HR 1693 · 117th Congress

EQUAL Act of 2021

<p><strong>Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act or the EQUAL Act</strong></p> <p>This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. </p> <p>Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g.…

Sponsor

Jeffries, Hakeem S. (D-NY)

Introduced

2021-03-09

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.