,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bfeg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bd1     
#bjad ,mr4 ,paul introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to reclassify   
certain low-level felonies as           
misdemeanors1 to eliminate the increased
 penalties for cocaine offenses where   
the cocaine involved is cocaine base1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,reclassification to ,ensure ,smarter   
and ,equal ,treatment ,act of #bjad or  
the ,,reset ,act4  #b4 ,reclassification
 of low-level felonies  7a7 ,in general 
,part ,d of the ,controlled ,substances 
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hda et seq47 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in section #djd7;a7 7#ba 
,u4,s4,c4 #hdd7;a77-- 7,a7 in the fourth
 sentence-- 7i7 by striking #b years and
 inserting #a year2  7ii7 by striking   
#b1ejj and inserting #a1jjj2  7iii7 by  
striking #c years and inserting #a year2

 and  7iv7 by striking #e1jjj and       
inserting #a1jjj2 and  7,b7 by striking 
the fifth sentence2 and  7#b7 in section
 #dbb7;b7 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hfc7;b771 by  
striking three years and inserting #a   
year4  7b7 ,elimination of increased    
penalties for cocaine offenses where the
 cocaine involved is cocaine base  7#a7 
,controlled ,substances ,act ,the       
following provisions of the ,controlled 
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hja et 
seq47 are repealed3 7,a7 ,clause 7iii7  
of section #dja7;b77#a77;,a74  7,b7     
,clause 7iii7 of section                
#dja7;b77#a77;,b74  7#b7 ,controlled    
,substances ,import and ,export ,act    
,the following provisions of the        
,controlled ,substances ,import and     
,export ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #iea et     
seq47 are repealed3 7,a7 ,subparagraph  
7,c7 of section #ajaj7;b77#a74  7,b7    
,subparagraph 7,c7 of section           
#ajaj7;b77#b74  #c4 ,weighing of        
controlled substances mixed with food   
products  7a7 ,in general ,part ,d of   

the ,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #hda et seq47 is amended by   
adding at the end the following3  #dbd4 
,weighing of controlled substances mixed
 with food products ,in determining the 
weight of a controlled substance or     
mixture of controlled substances that is
 in compound with a food product for    
purposes of this title or title ,,iii1  
the weight of the food product shall not
 be included4  4  7b7 ,technical and    
conforming amendment ,the table of      
contents for the ,controlled ,substances
 ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hja et seq47 is   
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #dbc the following3 
,sec4 #dbd4 ,weighing of controlled     
substances mixed with food products4  4