1.
This Act may be cited as the
Combat Meth Act of
2004
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Grant program for
combating methamphetamine repeat offenders</header>
<section id="id6B47618FE02B4E499423F2F26FB53D06"><enum>101.</enum><header>Grant program
for combating methamphetamine repeat offenders</header>
<subsection id="id1D86CD17390245369ABB6B2AD44681DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant
program</header><text>The Attorney General shall carry out a program to provide
grants to qualified States for combating the problem of methamphetamine abuse
with a specific focus on the prosecution of repeat offenders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idFCDCF1F260214147B54BCE5D8C89BF56"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified
state</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>qualified
State</term> means a State that—</text>
<paragraph id="idD3DB6A0438C94ACAA2A171B652564BE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as reported by
the National Clandestine Laboratory Database, had more than 200 methamphetamine
lab seizures in 2003; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5C72C6F04174496D971F425F8C81BD52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has a law that
provides that possession or distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine,
its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers, or 50 grams or more of a mixture
or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts,
isomers, or salts of its isomers, qualifies for a mandatory minimum sentence,
without the possibility of probation or parole, of 5 to 40 years for a first
offense, 10 years to life for a second offense, and life for a third
offense.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0CBD28855CAB475FB6A33815855517D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Distribution of
grant amounts</header><text>The Attorney General shall distribute grants
authorized under subsection (a) to 2 States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA6FE2859A7AB4EFE99E8FF96BC89826E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
Attorney General shall prescribe requirements, including application
requirements, for grants under the program under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idDC4C7E0E7CF4453994AE8EE6C78EC002"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="idD0B053FA71A84C7DBF5BD78941F4C321"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for
fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE49990C78EB5485580A0288631657619"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1)
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<section id="idC33388E8AB724D9EA809C2DC2FF15653">
<enum>201.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations relating to COPS
grants</header>
<subsection id="idEDA1ED13E26D452DABDB734879793F1B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2005 for grants under part Q of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796dd">42 U.S.C. 3796dd</external-xref> et
seq.), known as the COPS program, there is authorized to be appropriated
$20,000,000 for such purpose to provide training to State and local prosecutors
and law enforcement agents for the investigation and prosecution of
methamphetamine offenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id48772B6D5FCC4F40B31BBACF8774F8FD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rural Set-Aside</header>
<text>Of amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a), $5,000,000
shall be available only for prosecutors and law enforcement agents for rural
communities.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A9C6617D3DC4FEABC3FAA6F78BAAA3D" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>DEA
reimbursement</header><text>Of amounts made available pursuant to subsection
(a), $2,000,000 shall be available only to reimburse the Drug Enforcement
Administration for existing training expenses, and shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID686A88E1E1A1466B8EF3976BA0085D49">
<enum>202.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations relating to the clandestine
laboratory training</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to any other funds
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for the facilities and
personnel used to operate the Clandestine Laboratory Training Facility of the
Drug Enforcement Administration, located in Quantico, Virginia, there is
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for such purpose (but to include not
more than 20 additional full-time positions) to provide training to law
enforcement personnel of all the States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United
States.</text>
</section><section id="ID31F907DB2F0F42E6B78DBF7FEA7DA705">
<enum>203.</enum>
<header>Expansion of methamphetamine hot spots program to include
personnel and equipment for enforcement, prosecution, and cleanup</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1701(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796dd(d)">42
U.S.C. 3796dd(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF473B5D3B27040C089512161CFB8A4A5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (11) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the
end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEA1E3BAC6B444C59BE07448437F29A18">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (12) by striking the period at the end and inserting
<quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF33A5C85ED1F47F2B32FDC13FF64B7A2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6EDF43F9BE504EAA92B7CE60E880964E" style="OLC">
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7F42AC931F7B4565BFAFBC20AC61B345" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(13)</enum><text>hire personnel and
purchase equipment to assist in the enforcement and prosecution of
methamphetamine offenses and the cleanup of methamphetamine-affected
areas.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BE16ABCCC454C659BB708C8B78690BA" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>204.</enum><header>Special United States
attorney's program</header>
<subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9952753C5A842EBB30DC17D8E0E9151" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General shall allocate any amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization under subsection (a) for the hiring
and training of special assistant United States attorneys.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66BBC300800C4842BCBC35EB620396FC" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The funds allocated under subsection (a) shall be used
to—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0723A81700B4680922C0712982D5693" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>train local prosecutors in
techniques used to prosecute methamphetamine cases, including the presentation
of evidence related to the manufacture of methamphetamine;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DA9A55B628B40D09186DB5AF3ABD4CE" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>train local prosecutors in
Federal and State laws involving methamphetamine manufacture or
distribution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id975167F0EDDA42A2AC8C7DAB366D177C" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>cross-designate local
prosecutors as special assistant United States attorneys; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1A4C51884F34DC787944FCD188F985C" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>hire additional local
prosecutors who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61F3668C7BD54ECA9F9E35DB47D2EA11" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with the approval of the
United States attorney, shall be cross-designated to prosecute both Federal and
