HR 1038
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Capital punishment
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Constitutional law
DNA fingerprints
Disabled
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Due process of law
Evidence (Law)
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Law
National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2001
Introduced: March 15, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 19, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 15, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 15, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2001 - Prohibits the Federal Government from carrying out the death penalty until Congress considers the final findings and recommendations of the National Commission on the Death Penalty, enacts legislation repealing this provision, and implements or rejects the guidelines and procedures recommended by the Commission. Expresses the sense of Congress that States should enact a moratorium on executions to allow time to review whether their administration of the death penalty is consistent with constitutional requirements of fairness, justice, equality, and due process.
Establishes the National Commission on the Death Penalty to: (1) determine whether administration of the death penalty comports with such constitutional requirements; and (2) establish guidelines and procedures which ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially in accordance with due process, minimize the risk that innocent persons may be executed, and ensure that the death penalty is not administered in a racially discriminatory manner.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Committees of jurisdiction
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