Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Bill: 118-hr-4633
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4633 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2023 Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Balint , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Brownley , Ms. Bush , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Ms. DeGette , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Evans , Mr. Frost , Mr. Robert Garcia of California , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Himes , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Mr. Lieu , Ms. McCollum , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Meng , Mr. Mullin , Ms. Norton , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Omar , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Porter , Mr. Sarbanes , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Ms. Spanberger , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Trone , Ms. Velázquez , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Wild , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. McGarvey , and Mr. Pallone ) introduced the following 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act . 2. Prohibition on imposition of death sentence (a) In General Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after the date of enactment of this Act for any violation of Federal law. (b) Persons Sentenced Before Date of Enactment Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person sentenced to death before the date of enactment of this Act for any violation of Federal law shall be resentenced.