[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 313 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 313

      To provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2005

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
      To provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse.

    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 ``Exile Meth Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMBATING METHAMPHETAMINE 
              REPEAT OFFENDERS.

    The Attorney General shall establish a program that provides grants 
to qualified States for combating the problem of methamphetamine abuse, 
with a specific focus on the prosecution of repeat offenders.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``qualified State'' means a State 
that--
            (1) had more than 200 methamphetamine lab seizures in 2004, 
        as reported by the National Clandestine Laboratory Database; 
        and
            (2) has a law that provides that a person who possesses or 
        distributes 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.

SEC. 4. DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.

    The Attorney General shall distribute grants authorized under this 
Act to 2 States.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    The Attorney General shall prescribe requirements, including 
application requirements, for grants under the program established 
under this Act.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out 
this Act.
    (b) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) shall remain 
available until expended.
                                 <all>