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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1220

To provide additional funding to combat methamphetamine production and

abuse, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 14, 1999

Mr. GRASSLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To provide additional funding to combat methamphetamine

production and abuse, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Methamphet5 amine Use Response Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

7 In this Act:

8 (1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad9 ministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administra10 tion.
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1 (2) The term ‘‘Committees’’ means the Com2 mittees on Appropriations and the Committees on

3 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and

4 the Senate.

5 (3) The term ‘‘midsize city’’ means a city with

6 a population under 250,000 and over 20,000.

7 (4) The term ‘‘rural area’’ means a county or

8 parish with a population under 50,000.

9 (5) The term ‘‘small city’’ means a city with a

10 population under 20,000.

11 SEC. 3. REPORT ON METHAMPHETAMINE CONSUMPTION IN

12 RURAL AREAS, SMALL CITIES, AND MIDSIZE

13 CITIES.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and

15 Human Services shall submit to the Committees annually

16 a report on the problems caused by methamphetamine

17 consumption in rural areas, small cities, and midsize cit18 ies.

19 (b) CONCERNS ADDRESSED.—Each report submitted

20 under this section shall include an analysis of—

21 (1) the manner in which methamphetamine con22 sumption in rural areas differs from methamphet23 amine consumption in areas with larger populations,

24 and the means by which to accurately measure those

25 differences;
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1 (2) the incidence of methamphetamine abuse in

2 rural areas and the treatment resources available to

3 deal with methamphetamine addiction in those

4 areas;

5 (3) any relationship between methamphetamine

6 consumption in rural areas and a lack of substance

7 abuse treatment in those areas; and

8 (4) any relationship between geographic dif9 ferences in the availability of substance abuse treat10 ment and the geographic distribution of the meth11 amphetamine abuse problem in the United States.

12 SEC. 4. CLEANUP OF METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORIES

13 AND PRODUCTION MATERIALS.

14 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

15 authorized to be appropriated for the Drug Enforcement

16 Administration for each fiscal year after fiscal year 1999,

17 $20,000,000 in order to carry out the activities described

18 in subsection (b).

19 (b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated pur21 suant to the authorization of appropriations in sub22 section (a) shall be available to the Drug Enforce23 ment Administration for activities to alleviate the

24 growing financial burden on rural communities,

25 small cities, midsize cities, and other communities
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1 resulting from the cleanup of clandestine labora2 tories and other drug-related hazardous waste.

3 (2) SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.—The activities cov4 ered by paragraph (1) shall include the following:

5 (A) The cleanup of clandestine laboratories

6 and other drug-related hazardous waste across

7 the United States, whether initiated by the

8 Drug Enforcement Administration or by State

9 or local entities.

10 (B) The improvement of current contract11 related response times for cleanup of such lab12 oratories and waste through the provision of ad13 ditional contract personnel, equipment, and fa14 cilities.

15 (c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The amounts

16 authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) for the

17 Drug Enforcement Administration for a fiscal year are in

18 addition to any other amounts authorized to be appro19 priated for the Administration for the fiscal year for the

20 activities described in subsection (b).

21 SEC. 5. INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE RELATING TO METH22 AMPHETAMINE FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW

23 ENFORCEMENT.

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find25 ings:
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1 (1) Because of the strong connection between

2 methamphetamine trafficking and Mexican drug

3 trafficking organizations, many local law enforce4 ment agencies are confronted with methamphet5 amine trafficking suspects who speak Spanish.

6 (2) Most local law enforcement agencies lack

7 the foreign language and specialized investigative

8 skills necessary to communicate with and monitor

9 suspected drug traffickers, thereby limiting their

10 ability to respond effectively to methamphetamine

11 trafficking.

12 (3) Informants, witnesses, communications

13 intercepts, and other investigative tools are of lim14 ited use if an investigator cannot understand the

15 language employed.

16 (4) The timely provision of select Drug En17 forcement Administration Special Agents with Span18 ish language capability and specialized clandestine

19 laboratory training could greatly assist in the efforts

20 of State and local law enforcement against meth21 amphetamine traffickers and their operations.

