House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2021

H.R. 97Introduced Jan 4, 2021Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 4, 2021
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 1, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 97.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H53):
Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

85 cosponsors — 85 Democrats

0 of 85 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA) and 55 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-13 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.