Drug Traffickers Death Penalty Act of 1987

Summary

Drug Traffickers Death Penalty Act of 1987 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the imposition of the death penalty or a sentence of life imprisonment for: (1) the murder of a law enforcement officer during the course of a Controlled Substances Act violation; (2) certain violations involving ten or more kilograms of heroin, cocaine (including cocaine freebase), phencyclidine, or a controlled substance analogue; or (3) second or subsequent violations involving one or more kilogram of such controlled substances.

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Timeline

1. 30 June 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 June 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 30 June 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 July 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

   Source: Committee

5. 13 July 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

   Source: Committee

6. 18 November 1988

   Committee

   See H.R.5210.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 June 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Davis, Jack [R-IL-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bilbray, James H. [D-NV-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988