Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Jun 22, 2021
Last action Jun 22, 2021
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Jun 22, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Tom Cotton
RRepublican
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