<enum>I</enum><header>Criminal Enhancements</header> <section id="HE609CF9926EC4E6C945DEC5FB141EAED"><enum>101.</enum><header>Criminal enhancements for unlawful manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or possess large amounts of heroin, marihuana, and methamphetamine</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H853C5FB2BCB74006AB4DF864B09931A7" style="traditional"> <subparagraph id="H86DD5CEC45F64CACB2DDCDF2FD43F1AB" indent="up2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving—</text> <clause id="H5778135D8BBB4B088187F6CF5CE28800"><enum>(i)</enum><text>more than 10 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;</text> </clause><clause id="HEFC1A54E16314011B284589CDD8C0081"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>more than 10,000 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marihuana, or more than 10,000 marihuana plants regardless of weight; or</text> </clause><clause id="HA31209C38D8644E892C2D703654BEC0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers or more than 1.5 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers,</text> </clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">such person shall be subject to the same penalties as applicable under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, except that such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 20 years.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HF89517617E104C38AB026F8CA787FAB3"><enum>102.</enum><header>Criminal enhancements for unlawful importation and exportation of large amounts of heroin, marihuana, and methamphetamine</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33AD5E9BE6524F01B197042E02774624" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="HF86F31EB77774173BB2C54BC00EC0853" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving—</text> <subparagraph id="H4D7A9BB26DB344B8B63529DED923A1D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than 10 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB922E3A1A0A9451E83DF5F559EEDD28C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">more than 10,000 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marihuana; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13AA3FD8A53246DD82062088B0931CD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers or more than 1.5 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">the person committing such violation shall be subject to the same penalties as applicable under paragraph (1) of this subsection, except that such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 20 years.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H8DF87776D52C47E198002415FBE49DC4"><enum>103.</enum><header>Manufacturing controlled substances on Federal property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(5) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(5)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D099530515144BA906C70E0195E8700" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="HF50BCF468C61440CB4DB633E4350BBD5" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Manufacture or cultivation on Federal property</header><text>Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section by manufacturing or cultivating a controlled substance on Federal property shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 10 years, which shall be imposed consecutively and in addition to the penalty imposed under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H309ABBDFD7D249B1A97F3C61903B1EA"><enum>104.</enum><header>Use of hazardous substances on Federal land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(6)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DA3BCA48C6E4531A5E2D51501000087" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H382928746DC74A6A973BCDB745BF50B0" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of hazardous substances</header><text>Any person who violates subsection (a) and knowingly uses a poison, chemical, or other hazardous substance on Federal land, and by such use—</text> <subparagraph id="H37B0209E5D25446CAAD31BA58EB53298"><enum>(A)</enum><text>creates a serious hazard to humans, wildlife, or domestic animals;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BAA6E4541F9404AB923B08E4194DEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>degrades or harms the environment or natural resources; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84762AA6FB6249D79443F300D53CC1C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>pollutes an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 5 years, which shall be imposed consecutively and in addition to the penalty imposed under paragraphs (1) and (5).</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HF39370925CC14B99AC1FA6CE77E5FBA5"><enum>105.</enum><header>Listed chemicals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(c)) is amended by striking <quote>20 years</quote> and <quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>30 years</quote> and <quote>20 years</quote>, respectively.</text> </section><section id="HD28029D0146E4E02B4ED9921F1F170B3"><enum>106.</enum><header>Murder and other violent crimes related to drug trafficking, and dangerous drug trafficking organizations</header> <subsection id="H895E3DBF7FB949249E36AA0026D5A751"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime</header><text>Part D of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB79210E174934AEFA228769028DC36A6" style="traditional"> <section id="H0A104FA9AED6426BBBCF2BF9ECED203"><enum>424.</enum><header>Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDB1B40A344F54929B856278F43801BFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever commits, or conspires, or attempts to commit, a crime of violence during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, shall, unless the death penalty is otherwise imposed, in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided for the drug trafficking crime and in addition to being subject to a fine under title 18, United States Code—</text> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE032E7B55A7B49FAA2C041CA4F1BC96D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if the crime of violence results in the death of any person, be sentenced to death or life in prison;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H05D4A019691344BDB397FFA05700401C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the crime of violence is kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, or maiming, be imprisoned for life or any term of years not less than 30;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE1549E027CD248A5921B2161047044CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the crime of violence is assault resulting in serious bodily injury, be imprisoned for life or any term of years not less than 20; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEFC8729D943B44F587614F9001D44D04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in any other case, be imprisoned for life or for any term of years not less than 10.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H94C8E338B76F4C7C875E1CC4005DA882"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>A prosecution for a violation of this section may be brought in—</text> <paragraph id="H486C1E8DDB9D4CCB860000F38626D138"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the judicial district in which the murder or other crime of violence occurred; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC81EC97DA6D643D58E5DF49C3C75B900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any judicial district in which the drug trafficking crime may be prosecuted.