[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2024 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2024

 To increase the penalties for trafficking in methamphetamine in order 
to equalize those penalties with the penalties for trafficking in crack 
                                cocaine.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the penalties for trafficking in methamphetamine in order 
to equalize those penalties with the penalties for trafficking in crack 
                                cocaine.

    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 ``Methamphetamine Trafficking Penalty 
Enhancement Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. METHAMPHETAMINE PENALTY INCREASES.

    (a) Controlled Substances Act.--Section 401(b)(1) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(viii)--
                    (A) by striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1 kilogram'' and inserting ``500 
                grams''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(viii)--
                    (A) by striking ``10 grams'' and inserting ``5 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams''.
    (b) Controlled Substances Import and Export Act.--Section 1010(b) 
of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(H)--
                    (A) by striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1 kilogram'' and inserting ``500 
                grams''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(H)--
                    (A) by striking ``10 grams'' and inserting ``5 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``50 
                grams''.
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