On the recordDecember 16, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 223, a bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions, led by Senators Chuck Grassley and Representative Burchett. In 2018, the First Step Act, or the FSA, included a redundantly numbered subparagraph 57, causing ``serious drug felony'' and ``serious violent felony'' to be misnumbered in statute. The misnumbering of the affected subparagraphs causes confusion in Federal district courts during litigation and can result in costly mistakes when the wrong subparagraph 57 charge is used. Correcting this error is important to the efficiency and accuracy of Federal criminal court cases. This bill rectifies this technical error by correctly renumbering the affected subparagraphs in the statute. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
