[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2643 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2643

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
     clarify that Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for 
                confronting the use of methamphetamine.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2006

  Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. 
 Feinstein, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Cantwell, and 
  Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
     clarify that Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for 
                confronting the use of methamphetamine.

    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 ``Native American Methamphetamine 
Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN METHAMPHETAMINE GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2996(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``, territories, and Indian tribes (as 
                defined in section 2704)'' after ``to assist States''; 
                and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and local'' 
                and inserting ``territorial, Tribal, and local'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, territories, and 
        Indian tribes'' after ``make grants to States''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ``, Tribal,'' after 
        ``support State''.
    (b) Grant Programs for Drug Endangered Children.--Section 755(a) of 
the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 is amended 
by inserting ``, territories, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 
2704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797d))'' after ``make grants to States''.
    (c) Grant Programs to Address Methamphetamine Use by Pregnant and 
Parenting Women Offenders.--Section 756 of the USA PATRIOT Improvement 
and Reauthorization Act of 2005 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``, territorial, or 
        Tribal'' after ``State'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, territorial, or 
                        Tribal'' after ``State''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and/or'' and inserting 
                        ``or'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, territory, or Indian 
                        tribe'' after ``agency of the State''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, territory, or Indian 
                        tribe'' after ``criminal laws of that State''; 
                        and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the same 
        meaning as in section 2704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
        Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797d)).''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Indian Tribe'' 
                and inserting ``Indian tribe''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``State's 
                                services'' and inserting ``services of 
                                the State, territory, or Tribe''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and/or'' and 
                                inserting ``or'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``State'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, 
                        Indian tribes,'' after ``involved counties''; 
                        and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``, 
                        Tribal'' after ``Federal, State''.
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