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Bill Summary & Status

S 85 IS

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine.

January 4, 2007

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. REID, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. FEINGOLD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine.

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 `Indian Tribes Methamphetamine Reduction Grants Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN METHAMPHETAMINE GRANTS.

(a) In General- Section 2996(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc(a)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)--

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting `, territories, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 2704)' after `to assist States'; and

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking `and local' and inserting `territorial, Tribal, and local';

(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting `, territories, and Indian tribes' after `make grants to States';

(3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting `, Tribal,' after `support State'; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

`(4) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION- Nothing in this subsection, or in the award or denial of any grant pursuant to this subsection--

`(A) allows grants authorized under paragraph (3)(A) to be made to, or used by, an entity for law enforcement activities that the entity lacks jurisdiction to perform; or

`(B) has any effect other than to authorize, award, or deny a grant of funds to a State, territory, or Indian tribe for the purposes described in this subsection.'.

(b) Grant Programs for Drug Endangered Children- Section 755(a) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-177; 120 Stat. 192) is amended by inserting `, territories, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 2704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797d))' after `make grants to States'.

(c) Grant Programs To Address Methamphetamine Use by Pregnant and Parenting Women Offenders- Section 756 of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-177; 120 Stat. 192) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting `, territorial, or Tribal' after `State';

(2) in subsection (b)--

(A) in paragraph (1)--

(i) by inserting `, territorial, or Tribal' after `State'; and

(ii) by striking `and/or' and inserting `or';

(B) in paragraph (2)--

(i) by inserting `, territory, or Indian tribe' after `agency of the State'; and

(ii) by inserting `, territory, or Indian tribe' after `criminal laws of that State'; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

`(3) INDIAN TRIBE- The term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given the term in section 2704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797d)).'; and

(3) in subsection (c)--

(A) in paragraph (3), by striking `Indian Tribe' and inserting `Indian tribe'; and

(B) in paragraph (4)--

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--

(I) by striking `State's services' and inserting `services of the State, territory, or Indian tribe'; and

(II) by striking `and/or' and inserting `or';

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking `State';

(iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting `, Indian tribes,' after `involved counties'; and

(iv) in subparagraph (D), by inserting `, tribal' after `Federal, State'.

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