Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Drug and associated crimes with firearms.
Title: Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2013
Subject: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2013 - Requires the Attorney General's prior written approval for a federal prosecution of an offense under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA), or for any conspiracy to commit such an offense, where the offense involves the illegal distribution or possession of a controlled substance in an amount less than that specified as a minimum for an offense under CSA or, in the case of any substance containing cocaine or cocaine base, in an amount less than 500 grams. Modifies CSA and CSIEA to delete specified mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: October 15, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN03088:@@@L&summ2=m&
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
19 sponsors: Waters, Maxine; Bass, Karen; Brown, Corrine; Cardenas, Tony; Carson, Andre; Cohen, Steve; Cummings, Elijah E.; Ellison, Keith; Enyart, William; Jackson-Lee, Sheila; Lewis, John; Meeks, Gregory W.; Norton, Eleanor Holmes; Payne, Donald, Jr.; Pocan, Mark; Quigley, Mike; Rush, Bobby L.; Schakowsky, Janice D.; Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Oct 15 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Sep 13 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Sep 12 2013 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 12 2013 | Referred to House Judiciary |
| House | Sep 12 2013 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 13 2013 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
There have not been any votes on this bill