A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment for murder in the course of a controlled substances related pattern of racketeering activity and for murder of a law enforcement officer in the course of a controlled substances violation.

Summary

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a sentence of death or life imprisonment for any person 18 years of age or older who: (1) commits a murder in the course of a controlled substances-related pattern of racketeering activity; or (2) murders a law enforcement officer in the course of a controlled substances violation.

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Timeline

1. 18 September 1986

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 September 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 September 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 23 September 1986

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

   Source: Committee

5. 25 September 1986

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

   Source: Committee

6. 27 October 1986

   Committee

   See H.R.5484.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 September 1986

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] · D · Sponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986