3.0.0 5040 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z House H HR 2006-03-29 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Hearings by 2006-03-30T16:15:30Z Referred to 2006-03-29T16:14:44Z Referred to 2006-03-29T15:00:15Z 2006-03-30 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2006-03-29 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2006-03-29 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 N Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Airports Capital punishment Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Conspiracy Correctional personnel Criminal procedure Department of Justice Disabled Drug abuse Drug traffic Evidence (Law) Federal employees Firearms Government Operations and Politics Habeas corpus Health Homicide Informers Juries Kidnapping Law Life imprisonment Medical tests Mentally disabled Obstruction of justice Pretrial procedure Public defenders Recidivists Religion Religious liberty Right of privacy Right to counsel Sentences (Criminal procedure) State employees Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Victims of crimes Violence Witnesses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-03-29 Introduced in House 2006-05-05T18:26:56Z Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to modify substantive law and procedures relating to the death penalty.

Adds certain crimes that result in death, including obstruction of justice, as aggravating factors in death penalty deliberations.

Defines "mentally retarded" for death penalty purposes. Requires a defendant to give notice to the government of any mitigating factors, including mental retardation, which the defendant intends to present in a death penalty proceeding. Grants the government the right to an independent mental health examination of a defendant claiming mental retardation.

Grants the Attorney General regulatory authority over the implementation of the death penalty. Repeals the prohibition against executing a person who is mentally retarded. Grants the government an unlimited right to rehearings of a finding of mental incapacity in death penalty cases.

Requires a court in a death penalty case to: (1) assign a second attorney for the defendant when the government files a notice of intent to seek a sentence of death (currently, assignment is required upon indictment); and (2) permit the government to strike for cause jurors who oppose the death penalty.

Modifies criteria relating to mitigating and aggravating factors in death penalty cases.

Authorizes a court in the sentencing phase of a death penalty case to impanel a jury of less than 12 members upon a finding of good cause.

Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to increase the number of alternative jurors and peremptory challenges to such jurors in criminal proceedings.

]]> Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006 Display Title Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To modify the law with respect to the death penalty, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-03-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5040ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5040ih.xml 2006-03-30 Subcommittee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.