State methamphetamine cases;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EDAC9B83914469B85677FBD603B0FCC" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be assigned a
caseload, whether in State court or Federal court, that gives the highest
priority to cases in which—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id202509C98EB049B5B5E983A3C71CB168" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>charges related to
methamphetamine manufacture or distribution are submitted by law enforcement
for consideration; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91432CAE0A204465871E6CEF18C91135" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the defendant has been
previously convicted of a crime related to methamphetamine manufacture or
distribution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6076637CB03145C28FC79F275190B5FC" reporting-committee-number="1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000
for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to carry out the provisions of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Education,
prevention, and treatment</header>
<section id="id06DACF05E5CE4A0FA1A01164E73F634B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Grants for
services for children of substance abusers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 519 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 290bb–25) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id15136370BE1040EE912BFAAAFF80BBCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by inserting after
paragraph (8) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63B1A6F16EF44BBDA3CB2C9395875047" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id934D7CE2514B4516B8186A0D21DEBB03"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Development of
drug endangered children rapid response teams that will intervene on behalf of
children exposed to methamphetamine as a result of residing or being present in
a home-based clandestine drug laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAE2C666DF8B5405C8CED6F0C1593343A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(o)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9AE934B10C3E422BBEF5BC47C84C0074"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>For the purpose</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB302995135D4B31AC165D12CDA5AEF4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id26677E75BE16445C96E59184190622F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For the purpose</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E1A58D9D3E644F49165332CDEEE3D03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E9F2B232ACB4C8997EEA21A8CBB37EF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id3AC4C264E6A347E5941696DE10DE484D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Drug endangered
children rapid response teams</header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to carry out the
provisions of subsection (b)(9).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id84D3FFE68C574400A0892C174EC14F7D">
<enum>302.</enum>
<header>Local grants for treatment of methamphetamine abuse and related
conditions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part B of title V
of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290bb">42 U.S.C. 290bb</external-xref> et
seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id739FCEBBE1014256837CA9B69E7DE5B5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating the section 514 that relates to methamphetamine
and appears after section 514A as section 514B; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC980D759B6CF4559A66026EE0437813A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after section 514B (as so redesignated) the
following section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id281C0526F0B44321BB9CCF6D67189266" style="traditional">
<section id="idA27DFE715A8A42C5BDFDED9B08122220">
<enum>514C.</enum>
<header>Local grants for treatment of methamphetamine abuse and
related conditions</header><text>The Secretary may make grants to political subdivisions of
States and to nonprofit private entities for the purpose of providing treatment
for methamphetamine abuse.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id30CEA7B719664C83890C9F0402D4E38A"><enum>303.</enum><header>Methamphetamine
precursor monitoring grants</header>
<subsection id="idA5AA316498254970A37C2C59E31F4BD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Bureau of
Justice Assistance, may award grants to States to establish methamphetamine
precursor monitoring programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idB4607AEC225E40819FA69C94B6117641"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the grant program established under this section is to—</text>
<paragraph id="id8CD5F88167104B51A03DF729BE21DAB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevent the sale
of methamphetamine precursors, such as pseudoephedrine, to individuals in
quantities so large that the only reasonable purpose of the purchase would be
to manufacture methamphetamine;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id580C32AB815E4304953A4D7BC663083A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>educate
businesses that legally sell methamphetamine precursors of the need to balance
the legitimate need for lawful access to medication with the risk that those
substances may be used to manufacture methamphetamine; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD62BA5F1510441D9B64CEFEB5FC55FC9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recalibrate
existing prescription drug monitoring programs designed to track the sale of
controlled substances to also track the sale of pseudoephedrine in any amount
greater than 6 grams.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id38499ABC2DB244EA8A85D20E9F473B65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header><text>Grant funds awarded to States under this section may be
used to—</text>
<paragraph id="id02AABDFF30564A0CA699D888FD5FDD51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implement a
methamphetamine precursor monitoring program, including hiring personnel and
purchasing computer hardware and software designed to monitor methamphetamine
precursor purchases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7316020E7A68411988B55AAF9DB59B17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand existing
methamphetamine precursor or prescription drug monitoring programs to
accomplish the purposes described in subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9F42D35EC85C40FF8A0524D7D93BFE77"><enum>(3)</enum><text>pay for training
and technical assistance for law enforcement personnel and employees of
businesses that lawfully sell substances, which may be used as methamphetamine
precursors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4EE5D446C4C04EDB9602B41B9CFA4C55"><enum>(4)</enum><text>improve
information sharing between adjacent States through enhanced connectivity;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBEE6427DF7C04EE5927F6727FFCF44F9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>make grants to
subdivisions of the State to implement methamphetamine precursor monitoring
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF1362E5EDA0142649317E6A5C67144A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any
State desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the
Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
as the Attorney General may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id35B2CB447C25482887600FA0ECCBD94F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated
$1,000,000 for the fiscal years 2005 and 2006, to be used to carry out the
provisions of this section.</text>
</subsection></section>