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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3278 

To establish the Meth Project Prevention Campaign Grant Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 29, 2010 

Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, and Mr. CRAPO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish the Meth Project Prevention Campaign Grant 

Program. 

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 ‘‘Meth Project Preven5 tion Campaign Grant Program Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

8 (1) methamphetamine is a leading drug threat 

9 to the United States; 


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1 (2) crime related to methamphetamine abuse 

2 continues to increase, as reported by county sheriffs; 

3 (3) law enforcement reporting indicates that 

4 methamphetamine users commonly engage in iden5 tity theft to acquire personal information of another 

6 person, which the methamphetamine users either sell 

7 or exchange for methamphetamine; 

8 (4) the prevalence of identity theft is rising in 

9 many areas where rates of methamphetamine dis10 tribution and abuse are high or increasing; 

11 (5) methamphetamine laboratories pose a dan12 gerous threat in terms of toxicity, severe environ13 mental and property damage, violence, and public 

14 safety; 

15 (6) methamphetamine use places an excessive 

16 burden on law enforcement and local government re17 sources; 

18 (7) 24 percent of teens nationally report it 

19 would be easy or somewhat easy to obtain meth20 amphetamine; 

21 (8) 33 percent of teens believe there is only 

22 slight or no risk to trying methamphetamines once 

23 or twice; 


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1 (9) 16 percent of teens have a friend or a fam2 ily member that has used methamphetamines or 

3 been treated for methamphetamine abuse; 

4 (10) the annual economic burden of meth5 amphetamine use in the United States is estimated 

6 at between $16,200,000,000 and $48,300,000,000 

7 annually; 

8 (11) methamphetamine creates and increases 

9 government and individual expenditures on treat10 ment, healthcare, and foster care services, as well as 

11 methamphetamine-related unemployment, child ne12 glect or abuse, and other social issues; 

13 (12) the estimated annual cost of methamphet14 amine-related crime and criminal justice expendi15 tures in the United States is $4,200,000,000; and 

16 (13) there are currently no particular pharma17 cological treatments for dependence on methamphet18 amine. 

19 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to pro20 vide adequate resources for the Department of Justice Of21 fice of Community Oriented Policing Services to imple22 ment the Meth Project Prevention Campaign in States 

23 with a critical methamphetamine problem, that will incor24 porate a broad range of community outreach programs by 

25 the Meth Project personnel and volunteers that mobilize 


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1 communities to assist in methamphetamine awareness and 

2 prevention activities that educate youth on the risks and 

3 consequences of methamphetamine use. 

4 SEC. 3. METH PROJECT PREVENTION CAMPAIGN GRANT 

5 PROGRAM. 

6 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, act8 ing through the Director of the Office of Community 

9 Oriented Policing Services, may make grants to 

10 States, units of local government, or private non11 profit organizations (referred to in this section as 

12 ‘‘eligible entities’’) to establish the Meth Project 

13 Prevention Campaign, which shall be aimed at teen14 agers. 

15 (2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A grant made under 

16 this section shall not be in an amount more than 

17 $2,000,000 per fiscal year. 

18 (3) DURATION.—A grant made under this sec19 tion shall be for a period of 1 year. 

20 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant made under this sec21 tion may be used for— 

22 (1) producing and developing television, radio, 

23 Internet, and print advertisements and educational 

24 materials; 


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1 (2) acquiring placement of advertisements for 

2 the Meth Project Prevention Campaign; 

3 (3) community outreach to motivate community 

4 involvement in methamphetamine education; 

5 (4) the benchmark study and periodic surveys 

6 required under subsection (c); and 

7 (5) qualitative research to assist in the develop8 ment and testing of— 

9 (A) the messaging of the Meth Project 

10 Prevention Campaign; and 

11 (B) the effectiveness of methamphetamine 

12 education. 

13 (c) STUDY REQUIREMENT.— 

14 (1) BENCHMARK STUDY.—An eligible entity re15 ceiving a grant under this section shall conduct a 

16 quantitative statewide benchmark survey of a statis17 tically significant sample, to be called a ‘‘Meth Use 

18 and Attitudes Survey’’, at the beginning of the Meth 

19 Project Prevention Campaign conducted by the eligi20 ble entity to capture attitudes and behaviors related 

21 to methamphetamine throughout the State in which 

22 the eligible entity is located. 

23 (2) PERIODIC STUDIES.—Not less than 2 years 

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1 ing a grant under this section shall regularly con2 duct follow-up studies consistent with the benchmark 

3 study described in paragraph (1) to track changes in 

4 attitudes and behaviors related to methamphetamine 

5 and assist in the development of methamphetamine 

6 prevention advertising and other outreach activities 

7 directed at teens. 

8 (d) APPLICATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desiring 

10 a grant under this section shall submit an applica11 tion to the Attorney General at such time, in such 

12 manner, and accompanied by such information as 

13 the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

14 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

15 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

16 (A) a plan for implementing a Meth 

17 Project Prevention Campaign, that shall include 

18 specific strategies for preventing or reducing 

19 methamphetamine use by youth, based on re20 search-based interventions tailored to reaching 

21 youth and changing the behavior of youth; 

22 (B) an assurance that in developing and 

23 implementing the Meth Project Prevention 

24 Campaign, the eligible entity shall, to the extent 

25 feasible and appropriate, consult and coordinate 


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1 with Federal, State, and local agencies, depart2 ments, and organizations to build broad com3 munity-based support; 

4 (C) a private fund-raising strategy; and 

5 (D) such additional assurances as the At6 torney General determines to be essential to en7 sure compliance with the requirements of this 

8 section. 

9 (e) CRITERIA.—In making grants under this section, 

10 the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the 

11 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, shall give 

12 priority to eligible entities that— 

13 (1) have widespread methamphetamine use or 

14 an emerging threat of widespread methamphetamine 

15 use; 

16 (2) have a full-time executive director or dedi17 cated personnel to oversee the implementation and 

18 execution of the Meth Project Prevention Campaign; 

19 (3) have an organizational model, including a 

20 State-specific advisory council; 

21 (4) demonstrate access to or the ability to li22 cense tested television and print copy; 

23 (5) demonstrate that the costs of paid media 

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1 er amount of no cost advertising or in-kind contribu2 tions; and 

3 (6) demonstrate a history of raising private 

4 funding to support the entity. 

5 (f) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

7 cost of an activity described in the application sub8 mitted under subsection (b) that is carried out with 

9 a grant under this section shall be not more than 50 

10 percent. 

11 (2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

12 share of payments under this section may be in cash 

13 or in-kind. 

14 (g) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 120 

15 days after the last day of each fiscal year in which 1 or 

16 more grants are made under this section, the Attorney 

17 General, acting through the Director of the Office of Com18 munity Oriented Policing Services, shall submit to Con19 gress a report that shall include— 

20 (1) a summary of the activities carried out with 

21 grants made under this section; 

22 (2) an assessment by the Attorney General of 

23 the programs carried out; and 

24 (3) any other information the Attorney General 

25 considers appropriate. 


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1 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, 

4 and 2014. 

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