[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1087 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1087

        To clarify the method of execution of Federal prisoners.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 1997

 Mr. McCollum introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
        To clarify the method of execution of Federal prisoners.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IMPLEMENTATION OF SENTENCE OF DEATH.

    Subsection (a) of section 3596 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--A person who is sentenced to death shall be 
committed to the custody of the Attorney General. At the time the 
sentence is to be carried out, it shall be implemented pursuant to 
regulations prescribed by the Attorney General.''.

SEC. 2. USE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.

    Subsection (a) of section 3597 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--A United States marshal charged with supervising 
the implementation of a sentence of death shall use the appropriate 
Federal facilities for this purpose.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Elimination of Reference to State Employees.--Section 3597(b) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``any State 
department of corrections,''.
    (b) Conforming Section Heading.--The heading for section 3597 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3597. Use of Federal facilities and employees''.
    (c) Conforming Table of Sections.--The item relating to section 
3597 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 228 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

``3597. Use of Federal facilities and employees.''.
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