HR 1693 117th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances

EQUAL Act of 2021

Introduced: March 9, 2021 Introduced by: Jeffries, Hakeem S. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps

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Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 29, 2021

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sep 28, 2021

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 28, 2021

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297). (text: CR H5477)

Sep 28, 2021

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297).(text: CR H5477)

Sep 28, 2021

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5492-5493)

Sep 28, 2021

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Sep 28, 2021

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1693.

Sep 28, 2021

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5477-5481)

Sep 28, 2021

Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Sep 27, 2021

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.

Sep 27, 2021

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

Sep 27, 2021

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-128, Part I.

Jul 21, 2021

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

Jul 21, 2021

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jul 21, 2021

Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.

May 18, 2021

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

Mar 10, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 9, 2021

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.

Mar 9, 2021

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Sep 28, 2021	House · vote #297	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed	361–66	See who voted →

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act of 2021 or the EQUAL Act of 2021

This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.

This bill eliminates the lower quantity thresholds for crack cocaine offenses. Under the bill, the same threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.

The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes a sentencing court to impose a reduced sentence on a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a specified crack cocaine offense before this bill's enactment. A defendant does not have to be present at the sentence reduction hearing. Finally, the bill prohibits the reduction of a sentence that was previously reduced.

What's happening now September 29, 2021

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees of jurisdiction 5