[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1616 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1616

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an increased penalty 
  for endangering the life of a child while illegally manufacturing a 
                         controlled substance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2005

  Mr. McHenry (for himself, Mr. Graves, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. 
  Souder, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Ms. Foxx, Miss 
  McMorris, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an increased penalty 
  for endangering the life of a child while illegally manufacturing a 
                         controlled substance.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Children from Drugs Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTY FOR ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF A CHILD WHILE 
              ILLEGALLY MANUFACTURING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

    Section 417 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 858) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``If the human life is that 
of an individual who is under the age of 18 years, the maximum term of 
imprisonment for an offense under this section is 20 years. The 
presence of an individual under the age of 18 years at the place of 
manufacture or transport is prima facie evidence that such individual's 
life was endangered by the manufacture or transport.''.
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