Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984
Other short titles	Acquisition of Foreign Evidence Improvements Act; Bail Reform Act of 1984; Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984; Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1984; Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984; Livestock Fraud Protection Act; Pharmacy Protection and Violent Offender Control Act of 1984; Sentencing Reform Act of 1984;
Long title	An Act entitled the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CCCA
Nicknames	Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1983
Enacted by	the 98th United States Congress
Effective	October 12, 1984
Citations
Public law	98-473
Statutes at Large	98 Stat. 1837 aka 98 Stat. 1976
Codification
Titles amended	18 U.S.C.: Crimes and Criminal Procedure
U.S.C. sections amended	18 U.S.C. ch. 1 § 1 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.J.Res. 648 by Jamie L. Whitten (D-MS) on September 17, 1984; Committee consideration by House Appropriations; Passed the House on September 25, 1984 (316-91); Passed the Senate on October 4, 1984 (passed voice vote); Reported by the joint conference committee on October 10, 1984; agreed to by the House on October 10, 1984 (252-60) and by the Senate on October 11, 1984 (78-11); Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 12, 1984;

The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98–473, S. 1762, 98 Stat. 1976, enacted October 12, 1984) was the first comprehensive revision of the U.S. criminal code since the early 1900s. It was sponsored by Strom Thurmond (R-SC) in the Senate and by Hamilton Fish IV (R-NY) in the House, and was eventually incorporated into an appropriations bill that passed with a vote of 78–11 in the Senate and 252–60 in the House.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It was then signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. Among its constituent parts and provisions were:

Armed Career Criminal Act
Sentencing Reform Act which created the United States Sentencing Commission, intended to standardize sentencing
extension of the Secret Service's jurisdiction over credit card fraud and computer fraud
increased federal penalties for cultivation, possession, or transfer of marijuana
a new section in the criminal code for hostage taking
abolished parole for federal prisoners convicted after November 1, 1987^[5]
made several new offenses federal crimes, including arson, murder-for-hire, trademark violations, credit card fraud, and computer crime^[6]
Stipulations about using civil forfeiture to seize assets of organized crime, establishing "equitable sharing."^[7]

^ Thurmond, Strom (1984-09-25). "S.1762 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
^ Fish, Hamilton (1984-09-25). "H.R.5963 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
^ Whitten, Jamie L. (1984-10-12). "Actions - H.J.Res.648 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
^ Whitten, Jamie L. (1984-10-12). "H.J.Res.648 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
^ "History of the Federal Parole System" (PDF).
^ Werner, Leslie Maitland (16 November 1984). "Justice Department; Getting Out the Word on the New Crime Act". The New York Times.
^ JOHN ENDERS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) (April 18, 1993). "Forfeiture Law Casts a Shadow on Presumption of Innocence : Legal system: Government uses the statute to seize money and property believed to be linked to narcotics trafficking. But critics say it short-circuits the Constitution". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 11, 2014. ....Prosecutors and law enforcement officials insist the program, included in the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, is helping them fight the drug war. ... seizures hurt dealers where it counts--in the pocketbook....

[1] Thurmond, Strom (1984-09-25). "S.1762 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

[2] Fish, Hamilton (1984-09-25). "H.R.5963 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

[3] Whitten, Jamie L. (1984-10-12). "Actions - H.J.Res.648 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

[4] Whitten, Jamie L. (1984-10-12). "H.J.Res.648 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

[5] "History of the Federal Parole System" (PDF).

[6] Werner, Leslie Maitland (16 November 1984). "Justice Department; Getting Out the Word on the New Crime Act". The New York Times.

[twsLATimes12-7] JOHN ENDERS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) (April 18, 1993). "Forfeiture Law Casts a Shadow on Presumption of Innocence : Legal system: Government uses the statute to seize money and property believed to be linked to narcotics trafficking. But critics say it short-circuits the Constitution". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 11, 2014. ....Prosecutors and law enforcement officials insist the program, included in the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, is helping them fight the drug war. ... seizures hurt dealers where it counts--in the pocketbook....

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