22 (b) INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es24 tablish within the Drug Enforcement Administration

25 a select cadre of Special Agents with Spanish lan-
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1 guage capabilities who shall work with State and

2 local law enforcement agencies across the United

3 States on matters relating to the combating of meth4 amphetamine-related drug trafficking.

5 (2) COMPOSITION OF CADRE.—The cadre estab6 lished under paragraph (1) shall consist of 20 Spe7 cial Agents with the requisite Spanish language

8 skills.

9 (3) ALLOCATION.—The Administrator shall de10 termine the allocation of the Special Agents in the

11 cadre referred to in paragraph (1) through ongoing

12 assessments of the national methamphetamine

13 threat.

14 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

15 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Drug

16 Enforcement Administration for fiscal year 2000,

17 $4,700,000 of which—

18 (A) $3,000,000 shall be available for pur19 poses of establishing the cadre required by

20 paragraph (1), including the hiring and training

21 of agents to fill the cadre; and

22 (B) $1,700,000 shall be available to cover

23 the permanent change of stations (PCS) costs

24 associated with the transfer of senior agents se25 lected to staff the cadre.
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1 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR DRUG ENFORCEMENT

2 ADMINISTRATION AND STATE AND LOCAL

3 LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find5 ings:

6 (1) The spread of methamphetamine abuse and

7 production across the United States has forced law

8 enforcement agencies to address challenges that ex9 ceed the many years of experience of the personnel

10 within such agencies.

11 (2) Unlike cocaine or heroin, methamphetamine

12 can be produced easily from readily available every13 day products using recipes readily available on the

14 Internet.

15 (3) The chemicals involved in methamphet16 amine production can be caustic or explosive if han17 dled improperly.

18 (4) In order to meet the demand for training

19 and certification of local law enforcement personnel

20 to meet the challenges posed by methamphetamine

21 production and abuse, it is necessary to expand the

22 training capabilities of the Drug Enforcement Ad23 ministration.

24 (5) Most of the costs associated with the train25 ing of State and local law enforcement personnel are

26 cost relating to air travel.
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1 (6) Because the Drug Enforcement Administra2 tion already provides training for State and local law

3 enforcement personnel, the establishment of regional

4 training centers in the Administration will both re5 duce travel costs associated with the training of such

6 personnel and enhance the training provided.

7 (7) Such regional training centers will permit

8 enhanced training of State and local law enforce9 ment personnel at reduced cost over the long term.

10 (b) REGIONAL SATELLITE TRAINING CENTERS.—

11 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall

12 establish within the Drug Enforcement Administra13 tion four regional satellite training centers for pur14 poses of providing clandestine laboratory training to

15 Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel.

16 The Administrator shall establish the training cen17 ters at appropriate locations throughout the United

18 States.

19 (2) PERSONNEL.—The Administrator shall as20 sign to the centers established under paragraph (1)

21 12 Special Agents, 4 Drug Prevention Specialists,

22 and 8 Support personnel, as appropriate.

23 (3) ACTIVITIES OF DRUG PREVENTION SPECIAL24 ISTS.—The Drug Prevention Specialists assigned to

25 the centers under paragraph (2) shall work with
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1 communities that have been previously assisted by

2 the Mobile Enforcement and Regional Enforcement

3 Teams of the Drug Enforcement Administration in

4 order to assist such communities in the development

5 of drug prevention programs and coalitions and pro6 vide a solid foundation for the long-term elimination

7 of drug trafficking, abuse, and violence in such com8 munities.

9 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

10 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Drug

11 Enforcement Administration for fiscal year 2000,

12 $30,000,000 for purposes of establishing the re13 gional centers required by paragraph (1), including

14 the assignment of personnel to such centers under

15 paragraph (2), and for training-related support for

16 such centers.

17 (c) SPECIALIZED CLANDESTINE LABORATORY

18 TRAINING.—

19 (1) SPECIALIZED CLANDESTINE LABORATORY

20 TRAINING.—In addition to any other clandestine lab21 oratory training programs currently administered by

22 the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Adminis23 trator shall establish the following:
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1 (A) Advanced Clandestine Laboratory In2 vestigations schools for State and local law en3 forcement personnel.

