[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3278 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3278

    To establish the Meth Project Prevention Campaign Grant Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2010

  Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Crapo) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish the Meth Project Prevention Campaign Grant Program.

    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 ``Meth Project Prevention Campaign 
Grant Program Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) methamphetamine is a leading drug threat to the United 
        States;
            (2) crime related to methamphetamine abuse continues to 
        increase, as reported by county sheriffs;
            (3) law enforcement reporting indicates that 
        methamphetamine users commonly engage in identity theft to 
        acquire personal information of another person, which the 
        methamphetamine users either sell or exchange for 
        methamphetamine;
            (4) the prevalence of identity theft is rising in many 
        areas where rates of methamphetamine distribution and abuse are 
        high or increasing;
            (5) methamphetamine laboratories pose a dangerous threat in 
        terms of toxicity, severe environmental and property damage, 
        violence, and public safety;
            (6) methamphetamine use places an excessive burden on law 
        enforcement and local government resources;
            (7) 24 percent of teens nationally report it would be easy 
        or somewhat easy to obtain methamphetamine;
            (8) 33 percent of teens believe there is only slight or no 
        risk to trying methamphetamines once or twice;
            (9) 16 percent of teens have a friend or a family member 
        that has used methamphetamines or been treated for 
        methamphetamine abuse;
            (10) the annual economic burden of methamphetamine use in 
        the United States is estimated at between $16,200,000,000 and 
        $48,300,000,000 annually;
            (11) methamphetamine creates and increases government and 
        individual expenditures on treatment, healthcare, and foster 
        care services, as well as methamphetamine-related unemployment, 
        child neglect or abuse, and other social issues;
            (12) the estimated annual cost of methamphetamine-related 
        crime and criminal justice expenditures in the United States is 
        $4,200,000,000; and
            (13) there are currently no particular pharmacological 
        treatments for dependence on methamphetamine.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to provide adequate 
resources for the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services to implement the Meth Project Prevention Campaign in 
States with a critical methamphetamine problem, that will incorporate a 
broad range of community outreach programs by the Meth Project 
personnel and volunteers that mobilize communities to assist in 
methamphetamine awareness and prevention activities that educate youth 
on the risks and consequences of methamphetamine use.

SEC. 3. METH PROJECT PREVENTION CAMPAIGN GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General, acting through the 
        Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 
        may make grants to States, units of local government, or 
        private nonprofit organizations (referred to in this section as 
        ``eligible entities'') to establish the Meth Project Prevention 
        Campaign, which shall be aimed at teenagers.
            (2) Maximum amount.--A grant made under this section shall 
        not be in an amount more than $2,000,000 per fiscal year.
            (3) Duration.--A grant made under this section shall be for 
        a period of 1 year.
    (b) Use of Funds.--A grant made under this section may be used 
for--
            (1) producing and developing television, radio, Internet, 
        and print advertisements and educational materials;
            (2) acquiring placement of advertisements for the Meth 
        Project Prevention Campaign;
            (3) community outreach to motivate community involvement in 
        methamphetamine education;
            (4) the benchmark study and periodic surveys required under 
        subsection (c); and
            (5) qualitative research to assist in the development and 
        testing of--
                    (A) the messaging of the Meth Project Prevention 
                Campaign; and
                    (B) the effectiveness of methamphetamine education.
    (c) Study Requirement.--
            (1) Benchmark study.--An eligible entity receiving a grant 
        under this section shall conduct a quantitative statewide 
        benchmark survey of a statistically significant sample, to be 
        called a ``Meth Use and Attitudes Survey'', at the beginning of 
        the Meth Project Prevention Campaign conducted by the eligible 
        entity to capture attitudes and behaviors related to 
        methamphetamine throughout the State in which the eligible 
        entity is located.
            (2) Periodic studies.--Not less than 2 years after the 
        completion of the benchmark study required under paragraph (1), 
        an eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall 
        regularly conduct follow-up studies consistent with the 
        benchmark study described in paragraph (1) to track changes in 
        attitudes and behaviors related to methamphetamine and assist 
        in the development of methamphetamine prevention advertising 
        and other outreach activities directed at teens.
    (d) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant 
        under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 
        General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
            (2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall include--
                    (A) a plan for implementing a Meth Project 
                Prevention Campaign, that shall include specific 
                strategies for preventing or reducing methamphetamine 
                use by youth, based on research-based interventions 
                tailored to reaching youth and changing the behavior of 
                youth;
                    (B) an assurance that in developing and 
                implementing the Meth Project Prevention Campaign, the 
                eligible entity shall, to the extent feasible and 
                appropriate, consult and coordinate with Federal, 
                State, and local agencies, departments, and 
                organizations to build broad community-based support;
                    (C) a private fund-raising strategy; and
                    (D) such additional assurances as the Attorney 
                General determines to be essential to ensure compliance 
                with the requirements of this section.
    (e) Criteria.--In making grants under this section, the Attorney 
General, acting through the Director of the Office of Community 
Oriented Policing Services, shall give priority to eligible entities 
that--
            (1) have widespread methamphetamine use or an emerging 
        threat of widespread methamphetamine use;
            (2) have a full-time executive director or dedicated 
        personnel to oversee the implementation and execution of the 
        Meth Project Prevention Campaign;
            (3) have an organizational model, including a State-
        specific advisory council;
            (4) demonstrate access to or the ability to license tested 
        television and print copy;
            (5) demonstrate that the costs of paid media time and space 
        will be matched by an equal or greater amount of no cost 
        advertising or in-kind contributions; and
            (6) demonstrate a history of raising private funding to 
        support the entity.
    (f) Federal Share.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of an 
        activity described in the application submitted under 
        subsection (b) that is carried out with a grant under this 
        section shall be not more than 50 percent.
            (2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of payments 
        under this section may be in cash or in-kind.
    (g) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 120 days after the last 
day of each fiscal year in which 1 or more grants are made under this 
section, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, shall submit to 
Congress a report that shall include--
            (1) a summary of the activities carried out with grants 
        made under this section;
            (2) an assessment by the Attorney General of the programs 
        carried out; and
            (3) any other information the Attorney General considers 
        appropriate.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
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