<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id41baf946-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s849"><num value="849">§ 849.</num><heading> Transportation safety offenses</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2">(a) Definitions</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">In this section—</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">“safety rest area” means a roadside facility with parking facilities for the rest or other needs of motorists.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">“truck stop” means a facility (including any parking lot appurtenant thereto) that—</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2">(A) has the capacity to provide fuel or service, or both, to any commercial motor vehicle (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31301">section 31301 of title 49</ref>), operating in commerce (as defined in that section); and</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2">(B) is located within 2,500 feet of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways or the Federal-Aid Primary System.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2">(b) First offense</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">A person who violates <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s841/a/1">section 841(a)(1) of this title</ref> or <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s856">section 856 of this title</ref> by distributing or possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance in or on, or within 1,000 feet of, a truck stop or safety rest area is (except as provided in subsection (b)) <ref class="footnoteRef" idref="fn002134">1</ref><note type="footnote" id="fn002134"><num>1</num> So in original. Probably should refer to subsection (c).</note> subject to—</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">(1) twice the maximum punishment authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s841/b">section 841(b) of this title</ref>; and</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">(2) twice any term of supervised release authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s841/b">section 841(b) of this title</ref> for a first offense.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2">(c) Subsequent offense</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">A person who violates <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s841/a/1">section 841(a)(1) of this title</ref> or <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s856">section 856 of this title</ref> by distributing or possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance in or on, or within 1,000 feet of, a truck stop or a safety rest area after a prior conviction or convictions under subsection (a) <ref class="footnoteRef" idref="fn002135">2</ref><note type="footnote" id="fn002135"><num>2</num> So in original. Probably should refer to subsection (b).</note> have become final is subject to—</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">(1) 3 times the maximum punishment authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s841/b">section 841(b) of this title</ref>; and</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">(2) 3 times any term of supervised release authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s841/b">section 841(b) of this title</ref> for a first offense.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id41baf947-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e">(<ref href="/us/pl/91/513/tII/s409">Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 409</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/103/322/tXVIII/s180201/b/1">Pub. L. 103–322, title XVIII, § 180201(b)(1)</ref>, <date date="1994-09-13">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/2046">108 Stat. 2046</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id41baf949-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior section 849, <ref href="/us/pl/91/513/tII/s409">Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 409</ref>, <date date="1970-10-27">Oct. 27, 1970</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/84/1266">84 Stat. 1266</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/99/514/s2">Pub. L. 99–514, § 2</ref>, <date date="1986-10-22">Oct. 22, 1986</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/100/2095">100 Stat. 2095</ref>, related to dangerous special drug offender sentencing, prior to repeal by <ref href="/us/pl/98/473/tII">Pub. L. 98–473, title II</ref>, §§ 219(a), 235(a)(1), <date date="1984-10-12">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/98/2027">98 Stat. 2027</ref>, 2031, eff. <date date="1987-11-01">Nov. 1, 1987</date>, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such repeal.</p>
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