S 1548
101th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drugs and youth
Juvenile delinquency
Narcotic traffic
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Juveniles in Drug Crime Prevention Act of 1989
Introduced: August 4, 1989
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Became law
Aug 4, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Aug 4, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Juveniles in Drug Crime Prevention Act of 1989 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to increase the minimum term of imprisonment for: (1) employment or use of persons under 18 years of age in drug operations; and (2) employment or use of persons under 14 years of age in such operations.
Amends the Federal criminal code to include as a serious drug offense any act of juvenile delinquency which, if committed by an adult, would be a serious drug offense constituting an armed career criminal act predicate offense.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1