HR 213 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor John E. Sweeney R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 12, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 3, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 2001- Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to direct the court to sentence a person convicted of bringing into the United States a proscribed quantity of a mixture or substance containing a controlled substance in an amount the Attorney General has determined is equal to 100 usual dosage amounts to life imprisonment without possibility of release (or, if the defendant has violated such provision on more than one occasion and if certain requirements under the Federal criminal code are met, to death).

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
  2. Feb 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  3. Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
  4. Jan 3, 2001Referred 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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