1 ACTMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 2 any person sentenced to death before the date of enact- 3 ment of this Act for any violation of Federal law shall 4 be resentenced. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:53 Aug 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2390.IS S2390 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS