Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2002

H.R. 4689, the Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2002, was designed to block a specific change to federal sentencing rules proposed by the United States Sentencing Commission. The bill sought to prevent a new policy that would have automatically lowered the maximum "base offense level" for drug traffickers who played a minor or minimal role in a crime. By rejecting this amendment, the bill aimed to maintain stricter sentencing standards for individuals involved in the manufacturing or distribution of illegal drugs, regardless of whether they were considered low-level participants in a larger operation.