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[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JEFFRIES:H.R. 1693.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8 clause 18 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H1190]
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297). (text: CR H5477)
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Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297).(text: CR H5477)
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Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5492-5493)
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At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1693.
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Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5477-5481)
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Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-128, Part I.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-128, Part I.
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Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Crime and Law Enforcement
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2021-03-09
Introduced in House
2021-09-28T10:00:10Z
Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act or the EQUAL 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.
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.
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.
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2021-09-27
Reported to House, Part I
2021-10-14T15:02:03Z
Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act of 2021 or the EQUAL Act of 2021
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.
The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes a sentencing court to impose a reduced sentence on a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a specified crack cocaine offense before this bill's enactment. A defendant does not have to be present at the sentence reduction hearing. Finally, the bill prohibits the reduction of a sentence that was previously reduced.
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2021-09-28
Passed House
2021-10-14T18:07:32Z
Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act of 2021 or the EQUAL Act of 2021
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.
The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes a sentencing court to impose a reduced sentence on a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a specified crack cocaine offense before this bill's enactment. A defendant does not have to be present at the sentence reduction hearing. Finally, the bill prohibits the reduction of a sentence that was previously reduced.

EQUAL Act of 2021
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EQUAL Act of 2021
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To eliminate the disparity in sentencing for cocaine offenses, and for other purposes.
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EQUAL Act of 2021
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2021-09-29T04:00:00Z
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2021-09-28T04:00:00Z
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2021-09-27T04:00:00Z
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2021-03-09T05:00:00Z
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2021-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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