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HR 3382 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Racial and ethnic relations U.S. Sentencing Commission

Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013

Introduced: January 10, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 9, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 1, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 30, 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.
Oct 30, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to direct the court to impose a sentence for specified controlled substance offenses without regard to any statutory minimum sentence if the court finds that the criminal history category for the defendant is not higher than category two. (Currently, the court may disregard the statutory minimum if the defendant does not have more than one criminal history point.)

Authorizes a court that imposed a sentence for a crack cocaine possession or trafficking offense committed before August 3, 2010, on motion of the defendant, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, the attorney for the government, or the court, to impose a reduced sentence as if provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the time such offense was committed.

Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to reduce mandatory minimum sentences for manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, possessing, importing, or exporting specified controlled substances.

Directs the Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of such an offense under the CSA and CSIEA to ensure consistency with this Act and to consider specified factors, including: (1) its mandate to formulate guidelines to minimize the likelihood that the federal prison population will exceed federal prison capacity, (2) fiscal implications of changes, (3) relevant public safety concerns, (4) the intent of Congress that penalties for violent and serious drug traffickers who present public safety risks remain appropriately severe, and (5) the need to reduce and prevent racial disparities in sentencing.

Requires the Attorney General to report on how the reduced expenditures on federal corrections and cost savings resulting from this Act will be used to help reduce overcrowding, increase investment in law enforcement and crime prevention, and reduce recidivism.

What's happening now January 9, 2014

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 40
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Nov 18, 2014
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Nov 18, 2014
R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Sep 18, 2014
Bishop, Rob
· Sep 16, 2014
D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 15, 2014
CAPPS, LOIS
· Aug 1, 2014
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 31, 2014
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jul 18, 2014
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 11, 2014
Ellison, Keith
· Jun 30, 2014
D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Jun 24, 2014
R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jun 12, 2014
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 9, 2014
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 9, 2014
Ryan, Paul
· Jun 9, 2014
Heck, Denny
· May 28, 2014
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 19, 2014
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 1, 2014
R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Apr 28, 2014
Polis, Jared
· Apr 28, 2014
R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 8, 2014
R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Apr 3, 2014
R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Apr 3, 2014
Sanford, Mark
· Apr 3, 2014
Stewart, Chris
· Apr 3, 2014
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2014
D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Feb 3, 2014
D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 3, 2014
CAMP, DAVE
· Jan 10, 2014
O'Rourke, Beto
· Jan 8, 2014
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 19, 2013
Farenthold, Blake
· Dec 9, 2013
Fudge, Marcia
· Dec 9, 2013
R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Dec 3, 2013
BACHUS, SPENCER
· Oct 30, 2013
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 30, 2013
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Oct 30, 2013
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 30, 2013
Richmond, Cedric
· Oct 30, 2013
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Oct 30, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3382: Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3382/
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"H.R. 3382: Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3382/.
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