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S. 1398 (104th)
A bill 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.
Introduced
7 November 1995
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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10 August 2026
Summary
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 Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 November 1995
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 November 1995
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 7 November 1995
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1398
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1398