[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2079 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2079

  To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide penalties for the 
distribution or manufacture of a controlled substance within 1000 feet 
                       of a Head Start facility.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 5 (legislative day, May 2), 1994

   Mr. Roth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide penalties for the 
distribution or manufacture of a controlled substance within 1000 feet 
                       of a Head Start facility.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DISTRIBUTION OR MANUFACTURING IN OR NEAR HEAD START 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Penalty.--The first sentence of section 419(a) of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 860(a)) is amended by striking 
``or a playground'' and inserting ``or a playground or Head Start 
facility''.
    (b) Second Offenders.--The first sentence of section 419(b) of the 
Controlled Substances Act is amended by striking ``or a playground'' 
and inserting ``or a playground or Head Start facility''.
    (c) Definition.--Section 419(d) of the Controlled Substances Act is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) The term `Head Start facility'--
                    ``(A) means a facility that is used to carry out a 
                Head Start program under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
                9831 et seq.); and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) a private residence;
                            ``(ii) a church or synagogue;
                            ``(iii) a facility owned by a fraternal 
                        organization;
                            ``(iv) a government facility;
                            ``(v) a facility owned by an Indian tribe, 
                        within the meaning of section 4(e) of the 
                        Indian Self-Determination and Education 
                        Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); and
                            ``(vi) a facility owned by a recipient of 
                        assistance under the Head Start Act,
                that is used to carry out such a program.''.

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