Velahor wrote:Any interested co-sponsors for the LEAP Act? It's a bill to even the crack and raw cocaine sentencing guidelines. The sponsors of its IRL equivalent (the EQUAL Act) are Cory Booker, Dick Durbin, Thom Tillis, Patrick Leahy, Rob Portman, and Rand Paul.(Image)
The LEAP Act
A BILL
to eliminate the disparity between raw cocaine and cocaine base in drug offense sentencing.
Sponsor: Representative Diane Paulson (R-ME-2)
Senate Sponsors:
House Sponsors:
SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE
(A) This Act may be cited as the “Legislative Elimination of Assymetric Penalties Act” or the “LEAP Act”.
SECTION 2: ELIMINATION OF INCREASE PENALTIES FOR COCAINE OFFENSES WHERE THE COCAINE INVOLVED IS COCAINE BASE
(a) Controlled substances act-
The following provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) are repealed:
(1) Clause (iii) of section 401(b)(1)(A) (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(A)).
(2) Clause (iii) of section 401(b)(1)(B) (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(B)).
(b) Controlled substances import and export act-
The following provisions of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) are repealed:
(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 1010(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(1)).
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 1010(b)(2) (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(2)).
(c) Applicability to pending and past cases
(1) Pending cases
This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall apply to any sentence imposed after the date of enactment of this Act, regardless of when the offense was committed.
(2) Past cases
In the case of a defendant who, before the date of enactment of this Act, was convicted or sentenced for a Federal offense involving cocaine base, the sentencing court may, on motion of the defendant, the Bureau of Prisons, the attorney for the Government, or on its own motion, impose a reduced sentence after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) of title 18, United States Code.
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