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HR 2270 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Crimes against property Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Firearms and explosives Forests, forestry, trees General public lands matters Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Lakes and rivers Land use and conservation U.S. Sentencing Commission

To impose enhanced penalties for certain drug offense that take place on Federal property.

Introduced: June 5, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jun 7, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 5, 2013
Introduced in House
Jun 5, 2013
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.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) impose an additional term of up to ten years' imprisonment for cultivating or manufacturing controlled substances on federal property; (2) prohibit a person, while cultivating or manufacturing a controlled substance on federal property, from clear cutting timber or diverting, obstructing, or draining an aquifer, spring, stream, river or body of water; and (3) apply the prohibition against assembling, maintaining, or placing a boobytrap on federal property where a controlled substance is being manufactured to federal property where a controlled substance is being cultivated.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to provide an additional penalty increase of two offense levels if the offense of manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a counterfeit substance: (1) includes the use of a poison, chemical, or other hazardous substance to cultivate or manufacture controlled substances on federal property; (2) creates a hazard to humans, wildlife, or domestic animals; (3) degrades or harms the environment or natural resources; (4) pollutes an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water; (5) involves the diversion, redirection, obstruction, or draining of an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water or the clear cut of timber while cultivating or manufacturing a controlled substance on federal property; or (6) involves the possession of a firearm while cultivating or manufacturing controlled substances on federal lands.

What's happening now July 15, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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