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H.R. 3245: Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009

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H.R. 3245: Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009

111th Congress · introduced 2009-07-16 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-07-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions of the Controlled Substances Act that provide different criminal penalties for the manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing of cocaine and cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine), including the mandatory minimum five-year prison sentence for simple possessesion of cocaine base. Repeals provisions of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act that provide different criminal penalties for the importing and exporting of cocaine and cocaine base.

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Official text

Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · 62 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3245, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 (2009-09-01); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3245, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 (2009-09-01)

Cosponsors on this site

Maxine Waters (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Al Green (D-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 2 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] reported raising $882,179 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3245 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111