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H07C46C21AAA54627A5215086A6407DB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section—</text> <paragraph id="HA1256204F88C4977BEED790766507852"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>aggravated sexual abuse</term> means an offense that, if committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction would be an offense under section 2241(a) of title 18, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEFAFA6522A904BE28C15A9139B93D900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>crime of violence</term> has the meaning given that term in section 16 of title 18, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H75036E113C8E4F0781DD346840DE0023"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>drug trafficking crime</term> has the meaning given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H10CB4293B34743B0B4D7217FC5B766F2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>serious bodily injury</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1365 of title 18, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H57F363F1619F4860B300A7449F6860F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dangerous drug trafficking organizations</header><text>Part D of such Act is further amended by adding after section 424, as added by subsection (a) of this section, the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FB6EFB088F2429EB1865665811DB5B6" style="traditional"> <section id="HE4C2060DF6344A9AB21001878D564E92"><enum>425.</enum><header>Dangerous drug trafficking organizations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4B157A287CEF40F581E3BDFC7006185"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any person who knowingly engages in a dangerous drug trafficking organization, as defined in subsection (b), shall be imprisoned for not less than 20 years nor more than life, fined in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, or both.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA6CE17827A42415DBDF800F368EA777F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dangerous drug trafficking organization defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>dangerous drug trafficking organization</term> means a formal or informal group, organization, or association of 5 or more individuals—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HECAEBAADD3594D47BA8EA208A47E7572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that has as one of its purposes the commission of one or more drug trafficking crimes (as defined in section 924(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9581853673314678B304D2C51509BC6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>one or more of the members of which commit or have committed, in furtherance of such purpose—</text> <subparagraph id="H65B721D065E84A82A1C5264E4B200042"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than one violation of this part the punishment of which is a felony; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9A7397091AC4712AF9E5B752F574969"><enum>(B)</enum><text>2 or more violations, in 2 or more separate criminal episodes, of section 424; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H762E2954856C4D99AD06BD77A48AF17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the activities of which involve at least 50 times the quantity of a substance described in section 401(b)(1)(B).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC83186B4561943DEA507452E07B930A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extraterritorial jurisdiction</header><text>There is jurisdiction over an offense under this section committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))).</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H32596E5076B342F08BE7A7FE5BAED8E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 423 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H633F857F0A984817886B37722E1988F9" style="traditional"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 424. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 425. Dangerous drug trafficking organizations.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>

111th CONGRESS 1st Session

H. R. 2469

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 18, 2009

Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Coble, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Souder, and Mr. Gallegly) 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

A BILL

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses relating to distribution of heroin, marihuana, and methamphetamine and distribution to and use of children, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2009

<enum>I</enum><header>Criminal Enhancements</header> <section id="HE609CF9926EC4E6C945DEC5FB141EAED"><enum>101.</enum><header>Criminal enhancements for unlawful manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or possess large amounts of heroin, marihuana, and methamphetamine</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H853C5FB2BCB74006AB4DF864B09931A7" style="traditional"> <subparagraph id="H86DD5CEC45F64CACB2DDCDF2FD43F1AB" indent="up2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving—</text> <clause id="H5778135D8BBB4B088187F6CF5CE28800"><enum>(i)</enum><text>more than 10 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;</text> </clause><clause id="HEFC1A54E16314011B284589CDD8C0081"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>more than 10,000 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marihuana, or more than 10,000 marihuana plants regardless of weight; or</text> </clause><clause id="HA31209C38D8644E892C2D703654BEC0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers or more than 1.5 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers,</text> </clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">such person shall be subject to the same penalties as applicable under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, except that such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 20 years.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HF89517617E104C38AB026F8CA787FAB3"><enum>102.</enum><header>Criminal enhancements for unlawful importation and exportation of large amounts of heroin, marihuana, and methamphetamine</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33AD5E9BE6524F01B197042E02774624" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="HF86F31EB77774173BB2C54BC00EC0853" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving—</text> <subparagraph id="H4D7A9BB26DB344B8B63529DED923A1D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than 10 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB922E3A1A0A9451E83DF5F559EEDD28C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">more than 10,000 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marihuana; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13AA3FD8A53246DD82062088B0931CD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers or more than 1.5 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">the person committing such violation shall be subject to the same penalties as applicable under paragraph (1) of this subsection, except that such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less than 20 years.