HR 834 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Doug Ose R-CA

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Latest action · Mar 10, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out environmental cleanup and remediation programs involving specified lands that are contaminated with hazardous substances associated with illegal methamphetamine manufacture.

Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate as hazardous certain byproducts of the methamphetamine production process and expand penalties against laboratory operators; (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to list byproducts likely to cause long-term environmental harm; (3) the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to provide grants to State and local law enforcement for specified training and equipment acquisition; (4) the EPA Administrator to study the impact of methamphetamine laboratory operation on the environment; and (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study contamination issues.

Amends: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for educational programs; (2) the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide treatment; (3) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include among permissible grant projects under the "cops on the beat" program hiring personnel and purchasing equipment; and (4) the Controlled Substances Act to set penalties for promoting, for commercial purposes, an entertainment event where the promoter knows that a controlled substance will be used or distributed in violation of specified law.

Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian Government regarding the availability of pseudoephedrine.

Cosponsors 126

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2003 to Jul 22, 2004; 63 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAdam H. PutnamOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-INBaron P. HillOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-OKBrad CarsonOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-IDC. L. (Butch) OtterOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-CACalvin M. DooleyOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-NCCass BallengerOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-UTChris CannonOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-CADevin NunesOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-NEDoug BereuterOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-CADuncan HunterOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalFeb 13, 2003
Show all 126 cosponsors

Committees 6

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
Referred Mar 10, 2003
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Feb 27, 2003
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Feb 26, 2003
Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 26, 2003
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Referred Feb 26, 2003
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Feb 14, 2003
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Referred Mar 10, 2003
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Mar 10, 2003
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Mar 6, 2003

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 10, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
  2. Mar 10, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  3. Mar 10, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
  4. Mar 6, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  5. Mar 3, 2003Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
  6. Feb 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
  7. Feb 26, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
  8. Feb 26, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
  9. Feb 26, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
  10. Feb 26, 2003Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
  11. Feb 14, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  12. Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House
  13. Feb 13, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E246-247)
  14. Feb 13, 2003Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E246Doug Ose R-CAFeb 13, 2003

Research

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Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 108-179FIGHTING METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE HEARTLAND: HOW CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS144 pagesOversight and Government Reform CommitteeFeb 6, 2004
Serial No. 108-93FACING THE METHAMPHETAMINE PROBLEM IN AMERICA126 pagesOversight and Government Reform CommitteeJul 18, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines in the United States, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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  1. Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House

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