HR 1501
109th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cocaine
Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2005
Introduced: April 6, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 10, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Apr 6, 2005
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Apr 6, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2005 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine, with regard to trafficking, possession, importation, and exportation of such substances, by changing the applicable amounts for powder cocaine to those currently applicable to crack cocaine.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1