S.Amdt. 1409
What it does: Adds SEC. 555. INNOCENT CHILD PROTECTION IN EXECUTION OF SENTENCES OF DEATH at the end of subtitle E of title V
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 555. INNOCENT CHILD PROTECTION IN EXECUTION OF SENTENCES OF DEATH at the end of subtitle E of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(4) Funding.--Amounts for financial support under this section shall be derived from amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance.
Inserted: SEC. 555. INNOCENT CHILD PROTECTION IN EXECUTION OF SENTENCES OF DEATH.
Inserted: Section 857 of title 10, United States Code (article 57 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
Inserted: (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "However, in the case of a sentence of death, the convening authority shall delay execution of sentence to the extent necessary to prevent the death of an innocent child in utero."; and
Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
Inserted: "(d) Protection of Innocent Child in Utero in Execution of Sentence of Death.--It shall be unlawful for any authority, military or civil, of the United States, a State, or any district, possession, commonwealth or other territory under the authority of the United States to carry out a sentence of death on a woman while she carries an innocent child in utero.
Inserted: "(e) Innocent Child in Utero Defined.--In this section, the term 'innocent child in utero' means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.".
Original wording
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1409. Mr. BLUNT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. 555. INNOCENT CHILD PROTECTION IN EXECUTION OF SENTENCES OF DEATH.
Section 857 of title 10, United States Code (article 57 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new sentence: “However, in the case of a sentence of death, the convening authority shall delay execution of sentence to the extent necessary to prevent the death of an innocent child in utero.”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
“(d) Protection of Innocent Child in Utero in Execution of Sentence of Death.--It shall be unlawful for any authority, military or civil, of the United States, a State, or any district, possession, commonwealth or other territory under the authority of the United States to carry out a sentence of death on a woman while she carries an innocent child in utero.
“(e) Innocent Child in Utero Defined.--In this section, the term ‘innocent child in utero' means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2011