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H8DF87776D52C47E198002415FBE49DC4"><enum>103.</enum><header>Manufacturing controlled substances on Federal property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(5) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(5)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D099530515144BA906C70E0195E8700" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="HF50BCF468C61440CB4DB633E4350BBD5" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Manufacture or cultivation on Federal property</header><text>Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section by manufacturing or cultivating a controlled substance on Federal property shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 10 years, which shall be imposed consecutively and in addition to the penalty imposed under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H309ABBDFD7D249B1A97F3C61903B1EA"><enum>104.</enum><header>Use of hazardous substances on Federal land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(6)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DA3BCA48C6E4531A5E2D51501000087" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H382928746DC74A6A973BCDB745BF50B0" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of hazardous substances</header><text>Any person who violates subsection (a) and knowingly uses a poison, chemical, or other hazardous substance on Federal land, and by such use—</text> <subparagraph id="H37B0209E5D25446CAAD31BA58EB53298"><enum>(A)</enum><text>creates a serious hazard to humans, wildlife, or domestic animals;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BAA6E4541F9404AB923B08E4194DEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>degrades or harms the environment or natural resources; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84762AA6FB6249D79443F300D53CC1C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>pollutes an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 5 years, which shall be imposed consecutively and in addition to the penalty imposed under paragraphs (1) and (5).</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HF39370925CC14B99AC1FA6CE77E5FBA5"><enum>105.</enum><header>Listed chemicals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(c)) is amended by striking <quote>20 years</quote> and <quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>30 years</quote> and <quote>20 years</quote>, respectively.</text> </section><section id="HD28029D0146E4E02B4ED9921F1F170B3"><enum>106.</enum><header>Murder and other violent crimes related to drug trafficking, and dangerous drug trafficking organizations</header> <subsection id="H895E3DBF7FB949249E36AA0026D5A751"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime</header><text>Part D of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB79210E174934AEFA228769028DC36A6" style="traditional"> <section id="H0A104FA9AED6426BBBCF2BF9ECED203"><enum>424.</enum><header>Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDB1B40A344F54929B856278F43801BFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever commits, or conspires, or attempts to commit, a crime of violence during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, shall, unless the death penalty is otherwise imposed, in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided for the drug trafficking crime and in addition to being subject to a fine under title 18, United States Code—</text> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE032E7B55A7B49FAA2C041CA4F1BC96D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if the crime of violence results in the death of any person, be sentenced to death or life in prison;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H05D4A019691344BDB397FFA05700401C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the crime of violence is kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, or maiming, be imprisoned for life or any term of years not less than 30;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE1549E027CD248A5921B2161047044CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the crime of violence is assault resulting in serious bodily injury, be imprisoned for life or any term of years not less than 20; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEFC8729D943B44F587614F9001D44D04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in any other case, be imprisoned for life or for any term of years not less than 10.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H94C8E338B76F4C7C875E1CC4005DA882"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>A prosecution for a violation of this section may be brought in—</text> <paragraph id="H486C1E8DDB9D4CCB860000F38626D138"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the judicial district in which the murder or other crime of violence occurred; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC81EC97DA6D643D58E5DF49C3C75B900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any judicial district in which the drug trafficking crime may be prosecuted.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H07C46C21AAA54627A5215086A6407DB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section—</text> <paragraph id="HA1256204F88C4977BEED790766507852"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>aggravated sexual abuse</term> means an offense that, if committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction would be an offense under section 2241(a) of title 18, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEFAFA6522A904BE28C15A9139B93D900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>crime of violence</term> has the meaning given that term in section 16 of title 18, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H75036E113C8E4F0781DD346840DE0023"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>drug trafficking crime</term> has the meaning given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H10CB4293B34743B0B4D7217FC5B766F2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>serious bodily injury</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1365 of title 18, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H57F363F1619F4860B300A7449F6860F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dangerous drug trafficking organizations</header><text>Part D of such Act is further amended by adding after section 424, as added by subsection (a) of this section, the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FB6EFB088F2429EB1865665811DB5B6" style="traditional"> <section id="HE4C2060DF6344A9AB21001878D564E92"><enum>425.</enum><header>Dangerous drug trafficking organizations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4B157A287CEF40F581E3BDFC7006185"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any person who knowingly engages in a dangerous drug trafficking organization, as defined in subsection (b), shall be imprisoned for not less than 20 years nor more than life, fined in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, or both.