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Get Tough on Cocaine Act of 1997

Introduced: July 23, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jul 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jul 23, 1997
Introduced in House
Jul 23, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Jul 23, 1997
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 23, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Get Tough on Cocaine Act of 1997 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to make prohibitions and penalties for the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, importation, or exportation of crack cocaine applicable to the same amounts of powdered cocaine.

Directs the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to submit to the Congress an annual report on the number of Federal arrests for crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses according to the age, gender, and race of the persons arrested and including the amounts of controlled substance involved in the offense for which each arrest is made.

What's happening now July 31, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 3, 1998
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Nov 7, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 21, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2229: Get Tough on Cocaine Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2229/
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"H.R. 2229: Get Tough on Cocaine Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2229/.
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