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Bill106th CongressFiled Jan 6, 1999Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 295

Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1999

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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 6, 1999)

Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1999 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to direct the court to sentence a person convicted of bringing into the United States a proscribed quantity of a mixture or substance containing a controlled substance in an amount the Attorney General has determined is equal to 100 usual dosage amounts to life imprisonment without possibility of release (or, if the defendant has violated such provision on more than one occasion and if certain requirements under the Federal criminal code are met, to death). Makes conforming amendments to the code.

What just happenedFeb 25, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-22](R-NY)Sponsor
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  1. Feb 25, 1999CommitteeH11000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

    Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
  2. Jan 20, 1999CommitteeH11000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  3. Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  4. Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralH11100-A

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

  5. Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

    Judiciary Committee
  6. Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  7. Jan 6, 1999IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House