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA6CE17827A42415DBDF800F368EA777F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dangerous drug trafficking organization defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>dangerous drug trafficking organization</term> means a formal or informal group, organization, or association of 5 or more individuals—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HECAEBAADD3594D47BA8EA208A47E7572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that has as one of its purposes the commission of one or more drug trafficking crimes (as defined in section 924(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9581853673314678B304D2C51509BC6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>one or more of the members of which commit or have committed, in furtherance of such purpose—</text> <subparagraph id="H65B721D065E84A82A1C5264E4B200042"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than one violation of this part the punishment of which is a felony; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9A7397091AC4712AF9E5B752F574969"><enum>(B)</enum><text>2 or more violations, in 2 or more separate criminal episodes, of section 424; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H762E2954856C4D99AD06BD77A48AF17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the activities of which involve at least 50 times the quantity of a substance described in section 401(b)(1)(B).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC83186B4561943DEA507452E07B930A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extraterritorial jurisdiction</header><text>There is jurisdiction over an offense under this section committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))).</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H32596E5076B342F08BE7A7FE5BAED8E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 423 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H633F857F0A984817886B37722E1988F9" style="traditional"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 424. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 425. Dangerous drug trafficking organizations.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Protecting Children From Drug Traffickers</header> <section id="HC84895F01C5F41EDB9A3CA83061C5D28"><enum>201.</enum><header>Distribution to persons under age 21 and pregnant persons</header> <subsection id="HA75C843D28214314B9C5004B6F28A625"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 418 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 859) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BEE5C79ACAF40618CED873991AA63B2" style="traditional"> <section id="H3A9D23864A5F4F5689FB80B4C5FA2888"><enum>418.</enum><header>Distribution to persons under age 21 and pregnant persons</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H00C2F19EA773443EB3BA596B19241F7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Distribution to persons under 21</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), any person at least 18 years of age who violates section 401(a)(1) by distributing a controlled substance to a person under 21 years of age shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years nor more than 10 years in addition and consecutive to any punishment under section 401(b). The mandatory minimum sentencing provisions of this subsection shall not apply to offenses involving 5 grams or less of marihuana.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDC4808BF92724507B48CE09BC15EB090"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution to pregnant persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as authorized by this title, any person who knowingly provides or distributes any controlled substance to a pregnant individual in violation of any provision of this title shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years nor more than 10 years in addition and consecutive to any punishment under section 401(b).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8DFED5D53FAB436DA17840C8AA6B9B51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Second or subsequent offenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person at least 18 years of age who violates subsections (a) or (b) after a prior conviction under section 401(a) has become final shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years nor more than 20 years in addition and consecutive to any punishment under section 401(b). Penalties for third and subsequent convictions shall be governed by section 401(b)(1)(A).</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H1A0EB0C3E3964FEFA67F7078CDB515A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 418 in the table of contents for the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FA4A6FE62B442C38E3645453B502232" style="traditional"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 418. Distribution to persons under age 21 and pregnant persons.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H534E9341C9DD49FA95007E1874825FCD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Distribution in or near schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 419 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 860) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H053319DC5AD145DFACC89E7160759F81" style="traditional"> <section id="H8FE2FBB5AF594DFA8F650259356657D"><enum>419.</enum><header>Distribution in or near schools</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9F316A32783B4CC3BEEC24DE919614D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided by subsection (b), whoever violates section 401(a)(1) or section 416 by distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or manufacturing a controlled substance in or on, or within one thousand feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary, vocational, or secondary school or a public or private college, junior college, or university, or a playground, or housing facility owned by a public housing authority, or within 100 feet of a public or private youth center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility, shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years nor more than 10 years in addition and consecutive to any punishment under section 401(b). The mandatory minimum sentencing provisions of this subsection shall not apply to offenses involving 5 grams or less of marihuana.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6A69DBD90881418AAD7395F7A2E7931"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Second or subsequent offenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever violates subsection (a) after a prior conviction under section 401(a) has become final shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years nor more than 20 years in addition and consecutive to any punishment under section 401(b). Penalties for third and subsequent convictions shall be governed by section 401(b)(1)(A).