118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 524: 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
- Christopher Coons D-DEOriginal
- Richard Durbin D-ILOriginal
- Lindsey Graham R-SCOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WYOriginal
- Rand Paul R-KYOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIOriginal
- Susan Collins R-ME
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
Who scored on this bill
- 1Cory Booker SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Cory Booker.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.