Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 24, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S314-315)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S314-315)
- Jan 24, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S313-314)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4923 | Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act | Identical bill | Mar 9, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: 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
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Destruction of property
- Drug abuse
- Drug traffic
- Election candidates
- Emergency Management
- Espionage
- Explosives
- Families
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal officials
- Firearms
- Genocide
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hostages
- Immigration
- Informers
- International Affairs
- Kidnapping
- Larceny
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Life imprisonment
- Mandatory sentences
- Marine safety
- Members of Congress
- Motor vehicles
- Murder
- Offshore structures
- Organized crime
- Parole
- Police
- Postal service
- Presidential protection
- Prison violence
- Prisoners
- Protection of officials
- Racial discrimination
- Railroads
- Rape
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Sex crimes
- Smuggling
- State employees
- Supreme Court justices
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Transportation and Public Works
- Treason
- Vice Presidents
- Victims of crimes
- Violence
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Witnesses
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
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