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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 3489 (Introduced in House) — To eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all drug offenses. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Modification of certain sentencing provisions

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Section 404(a) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 844(a) ) is amended— by striking not less than 15 days but ; by striking not less than 90 days but ; and by striking the sentence beginning The imposition or execution of a minimum sentence . Section 401(b) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 841(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A)— by striking which may not be less than 10 years and or more than and inserting for any term of years or for ; by striking and if death the first place it appears and all that follows through 20 years or more than life the first place it appears; by striking which may not be less than 20 years and not more than life imprisonment and if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to imprisonment for any term of years or for life imprisonment and inserting for any term of years or for life ; by striking the sentence beginning If any person commits a violation of this subparagraph ; and by striking the sentence beginning Notwithstanding any other provision of law and the sentence beginning No person sentenced ; in paragraph (1)(B)— by striking which may not be less than 5 years and not more than 40 years and if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be not less than 20 years or more than life, and inserting for not more than 40 years, ; by striking which may not be less than 10 years and more than and inserting for any term of years or for ; by inserting imprisonment for any term of years or to after if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to ; and by striking the sentence beginning Notwithstanding any other provision of law and the sentence beginning No person sentenced ; and in paragraph (1)(C), by striking and if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than twenty years or more than life .
Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ( 21 U.S.C. 960(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking of not less than 10 years and not more than and inserting for any term of years or for ; by striking and if death the first place it appears and all that follows through 20 years and not more than life the first place it appears; by striking of not less than 20 years and not more than life imprisonment and inserting for any term of years or for life ; by inserting imprisonment for any term of years or to after if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to ; and by striking the sentence beginning Notwithstanding any other provision of law and the sentence beginning No person sentenced ; in paragraph (2)— by striking not less than 5 years and ; by striking of not less than twenty years and not more than and inserting for any term of years or for ; by striking of not less than 10 years and not more than and inserting for any term of years or to ; by inserting imprisonment for any term of years or to after if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to ; and by striking the sentence beginning Notwithstanding any other provision of law and the sentence beginning No person sentenced ; and in paragraph (3), by striking and if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than twenty years .
Section 418 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 859 ) is amended by striking the sentence beginning Except to the extent each place it appears and by striking the sentence beginning The mandatory minimum . Section 419 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 860 ) is amended— by striking the sentence beginning Except to the extent each place it appears and by striking the sentence beginning The mandatory minimum ; and by striking subsection (d). Section 420 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 861 ) is amended— in each of subsections
(b)and (c), by striking the sentence beginning Except to the extent ; by striking subsection (e); and in subsection (f), by striking , (c), and
(e)and inserting and
(c).
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Sec. 4
Modification of certain sentencing provisions
U.S.C.§ 844
U.S.C.§ 841
U.S.C.§ 960
U.S.C.§ 859
U.S.C.§ 860
U.S.C.§ 861
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