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1 S. 1401, An Act to Establish Rational Criteria for the Mandatory Imposition of the Sentence of Death, and for Other Purposes: 93rd Congress, 2nd Session 1 (1974)

handle is hein.death/saercd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 03D CONGRESS 2D SESSIONS o1 0 ~S. 1401 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 14, 1974 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To establish rational criteria for the mandatory imposition of the sentence of death, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That chapter 227 of title 18 of the United States Code is 4 amended by adding after section 3562 a new section 3562A, 5 to read as follows: 6 § 3562A. Sentencing for capital offenses 7 (a) A person shall be subjected to the penalty of death 8 for any offense prohibited by the laws of the United States 9 only if a hearing is held in accordance with this section. 10 (b) When a defendant is found guilty of or pleads 11 guilty to an offense for which one of the sentences provided S I