[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 313 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 313

To amend the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to eliminate the discretion of 
  the court in connection with the denial of certain Federal benefits 
               upon conviction of certain drug offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to eliminate the discretion of 
  the court in connection with the denial of certain Federal benefits 
               upon conviction of certain drug offenses.

    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 ``Federal Benefit Suspension Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS.

    Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``at the discretion of the court,'' 
                each place it appears;
                    (B) by striking ``any or'' each place it appears; 
                and
                    (C) by striking ``up to'' each place it appears; 
                and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), by striking 
                ``and at the discretion of the court--'' and all that 
                follows through the end of such subparagraph, and 
                inserting ``be ineligible for any Federal benefits for 
                one year; and''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(B)--
                            (i) by striking ``up to'';
                            (ii) by striking ``as determined by the 
                        court''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``The court shall 
                        continue'' and all that follows through ``under 
                        clause (i).''.
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