Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 3741 (Introduced in House) — To abolish the death penalty under Federal law. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Prohibition on imposition of death sentence

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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. 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 serve a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.