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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3825 

To end the flow of methamphetamine and precursor chemicals coming across 

the border of the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 3, 2006 

Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. FRIST, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. SMITH, and Mr. ALLEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To end the flow of methamphetamine and precursor 

chemicals coming across the border of the United States. 

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 Trafficking Prevention Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 Congress finds— 

8 (1) legislation has been enacted to curb domes9 tic methamphetamine production; 


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1 (2) according to the President’s Synthetic Drug 

2 Control Strategy, border seizures of methamphet3 amine almost doubled between 2000 and 2004; 

4 (3) as much as 75 to 85 percent of the meth5 amphetamine used in the United States is made 

6 from precursors in the international stream of com7 merce; 

8 (4) successful exchange programs between the 

9 Drug Enforcement Administration and Mexican law 

10 enforcement officials have helped aid in meth11 amphetamine lab seizures and limiting methamphet12 amine production in Mexico; and 

13 (5) the goal of United States policy should be 

14 directed toward curbing the spread of methamphet15 amine abuse and manufacture. 

16 SEC. 3. METHAMPHETAMINE COLLECTION AND DETEC17 TION. 

18 (a) BORDER TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2996 of the Omni20 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

21 U.S.C. 3797cc) is amended by adding at the end the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(b) BORDER TECHNOLOGY GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 

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1 fice of Justice Programs, may make grants to States 

2 and eligible private entities to use technology or aer3 ial surveillance to detect methamphetamine and its 

4 precursors on the border of the United States (in 

5 this part referred to as the ‘Border Technology 

6 Grants Program’). 

7 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—A State or eligible private en8 tity desiring a grant under the Border Technology 

9 Grants Program shall demonstrate that the project 

10 for which the State or eligible private entity seeks a 

11 grant incorporates a viable use of technology or aer12 ial surveillance to detect methamphetamine and its 

13 precursors on the border of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(3) DETECTION.—In awarding grants under 

15 the Border Technology Grants Program, the Direc16 tor of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall con17 sider technologies that can detect active meth18 amphetamine production sites on or near the border 

19 of the United States through the use of 

20 hyperspectral sensors. 

21 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

22 ‘eligible private entity’ means an entity meeting such 

23 criteria as the Director of the Bureau of Justice As24 sistance, in consultation with the Commissioner for 

25 United States Customs and Border Protection, shall 


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1 establish, focusing on entities using technology to 

2 identify methamphetamine or its precursors.’’. 

3 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 Section 2997 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

5 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc–1) is 

6 amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized’’; and 

10 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) BORDER TECHNOLOGY GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for 

13 each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, to carry out the 

14 Border Technology Grants Program.’’. 

15 (b) TRACE CHEMICAL DETECTORS.—There are au16 thorized to be appropriated to the Drug Enforcement Ad17 ministration $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

18 through 2011, to deploy trace chemical detectors (used to 

19 detect narcotics and explosive devices) along the border 

20 of the United States. 

21 SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF ANTI-METHAMPHETAMINE AC22 TIVITIES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. 

23 (a) TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.—It is the sense of Con24 gress that the United States Trade Representative should 

25 consider ways to curb illicit use and shipment of 


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1 pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and similar chemicals in any 

2 multilateral or bilateral negotiations. 

3 (b) EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE DRUG ENFORCE4 MENT ADMINISTRATION AND FOREIGN LAW ENFORCE5 MENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

7 Drug Enforcement Administration shall select for8 eign law enforcement officers to participate in a spe9 cial investigative program. 

10 (2) CRITERIA.—In selecting foreign law en11 forcement officers under paragraph (1) the Adminis12 trator— 

13 (A) may select a police officer, prosecutor, 

14 or other law enforcement officer from a country 

15 that traffics methamphetamine or its precursors 

16 into the United States; and 

17 (B) shall select such officers in a manner 

18 that maximizes the education and training ef19 forts of the United States. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out 

22 this section. 


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1 SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON METHAMPHETAMINE EF2 FORTS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 

3 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report 

5 to Congress regarding problems faced by Indian reserva6 tions located on or near the border of the United States 

7 with respect to methamphetamine trafficking and abuse. 

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