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S 2156 117th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act

Introduced: June 22, 2021 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 22, 2021
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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 June 22, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2156: Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2156/
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"S. 2156: Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2156/.
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S. 2156, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2156/.
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[S. 2156: Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2156/)
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