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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3324
To arrest methamphetamine abuse in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2005
Mr. REICHERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To arrest methamphetamine abuse in the United States.
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 ‘‘Arrest Methamphet-
amine Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Methamphetamine (meth) is an extremely 
dangerous and highly addictive drug. 
(2) Methamphetamine use contributes to the 
perpetration of violent crimes, particularly burglary,
child abuse, and crimes of substantial cost and per-
sonal pain to the victims, including identity theft. 
(3) Methamphetamine labs produce hazardous 
conditions because of their use of chemicals such as 
anhydrous ammonia, ether, sulfuric acid, and other 
toxins which are volatile, corrosive and poisonous. 
When these substances are illegally disposed of in 
rivers, streams, and other dump areas, explosions 
and serious environmental damage can and does re-
sult. 
(4) Since 2001, Federal funding has been pro-
vided through the Department of Justice COPS and 
Byrne Grant programs to address methamphetamine 
enforcement and clean up. Since 2002, although the 
methamphetamine problem has been growing and 
spreading across the United States, COPS funding 
has been cut each successive year, from $70,500,000 
in 2002, to under $52,000,000 in 2005. 
(5) As methamphetamine has impacted more 
States each year, the dwindling Federal funds have 
been parsed into smaller amounts. Each State de-
serves greater Federal support and a permanent 
funding mechanism to confront the challenging prob-
lem of methamphetamine abuse.
(6) Permanent Federal funding support for 
meth enforcement and clean-up is critical to the ef-
forts of State and local law enforcement to reduce 
the use, manufacture, and sale of methamphetamine, 
and thus, reduce the crime rate. 
(7) It is necessary for the Federal Government 
to establish a long-term commitment to confronting 
methamphetamine use, sale, and manufacture by 
creating a permanent funding mechanism to assist 
States. 
SEC. 3. CONFRONTING THE USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. 
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: 
‘‘PART HH—CONFRONTING USE OF 
METHAMPHETAMINE 
‘‘SEC. 2991. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO ADDRESS 
PUBLIC SAFETY AND METHAMPHETAMINE 
MANUFACTURING, SALE, AND USE. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this part 
to assist States—
‘‘(A) to carry out programs to address the 
manufacture, sale, and use of methamphet-
amine drugs; and
‘‘(B) to improve the ability of State and 
local government institutions of to carry out 
such programs. 
‘‘(2) GRANT
AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney 
General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
in the Office of Justice Programs may make grants 
to States to address the manufacture, sale, and use 
of methamphetamine to enhance public safety. 
‘‘(3) GRANT
PROJECTS
TO
ADDRESS
METH-
AMPHETAMINE
MANUFACTURE
SALE
AND
USE.—
Grants made under subsection (a) may be used for 
programs, projects, and other activities to—
‘‘(A) arrest individuals violating laws re-
lated to the use, manufacture, or sale of meth-
amphetamine; 
‘‘(B) undertake methamphetamine clandes-
tine lab seizures and environmental clean up; 
‘‘(C) provide for community-based edu-
cation, awareness, and prevention; 
‘‘(D) provide child support and family 
services related to assist users of methamphet-
amine and their families; 
‘‘(E) facilitate intervention in methamphet-
amine use;
‘‘(F) facilitate treatment for methamphet-
amine addiction; 
‘‘(G) provide Drug Court and Family Drug 
Court services to address methamphetamine; 
‘‘(H) provide community policing to ad-
dress the problem of methamphetamine use; 
‘‘(I) support State and local health depart-
ment and environmental agency services de-
ployed to address methamphetamine; 
‘‘(J) prosecute violations of laws related to 
the use, manufacture, or sale of methamphet-
amine; and 
‘‘(K) procure equipment, technology, or 
support systems, or pay for resources, if the ap-
plicant for such a grant demonstrates to the 
satisfaction of the Attorney General that ex-
penditures for such purposes would result in 
the reduction in the use, sale, and manufacture 
of methamphetamine. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this part, a State shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral assurances that the State has implemented, or will 
implement prior to receipt of a grant under this section 
laws, policies, and programs that restrict the wholesale
and limit sale of products used as precursors in the manu-
facture of methamphetamine. 
‘‘SEC. 2992. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No grant may be made under 
this part unless an application has been submitted to, and 
approved by, the Attorney General. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An application for a grant 
under this part shall be submitted in such form, and con-
tain such information, as the Attorney General may pre-
scribe by regulation or guidelines. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—In accordance with the regulations 
or guidelines established by the Attorney General, each ap-
plication for a grant under this part shall—
‘‘(1) include a long-term statewide strategy 
that—
‘‘(A) reflects consultation with appropriate 
public and private agencies, tribal governments, 
and community groups; 
‘‘(B) represents an integrated approach to 
addressing the use, manufacture, and sale of 
methamphetamine that includes—
‘‘(i) arrest and clandestine lab seizure; 
‘‘(ii) training for law enforcement, fire 
and other relevant emergency services,
health care providers, and child and family 
service providers; 
‘‘(iii) intervention; 
‘‘(iv) child and family services; 
‘‘(v) treatment; 
‘‘(vi) drug court; 
‘‘(vii) family drug court; 
‘‘(viii) health department support; 
‘‘(ix) environmental agency support; 
‘‘(x) prosecution; and 
‘‘(xi) evaluation of the effectiveness of 
the program and description of the efficacy 
of components of the program for the pur-
pose of establishing best practices that can 
be widely replicated by other States; and 
‘‘(C) where appropriate, incorporate Indian 
Tribal participation to the extent that an In-
dian Tribe is impacted by the use, manufacture, 
or sale of methamphetamine; 
‘‘(2) identify related governmental and commu-
nity initiatives which complement or will be coordi-
nated with the proposal; 
‘‘(3) certify that there has been appropriate co-
ordination with all affected State and local govern-
ment institutions and that the State has involved
counties and other units of local government, when 
appropriate, in the development, expansion, modi-
fication, operation or improvement of programs to 
address the use, manufacture, or sale of meth-
amphetamine; 
‘‘(4) certify that the State will share funds re-
ceived under this part with counties and other units 
of local government, taking into account the burden 
placed on these units of government when they are 
required to address the use, manufacture, or sale of 
methamphetamine; 
‘‘(5) assess the impact, if any, of the increase 
in police resources on other components of the crimi-
nal justice system; 
‘‘(6) explain how the grant will be utilized to 
enhance government response to the use, manufac-
ture, and sale of methamphetamine; 
‘‘(7) demonstrate a specific public safety need; 
‘‘(8) explain the applicant’s inability to address 
the need without Federal assistance; 
‘‘(9) specify plans for obtaining necessary sup-
port and continuing the proposed program, project, 
or activity following the conclusion of Federal sup-
port; and
‘‘(10) certify that funds received under this 
part will be used to supplement, not supplant, other 
Federal, State, and local funds. 
