I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1914 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure the death penalty for 
terrorists, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2007 
Mr. CARTER (for himself, Mr. FORBES, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. POE, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BARRETT of 
South Carolina, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. WAMP, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. REHBERG, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BRADY of Texas, 
Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HAYES, 
Mr. MCHENRY, and Mr. CULBERSON) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure the death 
penalty for terrorists, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorist Death Pen-
alty Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENSURING DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORIST OF-
FENSES WHICH CREATE GRAVE RISK OF 
DEATH. 
(a) ADDITION OF TERRORISM TO DEATH PENALTY 
OFFENSES
NOT
RESULTING
IN
DEATH.—Section 
3591(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, section 2339E,’’ after ‘‘section 794’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF AGGRAVATING FACTORS FOR 
TERRORISM OFFENSES.—Section 3592(b) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, terrorism,’’ 
after ‘‘espionage’’; and 
(2) by inserting immediately after paragraph 
(3) the following: 
‘‘(4) SUBSTANTIAL PLANNING.—The defendant 
committed the offense after substantial planning.’’. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF DEATH PENALTY PROVISIONS. 
(a) IMPANELING OF NEW JURY WHEN UNANIMOUS 
RECOMMENDATION
CANNOT
BE
REACHED.—Section 
3594 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after the first sentence the following: ‘‘If the jury 
is unable to reach any unanimous recommendation under 
section 3593(e), the court, upon motion by the Govern-
ment, may impanel a jury under section 3593(b)(2)(E) for 
a new sentencing hearing.’’. 
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(b) MODIFICATION OF MITIGATING FACTORS.—Sec-
tion 3592(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Another’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Government could have, but has not, sought the 
death penalty against another’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, will not be punished by 
death’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF AGGRAVATING FACTORS FOR 
OFFENSES RESULTING IN DEATH.—Section 3592(c) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or by cre-
ating the expectation of payment,’’ after ‘‘or promise 
of payment,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘section 
2339E (terrorist offenses resulting in death),’’ after 
‘‘destruction),’’; 
(3) by inserting immediately after paragraph 
(16) the following: 
‘‘(17) OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.—The defend-
ant engaged in any conduct resulting in the death of 
another person in order to obstruct investigation or 
prosecution of any offense.’’. 
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(d) ADDITIONAL GROUND FOR IMPANELING NEW 
JURY.—Section 3593(b)(2) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) a new penalty hearing is necessary 
due to the inability of the jury to reach a unan-
imous penalty verdict as required by section 
3593(e); or’’. 
(e) JURIES
OF LESS THAN 12 MEMBERS.—Sub-
section (b) of section 3593 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘unless’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the subsection and inserting ‘‘unless 
the court finds good cause, or the parties stipulate, with 
the approval of the court, a lesser number.’’. 
(f) PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES.—Rule 24(c) of the 
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘6’’ and in-
serting ‘‘9’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) SEVEN, EIGHT
OR
NINE
ALTER-
NATES.—Four additional peremptory challenges 
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are permitted when seven, eight, or nine alter-
nates are impaneled.’’. 
Æ 
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