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Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 1999

Introduced: March 2, 1999 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 11, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 10, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 2, 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.
Mar 2, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 1999 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate specified mandatory minimum penalties relating to the trafficking in, and possession, importation, or distribution of, crack cocaine.

What's happening now March 11, 1999

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 20, 1999
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 15, 1999
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 23, 1999
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 23, 1999
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 1999
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 2, 1999
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 2, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 939: Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-939/
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"H.R. 939: Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-939/.
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H.R. 939, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-939/.
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