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA2552A038BA04AB39127C885F254BBF9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section—</text> <paragraph id="HEDD38E616F274AC28F33F73600927BB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>playground</term> means any outdoor facility (including any parking lot appurtenant thereto) intended for recreation, open to the public, and with any portion thereof containing three or more separate apparatus intended for the recreation of children including, but not limited to, sliding boards, swingsets, and teeterboards;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7A63020C25514FAD90969147A93DCA8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>youth center</term> means any recreational facility and/or gymnasium (including any parking lot appurtenant thereto), intended primarily for use by persons under 18 years of age, which regularly provides athletic, civic, or cultural activities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC6605469D63D461682E3FA00176ED96B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>video arcade facility</term> means any facility, legally accessible to children, intended primarily for the use of pinball and video machines for amusement containing a minimum of ten machines that are either pinball or video machines; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H142C12033AF7415300E4FF01A2D09BCD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>swimming pool</term> includes any parking lot appurtenant thereto.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H79BB0AB552604EF09D46DA7E5CE62622"><enum>203.</enum><header>Employment or use of persons under 18 years of age in drug operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 420 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 861) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6000EEB3E6484C6EB7602F7EAF96A8D3" style="traditional"> <section id="HA1B12D052CA84F269E0900D037D679D0"><enum>420.</enum><header>Employment or use of persons under 18 years of age in drug operations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC79A0456DB0D4108AF9EA5D7B4A70125"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Any person at least 18 years of age who knowingly—</text> <paragraph id="HAB4B0F1BFB6445C68E3670EE759CD279"><enum>(1)</enum><text>employs, hires, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces, a person under 18 years of age to violate any provision of this title or title III;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC996BDAFFCC146C4AB9C9526F6E238D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>employs, hires, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces a person under 18 years of age to assist in avoiding detection or apprehension, for any such violation, by any Federal, State, or local law enforcement official; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6092A18D8022400ABFE548CAD39B5DBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>receives a controlled substance from a person under 18 years of age, other than an immediate family member, in violation of this title or title III,</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years nor more than 10 years in addition and consecutive to any punishment under section 401(b).</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HF53BD0A4959241D0A400D3FE2D29EB5B"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever violates subsection (a) after a prior conviction under section 401(a) has become final shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years nor more than 20 years in addition and consecutive to any punishment under section 401(b). Penalties for third and subsequent convictions shall be governed by section 401(b)(1)(A).</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H0D33B1848F134479A4A2FB671E04EA11"><enum>204.</enum><header>Maintaining drug-involved premises in relation to involvement of children</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 416(b) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 856(b)) is amended by inserting (1) before <quote>Any person</quote> and by adding the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDD0919C70794C8F872F237700008955" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H830BA4C0F6A54B6D00210067DEA6A365"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any person who violates subsection (a) knowing that the manufacture, distribution, storage, or use of any controlled substance involves a person under the age of 18 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years nor more than 20 years.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87F82BDB0E8646BF8328A3001CB00009" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Modification of safety valve provision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3553(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD169D2344D764FC9857C57AA8B607B8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>and was not engaged in a dangerous drug trafficking organization (as defined in section 425 of the Controlled Substances Act)</quote> after <quote>section 408 of the Controlled Substances Act</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF6E6B489C24347CB826608704673ABFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (4);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H89B7D357A8DD486DB368145B4BC5A368"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF1C62C85878E44E3B2FA6FF603B7F3E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C26F2A575264880BD4262B5CE00AE17" style="USC"> <paragraph id="HC59EFC338C15450385FF93188B8C0024"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no part of the offense or relevant conduct involved manufacturing, possessing with intent to distribute, or distributing any controlled substance in or near the presence of a child or conduct constituting an offense under section 418, 419, or 420 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 859, 860, or 861); and</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>National Drug Trafficking Enforcement Strategy</header> <section id="H9043A0B7B6A944B6986BCB62C4F44888"><enum>301.</enum><header>National enforcement strategy</header> <subsection id="H712197BB44AE4247AFB9F24530B99F2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of strategy</header><text>The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop a National Drug Trafficking Enforcement Strategy.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H88B4DEF26BD8402C93A9C06B21AA49E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than February 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1E589427FA0B4662BC2EF77164E5577E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the drug enforcement activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and other Federal law enforcement agencies, including international and domestic enforcement strategies and coordination efforts among all law enforcement agencies.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC55B5330E97741E099F270EDFBB0CA6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the allocation of the resources of the entities listed in paragraph (1) for the investigation and prosecution of alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), including violations involving significant drug trafficking organizations.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6BC81F69E5FB4E05BE51136EE5EA66AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of measures being taken to give priority in the allocation of such resources described in paragraph (2) to alleged violations involving—</text> <subparagraph id="HB670F7C2C248443AB5D1FE00068C1684"><enum>(A)</enum><text>persons who have imported into the United States substantial quantities of controlled substances; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F669F5EFC364DB68F7B17E339648FF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>persons involved in violations that have endangered children.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>