[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3092 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3092

To provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat 
                         methamphetamine labs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2003

   Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
 Boswell, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Kind, Mr. Ose, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
 Terry, Mr. Case, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
  Inslee, and Mr. McDermott) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat 
                         methamphetamine labs.

    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 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.''.
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