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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2315 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a federally-supported 

education and awareness campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2006 

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

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a federally-supported education and awareness campaign for the 

prevention of methamphetamine use. 

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 ‘‘Methamphetamine 

5 Awareness and Prevention Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find8 ings: 


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1 (1) Methamphetamine addiction is a growing 

2 epidemic in the United States. 

3 (2) Existing programs within the Federal Gov4 ernment do not specifically target methamphetamine 

5 use in an effective manner, considering the wide6 spread use of the drug. 

7 (3) The existing drug policy of the Federal Gov8 ernment focuses on the impact of marijuana as a 

9 gateway drug rather than methamphetamine. 

10 (4) Methamphetamine use impacts a variety of 

11 Federal and State services, from child welfare to ad12 diction, treatment, and housing costing taxpayers 

13 millions of dollars every year. 

14 (5) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

15 Services Administration found in 2004 that 

16 1,400,000 persons ages 12 and older used meth17 amphetamine in the past year. 

18 (6) Precursor chemicals for the production of 

19 methamphetamine vary widely and are easily acces20 sible across the United States. 

21 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to pre22 vent the spread of methamphetamine through the estab23 lishment of a competitive grant program to identify suc24 cessful methamphetamine education and awareness cam25 paigns. 


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1 SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 

2 ACT. 

3 Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 506C. METHAMPHETAMINE AWARENESS AND PRE7 VENTION. 

8 ‘‘(a) OFFICE.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

10 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

11 Administration an office to be known as the Meth12 amphetamine Awareness and Prevention Office. The 

13 Office shall be headed by a director to be appointed 

14 by the Secretary. 

15 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—In addition to other activities 

16 determined appropriate by the Secretary to reduce 

17 the use of methamphetamines, the director of the 

18 Office shall administer the grant program estab19 lished under subsection (b). 

20 ‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The director of the Office 

22 shall establish a program to award competitive 

23 grants to eligible entities for the establishment and 

24 implementation of successful methamphetamine edu25 cation and awareness campaigns to reduce the 

26 spread of methamphetamine use. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant 

2 under this subsection an entity shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) be a State or local government or a 

4 private nonprofit organization; 

5 ‘‘(B) submit to the director of the Office 

6 an application in accordance with paragraph 

7 (3)(C); and 

8 ‘‘(C) provide assurances that the entity will 

9 contribute non-Federal funds towards the costs 

10 of carrying out activities under the grant in an 

11 amount equal to 100 percent of the amount re12 ceived under the grant. 

13 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) PROCESS.—Not later than 90 days 

15 after the date of enactment of this section, the 

16 director of the Office shall solicit applications 

17 for grants under this subsection. The director 

18 of the Office shall notify an applicant in writing 

19 of the reasons why an applicant has failed to be 

20 awarded such a grant. 

21 ‘‘(B) EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.—In 

22 determining whether to award a grant to an ap23 plicant under this subsection, the director of the 

24 Office shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) evaluate the scope of the edu2 cation and awareness campaign to be con3 ducted under the grant to ensure that the 

4 target audience is reached; 

5 ‘‘(ii) consider the duration of the edu6 cation and awareness campaign involved 

7 and the expected positive impact at the 

8 State or local level; 

9 ‘‘(iii) consider the ability of the appli10 cant to tailor the message to at-risk popu11 lations; 

12 ‘‘(iv) require a reduced match of 50 

13 percent with respect to applications from 

14 rural or underserved areas, such as Indian 

15 reservations, with little access to outside 

16 capital, and any other areas deemed eligi17 ble by the director of the Office; and 

18 ‘‘(v) consider the benefit of the appli19 cant’s program based on the criteria de20 scribed in clauses (i) through (iv). 

21 ‘‘(C) CONTENTS.—An application sub22 mitted under paragraph (2)(B) shall contain— 

23 ‘‘(i) a description of the methamphet24 amine education and awareness campaign 

25 to be funded under the grant and how 


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1 such campaign will significantly curb meth2 amphetamine use, especially among those 

3 vulnerable to using methamphetamine for 

4 the first time; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a description of the significance 

6 of the methamphetamine problem in the 

7 area targeted by the applicant’s campaign, 

8 which may include the use of statistics pro9 vided through the annual research of the 

10 Administration as well as any statistics 

11 collected by the Department of Justice, the 

12 Office of National Drug Control Policy, or 

13 any other State or local law enforcement 

14 agency determined useful by the Office to 

15 accurately identify the scope of the meth16 amphetamine problem; 

17 ‘‘(iii) a description of the size and 

18 characteristics of the target audience (in19 cluding a focus on pre-teen and teenage 

20 populations and populations that are his21 torically vulnerable to first-time use) and 

22 the most effective means to reach such au23 dience as determined through the conduct 

24 of a thorough review by the applicant prior 

25 to the submission of the application; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) a detailed budget or spending 

2 plan for use of grant funds; 

3 ‘‘(v) evidence to demonstrate positive 

4 outcomes of the campaign; and 

5 ‘‘(vi) any other information deter6 mined appropriate by the director of the 

7 Office. 

8 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—An entity may receive not 

9 more than one grant in each fiscal year under this 

10 subsection. Each such grant shall not exceed 

11 $5,000,000. 

12 ‘‘(5) SUBMISSION OF IMPACT REPORTS.—Not 

13 later than 90 days after the exhaustion of each 

14 grant period, the grant recipient shall submit to the 

15 director of the Office a report on the impact of the 

16 education and awareness campaign carried out 

17 under the grant. Each such report shall include 

18 quantitative data to demonstrate, with respect to the 

19 campaign, the size of the audience reached, the im20 pact of the campaign, and the reaction to the cam21 paign from the State or local area involved. The di22 rector of the Office shall use such impact reports in 

23 any subsequent determinations with respect to grant 

24 awards. 


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1 ‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 

2 after the end of the first and each subsequent grant cycle 

3 under this section, the director of the Office shall submit 

4 to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that 

5 contains a summary of grant awards under subsection (b) 

6 and the impact of such grants on communities throughout 

7 the United States. Information contained in the report 

8 may be shared among all interested Federal and State en9 tities for use to coordinate effective methamphetamine 

10 prevention activities. 

11 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAM13 PAIGN.—The term ‘education and awareness cam14 paign’ means a coordinated effort to reduce meth15 amphetamine use through the use of any media, 

16 print, radio, television, Internet-based or any other 

17 mode of communication to convey messages to an 

18 audience. 

19 ‘‘(2) GRANT CYCLE.—The term ‘grant cycle’ 

20 means the length of time from the date on which a 

21 grant is awarded under this section until the date on 

22 which such grant is expended. 

23 ‘‘(3) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the 

24 Methamphetamine Awareness and Prevention Office. 


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1 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

3 $25,250,000 for fiscal year 2006. Of the amount appro4 priated for such fiscal year, $250,000 shall be made avail5 able for the activities of the Office, and $25,000,000 shall 

6 be made available for grants under subsection (b).’’. 

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