Increased punishment for human trafficking in school zones
Title VI
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Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) (1) Whoever violates subsection (a) in a school zone, or on, or within 1,000 feet of, a premises on which a school-sponsored activity is taking place, or on, or within 1,000 feet of a premises owned by an institution of higher education, shall, in addition to the punishment otherwise provided under this section, be imprisoned for not more than 5 years. (2) In this subsection: (A) The term school zone has the meaning given such term in section 921. (B) The term school-sponsored activity means any activity that is produced, financed, arranged, supervised, or coordinated by a school or a State educational agency or local educational agency or is under the jurisdiction of a State educational agency or local educational agency. (C) The terms State educational agency and local educational agency have the meanings given those terms under section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (D) The term institution of higher education has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)..