HOUSE 1693117th CongressReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

EQUAL Act of 2021

Last Action: 9/29/2021

Actions

2021-09-29Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2021-09-28Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2021-09-28On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297). (text: CR H5477)
2021-09-28Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297).(text: CR H5477)
2021-09-28Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5492-5493)
2021-09-28At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2021-09-28DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1693.
2021-09-28Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5477-5481)
2021-09-28Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2021-09-27Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.
2021-09-27Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
2021-09-27Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
2021-09-27Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-128, Part I.
2021-09-27Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-128, Part I.
2021-07-21Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

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CRS Summary

As of 2021-09-28 (53)

Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act of 2021 or the EQUAL Act of 2021

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 a sentencing court to impose a reduced sentence on a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a specified crack cocaine offense before this bill's enactment. A defendant does not have to be present at the sentence reduction hearing. Finally, the bill prohibits the reduction of a sentence that was previously reduced.

Cosponsors (20)

Robert Scott (D-VA)
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
Don Bacon (R-NE)
Nancy Mace (R-SC)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Van Taylor (R-TX)
Cathy Rodgers (R-WA)
Thomas Massie (R-KY)
David Trone (D-MD)
Peter Meijer (R-MI)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Victoria Spartz (R-IN)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Tom Cole (R-OK)
Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
David Joyce (R-OH)
Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
Barry Moore (R-AL)
Stephanie Bice (R-OK)

Subjects

Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

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