Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2017
Latest action · Sep 28, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2017
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 at least age 18, distribution or manufacture in a school zone, and use of an individual under age 18 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 less than 500 grams of cocaine-based substances).
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2017 to Sep 26, 2018, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 14, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 14, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Sep 14, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Sep 14, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 21, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 3, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Aug 24, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 26, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Sep 15, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 14, 2017Introduced in House
- Sep 14, 2017Referred 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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- Sep 14, 2017Introduced in House
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