Methamphetamine Trafficking Prevention Act of 2006 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to states and private entities to use technology or aerial surveillance to detect methamphetamine (and its chemical precursors) on the U.S. border (Border Technology Grants Program).
Authorizes appropriations to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in FY2007-FY2011 to deploy trace chemical detectors for detecting narcotics and explosive devices along the U.S. border.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Trade Representative should consider ways to curb illicit use and shipment of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and similar chemicals in any multilateral or bilateral negotiations.
Directs the DEA Administrator to establish an exchange program with foreign law enforcement officers from countries that traffic methamphetamine into the United States.
Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on methamphetamine trafficking and abuse on Indian reservations on or near the U.S. border.
[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.
_______________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________
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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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8844-8845)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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