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H.R. 1459

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Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009
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Committee
Latest Action · May 21, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
March 12, 2009
Cosponsors (18)
17D 1R
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Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009- Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate: (1) increased and mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses involving mixtures or substances which contain cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine); and (2) restrictions on judicial authority to grant probation or suspended sentences for certain cocaine offenses.

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