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Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007

Introduced: May 14, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2008
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held.
May 14, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 14, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to to decrease mandatory minimum sentencing thresholds for powder cocaine and increase such thresholds for crack cocaine.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines to: (1) reflect changes to mandatory minimum sentences made by this Act; (2) provide increased sentences for defendants who use violence or weapons in the course of a drug trafficking offense or who play an active role in the commission of such offenses; and (3) limit sentencing for defendants who play a lesser role in the commission of drug offenses and who receive little or no compensation from their crime.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to carry out a pilot program for home detention of nonviolent prisoners age 65 or older.

What's happening now February 12, 2008

Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 5
  • HR 79 Related bill Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2007
  • HR 460 Related bill Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2007
  • HR 4545 Related bill Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007
  • S 1685 Related bill Fairness in Drug Sentencing Act of 2007
  • S 1711 Related bill Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Cornyn, John
Texas · May 14, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1383: Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1383/
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"S. 1383: Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1383/.
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S. 1383, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1383/.
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