[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1162 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1162

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances 
Import and Export Act with respect to penalties for powder cocaine and 
                        crack cocaine offenses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 1997

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances 
Import and Export Act with respect to penalties for powder cocaine and 
                        crack cocaine 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 ``Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty 
Equalization Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. TRAFFICKING.

    (a) 50-Gram Penalty.--Section 401(b)(1)(A) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``5 kilograms'' and 
        inserting ``50 grams'';
            (2) by striking clause (iii); and
            (3) by redesignating clauses (iv) through (viii) as clauses 
        (iii) through (vii), respectively.
    (b) 5-Gram Penalty.--Section 401(b)(1)(B) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``500 grams'' and inserting 
        ``5 grams'';
            (2) by striking clause (iii); and
            (3) by redesignating clauses (iv) through (viii) as clauses 
        (iii) through (vii), respectively.

SEC. 3. POSSESSION.

    Section 404(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 844(a)) 
is amended by striking ``cocaine base'' and inserting ``any controlled 
substance described in section 401(b)(1)(A)(ii)''.

SEC. 4. IMPORT AND EXPORT.

    (a) 50-Gram Penalty.--Section 1010(b)(1) of the Controlled 
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``5 kilograms'' and 
        inserting ``50 grams'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (H) as 
        subparagraphs (C) through (G), respectively.
    (b) 5-Gram Penalty.--Section 1010(b)(2) of the Controlled 
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``500 grams'' and 
        inserting ``5 grams'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (H) as 
        subparagraphs (C) through (G), respectively.
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