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Tuesday, 21 December 1999
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MA ANTI-PROLIFERATION ACT OF 1999
SUBCHAPTER S EXPANSION [Page: S9089]
SUBCHAPTER S EXPANSION [Page: S9090]
SUBCHAPTER S EXPANSION [Page: S9091]
SUBCHAPTER S EXPANSION [Page: S9092]
SUMMARY
SENATOR BIDEN
 

SUBCHAPTER S EXPANSION [Page: S9092]

TITLE 1--SUBCHAPTER S EXPANSION (Senate - June 22, 1999) [Page: S9092]

Sec. 10. Notice; Clarification.

This section amends 18 U.S.C. 3103a to allow for the delay of any notice that is, or may be, required pursuant to the issuance of a warrant under this section or any other law.

Sec. 11. Training for Drug Enforcement Administration and State and Local Law Enforcement Personnel Relating to Clandestine Laboratories.

Section 11 authorizes $5.5 million in funding for DEA training programs designed to (1) train State and local law enforcement in techniques used in meth investigations; (2) provide a certification program for State and local law enforcement enabling them to meet requirements with respect to the handling of wastes created by meth labs; (3) create a certification program that enables certain State and local law enforcement to recertify other law enforcement in their regions; and (4) staff mobile training teams which provide State and local law enforcement with advanced training in conducting clan lab investigations and with training that enables them to recertify other law enforcement personnel. The training programs are authorized for 3 years after which the States, either alone or in consultation/combination with other States, will be responsible for training their own personnel. The States will be required to submit a report detailing what measures they are taking to ensure that they have programs in place to take over the responsibility after the three year federal program expires.

Sec. 12. Combating Methamphetamine in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.

This section authorizes $5 million a year for fiscal years 2000-2004 to be appropriated to ONDCP to combat trafficking of methamphetamine in designated HIDTA's by hiring new federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel, including agents, investigators, prosecutors, lab technicians and chemists. It provides that the funds shall be apportioned among the HIDTA's based on the following factors: (1) number of Meth labs discovered in the previous year; (2) number of Meth prosecutions in the previous year; (3) number of Meth arrests in the previous year; (4) the amounts of Meth seized in the previous year; and (5) intelligence data from the DEA showing trafficking and transportation patterns in methamphetamine, amphetamine and listed chemicals. Before apportioning any funds, the Director must certify that the law enforcement entities responsible for clan lab seizures are providing lab seizure data to the national clandestine laboratory database at the El Paso Intelligence Center. It also provides that not more than five percent of the appropriated amount may be used for administrative costs.

Sec. 13. Combating Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Manufacturing and Trafficking.

This section authorizes $6.5 million to be appropriated for the hiring of new agents to (1) assist State and local law enforcement in small and mid-sized communities in all phases of drug investigations; (2) staff additional regional enforcement and mobile enforcement teams; (3) establish additional resident offices and posts of duty to assist State and local law enforcement in rural areas; and (4) provide the Special Operations Division with additional agents for intelligence and investigative operations.

Sec. 14. Environmental Hazards Associated With Illegal Manufacture of Amphetamine and Methamphetamine.

Authorizes the DEA to receive money from the Asset Forfeiture Fund to pay for cleanup costs associated with the illegal manufacture of amphetamine or methamphetamine. It also allows for reimbursements to State and local entities for cleanup costs when they assist in a federal prosecution on amphetamine or methamphetamine related charges.

Sec. 15. Antidrug Messages on Federal Government Internet Websites.

Requires all federal departments and agencies, in consultation with ONDCP, to place antidrug messages on their Internet websites and an electronic hyperlink to ONDCP's website. Numerous government agencies have children's websites, including the Social Security Administration.



 
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