HR 4923
109th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Air piracy
Aircraft
Airports
Aliens
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Assassination
Automobile theft
Capital punishment
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Conspiracy
Correctional personnel
Criminal investigation
Destruction of property
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act
Introduced: March 9, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 9, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act - Repeals death penalty provisions for a wide range of specified offenses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act, and other statutes, including for murder relating to the smuggling of aliens, murder during a hostage-taking, and certain non-homicide-related offenses (espionage and treason). Repeals procedural provisions relating to the imposition of the death sentence.
Prohibits sentencing to death or putting to death any person for any violation of federal law. Commutes death penalty sentences imposed prior to the enactment of this Act to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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