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CONGRESS2
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ESSION
H. R. 4170
To provide a sentence of death for certain importations of significantquantities of controlled substances.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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EPTEMBER
25, 1996Mr. G
INGRICH
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce,for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each casefor consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of thecommittee concerned
A BILL
To provide a sentence of death for certain importations of significant quantities of controlled substances.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug Importer Death
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Penalty Act of 1996’’.
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SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DRUG
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TRAFFICKING.
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Section 1010 of the Controlled Substances Import
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and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960) is amended by adding
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at the end the following:
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‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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the court shall sentence a person convicted of a violation
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of subsection (a), consisting of bringing into the United
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States a mixture or substance—
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‘‘(A) which is described in subsection (b)(1);
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and
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‘‘(B) in an amount the Attorney General by
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rule has determined is equal to 100 usual dosage
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amounts of such mixture or substance;
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to imprisonment for life without possibility of release. If
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the defendant has violated this subsection on more than
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one occasion and the requirements of chapter 228 of title
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18, United States Code, are satisfied, the court shall sen-
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tence the defendant to death.
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‘‘(2) The maximum fine that otherwise may be im-
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posed, but for this subsection, shall not be reduced by op-
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eration of this subsection.’’
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SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED
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STATES CODE.
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(a) I
NCLUSION OF
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FFENSE
.—Section 3591(b) of
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title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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