[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1237]
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SA 3411. Mr. TESTER 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 101(c)(1), strike subparagraphs (H) and (I) and
insert the following:
(H) the National Institutes of Health;
(I) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; and
(J) the Indian Health Service;
In section 101(d)(1)(C), strike ``State and'' and insert
``State, tribal, and''.
In section 101(f)(2), strike the period at the end and
insert ``and the Indian Health Service.''.
In section 2997(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.) (as amended by
section 103), strike paragraph (2) and insert the following:
(2) the term ``eligible entity'' means an organization
that--
(A)(i) on or before the date of submitting an application
for a grant under this section, receives or has received a
grant under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997; and
(ii) has documented, using local or tribal data, rates of
abuse of opioids or methamphetamines at levels that are--
(I) significantly higher than the national average as
determined by the Secretary (including appropriate
consideration of the results of the Monitoring the Future
Survey published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and
the National Survey on Drug Use and Health published by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration);
or
(II) higher than the national average, as determined by the
Secretary (including appropriate consideration of the results
of the surveys described in subclause (I)), over a sustained
period of time; or
(B) is a tribal organization (as defined in section 4 of
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603));
In section 201(b)(1)(B)(vii), strike ``and veterans
treatment courts'' and insert ``veterans treatment courts,
and tribal courts''.
In section 201(b)(2), insert ``and tribal'' after ``State
criminal''.
In section 201(c)(2)(A), strike ``State and'' and insert
``State, tribal, and''.
In section 201(c)(2)(D), strike ``and'' at the end.
In section 201(c)(2)(E), strike the period at the end and
insert ``; and''.
At the end of section 201(c)(2), add the following:
(F) demonstrate consultation with affected Indian tribes.
At the end of section 201, add the following:
(k) Tribal Set-aside.--Not less than 5 percent of the
amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal
year shall be made available to Indian tribes and tribal
organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)).
At the end of section 203, add the following:
(c) Tribal Set-aside.--Not less than 5 percent of the
amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal
year shall be made available to Indian tribes and tribal
organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)).
In section 2999(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.) (as added by
section 204), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), insert
``and tribal'' after ``State''.
In section 302(e)(1), strike ``and'' at the end.
In section 302(e)(2)(B), strike the period at the end and
insert ``; and''.
At the end of section 302(e), add the following:
(3) consults with affected Indian tribes.
At the end of section 302, add the following:
(i) Tribal Set-aside.--Not less than 5 percent of the
amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal
year shall be made available to Indian tribes and tribal
organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)).
In section 2999B(a)(1)(D) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.) (as added
by section 303), strike ``or'' at the end.
In section 2999B(a)(1)(E) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.) (as added
by section 303), strike the period at the end and insert ``;
or''.
At the end of section 2999B(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et
seq.) (as added by section 303), add the following:
(F) a Bureau of Indian Education-funded school.
In section 2999D(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.) (as added by
section 401), strike the period at the end and insert ``or
tribal organization.''.
In section 2999D(b)(5) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.) (as added
by section 401), insert ``Tribal Colleges and Universities
(as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)))'' after ``universities,''.
In section 402(b)(2)(B)(i), insert ``Indian affairs,''
after ``employment,''.
In subsection (r)(3)(B) of section 508 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-1) (as amended by section
501(b)(2)), insert ``Indian tribes and tribal
organizations,'' after ``agencies,''.
In section 2999E of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.) (as added by
section 702), strike the period at the end and insert ``, of
which not less than 5 percent shall be made available to
Indian tribes and tribal organizations (as defined in section
4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C.
1603)).''.
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