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(21 U.S.C. 856(a)),'' after ``under this title,''.
(e) Treatment of Illicit Substance Manufacturing Operations as
Crimes Against Property.--Section 416 of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 856) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(c) A violation of subsection (a) shall be considered an offense
against property for purposes of section 3663A(c)(1)(A)(ii) of title
18, United States Code.''.
SEC. 104. METHAMPHETAMINE PARAPHERNALIA.
Section 422(d) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 863(d))
is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting
``methamphetamine,'' after ``PCP,''.
Subtitle B--Enhanced Law Enforcement
SEC. 111. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLEGAL MANUFACTURE OF
AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE.
(a) Use of Amounts or Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture
Fund.--Section 524(c)(1)(E) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``(i) for'' before ``disbursements'';
(2) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) for payment for--
``(I) costs incurred by or on behalf of the
Department of Justice in connection with the removal,
for purposes of Federal forfeiture and disposition, of
any hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant
associated with the illegal manufacture of amphetamine
or methamphetamine; and
``(II) costs incurred by or on behalf of a State or
local government in connection with such removal in any
case in which such State or local government has
assisted in a Federal prosecution relating to
amphetamine or methamphetamine, to the extent such
costs exceed equitable sharing payments made to such
State or local government in such case;''.
(b) Grants Under Drug Control and System Improvement Grant
Program.--Section 501(b)(3) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting before the semicolon the
following: ``and to remove any hazardous substance or pollutant or
contaminant associated with the illegal manufacture of amphetamine or
methamphetamine''.
(c) Amounts Supplement and Not Supplant.--
(1) Assets forfeiture fund.--Any amounts made available
from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund in a
fiscal year by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a)
shall supplement, and not supplant, any other amounts made
available to the Department of Justice in such fiscal year from
other sources for payment of costs described in section
524(c)(1)(E)(ii) of title 28, United States Code, as so
amended.
(2) Grant program.--Any amounts made available in a fiscal
year under the grant program under section 501(b)(3) of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for the
removal of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants
associated with the illegal manufacture of amphetamine or
methamphetamine by reason of the amendment made by subsection
(b) shall supplement, and not supplant, any other amounts made
available in such fiscal year from other sources for such
removal.
SEC. 112. REDUCTION IN RETAIL SALES TRANSACTION THRESHOLD FOR NON-SAFE
HARBOR PRODUCTS CONTAINING PSEUDOEPHEDRINE OR
PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE.
(a) Reduction in Transaction Threshold.--Section 102(39)(A)(iv)(II)
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(39)(A)(iv)(II)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``24 grams'' both places it appears and
inserting ``9 grams''; and
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the
following: ``and sold in package sizes of not more than 3 grams
of pseudoephedrine base or 3 grams of phenylpropanolamine
base''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 113. TRAINING FOR DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND STATE AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL RELATING TO CLANDESTINE
LABORATORIES.
(a) In General.--
(1) Requirement.--The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration shall carry out the programs described in
subsection (b) with respect to the law enforcement personnel of
States and localities determined by the Administrator to have
significant levels of methamphetamine-related or amphetamine-
related crime or projected by the Administrator to have the
potential for such levels of crime in the future.
(2) Duration.--The duration of any program under that
subsection may not exceed 3 years.
(b) Covered Programs.--The programs described in this subsection
are as follows:
(1) Advanced mobile clandestine laboratory training
teams.--A program of advanced mobile clandestine laboratory
training teams, which shall provide information and training to
State and local law enforcement personnel in techniques
utilized in conducting undercover investigations and conspiracy
cases, and other information designed to assist in the
investigation of the illegal manufacturing and trafficking of
amphetamine and methamphetamine.
(2) Basic clandestine laboratory certification training.--A
program of basic clandestine laboratory certification training,
which shall provide information and training--
(A) to Drug Enforcement Administration personnel
and State and local law enforcement personnel for
purposes of enabling such personnel to meet any
certification requirements under law with respect to
the handling of wastes created by illegal amphetamine
and methamphetamine laboratories; and
(B) to State and local law enforcement personnel
for purposes of enabling such personnel to provide the
information and training covered by subparagraph (A) to
other State and local law enforcement personnel.
(3) Clandestine laboratory recertification and awareness
training.--A program of clandestine laboratory recertification
and awareness training, which shall provide information and
training to State and local law enforcement personnel for
purposes of enabling such personnel to provide recertification
and awareness training relating to clandestine laboratories to
additional State and local law enforcement personnel.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 amounts as
follows:
(1) $1,500,000 to carry out the program described in
subsection (b)(1).
(2) $3,000,000 to carry out the program described in
subsection (b)(2).
(3) $1,000,000 to carry out the program described in
subsection (b)(3).
SEC. 114. COMBATTING METHAMPHETAMINE AND AMPHETAMINE IN HIGH INTENSITY
DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS.
(a) In General.--
(1) In general.--The Director of National Drug Control
Policy shall use amounts available under this section to combat
the trafficking of methamphetamine and amphetamine in areas
designated by the Director as high intensity drug trafficking
areas.
(2) Activities.--In meeting the requirement in paragraph
(1), the Director shall transfer funds to appropriate Federal,
State, and local governmental agencies for employing additional
Federal law enforcement personnel, or facilitating the
employment of additional State and local law enforcement
personnel, including agents, investigators, prosecutors,
laboratory technicians, chemists, investigative assistants, and
drug-prevention specialists.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section--
(1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2001 through 2004.
