Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
§ 12521. Increased penalties for drug-dealing in “drug-free” zones
Statutory text
Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, the United States Sentencing Commission shall amend its sentencing guidelines to provide an appropriate enhancement for a defendant convicted of violating section 860 of title 21.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title IX § 90102 · 108 Stat. 1796
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12521
(Pub. L. 103–322, title IX, § 90102, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1987.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–322, title IX, § 90102, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1987.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 90102. INCREASED PENALTIES FOK DRUG-DEALING IN “DRUGFREE” ZONES. Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission shall amend its sentencing guidelines to provide an appropriate enhancement for a defendant convicted of violating section 419 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C, 860).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 14051 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is comprised of section 90102 of Pub. L. 103–322 which is also listed in a table relating to sentencing guidelines set out under section 994 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.