more separate apparatus intended for the recreation 
of children including, but not limited to, sliding 
boards, swingsets, and teeterboards; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘youth center’ means any rec-
reational facility and/or gymnasium (including any 
parking lot appurtenant thereto), intended primarily 
for use by persons under 18 years of age, which reg-
ularly provides athletic, civic, or cultural activities; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘video arcade facility’ means any 
facility, legally accessible to children, intended pri-
marily for the use of pinball and video machines for 
amusement containing a minimum of ten machines 
that are either pinball or video machines; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘swimming pool’ includes any 
parking lot appurtenant thereto.’’. 
SEC. 203. EMPLOYMENT OR USE OF PERSONS UNDER 18 
YEARS OF AGE IN DRUG OPERATIONS. 
Section 420 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 861) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘EMPLOYMENT OR USE OF PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF 
AGE IN DRUG OPERATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 420. (a) Any person at least 18 years of age 
who knowingly— 
‘‘(1) 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; 
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‘‘(2) 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 
‘‘(3) receives a controlled substance from a per-
son under 18 years of age, other than an immediate 
family member, in violation of this title or title III, 
shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less 
than 3 years nor more than 10 years in addition and con-
secutive to any punishment under section 401(b). 
‘‘(b) 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 sec-
tion 401(b)(1)(A).’’. 
SEC. 204. MAINTAINING DRUG-INVOLVED PREMISES IN RE-
LATION TO INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN. 
Section 416(b) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 856(b)) is amended by inserting (1) before ‘‘Any 
person’’ and by adding the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Any person who violates subsection (a) 
knowing that the manufacture, distribution, storage, 
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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.’’. 
SEC. 205. MODIFICATION OF SAFETY VALVE PROVISION. 
Section 3553(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and was not 
engaged in a dangerous drug trafficking organiza-
tion (as defined in section 425 of the Controlled 
Substances Act)’’ after ‘‘section 408 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) 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 consti-
tuting an offense under section 418, 419, or 420 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 859, 860, 
or 861); and’’. 
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TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
DRUG 
TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT 
STRATEGY 
SEC. 301. NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT
OF STRATEGY.—The Attorney 
General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, shall develop a National Drug Trafficking En-
forcement Strategy. 
(b) REPORT.—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 Rep-
resentatives a report containing the following: 
(1) A description of the drug enforcement ac-
tivities of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the 
Drug Enforcement Agency, the Department of 
Homeland Security, and other Federal law enforce-
ment agencies, including international and domestic 
enforcement strategies and coordination efforts 
among all law enforcement agencies. 
(2) A description of the allocation of the re-
sources 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. 
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(3) A description of measures being taken to 
give priority in the allocation of such resources de-
scribed in paragraph (2) to alleged violations involv-
ing— 
(A) persons who have imported into the 
United States substantial quantities of con-
trolled substances; and 
(B) persons involved in violations that have 
endangered children. 
Æ 
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