[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2363 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2363

  To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide a mandatory life 
        penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

 Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Combest, Mr. 
 Norwood, Mr. Smith of Texas, Ms. Granger, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
  Aderholt, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
   Thomas, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Burton of 
   Indiana, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
   LaTourette, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
  Largent, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
   Callahan, Mr. Portman, Mr. Mica, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bob Schaffer of 
 Colorado, Mr. Collins, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Rogan, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Barr 
  of Georgia, Mr. Baker, Mr. Hastert, and Mr. Cooksey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
   and in addition to the Committee on 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide a mandatory life 
        penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine.

    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 ``Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY LIFE PENALTY FOR CERTAIN METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 401 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 841) is amended--
            (1) by striking clause (viii) of subsection (b)(1)(A);
            (2) by striking clause (viii) of subsection (b)(1)(B); and
            (3) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following:
    ``(h) Whoever engages in a violation of subsection (a) involving 
methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers shall be 
fined not more than $8,000,000 (if an individual) or $20,000,000 (if 
other than an individual) and shall be imprisoned for life, unless the 
death penalty is imposed.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Civil penalty.--Section 405(a) of the Controlled 
        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 844a) is amended by inserting ``or 
        described in section 401(h),'' after ``401(b)(1)(A)''.
            (2) Continuing criminal enterprise.--Section 408 of the 
        Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ``a 
                substance described in section 401(h) or'' after 
                ``involved'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting ``a 
                substance described in section 401(h) or'' after 
                ``distribution of''; and
                    (C) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by inserting ``section 
                841(h),'' after ``punishable under''.
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