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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB3713

this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015

Subject: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Firearms and explosives: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 This bill permits a court to reduce the mandatory minimum prison term imposed on certain non-violent defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense (including unlawful import, export, manufacture, or distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). The legislation expands safety valve eligibility to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain non-violent, cooperative drug defendants with a limited criminal history. It reduces the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for certain defendants who commit a high-level repeat drug offense, use a firearm in a crime of violence or drug offense after a prior conviction for such offense, or unlawfully possess a firearm after three or more prior convictions. It permits retroactive application of such reductions for defendants without a prior serious violent felony conviction, after a court considers certain factors. It also establishes a consecutive mandatory prison term for a defendant who commits a drug offense involving a detectable amount of heroin or fentanyl. The bill makes the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive to permit resentencing of a convicted crack cocaine offender sentenced before August 3, 2010.

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 698.

Last Action Date: December 23, 2016

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3713/all-info

Sponsors

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80 sponsors: Bob Goodlatte (R); John Conyers (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Raul Labrador (R); Mike Bishop (R); Judy Chu (D); Steve Chabot (R); Jerrold Nadler (D); Jason Chaffetz (R); Steve Cohen (D); Doug Collins (R); Theodore Deutch (D); Mimi Walters (R); Suzan DelBene (D); David Trott (R); David Cicilline (D); Thomas Rooney (R); Pedro Pierluisi (N); Luis Gutierrez (D); Karen Bass (D); Scott Peters (D); David Young (R); Keith Ellison (D); Corrine Brown (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Bobby Rush (D); Al Green (D); Eddie Johnson (D); Lacy Clay (D); Danny Davis (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Tulsi Gabbard (D); Richard Hanna (R); Pete Olson (R); Lynn Jenkins (R); Peter Welch (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Carlos Curbelo (R); Brenda Lawrence (D); Barbara Lee (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Beto O'Rourke (D); Donald Payne (D); Mark Takano (D); Brian Higgins (D); John Kline (R); Tom Emmer (R); Gene Green (D); Mark Takai (D); Marcy Kaptur (D); James McGovern (D); Scott Garrett (R); Juan Vargas (D); Daniel Kildee (D); Marcia Fudge (D); Jared Polis (D); Mike Quigley (D); Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R); Tim Ryan (D); Michael Honda (D); John Lewis (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Jose Serrano (D); David Loebsack (D); Robert Brady (D); Sean Maloney (D); Sander Levin (D); David Scott (D); Bill Foster (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Rick Larsen (D); Rod Blum (R); Jim McDermott (D); Mia Love (R); Lloyd Doggett (D); Ted Lieu (D); Susan Davis (D); Chellie Pingree (D); Brad Sherman (D)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Dec 23 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 698.
House Dec 23 2016 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
House Dec 23 2016 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-888, Part I.
House Nov 18 2015 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House Nov 18 2015 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
House Nov 16 2015 Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
House Nov 3 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House Oct 9 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
House Oct 8 2015 Introduced in House
House Oct 8 2015 Referred to House Energy and Commerce
House Oct 8 2015 Referred to House Judiciary
House Oct 8 2015 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.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Oct 15 2015 federal bill text bill text
Introduced Dec 24 2016 federal bill text bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
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Votes

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