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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 697 (Introduced in Senate) — To reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement practices, and for other purposes. · Sec. 101

Sec. 101. Elimination of increased penalties for cocaine offenses where the cocaine involved is cocaine base

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The following provisions of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) are repealed: Clause
(iii)of section 401(b)(1)(A). Clause
(iii)of section 401(b)(1)(B). The following provisions of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ( 21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) are repealed: Subparagraph
(C)of section 1010(b)(1). Subparagraph
(C)of section 1010(b)(2). This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall apply to any offense that was committed before the date of enactment of this Act, if a sentence for the offense has not been imposed as of such date of enactment. In the case of a defendant who, before the date of enactment of this Act, was convicted of an offense for which the penalty is amended by this section and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the offense, the sentencing court may, on motion of the defendant or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or on its own motion, reduce the term of imprisonment for the offense, after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) of title 18, United States Code, to the extent the factors are applicable, if such a reduction is consistent with— this section and the amendments made by this section; and applicable policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission.
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