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H.R. 1758 · 109th Congress

Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act of 2005

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Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act of 2005 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose an additional five years' imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal offense, of which an element is the distribution of a controlled substance and for which the maximum term of imprisonment equals or exceeds five years, within 500 feet of the place where such an…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 21, 2005
Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act of 2005 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose an additional five years' imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal offense, of which an element is the distribution of a controlled substance and for which the maximum term of imprisonment equals or exceeds five years, within 500 feet of the place where such an offense was committed within the preceding 48 hours.

Prohibits: (1) the court from placing on probation or suspending the sentence of anyone convicted for such a violation; and (2) the term of imprisonment imposed from running concurrently with any other term of imprisonment.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act of 2005

Latest action (May 13, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 21, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.