A bill to direct the Attorney General to develop a model statute for States to prohibit the establishment and use of freebase houses.

Summary

Directs the Attorney General to develop a model statute for States to prohibit the establishment and use of freebase houses (places where manufacturing, processing, distributing, purchasing, and using illegal drugs take place). Directs the Attorney General to report such statute to the appropriate committees of the Congress and to State and local law enforcement authorities. Defines "freebasing" as the conversion of cocaine crystals into a smokable base form of the drug.

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Timeline

1. 22 April 1986

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 April 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 May 1986

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 22 April 1986

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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