Federal Emergency Meth Lab Cleanup Funding Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 26, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Emergency Meth Lab Cleanup Funding Act of 2007- Makes funding available from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund for payment to designated State, local, or tribal law enforcement, environmental, or health entities for experts and consultants needed to clean up areas formerly used as methamphetamine laboratories.
Allows payment of up to 90% of cleanup costs on private property if the property owner: (1) did not know of the existence or operation of the methamphetamine laboratory before law enforcement action to close it; or (2) notified law enforcement not later than 24 hours after discovering the existence of such laboratory.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 26, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Sep 26, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require that Federal forfeiture funds be used, in part, to clean up methamphetamine laboratories.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Emergency Meth Lab Cleanup Funding Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Consultants
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Drug abuse
- Drug law enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Forfeiture
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes
- Indian law enforcement
- Informers
- Laboratories
- Landowners
- Methamphetamine
- Minorities
- Native Americans
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
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