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HR 765 107th Congress House

Safety Valve Fairness Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide retroactive effect to a sentencing safety valve provision.

Introduced: February 27, 2001 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Appellate procedureCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesConspiracyDrug abuse
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Drug law enforcementDrug trafficFirearmsForeign Trade and International FinanceInformersLawLimitation of actionsMandatory sentencesPrisoners' rightsSentences (Criminal procedure)Sentencing guidelinesSmugglingViolence
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) 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 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.
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 Latest action March 9, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 20, 2002
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Feb 27, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2001
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Feb 27, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 765: Safety Valve Fairness Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-765/
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"H.R. 765: Safety Valve Fairness Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-765/.
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