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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2259 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 141
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2259

                          [Report No. 104-272]

         To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 1995

 Mr. McCollum introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                           September 29, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL

 
         To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EQUALIZATION OF CRACK 
              AND COCAINE POWDER QUANTITIES FOR TRAFFICKING OFFENSES.

    In accordance with section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, 
Amendment number 5 of the ``Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, 
Policy Statements, and Official Commentary'', submitted by the United 
States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 1995, is hereby 
disapproved and shall not take effect to the extent it--
            (1) amends Sec. 2D1.1(c) (1) through (14) of the sentencing 
        guidelines;
            (2) inserts the following sentence in Sec. 2D1.1(c) of the 
        sentencing guidelines: `` `Cocaine,' for the purposes of this 
        guideline, includes cocaine hydrochloride, cocaine base, and 
        crack cocaine.''; and
            (3) deletes ``1 gm of Cocaine Base (`Crack') = 20 kg of 
        marihuana'' from the Commentary to Sec. 2D1.1 of the sentencing 
        guidelines captioned ``Application Notes'' in Note 10 in the 
        subdivision captioned ``Cocaine and Other Schedule I and II 
        Stimulants''.

SEC. 2. DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EQUALIZATION OF CRACK AND 
              COCAINE POWER QUANTITIES FOR POSSESSION OFFENSES.

    In accordance with section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, 
Amendment number 5 of the ``Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, 
Policy Statements, and Official Commentary'', submitted by the United 
States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 1995, is hereby 
disapproved and shall not take effect to the extent it amends section 
2D2.1.

SEC. 3. DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MONEY LAUNDERING AND 
              TRANSACTIONS IN PROPERTY DERIVED FROM UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY.

    In accordance with section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, 
Amendment number 18 of the ``Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, 
Policy Statements, and Official Commentary'', submitted by the United 
States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 1995, is hereby 
disapproved and shall not take effect.

                                                 Union Calendar No. 141

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H.R. 2259

                          [Report No. 104-272]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

         To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 29, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
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