[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4842 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4842

  To provide for only prospective effect of certain amendments to the 
   Federal Sentencing Guidelines relating to cocaine base sentencing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2007

  Mr. Smith of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
 Gallegly, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gohmert, 
   and Mr. Jordan of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for only prospective effect of certain amendments to the 
   Federal Sentencing Guidelines relating to cocaine base sentencing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding 
any determination of the United States Sentencing Commission to the 
contrary, amendment number 9 of the ``Amendments to the Sentencing 
Guidelines, Policy Statements, and Official Commentary'' which was 
submitted by the United States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 
1, 2007, pursuant to section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, 
shall apply only to cases pending on and after the date that amendment 
took effect.
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