118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 1062: EQUAL Act
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Summary
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.
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The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes resentencing of a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a crack cocaine offense before the date of enactment.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Don Bacon R-NEOriginal
- Hakeem Jeffries D-NYOriginal
- Robert Scott D-VAOriginal
- Nancy Mace R-SC
- Tom McClintock R-CA
- Eleanor Norton D-DC
- Marc Veasey D-TX
- Jason Crow D-CO
- Thomas Massie R-KY
- Danny Davis D-IL
- Barry Moore R-AL
- Dusty Johnson R-SD
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Stephanie Bice R-OK
- Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- David Trone D-MD
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer R-OR
- Jasmine Crockett D-TX
- Dan Goldman D-NY
- Abigail Spanberger D-VA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Kelly Armstrong SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Kelly Armstrong.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- 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.