To increase the penalty for trafficking in powdered cocaine to the same level as the penalty for trafficking in crack cocaine, and for other purposes.

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Amends the Controlled Substances Act to subject the manufacture, distribution, or sale of 50 grams (currently, five kilograms) of powder cocaine to a ten-year minimum sentence and the manufacture, distribution, or sale of five grams (currently, 500 grams) to a five-year minimum sentence (thus increasing the penalty for trafficking in powdered cocaine to the same level as the penalty for trafficking in crack cocaine).

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 March 1996

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  Introduced in House · EN · 28 March 1996

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 March 1996

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