[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2780 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2780

      To authorize the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide 
   reimbursements for expenses incurred to remediate methamphetamine 
                 laboratories, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2000

  Mr. Baucus introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To authorize the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide 
   reimbursements for expenses incurred to remediate methamphetamine 
                 laboratories, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Emergency Methamphetamine Response 
Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT BY DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF EXPENSES 
              INCURRED TO REMEDIATE METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORIES.

    (a) Reimbursement Authorized.--The Attorney General, acting through 
the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, may reimburse 
States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, other 
public entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof 
for expenses incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances 
associated with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories which may 
present a danger to public health or the environment.
    (b) Additional DEA Personnel.--From amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available to carry out this section, the Attorney 
General may hire not more than 5 additional Drug Enforcement 
Administration personnel to administer this section.
    (c) Funding.--
            (1) Fiscal year 2000.--From the unobligated balances 
        available to the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2000 to 
        carry out part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
        Act of 1968, known as the Community Oriented Policing Services 
        program (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), the Attorney General shall 
        make available $10,000,000 to be used only to carry out this 
        section.
            (2) Fiscal year 2001.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this section 
        $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
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