HR 4689
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional veto
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Sentencing guidelines
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2002
Introduced: May 9, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 31, 2002
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484.
Oct 31, 2002
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 107-769.
Sep 10, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 10, 2002
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 5, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 14, 2002
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
May 14, 2002
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 14, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 10, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 9, 2002
Introduced in House
May 9, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Plain-English summary
Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2002 - Disapproves Amendment number 4 of the "Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, and Official Commentary," submitted by the United States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 2002, and provides that it shall not take effect to the extent it: (1) amends provisions setting forth the base offense level for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, exporting, or trafficking of drugs to provide that the base offense level shall not be more than level 30 if the defendant receives a mitigating role adjustment; and (2) instructs the court to apply the appropriate mitigating role adjustment to reduce the defendant's base offense level.
What's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484.
Committees of jurisdiction
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