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A Bill: in The House of Representatives
A Bill: in The House of Representatives
114TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3713
A BILL
To reform sentencing laws, and for other purposes.
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(a)
CONTROLLED
MENTS.The
SUBSTANCES
ACT
AMEND-
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than 12 months; or
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841(b)(1))
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of law.
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(c) APPLICABILITY
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MANDATORY MINIMUM.
7 States Code, as amended by section 3, is amended by add8 ing at the end the following:
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(i) LIMITATION
ON
APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
10 STATUTORY MINIMUMS.Notwithstanding any other pro11 vision of law, in the case of a conviction under section 401
12 or 406 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841
13 and 846) or section 1010 or 1013 of the Controlled Sub14 stances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960 and 963)
15 for which the statutory minimum term of imprisonment
16 is 10 years, the court may impose a sentence as if the
17 statutory minimum term of imprisonment was 5 years, if
18 the court finds at sentencing, after the Government has
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(a) DEFINITION
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1 impose a reduced sentence as if sections 2 and 3 of the
2 Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Public Law 111220; 124
3 Stat. 2372) were in effect at the time the covered offense
4 was committed.
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6 made under this section to reduce a sentence if the sen7 tence was imposed or reduced to a sentence greater than
8 the applicable mandatory minimum in accordance with the
9 amendments made by sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sen10 tencing Act of 2010 (Public Law 111220; 124 Stat.
11 2372), or if a motion made pursuant to section 2 or 3
12 of the Fair Sentencing Act or under this section was de13 nied by a court because a reduction in the defendants
14 term of imprisonment would pose a danger to any person
15 or the community or was denied by a court because of
16 the defendants post-sentencing conduct. Nothing in this
17 section shall require a court to reduce any sentence pursu18 ant to this section.
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