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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 85 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants 

for confronting the use of methamphetamine. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. 

REID, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. FEINGOLD) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes 

are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use 

of methamphetamine. 

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 ‘‘Indian Tribes Meth5 amphetamine Reduction Grants Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN METH2 AMPHETAMINE GRANTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2996(a) of the Omnibus 

4 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

5 3797cc(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A), by inserting ‘‘, territories, and Indian 

9 tribes (as defined in section 2704)’’ after ‘‘to 

10 assist States’’; and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and 

12 local’’ and inserting ‘‘territorial, Tribal, and 

13 local’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, territories, 

15 and Indian tribes’’ after ‘‘make grants to States’’; 

16 (3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘, Trib17 al,’’ after ‘‘support State’’; and 

18 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(4) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 

20 subsection, or in the award or denial of any grant 

21 pursuant to this subsection— 

22 ‘‘(A) allows grants authorized under para23 graph (3)(A) to be made to, or used by, an en24 tity for law enforcement activities that the enti25 ty lacks jurisdiction to perform; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) has any effect other than to author2 ize, award, or deny a grant of funds to a State, 

3 territory, or Indian tribe for the purposes de4 scribed in this subsection.’’. 

5 (b) GRANT PROGRAMS FOR DRUG ENDANGERED

6 CHILDREN.—Section 755(a) of the USA PATRIOT Im7 provement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 

8 109–177; 120 Stat. 192) is amended by inserting ‘‘, terri9 tories, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 2704 of 

10 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

11 (42 U.S.C. 3797d))’’ after ‘‘make grants to States’’. 

12 (c) GRANT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS METHAMPHET13 AMINE USE BY PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN OF14 FENDERS.—Section 756 of the USA PATRIOT Improve15 ment and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

16 177; 120 Stat. 192) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, terri18 torial, or Tribal’’ after ‘‘State’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘, territorial, or Trib22 al’’ after ‘‘State’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘and/or’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘or’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, territory, or Indian 

2 tribe’’ after ‘‘agency of the State’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, territory, or Indian 

4 tribe’’ after ‘‘criminal laws of that State’’; 

5 and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 

8 has the meaning given the term in section 2704 of 

9 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

10 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797d)).’’; and 

11 (3) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Indian 

13 Tribe’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian tribe’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘State’s services’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘services of the State, 

19 territory, or Indian tribe’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘and/or’’ and in21 serting ‘‘or’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

23 ‘‘State’’; 


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1 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

2 ‘‘, Indian tribes,’’ after ‘‘involved coun3 ties’’; and 

4 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

5 ‘‘, tribal’’ after ‘‘Federal, State’’. 

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