[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3675 Introduced in House (IH)]







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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2000

  Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Methamphetamine Response and 
Training Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH METHAMPHETAMINE INCIDENT 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 personnel 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 enforcement 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 Enforcement Agency, the Federal Bureau of 
                Investigation, 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 designates, the date referred to in subparagraph (B) 
                with respect to that team shall be that different date.
            ``(5) Use of federal resources.--The Attorney General shall 
        ensure that any Federal assistance provided with respect to a 
        team, including Federal law enforcement personnel under 
        paragraph (4) and any other assistance under this section, is 
        provided 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 respect 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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