[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3403. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3378 proposed by Mr. 
Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Portman, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
Durbin) to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 2997(a)(2)(A) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103 
     of the bill, insert after ``1997'' the following: ``, or is 
     an Indian tribe''.
       In section 2997(a)(2)(B) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103 
     of the bill, in the matter preceding clause (i), insert ``or 
     tribal'' after ``local''.
       In section 2997(a)(3)(A) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103 
     of the bill, insert ``or tribal'' after ``local''.
       In section 2997(a)(3)(B) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103 
     of the bill, insert ``or tribal'' after ``local''.
       In section 2997 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103 of the 
     bill, redesignate subsections (e), (f), and (g) as 
     subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and insert after 
     subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Geographic Distribution.--The Attorney General shall 
     ensure that, to the extent practicable, the geographical 
     distribution of grants under this section is equitable and 
     includes a grant to an eligible entity in--
       ``(1) each State;
       ``(2) rural, suburban, and urban areas; and
       ``(3) tribal jurisdictions.
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