I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3092
To provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat 
methamphetamine labs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. CANNON, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BOS-
WELL, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. NUNES, Mr. KIND, Mr. OSE, Mr. BEREUTER, 
Mr. TERRY, Mr. CASE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mr. INSLEE, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide grants for law enforcement training and 
equipment to combat methamphetamine labs.
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 ‘‘Methamphetamine 
Equipment, Training, Hardware, Material, and Safety 
Knowledge Grant Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT TO COM-
BAT METHAMPHETAMINE LABS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new part: 
‘‘PART CC—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND EQUIP-
MENT 
TO 
COMBAT 
METHAMPHETAMINE 
LABS 
‘‘SEC. 2901. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance is authorized to make grants to States, 
units of local government, and Indian tribes to provide, 
to State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers, protec-
tive equipment and training for use in investigating and 
responding to offenses related to methamphetamine clan-
destine drug laboratories. 
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be—
‘‘(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of 
local government, or Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(2) used to provide, to law enforcement offi-
cers in the jurisdiction of the grantee—
‘‘(A) protective equipment specified in sub-
section (a); or 
‘‘(B) training specified in subsection (a), 
but only if such training is carried out by a pro-
gram certified by the Federal Government or by 
the grantee’s State. 
‘‘(c) MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The portion of the costs of 
a program provided by a grant under subsection 
(a)—
‘‘(A) may not exceed 50 percent; and 
‘‘(B) shall equal 50 percent, if such grant 
is to a unit of local government with fewer than 
100,000 residents. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION TO SMALL JURISDICTIONS.—Not 
less than 50 percent of the amounts granted under this 
section in a fiscal year shall be granted in a manner that 
provides such training or equipment to law enforcement 
officers of communities with fewer than 100,000 residents. 
‘‘(e) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding 
grants under this part, the Director of the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance may give preferential consideration, if fea-
sible, to an application from a jurisdiction that—
‘‘(1)(A) has the greatest need for protective 
equipment and methamphetamine clandestine drug 
laboratory training; and 
‘‘(B) has a methamphetamine clandestine drug 
laboratory-related seizures per capita rate at or 
above the national average as determined by the Na-
tional Clandestine Laboratory Database of the El 
Paso Intelligence Center (known as EPIC); or 
‘‘(2) has consolidated local law enforcement ef-
fort by creating multijurisdictional law taskforces. 
‘‘(f) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Funds available 
under this part shall be awarded, without regard to sub-
section (e), to each qualifying unit of local government 
with fewer than 100,000 residents. Any remaining funds 
available under this part shall be awarded to other quali-
fying applicants. 
‘‘SEC. 2902. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 
part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the 
Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance in such form 
and containing such information as the Director may rea-
sonably require. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this part, the Director of
the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall promulgate regula-
tions to implement this section (including the information 
that must be included and the requirements that the 
States, units of local government, and Indian tribes must 
meet) in submitting the applications required under this 
section. 
‘‘SEC. 2903. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this part—
‘‘(1) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana 
Islands; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘unit of local government’ means 
a county, municipality, town, township, village, par-
ish, borough, or other unit of general government 
below the State level; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same mean-
ing as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b(e)); and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means 
any officer, agent, or employee of a State, unit of 
local government, or Indian tribe authorized by law 
or by a government agency to engage in or supervise