H.R. 7194 · 116th Congress
Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2020
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This bill eliminates most mandatory minimum prison terms for drug offenses involving the import, export, manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 11, 2020
Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2020
This bill eliminates most mandatory minimum prison terms for drug offenses involving the import, export, manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Additionally, it eliminates mandatory minimum prison terms for the following drug offenses:
- simple possession,
- distribution to an individual under age 21 by an individual at least age 18,
- distribution or manufacture in a school zone, and
- use of an individual under age 18 to distribute.
Finally, the bill requires prior written approval of the Attorney General to prosecute a defendant for certain drug offenses that involve low-level drug quantities (e.g., less than one kilogram of heroin or less than 500 grams of cocaine-based substances).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2020
Latest action (Jun 11, 2020): 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.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 11, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.