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H.R. 3143, The Methamphetamine Kingpin Elimination Act of 2007

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 3143 would eliminate methamphetamine kingpins.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inMethamphetamine Kingpin Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to editexpand the wikithreshold criteria for designating an individual as a principal administrator, organizer, or leader of a continuing criminal enterprise involving methamphetamine. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and beExport Act to increase the firstmandatory minimum prison terms for trafficking in methamphetamine.

Requires the Attorney General
to provide a detailed summaryestablish methamphetamine task forces, consisting of the bill!)federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities, to coordinate efforts to combat methamphetamine trafficking.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/24/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: 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.
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