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Terrorist Death Penalty Act of 2007

Introduced: April 18, 2007 Introduced by: Carter, John R. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 4, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 18, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 18, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Terrorist Death Penalty Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose the death penalty for certain terrorist offenses; (2) include as death penalty aggravating factors whether the defendant committed an offense after substantial planning or engaged in conduct resulting in the death of another person in order to obstruct the investigation or prosecution of any offense; (3) permit the impaneling of a new jury when a unanimous death penalty recommendation cannot be reached; and (4) expand the power of a court to impanel a jury of less than 12 members in a death penalty proceeding.

Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to increase the number of allowable alternate jurors from six to nine and permit four additional peremptory challenges when seven, eight, or nine alternative jurors are impaneled.

What's happening now May 4, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 18, 2007
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Apr 18, 2007
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 18, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1914: Terrorist Death Penalty Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1914/
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"H.R. 1914: Terrorist Death Penalty Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1914/.
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H.R. 1914, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1914/.
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