The Smarter Sentencing Act was introduced in October of 2013 by U.S. Representative Raul R. Labrador (R-Idaho), would drastically lower the prison population currently serving time for minor drug offenses. Here are some of the key elements:
- Do away with many mandatory minimums for drug offenses, specifically if the convict is not a habitual offender.
- Allows for convictions involving crack cocaine to be evaluated as equivalent to powder cocaine.
- Reduces mandatory minimums for manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, possessing, importing, or exporting specified controlled substances.
This Bill would go a long way towards mending racial disparities often noted in drug sentences; it would also reduce overall costs while lowing the incarceration rate.
Cosponsors of H.R.3382
- Rep. Raul R. Labrador, (R-Idaho) 10/30/2013 – Sponsor
- Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, (D-Virginia) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. John Conyers, Jr., (D-Michigan) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr., (D-Georgia) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. Cedric L. Richmond, (D-Louisiana) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. Spencer Bachus, (R-Alabama) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. Steve Cohen, (D-Tennessee) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. Hakeem S. Jeffries, (D-New York) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. Rodney Davis, (R-Illinois) 10/30/2013 – Original Cosponsor
- Rep. Theodore E. Deutch, (D-Florida) 11/13/2013
- Rep. Thomas Massie, (R-Kentucky) 12/03/2013
- Rep. Blake Farenthold, (R-Texas) 12/09/2013
- Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, (D-Ohio) 12/09/2013
- Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky, (D-Illinois) 12/19/2013
- Rep. Beto O’Rourke, (D-Texas) 01/08/2014
- Rep. Dave Camp, (R-Michigan) 01/10/2014
- Rep. Karen Bass, (D-California) 02/03/2014
- Rep. Suzan K. DelBene, (D-Washington) 02/03/2014
- Rep. Mike Quigley, (D-Illinois) 02/03/2014
- Rep. Charles B. Rangel, (D-New York) 02/25/2014
- Rep. James P. McGovern, (D-Massachusetts) 02/26/2014
- Rep. Pedro R. Pierluisi, (D-Puerto Rico) 04/01/2014
- Rep. Mark Sanford, (R-South Carolina) 04/03/2014
- Rep. Chris Stewart, (R-Utah) 04/03/2014
- Rep. Cynthia M. Lummis, (R-Wyoming) 04/03/2014
- Rep. Bill Huizenga, (R-Michigan) 04/03/2014
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn, (R-Tennessee) 04/08/2014
- Rep. Jared Polis, (D-Colorado) 04/28/2014
- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, (R-Texas) 04/28/2014
- Rep. Mick Mulvaney, (R-South Carolina) 04/28/2014
- Rep. Joyce Beatty, (D-Ohio) 05/01/2014
- Rep. Rick Larsen, (D-Washington) 05/19/2014
- Rep. David E. Price, (D-North Carolina) 05/21/2014
- Rep. Denny Heck, (D-Washington) 05/28/2014
- Rep. Paul Ryan, (R-Wisconsin) 06/09/2014
- Rep. Kathy Castor, (D-Florida) 06/09/2014
- Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-Washington D.C.) 06/09/2014
- Rep. Tony Cardenas, (D-California) 06/09/2014
- Rep. David P. Joyce, (R-Ohio) 06/12/2014
- Rep. William L. Enyart, (D-Illinois) 06/18/2014
- Rep. Ann M. Kuster, (D-New Hampshire) 06/23/2014
- Rep. Katherine M. Clark, (D-Massachusetts) 06/24/2014
- Rep. Keith Ellison, (D-Minnesota) 06/30/2014
- Rep. Mark Pocan, (D-Wisconsin) 07/11/2014
- Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr., (D-New Jersey) 07/14/2014
- Rep. Chris Van Hollen, (D-Maryland) 07/18/2014
- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, (D-Oregon) 07/18/2014
- Rep. John D. Dingell, (D-Michigan) 07/18/2014
- Rep. Betty McCollum, (D-Minnesota) 07/31/2014
- Rep. Lois Capps, (D-California) 08/01/2014