S 2156
117th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act
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.
Under the bill, the same threshold quantity of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams) triggers the same statutory criminal penalties.
The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. However, the change does not apply retroactively.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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