,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gecb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjbj,mr4  
,johnson of ,georgia 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4  
,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,hastings1    
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4  
,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,thompson of  
,mississippi1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1   
,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 
,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,ms4      
,wild1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4   
,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 and 
,ms4 ,schakowsky7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #bh1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to clarify the           
availability of ,federal habeas corpus  
relief for a person who is sentenced to 
death though actually innocent4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,effective ,death ,penalty ,appeals 
,act4  #b4 ,clarification of the        
availability of ,federal habeas corpus  

relief for a person who is sentenced to 
death though actually innocent ,section 
#bbed7;d7 of title #bh1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph   
7#a71 by striking 2 or and inserting a  
semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by  
striking the period and inserting 2 or2 
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#c7 resulted in1 or left in
 force1 a sentence of death that was    
imposed without consideration of newly  
discovered evidence which1 in           
combination with the evidence presented 
at trial1 demonstrates that the         
applicant is probably not guilty of the 
underlying offense4  4  #c4 ,conforming 
amendments relating to second and       
successive petitions  7a7 ,state        
convictions ,section #bbdd7;b7 of title 
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,a 
and inserting ,except as provided in    
paragraph 7#e71 a2 and  7#b7 by adding  
at the end the following3  7#e7 ,a claim
 that an applicant was sentenced to     

death without consideration of newly    
discovered evidence which1 in           
combination with the evidence presented 
at trial1 could reasonably be expected  
to demonstrate that the applicant is    
probably not guilty of the underlying   
offense may be presented in a second or 
successive habeas corpus application4  4
  7b7 ,federal convictions ,section     
#bbee7;h7 of title #bh1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph   
7#a71 by striking or2  7#b7 by striking 
the period at the end of paragraph 7#b7 
and inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#c7 a claim 
that an applicant was sentenced to death
 without consideration of newly         
discovered evidence which1 in           
combination with the evidence presented 
at trial1 could reasonably be expected  
to demonstrate that the applicant is    
probably not guilty of the underlying   
offense4  4