[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 587 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 587

    To provide for the mandatory suspension of Federal benefits to 
          convicted drug traffickers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 1999

 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 provide for the mandatory suspension of Federal benefits to 
          convicted drug traffickers, and for other purposes.

    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 ``No Federal Benefits for Drug 
Traffickers Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS.

    (a) Mandatory Suspension for Drug Traffickers.--Section 421 of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 862) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``at the discretion of the court,'' 
                each place that term appears;
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``not less 
                than 1 year and, at the discretion of the court,'' 
                before ``up''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``not less 
                than 3 years and, at the discretion of the court,'' 
                before ``up'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsections (a) and'' 
        and inserting ``subsection''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``The penalties 
        provided'' and inserting ``With the exception of benefits 
        denied pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C), the suspension of 
        benefits authorized''.
    (b) Suspension for Individuals Convicted of Other Drug Offenses.--
Section 421(b)(1)(B) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
862(b)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``not less than 1 year and, at the 
        discretion of the court,'' before ``up''; and
            (2) by striking ``the court.'' and all that follows before 
        the period at the end of the subparagraph and inserting ``the 
        court, and the court may impose the requirements described in 
        clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A)''.
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