S. 1789 - Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

S. 1789 — 111^th Congress (2009–2010)

Summary

A bill to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing. (by CRS)

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Title

A bill to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing.

Other Titles

• Fair Sentencing Act of 2009
• Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
• Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
• Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

Sponsor

Richard Durbin

Co-Sponsors

• Amy Klobuchar
• Patrick Leahy
• Edward Kaufman
• Alan Franken
• Benjamin Cardin
• Lindsey Graham
• Russell Feingold
• Orrin Hatch
• John Kerry
• Jefferson Sessions
• Carl Levin
• Arlen Specter
• Christopher Dodd
• Sheldon Whitehouse
• Roland Burris
• Jim Webb
• Thomas Harkin
• Thomas Coburn
• Sherrod Brown
• Charles Grassley
• John Cornyn
• Bernard Sanders
• Dianne Feinstein

Subjects

• Crime and law enforcement
• Administrative law and regulatory procedures
• Congressional oversight
• Correctional facilities and imprisonment
• Criminal procedure and sentencing
• Drug trafficking and controlled substances
• Firearms and explosives
• U.S. Sentencing Commission
• Violent crime

Related Bills

• H.R. 265 (111^th) : Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009

Major Actions

Introduced	10/15/2009
Referred to Committee
Passed Senate	3/17/2010
Passed House	7/28/2010
Signed by President	8/03/2010

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.	3/17/2010	PASSED by voice vote
currently selected	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.	7/28/2010	PASSED by voice vote

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	10/15/2009
		10/15/2009	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10490-10492)
		10/15/2009	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
	Put on a legislative calendar	3/11/2010	Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
		3/15/2010	Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
	Put on a legislative calendar	3/15/2010	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	3/17/2010	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		3/18/2010	Received in the House.
		3/18/2010	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		3/18/2010	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.
		3/18/2010	Referred to House Judiciary
		3/18/2010	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
		6/15/2010	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
		7/28/2010	Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
		7/28/2010	Considered under suspension of the rules.
		7/28/2010	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1789.
currently selected	House Vote on Passage	7/28/2010	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
	Presented to President	7/28/2010	Cleared for White House.
	Presented to President	7/29/2010	Presented to President.
	Signed	8/03/2010	Signed by President.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status