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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2527

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grant programs to

reduce substance abuse, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 9, 2000

Mr. GRASSLEY 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 provide grant

programs to reduce substance 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 ‘‘Drug Treatment and

5 Research Enhancement Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—

8 (1) a child that has a positive relationship with

9 both parents is less likely to use illegal drugs;
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1 (2) family activities, such as eating dinners to2 gether and spending quality time together, can re3 duce the risk that a child engaged by such activities

4 will use illegal drugs;

5 (3) most parents today work and have little op6 portunity to spend quality time with their children;

7 (4) many families are headed by single parents

8 who work all day and do not have enough time to

9 spend with their children;

10 (5) the 1999 Parent’s Resource Institute for

11 Drug Education study (referred to in this section as

12 the ‘‘PRIDE study’’) reported that more than

13 4,000,000 students who are between the ages 11

14 and 18 used drugs regularly, and more than

15 1,000,000 of such students used an illegal drug

16 every day;

17 (6) the PRIDE study found that students with

18 parents who talked to them about drug use had a

19 37 percent lower drug use rate than students with

20 parents who did not talk to them about drug use;

21 (7) the 1999 Monitoring the Future study

22 found that nearly 55 percent of high school seniors

23 in the United States had used an illicit drug in the

24 past month; and

25 (8) a 1999 Mellman Group study found that—
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1 (A) 56 percent of the population in the

2 United States believed that drug use was in3 creasing in 1999;

4 (B) 92 percent of the population viewed il5 legal drug use as a serious problem in the

6 United States; and

7 (C) 73 percent of the population viewed il8 legal drug use as a serious problem in their

9 communities.

10 SEC. 3. DRUG-FREE FAMILIES SUPPORT PROGRAM.

11 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General

12 shall award a grant to the Parents Collaboration for 5

13 years to conduct a national campaign to help parents and

14 families prevent drug abuse by the children of such par15 ents and families.

16 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

17 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The term ‘‘ad18 ministrative costs’’ means those costs that the as19 signed Federal agency will incur to administer the

20 grant to the Parent Collaboration.

21 (2) NO-USE MESSAGE.—The term ‘‘no-use mes22 sage’’ means a message that encourages—

23 (A) no use of any illegal drug;
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1 (B) no illegal use of any legal drug or sub2 stance that is sometimes used illegally, such as

3 prescription drugs and inhalants; and

4 (C) no use of alcohol and tobacco for chil5 dren and adolescents under the age to legally

6 purchase such alcohol or tobacco.

7 (3) PARENT COLLABORATION.—The term ‘‘Par8 ent Collaboration’’ means the legal entity that is de9 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue

10 Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under sec11 tion 501(a) of that Code, and, in order to prevent

12 drug use among children and adolescents, allows any

13 group to participate that—

14 (A) has as its primary mission helping par15 ents prevent drug use, drug abuse, and drug

16 addiction among their children, families, and

17 communities;

18 (B) has carried out the mission described

19 in subparagraph (A) for a minimum of 5 con20 secutive years; and

21 (C) bases its drug prevention mission on

22 the foundation of a strong, no-use message in

23 compliance with international, Federal, State,

24 and local treaties, and laws that prohibit the
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1 possession, production, cultivation, distribution,

2 sale, and trafficking of illegal drugs.

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be

5 appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000

6 for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.

7 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5

8 percent of the total amount made available under

9 paragraph (1) for each fiscal year may be used to

10 pay administrative costs.

11 SEC. 4. NATIONAL COMMUNITY ANTIDRUG COALITION IN12 STITUTE.

13 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the

14 Office of National Drug Control Policy may award a grant

15 to a national nonprofit organization that has a special ex16 pertise in community antidrug coalitions at the national

17 level to establish a National Community Antidrug Coali18 tion Institute.

