PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Proposed Federal House Legislation HB3489
Legislation Overview
Title: Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015
Subject: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate most drug offense mandatory minimum prison terms imposed on a defendant who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Additionally, it eliminates drug offense mandatory minimum prison terms for simple possession, distribution to an individual under age 21 by an individual under age 18, distribution or manufacture in a school zone, and use of an individual under age 21 to distribute. Finally, the bill requires prior written approval of the Attorney General to prosecute a defendant for certain drug offenses that involve low-level drug quantities (e.g., less than one kilogram of heroin) or cocaine-based substances.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: October 5, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3489/all-info
Sponsors
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9 sponsors: Maxine Waters (D); Keith Ellison (D); Mark Pocan (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Barbara Lee (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Robert Brady (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Chaka Fattah (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Oct 5 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Sep 11 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Sep 10 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 10 2015 | 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. |
| House | Sep 10 2015 | Referred to House Judiciary |
| House | Sep 10 2015 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 15 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
Votes
There have not been any votes on this bill
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