Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act of 2002

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Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act of 2002 - 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 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 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.

Congress
107

Number
HR - 3782

Introduced on
2002-02-14

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

2/14/2002

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act of 2002 - 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 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 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.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines in the United States, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Health

Potential Impact
Agriculture and Food•
Canada•
Chemicals•
Congress•
Congressional reporting requirements•
Continuing education•
Crime and Law Enforcement•
Criminal liability•
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 Protection•
Environmental assessment•
Export controls•
Families•
Farm lands•
Federal aid to child health services•
Federal aid to education•
Federal aid to law enforcement•
Federal aid to substance abuse programs•
Fines (Penalties)•
Food contamination•
Foreign Trade and International Finance•
Government Operations and Politics•
Government paperwork•
Grants-in-aid•
Hazardous waste disposal•
Hazardous waste site remediation•
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•
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

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Latest Summary11/28/2006
Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out environmental cleanup and remediation programs in...

Latest Action5/9/2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.