Whether a defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act is eligible for relief from a mandatory minimum sentence under the 'safety valve' provision

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seqg., and subject to a mandatory minimum sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 960, is eligible for relief from that mandatory minimum under the “safety valve” provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (as the D.C. Circuit has held), or not (as the Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits have held). i