19 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—The organization receiving a

20 grant under subsection (a) shall use funds received under

21 such grant to establish a National Community Antidrug

22 Coalition Institute that will—

23 (1) provide education, training, and technical

24 assistance for coalition leaders and community

25 teams;
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1 (2) conduct research and testing, and use tools,

2 mechanisms, and measures, to better evaluate and

3 document coalition performance measures and out4 comes; and

5 (3) bridge the gap between research and prac6 tice by translating knowledge from research into

7 practical information.

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap9 propriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each

10 of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002.

11 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

12 ACT.

13 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

14 ‘‘Key Professionals Education Act’’.

15 (b) CORE COMPETENCIES.—Subpart 2 of part B of

16 title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–

17 21 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘SEC. 519. CORE COMPETENCIES.

19 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find20 ings:

21 ‘‘(1) According to a 1999 Monitoring the Fu22 ture Report, heroin use doubled among youth in the

23 United States between 1991 and 1995. Since that

24 time, such heroin use among such youth has re25 mained at the high level reached in 1995.
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1 ‘‘(2) The sharp increase in heroin use during

2 the 1990’s may be a result of the introduction into

3 the market of heroin of a higher purity.

4 ‘‘(3) According to the National Center on Ad5 diction and Substance Abuse, 29.9 percent of the

6 population living in rural areas, 32.4 percent of the

7 population living in small cities, and 30.2 percent of

8 the population living in big cities found heroin very

9 easy or fairly easy to procure.

10 ‘‘(4) Studies show a high correlation between

11 drug use, availability of drugs, and violence.

12 ‘‘(5) A March 2000 report by the Office of Na13 tional Drug Control Policy reported that in 1999

14 persons using illegal drugs were 16 times more likely

15 than nonusers to be arrested for larceny or theft, at

16 least 14 times more likely to be arrested for driving

17 under the influence, drunkenness, and liquor law vio18 lations, and at least 9 times more likely to be ar19 rested for assault.

20 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is—

21 ‘‘(1) to educate, train, motivate, and engage key

22 professionals to identify and intervene with children

23 in families affected by substance abuse and to refer

24 members of such families to appropriate programs

25 and services in the communities of such families;
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1 ‘‘(2) to encourage professionals to collaborate

2 with key professional organizations representing the

3 targeted professional groups, such as groups of edu4 cators, social workers, faith community members,

5 and probation officers, for the purposes of devel6 oping and implementing relevant core competencies;

7 and

8 ‘‘(3) to encourage professionals to develop net9 works to coordinate local substance abuse prevention

10 coalitions.

11 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall

12 award grants to leading nongovernmental organizations

13 with an expertise in aiding children of substance abusing

14 parents or experience with community antidrug coalitions

15 to help professionals participate in such coalitions and

16 identify and help youth affected by familial substance

17 abuse.

18 ‘‘(d) DURATION OF GRANTS.—No organization shall

19 receive a grant under subsection (c) for more than 5 con20 secutive years.

21 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—Any organization desiring a

22 grant under subsection (c) shall prepare and submit an

23 application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,

24 and containing such information as the Secretary may re25 quire, including a plan for the evaluation of the project
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1 involved, including both process and outcome evaluation,

2 and the submission of the evaluation at the end of the

3 project period.

4 ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under sub5 section (c) shall be used to—

6 ‘‘(1) develop core competencies with various

7 professional groups that the professionals can use in

8 identifying and referring children affected by sub9 stance abuse;

10 ‘‘(2) widely disseminate the competencies to

11 professionals and professional organizations through

12 publications and journals that are widely read and

13 respected;

14 ‘‘(3) develop training modules around the com15 petencies; and

16 ‘‘(4) develop training modules for community

17 coalition leaders to enable such leaders to engage

18 professionals from identified groups at the local level

19 in communitywide prevention and intervention ef20 forts.

21 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘profes22 sional’ includes a physician, student assistance profes23 sional, social worker, youth and family social service agen24 cy counselor, Head Start teacher, clergy, elementary and

25 secondary school teacher, school counselor, juvenile justice
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1 worker, child care provider, or a member of any other pro2 fessional group in which the members provide services to

3 or interact with children, youth, or families.

4 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

5 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,

6 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may

7 be necessary for fiscal years 2002 through 2005.’’.

