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House Bill 1693
117th Congress(2021-2022)
EQUAL Act of 2021
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Passed House on Sep 28, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 9, 2021
Latest Action
Sep 29, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1693
Congress
117
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Hakeem Jeffries
New York
Republican
Barry Moore
Alabama
Republican
Don Young
Alaska
Democrat
Adam Schiff
California
Democrat
Ted Lieu
California
Republican
Tom McClintock
California
Democrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton
District of Columbia
Republican
Gus Bilirakis
Florida
Republican
Maria Elvira Salazar
Florida
Democrat
Val Demings
Florida
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Georgia
Democrat
Jan Schakowsky
Illinois
Republican
Victoria Spartz
Indiana
Republican
Ashley Hinson
Iowa
Democrat
John Yarmuth
Kentucky
Republican
Thomas Massie
Kentucky
Democrat
David Trone
Maryland
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Maryland
Democrat
Kweisi Mfume
Maryland
Democrat
Katherine Clark
Massachusetts
Republican
Peter Meijer
Michigan
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Michigan
Democrat
Emanuel Cleaver
Missouri
Republican
Don Bacon
Nebraska
Democrat
Mikie Sherrill
New Jersey
Democrat
Tom Malinowski
New Jersey
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
New York
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
New York
Democrat
Mondaire Jones
New York
Democrat
Sean Maloney
New York
Republican
Kelly Armstrong
North Dakota
Republican
Dave Joyce
Ohio
Republican
Frank Lucas
Oklahoma
Republican
Stephanie Bice
Oklahoma
Republican
Tom Cole
Oklahoma
Democrat
Earl Blumenauer
Oregon
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Oregon
Democrat
Brendan Boyle
Pennsylvania
Republican
Fred Keller
Pennsylvania
Republican
Guy Reschenthaler
Pennsylvania
Democrat
Madeleine Dean
Pennsylvania
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Pennsylvania
Democrat
David Cicilline
Rhode Island
Republican
Nancy Mace
South Carolina
Republican
Ralph Norman
South Carolina
Republican
William Timmons
South Carolina
Republican
Dusty Johnson
South Dakota
Democrat
Jim Cooper
Tennessee
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Tennessee
Republican
Dan Crenshaw
Texas
Republican
Louie Gohmert
Texas
Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee
Texas
Republican
Van Taylor
Texas
Republican
Burgess Owens
Utah
Democrat
Bobby Scott
Virginia
Republican
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Washington
Democrat
Marilyn Strickland
Washington
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on September 28, 2021
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
297
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act or the EQUAL Act

This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.

This bill eliminates the lower quantity thresholds for crack cocaine offenses. Under the bill, the same threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.

The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes resentencing of a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a crack cocaine offense before the date of enactment.

Text (4)
Referred in Senate
September 29, 2021
Engrossed in House
September 28, 2021
Reported in House
September 27, 2021
Introduced in House
March 9, 2021
Related Bills (1)
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced in Senate
36
Sponsorship
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (19)
09/29/2021
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
09/28/2021
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/28/2021
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297). (text: CR H5477)
09/28/2021
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 361 - 66 (Roll no. 297).(text: CR H5477)
09/28/2021
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5492-5493)
09/28/2021
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
09/28/2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1693.
09/28/2021
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5477-5481)
09/28/2021
Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
09/27/2021
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.
09/27/2021
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
09/27/2021
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-128, Part I.
07/21/2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
07/21/2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
07/21/2021
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
05/18/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
03/10/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
03/09/2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
03/09/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 8, 2023 8:26:17 PM
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