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HR 18 111th Congress House

Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act with respect to penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses.

Introduced: March 24, 2009 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencingDrug trafficking and controlled substancesSmuggling and trafficking
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jan 6, 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.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 21, 2009

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009 - 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.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 24, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 18: Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-18/
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"H.R. 18: Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-18/.
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H.R. 18, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-18/.
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