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Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits the federal government from imposing or carrying out the death penalty for any violation of federal law, effective upon enactment. The bill also requires that any person who was sentenced to death for a federal crime before enactment be resentenced. These provisions apply to all federal capital crimes under U.S. law.
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Sponsor (1)
27 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH)
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO)
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA)
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO)
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA)
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA)
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR)
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA)
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL)
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA)
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL)
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. Mejia, Analilia [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA)
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL)
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL)
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL)
Actions (2)
- May 20, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 20, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 2026
Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Brown, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
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. <all>
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