8 (c) NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE.—Sub9 part 15 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 285o et seq.) is amended by adding at

11 the end the following:

12 ‘‘SEC. 464Q. NATIONAL DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT CLINICAL

13 TRIALS NETWORK.

14 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the

15 Institute shall establish a National Drug Abuse Treatment

16 Clinical Trials Network (referred to in this section as the

17 Network), and provide support to such Network, to con18 duct large scale drug abuse treatment studies in commu19 nity settings using broadly diverse patient populations.

20 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES OF NETWORK.—The Network de21 scribed in subsection (a) shall use the support provided

22 under subsection (a) to—

23 ‘‘(1) conduct coordinated, multisite, clinical

24 trials of behavioral and pharmacological approaches
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1 and combined therapies for drug abuse and addic2 tion;

3 ‘‘(2) identify factors that affect successful adop4 tion of new treatments in order to transport treat5 ments and use of research settings into real-life

6 practice; and

7 ‘‘(3) rapidly and efficiently disseminate sci8 entific findings to the field.

9 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS OF NETWORK.—The Network de10 scribed in subsection (a) shall consist of research and

11 training centers that are linked with community-based

12 treatment programs that represent a diversity of treat13 ment settings and patient populations in the regions of

14 such centers.

15 ‘‘(d) TERM.—The Director of the Institute shall pro16 vide support to any center described under subsection (c)

17 for a period not to exceed 5 years, which may be extended

18 for a period of not more than 5 years at the discretion

19 of the Director of the Institute.

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

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

22 such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years

23 2001 through 2006.’’.
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1 (d) SURVEY.—Title II of the Public Health Service

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by adding at the

3 end the following:

4 ‘‘SEC. 247. SURVEYS.

5 ‘‘The results of any federally funded survey under

6 this Act shall be made available in at least a preliminary

7 format to the public not later than 1 year after the date

8 on which any such survey is complete.’’.

9 SEC. 6. ADOLESCENT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY TREAT10 MENT PROGRAMS.

11 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

12 ‘‘Adolescent Therapeutic Community Treatment Pro13 grams Act’’.

14 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find15 ings:

16 (1) Of the adolescents that currently need sub17 stance abuse treatment services, only 20 percent of

18 such adolescents are receiving such services.

19 (2) Providing alcohol and drug treatment serv20 ices reduces health care, welfare, and criminal jus21 tice costs.

22 (3) Studies have found that completion of sub23 stance abuse treatment services produces sustained

24 reductions in drug use, welfare dependency, crime,

25 and unemployment.
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1 (4) The National Institute of Justice Arrestee

2 Drug Abuse Monitoring drug testing program found

3 that more than half of juvenile male arrestees tested

4 positive for at least 1 drug in 1998.

5 (5) The 1999 Monitoring the Future study

6 showed that more than half of the teenagers in the

7 United States have tried an illicit drug by the time

8 such teenagers finish high school, and more than 28

9 percent of such teenagers have tried an illicit drug

10 by the time such teenagers are in eighth grade.

11 (6) According to the 1998 National Household

12 Survey on Drug Abuse, the average age of new her13 oin users has dropped from 21.2 years of age in

14 1994 to 17.6 years of age in 1997.

15 (7) Studies have shown that intervention at an

16 early stage of addiction is essential in stopping an

17 increasingly frequent drug user from becoming an

18 addict. Whether voluntarily or through legal or pa19 rental pressure, the sooner a drug user enters into

20 a well-designed treatment program, the more likely

21 such treatment is to be effective. Voluntary partici22 pation in substance abuse programs is not necessary

23 in order to successfully treat a drug user.

24 (c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall

25 award competitive grants to treatment providers who ad-
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1 minister treatment programs to enable such providers to

2 establish adolescent residential substance abuse treatment

3 programs that provide services for individuals who are be4 tween the ages of 14 and 21.

