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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 ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND
EQUIPMENT TO COMBAT 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
EQUIPMENT 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, protective equipment and training for use in investigating
and responding to offenses related to methamphetamine clandestine 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 officers in the
jurisdiction of the grantee--
''(A) protective equipment specified in subsection
(a); or
''(B) training specified in subsection (a), but
only if such training is carried out by a program
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 Justice Assistance may give
preferential consideration, if feasible, 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 National Clandestine Laboratory
Database of the El Paso Intelligence Center (known as EPIC); or
''(2) has consolidated local law enforcement effort by
creating multijurisdictional law taskforces.
''(f) Allocation of Funds.--Funds available under this part shall
be awarded, without regard to subsection (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 qualifying
applicants.

''SEC. 2902. APPLICATIONS.

''(a) In General.--To request a grant under this part, the chief
executive of a State, unit of local government, 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 reasonably 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 regulations 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, parish, borough, or
other unit of general government below the State level;
''(3) the term 'Indian tribe' has the same meaning as in
section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 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 the prevention, detection, or
investigation of any violation of criminal law, or authorized
by law to supervise sentenced criminal offenders.''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(a) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 3793) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(25) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part
CC, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2006.''.
Methamphetamine Equipment, Training, Hardware, Material, and Safety Knowledge Grant Act of 2003 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make matching grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to provide to law enforcement officers protective equipment and training for investigating and responding to offenses related to methamphetamine clandestine drug laboratories.

Authorizes the Director to give preferential consideration to an application from a jurisdiction that: (1) has the greatest need and a methamphetamine clandestine drug laboratory-related seizures per capita rate at or above the national average; or (2) has consolidated local law enforcement effort by creating multi-jurisdictional law task forces. Requires funds to be awarded to each qualifying local government with fewer than 100,000 residents.