US Congress House Bill 3245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-2-1)
Status: Introduced on July 16 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-12-01 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions of the Controlled Substances Act that provide different criminal penalties for the manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing of cocaine and cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine), including the mandatory minimum five-year prison sentence for simple possessesion of cocaine base. Repeals provisions of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act that provide different criminal penalties for the importing and exporting of cocaine and cocaine base.

Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-12-01		Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
2010-12-01		Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
2010-12-01		Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-670, Part I.
2009-07-29		Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2009-07-29		Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2009-07-23		Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
2009-07-23		Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2009-07-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-07-17		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-07-17		Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
2009-07-16		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-07-16		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-07-16		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.

HB1459 (Related) 2009-05-21 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3245/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3245/BILLS-111hr3245ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3245/BILLS-111hr3245rh.pdf