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US HR1693
US HR1693Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act of 2021 EQUAL Act of 2021
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Introduced
03/09/2021
03/09/2021
In Committee
07/21/2021
07/21/2021
Crossed Over
09/29/2021
09/29/2021
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023
01/03/2023
Introduced Session
117th Congress
Bill Summary
AN ACT To eliminate the disparity in sentencing for cocaine offenses, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill, the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act of 2021 or the EQUAL Act of 2021, aims to eliminate the disparity in sentencing for cocaine offenses. It repeals provisions in the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act that established harsher penalties for offenses involving cocaine base (commonly known as "crack cocaine") compared to those involving powder cocaine. The bill applies retroactively, allowing defendants previously sentenced for federal cocaine base offenses to seek reduced sentences by the sentencing court. The budgetary effects of the bill are to be determined and submitted for record in the Congressional Budget.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services, Justice, Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (57)
Hakeem Jeffries (D)*,
Kelly Armstrong (R),
Don Bacon (R),
Stephanie Bice (R),
Gus Bilirakis (R),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Brendan Boyle (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Katherine Clark (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Tom Cole (R),
Jim Cooper (D),
Dan Crenshaw (R),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Val Demings (D),
Adriano Espaillat (D),
Louie Gohmert (R),
Ashley Hinson (R),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Dusty Johnson (R),
Mondaire Jones (D),
Dave Joyce (R),
Fred Keller (R),
Ted Lieu (D),
Frank Lucas (R),
Nancy Mace (R),
Tom Malinowski (D),
Sean Maloney (D),
Thomas Massie (R),
Tom McClintock (R),
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),
Peter Meijer (R),
Kweisi Mfume (D),
Barry Moore (R),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Ralph Norman (R),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Burgess Owens (R),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Guy Reschenthaler (R),
María Salazar (R),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Bobby Scott (D),
Mikie Sherrill (D),
Victoria Spartz (R),
Marilyn Strickland (D),
Van Taylor (R),
William Timmons (R),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
David Trone (D),
Nikema Williams (D),
John Yarmuth (D),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (on 09/29/2021)
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