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H.R. 4617 105th Congress House

Drug Elimination and Justice Act

Official title: To provide increased funding to combat drug offenses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 24, 1998 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Arts, Culture, ReligionAuthorizationCommunity and schoolCommunity policing
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Sep 30, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Sep 30, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Sep 24, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Sep 24, 1998
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Sep 24, 1998
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
Sep 24, 1998
Referred to House Judiciary
Sep 24, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 30, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drug Elimination and Justice Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for grants for community learning centers for FY 1999 through 2004.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2002 to: (1) the Drug Court Program Office of the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to carry out a pilot program to establish a Federal drug court in each of ten cities in the United States that have increasing drug enforcement problems; and (2) DOJ for additional prosecutorial resources dedicated to drug enforcement in each of such cities.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004 for the "Cops on the Beat" program, half of which shall be used for cooperative partnerships between schools and State and local police departments to provide for the use of police officers in schools.

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to increase the minimum sentencing penalties for distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or manufacturing a controlled substance within prescribed distances of a school or other specified facilities and to include public libraries among those facilities.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4617: Drug Elimination and Justice Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4617/
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