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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2335 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration projects 
for the purpose of providing comprehensive services with respect to the 
problems of children who have been removed from environments in which 
methamphetamine is unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2005 
Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mr. WAMP, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. ROSS, 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. CASE, Mr. FORD, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. KIND, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. DAVIS of 
Tennessee, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. MOORE of Kansas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
demonstration projects for the purpose of providing com-
prehensive services with respect to the problems of chil-
dren who have been removed from environments in which 
methamphetamine is unlawfully manufactured, distrib-
uted, or dispensed. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Meth-Endangered 
Children Protection Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN REGARDING EXPOSURE 
TO METHAMPHETAMINE. 
Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 506C. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN REGARDING EXPO-
SURE TO METHAMPHETAMINE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to States for carrying out demonstration projects for the 
purpose of providing comprehensive services with respect 
to the problems of children who have been removed from 
environments in which methamphetamine is unlawfully 
manufactured, distributed, or dispensed. 
‘‘(b) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making 
grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to States in which, relative to other States, there 
is a substantial incidence or prevalence of occurrences of 
the unlawful manufacturing, distribution, or dispensing of 
methamphetamine. 
‘‘(c) CERTAIN SERVICES.—Services that may be pro-
vided under a grant under subsection (a) include health 
services, mental health services, services regarding the 
transition from homes described in such subsection to ap-
propriate residential environments, developmental evalua-
tions and services, and other services determined to be ap-
propriate by the Secretary to provide assistance regarding 
the problems of children described in such subsection. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the costs of 
a demonstration project to be carried out under sub-
section (a), the Secretary may make a grant under 
such subsection only if the State involved agrees to 
make available (directly or through donations from 
public or private entities) non-Federal contributions 
toward such costs in an amount that is not less than 
50 percent of such costs ($1 for each $1 provided 
in the grant). 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CONTRIB-
UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required in para-
graph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu-
ated, including plant, equipment, or services. 
Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 
services assisted or subsidized to any significant ex-
tent by the Federal Government, may not be in-
cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed-
eral contributions. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if an application for the
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall, directly or 
through contracts with public or private entities, provide 
for evaluations of demonstration projects under subsection 
(a) in order to determine the quality and effectiveness of 
the services provided to children by the projects. Such an 
evaluation may not be conducted with respect to a project 
before the expiration of the 24-month period beginning on 
the date on which a grant under such subsection is first 
made for the project. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2006 through 2010.’’. 
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