3.0.0 430 2022-02-03T05:38:29Z 2022-02-03T05:38:29Z Senate S S 2005-02-17 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-17T20:07:36Z Arrest Methamphetamine Act of 2005 109 3324 HR 2005-08-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2005-02-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1650-1651) IntroReferral 2005-02-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1649) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N Crime and Law Enforcement Arrest Canada Child welfare Community policing Criminal justice information Criminal statistics Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Drug courts Drug law enforcement Drugs Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Families Family courts Family services Federal aid to law enforcement Federal-state relations Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Hazardous wastes Imports Indian law enforcement Interstate relations Labor and Employment Laboratories Law Methamphetamine Minorities Negotiations Performance measurement Police Police training Prosecution Public health administration Searches and seizures Social Welfare State-local relations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2005-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-25T15:44:47Z Arrest Methamphetamine Act of 2005 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), to make grants to States to address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine to enhance public safety, including for activities to: (1) arrest individuals violating methamphetamine related laws; (2) undertake methamphetamine clandestine lab seizures and environmental cleanup; (3) provide for community based education, awareness, and prevention; (4) provide child support and family services to assist methamphetamine users and their families; and (5) procure equipment, technology, or support systems, or pay for resources, where expenditures would result in reduction in methamphetamine use, sale, and manufacture. Sets forth application requirements.

Authorizes the Attorney General, through BJA, to make grants to States, Indian tribal governments, and multijurisdictional or regional consortia to develop a comprehensive, cooperative strategy to address the use, sale, and manufacture of methamphetamine. Allocates funding for enforcement.

Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) collect systematic data on the effectiveness of programs assisted under this Act; (2) establish a national clearinghouse of information on effective programs for dissemination to State and local agencies; (3) establish a program within the Department of Justice to facilitate the sharing of best practices among States; and (4) provide technical assistance to State and local agencies.

Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian Government to take effective measures to stem the availability of pseudoephedrine in Canada and its illegal importation into the United States.

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