[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2063 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2063

To disapprove sentencing guideline amendments relating to cocaine base.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 1995

 Mr. Emerson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To disapprove sentencing guideline amendments relating to cocaine base.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sentencing Amendment Disapproval Act 
of 1995''.

SEC. 2. DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EQUALIZATION OF CRACK AND 
              COCAINE POWDER QUANTITIES.

    In accordance with section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, 
Amendment number 5 of the ``Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, 
Policy Statements, and Official Commentary,'' submitted by the United 
States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 1995, is hereby 
disapproved and shall not take effect to the extent it--
            (1) amends Sec. 2D1.1(c)(1) through (14) of the sentencing 
        guidelines;
            (2) inserts the following sentence in Sec. 2D1.1(c) of the 
        sentencing guidelines: ```Cocaine', for the purposes of this 
        guideline, includes cocaine hydrochloride, cocaine base, and 
        crack cocaine.'';
            (3) deletes ``1 gm of Cocaine Base (`Crack') = 20 kg of 
        marihuana'' from the Commentary to Sec. 2D1.1 of the sentencing 
        guidelines captioned ``Application Notes'' in Note 10 in the 
        subdivision captioned ``Cocaine and Other Schedule I and II 
        Stimulants''; and
            (4) provides reasons for the amendment, except the reasons 
        set forth in the seventh paragraph of the discussion entitled 
        ``Reasons for Amendment''.
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