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HR 1252 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015

Introduced: March 4, 2015 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Mar 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 4, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 4, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015

Directs: (1) a court, in cases in which a sentence has not yet been imposed with respect to the application of the penalty amendments of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to cocaine base offenses committed prior to the enactment of such Act, to impose such sentence as if such amendments were in effect on the date the offense was committed; and (2) the Court of Appeals to remand for resentencing consistent with such amendments such cases in which a sentence has already been imposed, if subject to a pending appeal on or after August 3, 2010.

Authorizes the sentencing court, in the case of a defendant who has been convicted of such an offense committed before August 3, 2010, for which a term of imprisonment has been imposed, to reduce the term of imprisonment for that crime consistent with the amendments made by that Act on motion of the defendant or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or on its own motion.

What's happening now March 31, 2015

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

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Smith, Adam
Washington · May 13, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1252: Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1252/
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