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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 10, 1999
Date Rape Prevention Act of 1999 - Directs the Attorney General to add ketamine hydrochloride and gamma y-hydroxybutyrate to schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Amends CSA and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to add penalties relating to such substances and their analogues. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to: (1) review and amend, as appropriate, the sentencing guidelines for offenses involving such substances and their analogues; (2) report to Congress; and (3) ensure that the sentencing guidelines for such offenses reflect the serious nature of such offenses. Amends CSA to require that any person convicted for possession of such substances or their analogues be sentenced to up to three years' imprisonment, a fine, or both. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) specify gamma butyro-lactone as a list I chemical in the Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1988; and (2) establish programs throughout the United States and disseminate materials to provide young people in high school and college with education about the use of controlled substances in the furtherance of rape and sexual assault and assist law enforcement personnel in the prevention of controlled substances abuse for such purposes.
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Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · D–MI
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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Introduced in House
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