HR 765
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Conspiracy
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Firearms
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Informers
Law
Limitation of actions
Mandatory sentences
Prisoners' rights
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
Violence
Safety Valve Fairness Act of 2001
Introduced: February 27, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Feb 27, 2001
Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Plain-English summary
Safety Valve Fairness Act of 2001 - Makes retroactive the court's authority to apply sentencing guidelines instead of mandatory sentences to drug offenders who were first time, nonviolent drug offenders who were not leaders or organizers, did not use a firearm, and provided the Government with all the information they had about the offense.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Committees of jurisdiction
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