(c) Apportionment of Funds.--
(1) Factors in apportionment.--The Director shall apportion
amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations in subsection (b) for
activities under subsection (a) among and within areas
designated by the Director as high intensity drug trafficking
areas based on the following factors:
(A) The number of methamphetamine manufacturing
facilities and amphetamine manufacturing facilities
discovered by Federal, State, or local law enforcement
officials in the previous fiscal year.
(B) The number of methamphetamine prosecutions and
amphetamine prosecutions in Federal, State, or local
courts in the previous fiscal year.
(C) The number of methamphetamine arrests and
amphetamine arrests by Federal, State, or local law
enforcement officials in the previous fiscal year.
(D) The amounts of methamphetamine, amphetamine, or
listed chemicals (as that term is defined in section
102(33) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
802(33)) seized by Federal, State, or local law
enforcement officials in the previous fiscal year.
(E) Intelligence and predictive data from the Drug
Enforcement Administration and the Department of Health
and Human Services showing patterns and trends in
abuse, trafficking, and transportation in
methamphetamine, amphetamine, and listed chemicals (as
that term is so defined).
(2) Certification.--Before the Director apportions any
funds under this subsection to a high intensity drug
trafficking area, the Director shall certify that the law
enforcement entities responsible for clandestine
methamphetamine and amphetamine laboratory seizures in that
area are providing laboratory seizure data to the national
clandestine laboratory database at the El Paso Intelligence
Center.
(d) Limitation on Administrative Costs.--Not more than 5 percent of
the amount appropriated in a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization
of appropriations for that fiscal year in subsection (b) may be
available in that fiscal year for administrative costs associated with
activities under subsection (a).
SEC. 115. COMBATING AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING AND
TRAFFICKING.
(a) Activities.--In order to combat the illegal manufacturing and
trafficking in amphetamine and methamphetamine, the Administrator of
the Drug Enforcement Administration may--
(1) assist State and local law enforcement in small and
mid-sized communities in all phases of investigations related
to such manufacturing and trafficking, including assistance
with foreign-language interpretation;
(2) staff additional regional enforcement and mobile
enforcement teams related to such manufacturing and
trafficking;
(3) establish additional resident offices and posts of duty
to assist State and local law enforcement in rural areas in
combating such manufacturing and trafficking;
(4) provide the Special Operations Division of the
Administration with additional agents and staff to collect,
evaluate, interpret, and disseminate critical intelligence
targeting the command and control operations of major
amphetamine and methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking
organizations;
(5) enhance the investigative and related functions of the
Chemical Control Program of the Administration to implement
more fully the provisions of the Comprehensive Methamphetamine
Control Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-237);
(6) design an effective means of requiring an accurate
accounting of the import and export of list I chemicals, and
coordinate investigations relating to the diversion of such
chemicals;
(7) develop a computer infrastructure sufficient to
receive, process, analyze, and redistribute time-sensitive
enforcement information from suspicious order reporting to
field offices of the Administration and other law enforcement
and regulatory agencies, including the continuing development
of the Suspicious Order Reporting and Tracking System (SORTS)
and the Chemical Transaction Database (CTRANS) of the
Administration;
(8) establish an education, training, and communication
process in order to alert the industry to current trends and
emerging patterns in the illegal manufacturing of amphetamine
and methamphetamine; and
(9) carry out such other activities as the Administrator
considers appropriate.
(b) Additional Positions and Personnel.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out activities under
subsection (a), the Administrator may establish in the
Administration not more than 50 full-time positions, including
not more than 31 special-agent positions, and may appoint
personnel to such positions.
(2) Particular positions.--In carrying out activities under
paragraphs (5) through (8) of subsection (a), the Administrator
may establish in the Administration not more than 15 full-time
positions, including not more than 10 diversion investigator
positions, and may appoint personnel to such positions. Any
positions established under this paragraph are in addition to
any positions established under paragraph (1).
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Administration for each fiscal
year after fiscal year 1999, $9,500,000 for purposes of carrying out
the activities authorized by subsection (a) and employing personnel in
positions established under subsection (b), of which $3,000,000 shall
be available for activities under paragraphs (5) through (8) of
subsection (a) and for employing personnel in positions established
under subsection (b)(2).
Subtitle C--Abuse Prevention and Treatment
SEC. 121. EXPANSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE RESEARCH.
Section 464N of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285o-2) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Methamphetamine Research.--
``(1) Grants or cooperative agreements.--The Director of
the Institute may make grants or enter into cooperative
agreements to expand the current and on-going interdisciplinary
research and clinical trials with treatment centers of the
National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network relating
to methamphetamine abuse and addiction and other biomedical,
behavioral, and social issues related to methamphetamine abuse
and addiction.
``(2) Use of funds.--Amounts made available under a grant
or cooperative agreement under paragraph (1) for
methamphetamine abuse and addiction may be used for research
and clinical trials relating to--
``(A) the effects of methamphetamine abuse on the
human body, including the brain;
``(B) the addictive nature of methamphetamine and
how such effects differ with respect to different
individuals;
``(C) the connection between methamphetamine abuse
and mental health;
``(D) the identification and evaluation of the most
effective methods of prevention of methamphetamine
abuse and addiction;
``(E) the identification and development of the
most effective methods of treatment of methamphetamine
addiction, including pharmacological treatments;
``(F) risk factors for methamphetamine abuse;
``(G) effects of methamphetamine abuse and
addiction on pregnant women and their fetuses; and
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