[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3898 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 3898

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                                 AN ACT

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances 
  Import and Export Act to conform penalties for violations involving 
    certain amounts of methamphetamine to penalties for violations 
                involving similar amounts cocaine base.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3898

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances 
  Import and Export Act to conform penalties for violations involving 
    certain amounts of methamphetamine to penalties for violations 
                involving similar amounts 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 ``Speed Trafficking Life In Prison Act 
of 1998''.

SEC. 2. METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING PENALTY ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Amendments to the Controlled Substances Act.--The Controlled 
Substances Act is amended--
            (1) in section 401(b)(1)(A)(viii) (21 U.S.C. 
        841(b)(1)(A)(viii)) by--
                    (A) striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams''; and
                    (B) striking ``1 kilogram'' and inserting ``500 
                grams''; and
            (2) in section 401(b)(1)(B)(viii) (21 U.S.C. 
        841(b)(1)(B)(viii)) by--
                    (A) striking ``10 grams'' and inserting ``5 
                grams''; and
                    (B) striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams''.
    (b) Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export 
Act.--The Controlled Substances Import and Export Act is amended--
            (1) in section 1010(b)(1)(H) (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(1)(H)) by--
                    (A) striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams'';
                    (B) striking ``1 kilogram'' and inserting ``500 
                grams''; and
                    (C) striking the period at the end and inserting a 
                semicolon; and
            (2) in section 1010(b)(2)(H) (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(2)(H)) by--
                    (A) striking ``10 grams'' and inserting ``5 
                grams'';
                    (B) striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams''; and
                    (C) striking the period at the end and inserting a 
                semicolon.

SEC. 3. PREPARATION OF AN IMPACT STATEMENT.

    The United States Sentencing Commission shall prepare a statement 
analyzing the impact of the sentences imposed as a result of the 
amendments made by this Act and present that analysis to Congress not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.