[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3825 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3825

   To end the flow of methamphetamine and precursor chemicals coming 
                across the border of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

Mr. Burns (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Allard, Mr. Coleman, 
Mr. Smith, and Mr. Allen) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To end the flow of methamphetamine and precursor chemicals coming 
                across the border of the United States.

    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 Trafficking 
Prevention Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    Congress finds--
            (1) legislation has been enacted to curb domestic 
        methamphetamine production;
            (2) according to the President's Synthetic Drug Control 
        Strategy, border seizures of methamphetamine almost doubled 
        between 2000 and 2004;
            (3) as much as 75 to 85 percent of the methamphetamine used 
        in the United States is made from precursors in the 
        international stream of commerce;
            (4) successful exchange programs between the Drug 
        Enforcement Administration and Mexican law enforcement 
        officials have helped aid in methamphetamine lab seizures and 
        limiting methamphetamine production in Mexico; and
            (5) the goal of United States policy should be directed 
        toward curbing the spread of methamphetamine abuse and 
        manufacture.

SEC. 3. METHAMPHETAMINE COLLECTION AND DETECTION.

    (a) Border Technology Grant Program.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2996 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
        and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Border Technology Grants Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General, through the Bureau 
        of Justice Assistance in the Office of Justice Programs, may 
        make grants to States and eligible private entities to use 
        technology or aerial surveillance to detect methamphetamine and 
        its precursors on the border of the United States (in this part 
        referred to as the `Border Technology Grants Program').
            ``(2) Criteria.--A State or eligible private entity 
        desiring a grant under the Border Technology Grants Program 
        shall demonstrate that the project for which the State or 
        eligible private entity seeks a grant incorporates a viable use 
        of technology or aerial surveillance to detect methamphetamine 
        and its precursors on the border of the United States.
            ``(3) Detection.--In awarding grants under the Border 
        Technology Grants Program, the Director of the Bureau of 
        Justice Assistance shall consider technologies that can detect 
        active methamphetamine production sites on or near the border 
        of the United States through the use of hyperspectral sensors.
            ``(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `eligible 
        private entity' means an entity meeting such criteria as the 
        Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in consultation 
        with the Commissioner for United States Customs and Border 
        Protection, shall establish, focusing on entities using 
        technology to identify methamphetamine or its precursors.''.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 2997 of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
        3797cc-1) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``There are authorized'' and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Border Technology Grants Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, to 
carry out the Border Technology Grants Program.''.
    (b) Trace Chemical Detectors.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Drug Enforcement Administration $5,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, to deploy trace chemical detectors 
(used to detect narcotics and explosive devices) along the border of 
the United States.

SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF ANTI-METHAMPHETAMINE ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) Trade Negotiations.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
United States Trade Representative should consider ways to curb illicit 
use and shipment of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and similar chemicals 
in any multilateral or bilateral negotiations.
    (b) Exchanges Between the Drug Enforcement Administration and 
Foreign Law Enforcement.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 
        Administration shall select foreign law enforcement officers to 
        participate in a special investigative program.
            (2) Criteria.--In selecting foreign law enforcement 
        officers under paragraph (1) the Administrator--
                    (A) may select a police officer, prosecutor, or 
                other law enforcement officer from a country that 
                traffics methamphetamine or its precursors into the 
                United States; and
                    (B) shall select such officers in a manner that 
                maximizes the education and training efforts of the 
                United States.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this section.

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON METHAMPHETAMINE EFFORTS ON INDIAN 
              RESERVATIONS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress regarding 
problems faced by Indian reservations located on or near the border of 
the United States with respect to methamphetamine trafficking and 
abuse.
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