HR 3898
105th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Fines (Penalties)
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
Methamphetamine
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998
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22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 16, 1998
Received in the Senate.
Sep 15, 1998
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 1998
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 15, 1998
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 15, 1998
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Sep 15, 1998
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7716-7719)
Sep 15, 1998
Mr. McCollum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 14, 1998
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
Sep 14, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged.
Sep 14, 1998
House Committee on Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 14, 1998.
Sep 14, 1998
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-711, Part I.
Jul 21, 1998
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 6.
Jul 21, 1998
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 16, 1998
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 15, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 26, 1998
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
May 26, 1998
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 26, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 19, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
May 19, 1998
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.
May 19, 1998
Referred to House Judiciary
May 19, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to decrease the quantities of methamphetamine necessary to trigger specified trafficking penalties (to correspond to amounts triggering penalties for trafficking in crack cocaine).
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Received in the Senate.