[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 582 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 582

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2021

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Booker, Mr. Markey, Mr. Murphy, 
   Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
   Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
Gillibrand, Mr. Ossoff, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Death Penalty Prohibition 
Act''.

SEC. 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.
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