Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4545
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alcoholism
Cocaine
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crack (Drug)
Criminal liability
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Exports
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
Law
Mandatory sentences
Prosecution
Rehabilitation of criminals
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violence
Weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the amount of a controlled substance or mixture containing a cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine) required for the imposition of mandatory minimum prison terms for crack cocaine trafficking to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

Eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum prison term for first-time possession of crack cocaine. 

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend, if appropriate, its sentencing guidelines for trafficking in a controlled substance to reflect the use of a dangerous weapon or violence in such crime and the culpability and the role of the defendant in such crime, taking into account certain aggravating and mitigating factors. 

Directs the Attorney General to make grants to improve drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. 

Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to establish demonstration programs to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs by substance abusers while incarcerated and until the completion of parole or court supervision. 

Increases monetary penalties for drug trafficking and for the importation and exportation of controlled substances. 

Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of Justice, the Treasury, and Homeland Security for FY2008-FY2009 for the prosecution of, and for supporting the prosecution of, high-level drug offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H15446-15448)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in House