3/21/94
The following urgent information is being forwarded from NORML (National
Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws). Sorry about the multiple postings
on the Crime Bill, but it's a large bill (!), and these requested actions
are extremely important with not a lot of time left to take them.
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TO: All marijuana legalization activists FROM: Rob Kampia, Chapter Coordinator DATE: Monday, March 21, 9:30 p.m. Eastern time RE: Deadline to act on this is tomorrow (Tuesday) at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time!
Last week, the Crime Bill was "marked up" (discussed and modified) in the Judÿiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Many bad provisions were passed, but it wasn 't as bad as it could have been--it seems that your phone calls might have made a difference!
Tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4:00, the Rules Committee of the House will decide which amendments to the Crime Bill they will allow to be introduced and discussed on the floor of the House. The full House wil l probably vote on Thursday.
The new version of the Crime Bill, which is now labeled as H.R. 4092, contains a provision where people convicted of trafficking very large quantities of drugs could now get the death penalty--even when no death results. NORML has convinced Rep. Barney Frank (Dem. - MA) to i ntroduce an amendment that would exclude marijuana.
Hence, NORML encourages you to do the following before 3:30 tomorrow:
1. Call or fax every member of the Rules Committee listed below, a nd say the following:
"I'm calling in regard to the Crime Bill that the Rules Committee will be discussing later today. The way the bill currently reads, it contains a provision that would permit the death penalty for people convicted of trafficking large quantities of drugs, even when no death result s. "Representative Barney Frank will be introducing an amendment to exclude marijuana from this provision. I ask that Rep. ______ vote to find this amendment in order."
2. Call your U .S. Representative's office in Washington, D.C., and ask him or her to support Barney Frank's "amendment to the drug trafficking death penalty provision of the Crime Bill" if it makes it to the floor. (If your Representative is on the Rules Committee, skip this.)
3. If you are the coordinator for a NORML chapter, please call down your chapter list and give each chapter member the 14 phone numbers to call. If you are not a chapter coordinator, please call 10 friends and ask each of them to c all the 14 numbers.
Call the 13 House members on the Rules Committee!
Committee member State Phone (202) Fax (202)
* Rep. Joe Moakley, Chairman MA 225-8273 225-3984 R ep. Butler Derrick SC 225-5301 225-5383 Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson CA 225-5911 ? Rep. Martin Frost TX 225-3605 ? Rep. David E. Bonior MI 225-2106 226-1169 Rep . Tony P. Hall OH 225-6465 ? Rep. Alan Wheat MO 225-4535 ? Rep. Bart Gordon TN 225-4231 225-6887 Rep. Louise M. Slaughter NY 225-3615 225-7822 Rep. Gerald B. H. Solomon NY 225-5614 225-6234 Rep. James H. Quillen TN 225-6356 225-7812 Rep. David Dreier CA 225-2305 225-4745 Rep. Porter J. Goss FL 225-2536 225-6820
PLEASE ACT NOW!
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