4 (B) Additional Basic Clandestine Labora5 tory Certification Schools for both Drug En6 forcement Administration personnel and State

7 and local law enforcement personnel.

8 (C) A program, to be known as the ‘‘Train

9 the Trainer’’ program, in accordance with para10 graph (2).

11 (2) TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAM.—The pur12 pose of Train the Trainer program shall be to pro13 vide State and local law enforcement personnel with

14 the skills necessary to provide clandestine laboratory

15 recertification and awareness training to other law

16 enforcement personnel within their jurisdictions.

17 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

18 (A) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized

19 to be appropriated for the Drug Enforcement

20 Administration for each fiscal year after fiscal

21 year 1999, the following:

22 (i) $750,000 for Advanced Clandes23 tine Laboratory Investigation Schools re24 quired under paragraph (1)(A).
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1 (ii) $2,000,000 for the additional

2 Basic Clandestine Laboratory Certification

3 Schools required under paragraph (1)(B).

4 (iii) $1,000,000 for the awareness ma5 terials required for the Train the Trainer

6 program required under paragraph (1)(C).

7 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The

8 amounts authorized to be appropriated by subpara9 graph (A) are in addition to any other amounts au10 thorized to be appropriated for the Drug Enforce11 ment Agency for the activities referred to in para12 graph (1).

13 SEC. 7. ANNUAL STRATEGY ON METHAMPHETAMINE PRO14 DUCTION AND ABUSE.

15 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 6 months after

16 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there17 after, the Attorney General shall submit to the Commit18 tees a report containing a detailed strategy to combat the

19 problem of methamphetamine production and abuse in the

20 United States.

21 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report submitted

22 under this section shall include the following:

23 (1) An assessment of the progress made in

24 achieving the goals first outlined in the April 1996

25 document entitled ‘‘National Methamphetamine
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1 Strategy’’, including a description of any successes

2 and failures in achieving such goals.

3 (2) A description of the progress made in con4 trolling methamphetamine in light of the goals es5 tablished by the Performance Measures of Effective6 ness established by the National Drug Control Strat7 egy.

8 (3) Any recommendations for legislative action

9 that the Attorney General considers necessary to im10 plement the strategy under subsection (a).

11 (c) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Each report submitted

12 under this section after the first such report shall include

13 the following:

14 (1) An evaluation by the Attorney General of

15 the progress made in implementing the strategy.

16 (2) A description of the successes and failures

17 associated with implementing the strategy contained

18 in the report.

19 (3) Any recommendations for legislative action

20 that the Attorney General considers appropriate to

21 facilitate the continuing implementation of the strat22 egy.
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1 SEC. 8. THEFT AND TRANSPORTATION OF ANHYDROUS AM2 MONIA.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of the Controlled Sub4 stances Act (title II of Public Law 91–513; 21 U.S.C. 841

5 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘ANHYDROUS AMMONIA

7 ‘‘SEC. 423 (a) It is unlawful for any person—

8 ‘‘(1) to steal anhydrous ammonia; or

9 ‘‘(2) to transport stolen anhydrous ammonia

10 across State lines.

11 ‘‘(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be

12 imprisoned or fined, or both, in accordance with section

13 403(d) as if such violation were a violation of a provision

14 of section 403.’’.

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

16 for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relat17 ing to section 421 the following new items:

‘‘Sec. 422. Drug paraphernalia.

‘‘Sec. 423. Anhydrous ammonia.’’.

18 (c) ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN RESEARCH.—

19 (1) AGREEMENT.—The Administrator shall

20 seek to enter into an agreement with Iowa State

21 University in order to permit the University to con22 tinue and expand its current research into the devel23 opment of inert agents that, when added to anhy24 drous ammonia, eliminate the usefulness of anhy-
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1 drous ammonia as an ingredient in the production of

2 methamphetamine.

3 (2) REIMBURSABLE PROVISION OF FUNDS.—

4 The agreement under paragraph (1) may provide for

5 the provision to Iowa State University, on a reim6 bursable basis, of $500,000 for purposes the activi7 ties specified in that paragraph.

8 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

9 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for

10 the Drug Enforcement Agency for fiscal year 2000,

11 $500,000 for purposes of carrying out the agree12 ment under this subsection.

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