3.0.0 1383 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z Senate S S 2007-05-14 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing ssju15 Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-02-12T16:28:55Z Referred to 2007-05-14T20:25:59Z Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2007 110 79 HR 2007-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2007 110 460 HR 2007-06-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1208) Related bill CRS Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 110 4545 HR 2007-12-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Fairness in Drug Sentencing Act of 2007 110 1685 S 2008-02-12 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held. Related bill CRS Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 110 1711 S 2008-02-12 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2008-02-12 ssju15 Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held. Committee 2007-05-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL N P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2007-05-14 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2007-05-14 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-05-14 True Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Cocaine Crack (Drug) Drug abuse Drug traffic Firearms Government Operations and Politics Health Imprisonment Law Long-term care Mandatory sentences Nursing homes Prison alternatives Sentencing guidelines Social Welfare U.S. Sentencing Commission Violence Weapons Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-24T18:07:23Z Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to to decrease mandatory minimum sentencing thresholds for powder cocaine and increase such thresholds for crack cocaine.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines to: (1) reflect changes to mandatory minimum sentences made by this Act; (2) provide increased sentences for defendants who use violence or weapons in the course of a drug trafficking offense or who play an active role in the commission of such offenses; and (3) limit sentencing for defendants who play a lesser role in the commission of drug offenses and who receive little or no compensation from their crime.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to carry out a pilot program for home detention of nonviolent prisoners age 65 or older.

]]> Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007 Display Title Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce the disparity in punishment between crack and powder cocaine offenses, to more broadly focus the punishment for drug offenders on the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2007-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1383is/xml/BILLS-110s1383is.xml 2008-02-12 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.