HR 4038
104th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cocaine
Crack (Drug)
Criminal procedure
Drug abuse
Narcotic traffic
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
To approve a previously disapproved amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines relating to criminal sentences for cocaine offenses.
Introduced: September 9, 1996
Introduced by:
Waters, Maxine
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 4, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Sep 9, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 9, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Approves amendment number 5 of the "Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, and Official Commentary," submitted by the United States Sentencing Commission to the Congress on May 1, 1995 (a previously disapproved amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines relating to equalization of crack and cocaine powder quantities for trafficking and possession offenses).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Committees of jurisdiction
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