EQUAL Act
- Last Action
- 2/24/2023
Actions
- 2023-02-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-02-17Referred 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.
- 2023-02-17Referred 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.
- 2023-02-17Introduced in House
- 2023-02-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-17 (00)
Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act or the EQUAL Act
This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine.
Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.
This bill eliminates the lower quantity thresholds for crack cocaine offenses. Under the bill, the same threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.
The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes resentencing of a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a crack cocaine offense before the date of enactment.
Cosponsors (20)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Robert Scott (D-VA)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
- Marc Veasey (D-TX)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Thomas Massie (R-KY)
- Jason Crow (D-CO)
- Barry Moore (R-AL)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
Subjects
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
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