US Congress Senate Bill 1889 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-12-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9107-9108)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2013 or the PLANT Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) impose an additional term of up to ten years' imprisonment for cultivating or manufacturing controlled substances on federal property; (2) prohibit a person, while cultivating or manufacturing a controlled substance on federal property, from clear cutting timber or diverting, obstructing, or draining an aquifer, spring, stream, river or body of water; and (3) apply the prohibition against assembling, maintaining, or placing a booby trap on federal property where a controlled substance is being manufactured to federal property where a controlled substance is being cultivated. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend and review the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to provide for a penalty enhancement of not less than one offense level for manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a counterfeit substance while on federal property or intentionally trespassing on the property of another if such offense: (1) includes the use of a poison, chemical, or other hazardous substance to cultivate or manufacture controlled substances; (2) creates a hazard to humans, wildlife, or domestic animals; (3) degrades or harms the environment or natural resources; (4) pollutes an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water; (5) involves the diversion, redirection, obstruction, or draining of an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water or the clear cut of timber while cultivating or manufacturing a controlled substance; or (6) involves the possession of a firearm while cultivating or manufacturing controlled substances.

PLANT Act

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]

Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-12-20	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9107-9108)
2013-12-20	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9107)

HB15 (Related) 2014-03-26 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Garcia. Petition No: 113-9. ( ">Discharge petition text with signatures.)
HB2270 (Related) 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
SB744 (Related) 2014-12-10 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1889/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1889/BILLS-113s1889is.pdf