CLEAN-UP of Methamphetamines Act
Latest action · Jun 5, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production of Methamphetamines Act or the 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 to educate students on prevention and treatment of methamphetamine abuse; (2) the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide treatment; and (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 for enforcement, prosecution, and environmental cleanup.
Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian government to stem the availability of pseudoephedrine in Canada and its illegal importation into the United States.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 3, 2007 to Dec 12, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Dec 12, 2007 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Mar 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Mar 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 16, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Feb 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 132 | Methamphetamine Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2007 | Text similarities | Jan 4, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Agriculture and Food
- Canada
- Chemicals
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal statistics
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drug abuse treatment
- Drug law enforcement
- Drug traffic
- Drugs
- Drugs and youth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Export controls
- Families
- Farm lands
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food safety
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Hazardous wastes
- Health
- Higher education
- Imports
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Labor and Employment
- Laboratories
- Law
- Legal education
- Local employees
- Medical research
- Methamphetamine
- National forests
- National parks
- Police training
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public prosecutors
- Recreation
- Recruiting of employees
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- School health programs
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Searches and seizures
- Smuggling
- Soil pollution
- Sports and Recreation
- State employees
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2007Introduced in House
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