3.0.0 2869 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z Senate S S 2004-09-30 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-30T18:36:36Z Combat Meth Act 108 5188 HR 2004-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2004-09-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO N D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2004-10-07 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2004-10-08 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2004-11-16 False Crime and Law Enforcement Attorneys general Child health Computer software Computers Criminal investigation Data banks Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Drug law enforcement Drug traffic Drugs Drugs and youth Economics and Public Finance Education Environmental Protection Equipment and supplies Evidence (Law) Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to law enforcement Federal-state relations Federal-territorial relations Government Operations and Politics Hazardous wastes Health Higher education Housing and Community Development Interstate relations Labor and Employment Laboratories Law Law enforcement officers Legal education Mandatory sentences Medical records Medication abuse Methamphetamine Nonprofit organizations Police Police training Prosecution Public prosecutors Recidivists Recruiting of employees Rural crime Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State laws Virginia Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-21T16:27:05Z Combat Meth Act of 2004 - Directs the Attorney General to carry out a program to provide grants to qualified States (i.e., those which had more than 200 methamphetamine lab seizures in 2003 and that provide a specified mandatory minimum sentence for possession and/or distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine or 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine) to combat methamphetamine abuse, focusing on the prosecution of repeat offenders.

Authorizes funds to provide training to: (1) State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agents for investigation and prosecution of methamphetamine offenses; and (2) State law enforcement personnel at the Drug Enforcement Administration's Clandestine Laboratory Training Facility in Quantico, Virginia.

Amends: (1) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the public safety and community policing grant program to authorize the use of grant funds to hire personnel and purchase equipment to assist in enforcing and prosecuting methamphetamine offenses and in cleaning up methamphetamine-affected areas; and (2) the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to local governments and nonprofit private entities to provide treatment for methamphetamine abuse.

Directs the Attorney General to allocate funds for the hiring and training of special assistant U.S. attorneys. Authorizes the Attorney General, acting through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, to award grants to States to establish methamphetamine precursor monitoring programs.

]]> Combat Meth Act of 2004 Display Title Combat Meth Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Combat Meth Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108s2869is/xml/BILLS-108s2869is.xml 2004-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.