5 (d) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub6 section (c), the Secretary shall consider the geographic lo7 cation of each treatment provider and give preference to

8 such treatment providers that are geographically located

9 in such a manner as to provide services to addicts from

10 non-metropolitan areas.

11 (e) DURATION OF GRANTS.—For awards made under

12 subsection (c), the period during which payments are

13 made may not exceed 5 years.

14 (f) RESTRICTIONS.—A treatment provider receiving

15 a grant under subsection (c) shall not use any amount

16 of the grant under this section for land acquisition or a

17 construction project.

18 (g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection

19 shall be construed to preclude qualifying faith-based treat20 ment providers from receiving a grant under subsection

21 (c).

22 (h) APPLICATION.—A treatment provider that desires

23 a grant under subsection (c) shall submit an application

24 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con25 taining such information as the Secretary may require.
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1 (i) USE OF FUNDS.—A treatment provider that re2 ceives a grant under subsection (c) shall use funds re3 ceived under such grant to provide substance abuse serv4 ices for adolescents, including—

5 (1) a thorough psychosocial assessment;

6 (2) individual treatment planning;

7 (3) a strong education component integral to

8 the treatment regimen;

9 (4) life skills training;

10 (5) individual and group counseling;

11 (6) family services;

12 (7) daily work responsibilities; and

13 (8) community-based aftercare, providing 6

14 months of treatment following discharge from a resi15 dential facility.

16 (j) TREATMENT TYPE.—The Therapeutic Commu17 nity model shall be used as a basis for all adolescent resi18 dential substance abuse treatment programs established

19 under this section, which shall be characterized by—

20 (1) the self-help dynamic, requiring youth to

21 participate actively in their own treatment;

22 (2) the role of mutual support and the thera23 peutic importance of the peer therapy group;

24 (3) a strong focus on family involvement and

25 family strengthening;
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1 (4) a clearly articulated value system empha2 sizing both individual responsibility and responsi3 bility for the community; and

4 (5) an emphasis on development of positive so5 cial skills.

6 (k) REPORT BY PROVIDER.—Not later than 1 year

7 after receiving a grant under this section, and annually

8 thereafter, a treatment provider shall prepare and submit

9 to the Secretary a report describing the services provided

10 pursuant to this section.

11 (l) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months

13 after receiving all reports by providers under sub14 section (k), and annually thereafter, the Secretary

15 shall prepare and submit a report containing infor16 mation described in paragraph (2) to—

17 (A) the Committee on Health, Education,

18 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;

19 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of

20 the Senate;

21 (C) the Senate Caucus on International

22 Narcotics Control;

23 (D) the Committee on Commerce of the

24 House of Representatives;
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1 (E) the Committee on Appropriations of

2 the House of Representatives; and

3 (F) the Committee on Government Reform

4 of the House of Representatives.

5 (2) CONTENT.—The report described in para6 graph (1) shall—

7 (A) outline the services provided by pro8 viders pursuant to this section;

9 (B) evaluate the effectiveness of such serv10 ices;

11 (C) identify the geographic distribution of

12 all treatment centers provided pursuant to this

13 section, and evaluate the accessibility of such

14 centers for addicts from rural areas and small

15 towns; and

16 (D) make recommendations to improve the

17 programs carried out pursuant to this section.

18 (m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

19 (1) ADOLESCENT RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE

20 ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘adoles21 cent residential substance abuse treatment program’’

22 means a program that provides a regimen of indi23 vidual and group activities, lasting not less than 12

24 months, in a community-based residential facility

25 that provides comprehensive services tailored to meet
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1 the needs of adolescents and designed to return

2 youth to their families in order that such youth may

3 become capable of enjoying and supporting positive,

4 productive, drug-free lives.

5 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

6 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

7 (3) THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY.—The term

8 ‘‘Therapeutic Community’’ means a highly struc9 tured residential treatment facility that—

10 (A) employs a treatment methodology;

11 (B) relies on self-help methods and group

12 process, a view of drug abuse as a disorder af13 fecting the whole person, and a comprehensive

14 approach to recovery;

15 (C) maintains a strong educational compo16 nent; and

17 (D) carries out activities that are designed

18 to help youths address alcohol or other drug

19 abuse issues and learn to act in their own best

20 interests, as well as in the best interests of their

21 peers and families.

