S.79: EQUAL Act

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Introduced Jan. 28, 2021
Latest Major Action Jan. 28, 2021

Bill Sponsor

Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

Bill Cosponsors

21 (10 Democrats, 11 Republicans)

Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)
Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.)
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)
Cynthia M. Lummis (R-Wyo.)
Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)
Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)
Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

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Introduced in Senate - Jan. 28, 2021

Bill Summary

Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act or the EQUAL Act This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties. This bill eliminates the lower quantity thresholds for...

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Date	Description
Jan. 28, 2021	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan. 28, 2021	Introduced in the Senate by Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

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