Issues Update
Topics Covered During 2003
As the second session of the 108th Congress convenes, Congressional Digest reviews and updates the issues we focused on during the first session (2003). Crack vs. Powder Cocaine Vol. 82, No. 1 — January 2003 In recent years, several bills have been introduced in Congress to address the disparity in sentences for crack and powder cocaine, but none has been enacted. In the current Congress, Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD-R) has introduced legislation to eliminate the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine by lowering the applicable amounts for powder cocaine to those currently applicable to crack cocaine. Representative…
