[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
By 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):
S. 582. A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for
any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of
the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be
printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 582
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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