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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3675
To direct the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program under which
the Attorney General shall establish methamphetamine incident response
and training teams for drug emergency areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 16, 2000
Mr. BAIRD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program
under which the Attorney General shall establish meth-
amphetamine incident response and training teams for
drug emergency areas.
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 Re-
sponse and Training Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH METHAMPHETAMINE IN-
CIDENT RESPONSE AND TRAINING TEAMS
FOR DRUG EMERGENCY AREAS.
Subsection (h) of section 90107 of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(h) METHAMPHETAMINE INCIDENT RESPONSE AND
TRAINING TEAMS PILOT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
carry out a pilot program under which the Attorney
General shall establish methamphetamine incident
response and training teams for drug emergency
areas.
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—Each such team shall, in
the drug emergency area for which that team is
established—
‘‘(A) provide training to, and coordinate
the efforts of, State and local law enforcement
personnel in investigating, responding to, and
prosecuting methamphetamine-related crimes;
‘‘(B) to the extent that certification and
recertification standards in responding to sites
used in the production of methamphetamine
have not been established by State or local law
enforcement personnel, establish such standards
for those personnel; and
‘‘(C) provide training to State and local
law enforcement personnel to enable those per-
sonnel to meet such standards.
‘‘(3) STATE AND LOCAL PERSONNEL.—
‘‘(A) Each team shall include State and
local law enforcement personnel.
‘‘(B) To the maximum extent practicable,
investigations, responses, and prosecutions with
respect to methamphetamine-related crimes
shall be carried out under the direction of the
State or local law enforcement personnel who
have criminal jurisdiction over the communities
in which those investigations, responses, and
prosecutions are carried out.
‘‘(4) FEDERAL PERSONNEL.—
‘‘(A) Except as provided in this paragraph,
a team may not include Federal law enforce-
ment personnel.
‘‘(B) During the period beginning on the
date of the establishment of a team and ending
on the date specified in subparagraph (C) with
respect to the team, that team shall include
Federal law enforcement personnel, such as law
enforcement personnel of the Drug Enforce-
ment Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, and the Customs Service.
‘‘(C) The date referred to in subparagraph
(B) with respect to a team is the date that is
2 years after the date of the establishment of
that team. However, the Attorney General may
designate a different date that is not later than
5 years after the date of the establishment of
that team, and if the Attorney General so des-
ignates, the date referred to in subparagraph
(B) with respect to that team shall be that dif-
ferent date.
‘‘(5) USE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES.—The At-
torney General shall ensure that any Federal assist-
ance provided with respect to a team, including Fed-
eral law enforcement personnel under paragraph (4)
and any other assistance under this section, is pro-
vided in a manner so as to—
‘‘(A) maximize the ability of that team to
function effectively without that assistance after
the date specified in paragraph (4)(C) with re-
spect to that team; and
‘‘(B) achieve an equitable distribution of
that assistance to rural communities.
‘‘(6) NUMBER AND LOCATION.—The Attorney
General shall establish such teams only as follows:
‘‘(A) Not less than 1, and not more than
2, teams in the Pacific Northwest.
‘‘(B) Not less than 1, and not more than
2, teams in the West.
‘‘(C) Not less than 1, and not more than
2, teams in the Midwest.’’.
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