22 (n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

23 are authorized be appropriated to carry out this section—

24 (1) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

25 (2) $42,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
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1 (3) $63,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

2 (4) $84,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

3 (5) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.

4 SEC. 7. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM IN FEDERAL

5 PRISONS.

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find7 ings:

8 (1) In April 2000, there were over 140,000 in9 mates in the Federal prison system.

10 (2) In April 2000, nearly 30 percent of Federal

11 inmates were serving sentences ranging between 5

12 and 10 years, and just over 58 percent of such in13 mates, or 61,547 persons, were serving time for a

14 drug related offense.

15 (3) A March 2000 report by the Office of Na16 tional Drug Control Policy reported that in 1999 il17 licit drug users—

18 (A) were 16 times more likely than non19 users to be arrested and booked for larceny or

20 theft;

21 (B) were more than 14 times more likely

22 to be arrested and booked for driving under the

23 influence, drunkenness, and liquor law viola24 tions; and
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1 (C) were more than 9 times more likely to

2 be arrested and booked for assault.

3 (4) According to the Federal Bureau of Inves4 tigation’s Uniform Crime Reports, drugs are one of

5 the main factors leading to the total number of all

6 homicides.

7 (5) In a 1999 study, the Bureau of Prisons re8 ported that—

9 (A) offenders who completed a residential

10 drug abuse treatment program and had been

11 released for a minimum of 6 months were less

12 likely to be arrested and use illegal drugs than

13 inmates who did not participate in such pro14 gram; and

15 (B) only 3.3 percent of such offenders who

16 completed such program were likely to be ar17 rested within the first 6 months that such of18 fenders were in the community.

19 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to in20 crease residential drug abuse treatment units in Federal

21 prisons to reduce the number of criminal offenders who

22 are rearrested or who use illegal drugs after release from

23 prison.

24 (c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the

25 Federal Bureau of Prisons shall use funds made available
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1 under this section to establish residential drug abuse

2 treatment units in Federal prisons.

3 (d) REQUIREMENTS.—A residential drug abuse treat4 ment unit that receives funds under this section shall—

5 (1) maintain not less than 1,000 hours of ac6 tivities during a 1-year period;

7 (2) maintain a staff of such unit in which there

8 is not fewer than 12 staff members per inmate;

9 (3) provide intensive treatment activities for all

10 inmates in the residential drug treatment program,

11 including individual and group therapy, specialty

12 seminars, self improvement group counseling, and

13 education, work skills training, and other programs;

14 and

15 (4) have frequent, regular, and random drug

16 testing for inmates and staff.

17 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

18 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

19 $2,500,000 for each fiscal years 2001 and 2002.

20 SEC. 8. DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM.

21 (a) EXTENSION AND INCREASE IN PROGRAM.—Sec22 tion 1024(a) of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of

23 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1524(a)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

25 (4);
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (5) and inserting a semicolon; and

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new

4 paragraphs:

5 ‘‘(6) $46,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

6 ‘‘(7) $48,500,000 for fiscal year 2004;

7 ‘‘(8) $51,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

8 ‘‘(9) $53,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and

9 ‘‘(10) $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’.

10 (b) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE

11 COSTS.—Section 1024(b) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 1524(b))

12 is amended by adding at the end the following new para13 graph:

14 ‘‘(6) 3 percent for each of fiscal years 2003

15 through 2007.’’.

16 (c) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OR

17 AMOUNT FOR GRANT RENEWALS.—Section 1032 of that

18 Act (21 U.S.C. 1532) is amended by adding at the end

19 the following new subsection:

20 ‘‘(c) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OR

21 AMOUNT FOR GRANT RENEWALS.—The Administrator

22 may not implement any modification in the criteria for eli23 gibility for the renewal of a grant under this section, or

24 any modification in grant amount upon renewal of a grant

25 under this section, until one year after the date on which
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1 the Administrator notifies the recipient of the grant con2 cerned of such modification.’’.

