HR 5035
110th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Authorization
Cocaine
Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse
Drug courts
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Law
Mandatory sentences
Probation
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2008
Introduced: January 17, 2008
Introduced by:
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Democratic
· Virginia
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 17, 2008
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.
Jan 17, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2008 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate: (1) increased and mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses involving mixtures or substances which contain cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine); and (2) restrictions on judicial authority to grant probation or suspended sentences for certain cocaine offenses.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for federal pretrial diversion and post conviction drug courts.
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for the drug courts grant program.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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