HR 18
111th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Smuggling and trafficking
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009
Introduced: January 6, 2009
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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
Plain-English summary
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.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1