3 (d) SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR EVALUATION OF PRO4 GRAM BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 1033(b) of that Act

5 (21 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the

6 following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(3) SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR EVALUATION OF

8 PROGRAM.—Amounts for activities under paragraph

9 (2)(B) shall be derived from amounts under section

10 1024(a) that are available under section 1024(b) for

11 administrative costs.’’.

12 SEC. 9. COUNTER-DRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CEN13 TER.

14 (a) STUDY OF HEROIN USE IN THE UNITED

15 STATES.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts appropriated

17 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in

18 subsection (c)(1), the Counter-Drug Technology As19 sessment Center (CTAC) of the Office of National

20 Drug Control Policy shall carry out a study on the

21 number of individuals in the United States who en22 gaged in sustained use of heroin.

23 (2) BASIS FOR STUDY.—The study under para24 graph (1) shall be based on the study entitled ‘‘A
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1 Plan for Estimated the Number of ‘Hardcore’ Drug

2 Users in the United States’’.

3 (b) COUNTER-DRUG TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES.—

4 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authoriza5 tion of appropriations in subsection (c)(2), the Counter6 Drug Technology Assessment Center of the Office of Na7 tional Drug Control Policy shall—

8 (1) conduct outreach for purposes of reducing

9 duplication of activities among Federal, State, and

10 local entities regarding counterdrug technologies;

11 (2) develop and implement mechanisms for

12 monitoring and coordinating such activities; and

13 (3) assist in the transfer of such technologies to

14 State and local law enforcement agencies under the

15 Technology Transfer Program.

16 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

17 hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Counter18 Drug Technology Assessment Center of the Office of Na19 tional Drug Control Policy for fiscal year 2001 the fol20 lowing:

21 (1) $15,000,000 for purposes of the study re22 quired by subsection (a).

23 (2) $15,000,000 for purposes of activities under

24 subsection (b).
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1 SEC. 10. MINIMUM NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE NA2 TIONAL GUARD ON DUTY TO PERFORM DRUG

3 INTERDICTION OR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVI4 TIES.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find6 ings regarding members of the National Guard who par7 ticipate in drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of

8 the National Guard:

9 (1) Such members have significantly higher

10 rates of attendance at inactive duty training and an11 nual training than members of the National Guard

12 who do not participate in such activities.

13 (2) Such members attend significantly more

14 military training than members of the National

15 Guard who do not participate in such activities,

16 thereby putting such members at a higher state of

17 military readiness.

18 (3) Such members attend significantly more

19 non-military training designed to enhance support of

20 law enforcement and community-based agencies than

21 members of the National Guard who do not partici22 pate in such activities.

23 (4) Such members are above-average soldiers

24 and airmen who maintain a high level of individual

25 combat readiness.
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1 (5) This high level of individual combat readi2 ness has a positive effect on individual combat readi3 ness in the National Guard as a whole and contrib4 utes to the success of unit training and evaluations

5 and unit readiness.

6 (6) Such members evoke positive comments re7 garding their qualifications and performance in the

8 National Guard.

9 (b) MINIMUM NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON DUTY.—

10 Section 112(f) of title 32, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘END STRENGTH LIMITA13 TION.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), at

14 the end of a fiscal year there may not be more than

15 4000 members’’ and inserting ‘‘MINIMUM NUMBER

16 OF MEMBERS ON DUTY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES.—

17 At the end of a fiscal year there may not be less

18 than 4,000 members’’;

19 (2) by striking paragraph (2); and

20 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (A) and (B)

21 as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.

22 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub23 section (b) shall take effect on October 1, 2001, and shall

24 apply with respect to fiscal years ending after that date.
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1 SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING RESEARCH BY

2 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

3 It is the sense of Congress that the National Insti4 tutes of Health should work with or collaborate with ex5 perts from private industry to promote research regarding

6 pharmacological options that may be employed to support

7 drug treatment efforts.

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