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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3092

To provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat 

methamphetamine labs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2003

Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. CANNON, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. NUNES, Mr. KIND, Mr. OSE, Mr. BEREUTER, 

Mr. TERRY, Mr. CASE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. INSLEE, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To provide grants for law enforcement training and 

equipment to combat methamphetamine labs.

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 Equipment, Training, Hardware, Material, and Safety 

6 Knowledge Grant Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCE2 MENT TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT TO COM3 BAT METHAMPHETAMINE LABS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 

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

7 new part: 

8 ‘‘PART CC—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 

9 LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND EQUIP10 MENT TO COMBAT METHAMPHETAMINE 

11 LABS 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2901. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of 

14 Justice Assistance is authorized to make grants to States, 

15 units of local government, and Indian tribes to provide, 

16 to State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers, protec17 tive equipment and training for use in investigating and 

18 responding to offenses related to methamphetamine clan19 destine drug laboratories. 

20 ‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 

21 section shall be—

22 ‘‘(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of 

23 local government, or Indian tribe; and 

24 ‘‘(2) used to provide, to law enforcement offi25 cers in the jurisdiction of the grantee—
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1 ‘‘(A) protective equipment specified in sub2 section (a); or 

3 ‘‘(B) training specified in subsection (a), 

4 but only if such training is carried out by a pro5 gram certified by the Federal Government or by 

6 the grantee’s State. 

7 ‘‘(c) MATCHING FUNDS.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The portion of the costs of 

9 a program provided by a grant under subsection 

10 (a)—

11 ‘‘(A) may not exceed 50 percent; and 

12 ‘‘(B) shall equal 50 percent, if such grant 

13 is to a unit of local government with fewer than 

14 100,000 residents. 

15 ‘‘(d) ALLOCATION TO SMALL JURISDICTIONS.—Not 

16 less than 50 percent of the amounts granted under this 

17 section in a fiscal year shall be granted in a manner that 

18 provides such training or equipment to law enforcement 

19 officers of communities with fewer than 100,000 residents. 

20 ‘‘(e) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding 

21 grants under this part, the Director of the Bureau of Jus22 tice Assistance may give preferential consideration, if fea23 sible, to an application from a jurisdiction that—
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1 ‘‘(1)(A) has the greatest need for protective 

2 equipment and methamphetamine clandestine drug 

3 laboratory training; and 

4 ‘‘(B) has a methamphetamine clandestine drug 

5 laboratory-related seizures per capita rate at or 

6 above the national average as determined by the Na7 tional Clandestine Laboratory Database of the El 

8 Paso Intelligence Center (known as EPIC); or 

9 ‘‘(2) has consolidated local law enforcement ef10 fort by creating multijurisdictional law taskforces. 

11 ‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Funds available 

12 under this part shall be awarded, without regard to sub13 section (e), to each qualifying unit of local government 

14 with fewer than 100,000 residents. Any remaining funds 

15 available under this part shall be awarded to other quali16 fying applicants. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 2902. APPLICATIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 

19 part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern20 ment, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the 

21 Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance in such form 

22 and containing such information as the Director may rea23 sonably require. 

24 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this part, the Director of 
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1 the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall promulgate regula2 tions to implement this section (including the information 

3 that must be included and the requirements that the 

4 States, units of local government, and Indian tribes must 

5 meet) in submitting the applications required under this 

6 section. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2903. DEFINITIONS. 

8 ‘‘For purposes of this part—

9 ‘‘(1) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50 

10 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

11 of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 

12 American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana 

13 Islands; 

14 ‘‘(2) the term ‘unit of local government’ means 

15 a county, municipality, town, township, village, par16 ish, borough, or other unit of general government 

17 below the State level; 

18 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same mean19 ing as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determina20 tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

21 450b(e)); and 

22 ‘‘(4) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means 

23 any officer, agent, or employee of a State, unit of 

24 local government, or Indian tribe authorized by law 

25 or by a government agency to engage in or supervise 
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1 the prevention, detection, or investigation of any vio2 lation of criminal law, or authorized by law to super3 vise sentenced criminal offenders.’’. 

4 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 1001(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3793) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(25) There are authorized to be appropriated to 

8 carry out part CC, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

9 2004 through 2006.’’.

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