HR 1459
111th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Smuggling and trafficking
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009
Introduced: March 12, 2009
Introduced by:
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Democratic
· Virginia
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 12, 2009
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.
Mar 12, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Mar 12, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009- 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.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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