Drug-Free Playgrounds Safety Enhancement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2241
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-04-10
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Games and hobbies

Outdoor recreation

Sports and recreation facilities
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Drug-Free Playgrounds Safety Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends provisions of the Controlled Substances Act prescribing enhanced penalties for distributing or manufacturing drugs in or near certain facilities, such as schools, playgrounds, youth centers, and swimming pools, to: (1) include among such facilities a video amusement game facility (currently, a video arcade facility); (2) define a &quot;video amusement game facility&quot; as any facility that is legally accessible to persons under 18 years of age, that is intended primarily for amusement, and that contains video game machines or other similar youth games; and (3) revise the definition of &quot;playground&quot; to mean any outdoor area that is intended for recreation, that is open to the public, and that contains one or more apparatus intended for the recreation of children, including play structures, sliding boards, swingsets, seesaws, merry-go-rounds, slides, jungle gyms, chin-up bars, sandboxes, spring riders, monkey bars, overhead ladders, trapeze rings, playhouses, rope bridges, and mazes.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2241 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 10, 2014 Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To enhance the safety of drug-free playgrounds.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drug-Free Playgrounds Safety Enhancement Act of 2014 . 2. Drug-free playgrounds Section 419 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 860 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking video arcade facility and inserting video amusement game facility ; and (2) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking outdoor facility and inserting outdoor area ; (ii) by striking three or more separate and inserting 1 or more ; (iii) by inserting play structures, after not limited to, ; and (iv) by striking and teeterboards and inserting seesaw, merry-go-round, slides, jungle gym, chin-up bars, sandbox, spring rider, monkey bars, overhead ladders, trapeze rings, playhouses, rope bridges, and mazes ; and (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) The term video amusement game facility means any facility, legally accessible to persons under 18 years of age, intended primarily for amusement, which contains video game machines or other similar youth games. .