Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1118
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault
Capital punishment
Chemicals
Child welfare
Colleges
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs and youth
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Exports
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Heroin
Higher education
Homicide
Housing and Community Development
Imports
Jurisdiction
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Murder
Organized crime
Playgrounds
Poisons
Pregnant women
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public housing
Rape
Recidivists
Recreation centers
School buildings
School security
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
Sports and Recreation
Swimming pools
Violence
Vocational and technical education
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase prison terms or impose mandatory minimum prison terms for: (1) manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large amounts of heroin, marihuana, or methamphetamine; (2) importing or exporting such drugs; (3) manufacturing or cultivating a controlled substance on federal property; (4) using hazardous substances on federal land in connection with illegal drug activities; (5) possessing a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; (6) committing a crime of violence during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; (7) engaging in a dangerous drug trafficking organization; (8) distributing controlled substances to persons under age 21 or to a pregnant person; (9) distributing controlled substances in or near schools; and (10) employing or involving persons under age 18 in illegal drug activities.

Directs the Attorney General to develop a National Drug Trafficking Enforcement Strategy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-16
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: 2007-02-16
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: 2007-02-16
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: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House