US Congress House Bill 3051 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: Introduced on September 23 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2011 - Repeals death penalty provisions for a wide range of homicide-related offenses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act, and other statutes relating to aircraft hijacking, espionage and treason, and offenses punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Prohibits the sentencing to death or execution of any person for any violation of federal law after the enactment of this Act. Commutes death penalties imposed prior to the enactment of this Act to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2011

Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-10-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-09-23	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-09-23	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-09-23	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3051/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3051/BILLS-112hr3051ih.pdf