HR 1681
106th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative procedure
Cocaine
Conspiracy
Crack (Drug)
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Mandatory sentences
Parole
Probation
Prosecution
Recidivists
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 1999
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 11, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 4, 1999
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 4, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 1999 - Requires the Attorney General's prior written approval for a Federal prosecution under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA), or for any conspiracy to commit such an offense, where the offense involves the illegal distribution or possession of a controlled substance in an amount less than that specified as a minimum for an offense under the CSA or, in the case of any substance containing cocaine or cocaine base, in an amount less than 500 grams.
Modifies the CSA and CSIEA to delete specified mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.