‘‘SEC. 2993. PLANNING GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—The Attorney General 
through the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the Office 
of Justice Programs, may make grants under this section 
to States, Indian tribal governments, and multi-jurisdic-
tional or regional consortia thereof to develop a com-
prehensive, cooperative strategy to address the manufac-
ture, sale, and use of methamphetamine to enhance public 
safety. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to provide grants under this section not exceeding 
$100,000 per eligible entity for such entity to—
‘‘(1) define the problem of the use, manufac-
ture, or sale of methamphetamine within the juris-
diction of the entity; 
‘‘(2) describe the public and private organiza-
tion to be involved in addressing methamphetamine 
use, manufacture, or sale; and 
‘‘(3) describe the manner in which these organi-
zations will participate in a comprehensive, coopera-
tive, and integrated plan to address the use, manu-
facture, or sale of methamphetamine.
‘‘SEC. 2994. ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 
‘‘Of the total amount appropriated for this part in 
any fiscal year, the amount remaining after setting aside 
the amount to be reserved to carry out section 2993 shall 
be allocated to States as follows: 
‘‘(1) 0.25 percent or $250,000, whichever is 
greater, shall be allocated to each of the States. 
‘‘(2) Of the total funds remaining after the allo-
cation under paragraph (1), there shall be allocated 
to each State an amount which bears the same ratio 
to the amount of remaining funds described in this 
paragraph as the population of such State bears to 
the population of all the States. 
‘‘SEC. 2995. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘The Attorney General is authorized—
‘‘(1) to collect systematic data on the effective-
ness of the programs assisted under this part in re-
ducing the use, manufacture, and sale of meth-
amphetamine; 
‘‘(2) to establish a national clearinghouse of in-
formation on effective programs to address the use, 
manufacture, and sale of methamphetamine that 
shall disseminate to State and local agencies describ-
ing—
‘‘(A) the results of research on efforts to 
reduce the use, manufacture, and sale of meth-
amphetamine; and 
‘‘(B) information on effective programs, 
best practices and Federal resources to—
‘‘(i) reduce the use, manufacture, and 
sale of methamphetamine; and 
‘‘(ii) address the physical, social, and 
family problems that result from the use of 
methamphetamine through the activities of 
intervention, treatment, drug courts, and 
family drug courts; 
‘‘(3) to establish a program within the Depart-
ment of Justice to facilitate the sharing of knowl-
edge in best practices among States addressing the 
use, manufacture and sale of methamphetamine 
through State-to-State mentoring, or other means; 
and 
‘‘(4) to provide technical assistance to State 
agencies and local agencies implementing programs 
and securing resources to implement effective pro-
grams to reduce the use, manufacture, and sale of 
methamphetamine.
‘‘SEC. 2996. FUNDING. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFRONTING 
THE USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this part—
‘‘(1) $100,000,000 for each fiscal year 2006 
and 2007; and 
‘‘(2) $200,000,000 for each fiscal year 2008, 
2009, and 2010. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—For the purposes of 
section 2995, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as are necessary.’’. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS REGARDING AVAIL-
ABILITY AND ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF 
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE FROM CANADA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) pseudoephedrine is a particularly abused 
basic precursor chemical used in the manufacture of 
the dangerous narcotic methamphetamine; 
(2) the Federal Government, working in co-
operation with narcotics agents of State and local 
governments and the private sector, has tightened 
the control of pseudoephedrine in the United States 
in recent years; 
(3) in many States, pseudoephedrine can only 
be purchased in small quantity bottles or blister 
packs, and laws throughout various States are
gradually becoming tougher, reflecting the increasing 
severity of America’s methamphetamine problem; 
however, the widespread presence of large containers 
of pseudoephedrine from Canada at methamphet-
amine laboratories and dumpsites in the United 
States, despite efforts of law enforcement agencies 
to stem the flow of these containers into the United 
States, demonstrates the strength of the demand 
for, and the inherent difficulties in stemming the 
flow of, these containers from neighboring Canada; 
and 
(4) Canada lacks a comprehensive legislative 
framework for addressing the pseudoephedrine traf-
ficking problem. 
(b) CALL
FOR
ACTION
BY
CANADA.—Congress 
strongly urges the President to seek commitments from 
the Government of Canada to begin immediately to take 
effective measures to stem the widespread and increasing 
availability in Canada and the illegal importation into the 
United States of pseudoephedrine.
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