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S. 20

A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit the robbery of a controlled substance from a pharmacy.

Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for whoever robs, by force and violence or intimidation, a licensed pharmacy which is regularly engaged in retail dispensing of prescription drugs or devices in interstate commerce, if such robbery is part of a pattern of robberies in the locality.

Defines "property" as a controlled substance, as defined in the Controlled Substances Act, whose value exceeds $500.

Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.

Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN](D-TN)Sponsor
13 cosponsors9 D4 R
13cosponsors1committees4actions8subjects
  1. Committee

    Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.

    Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information Subcommittee
  2. Committee

    Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.

    Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information Subcommittee
  3. IntroReferral

    Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  4. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate