[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 85 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 85

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2007

  Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Reid, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Feingold) 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 territories and 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 ``Indian Tribes Methamphetamine 
Reduction Grants Act of 2007''.

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 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc(a)) 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'';
            (3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ``, Tribal,'' after 
        ``support State''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Effect of subsection.--Nothing in this subsection, or 
        in the award or denial of any grant pursuant to this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) allows grants authorized under paragraph 
                (3)(A) to be made to, or used by, an entity for law 
                enforcement activities that the entity lacks 
                jurisdiction to perform; or
                    ``(B) has any effect other than to authorize, 
                award, or deny a grant of funds to a State, territory, 
                or Indian tribe for the purposes described in this 
                subsection.''.
    (b) Grant Programs for Drug Endangered Children.--Section 755(a) of 
the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-177; 120 Stat. 192) 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 (Public Law 109-177; 120 Stat. 192) 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 
        meaning given the term 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 Indian 
                                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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