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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 19, 2002
Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production of Methamphetamines Act of 2002 (CLEAN-UP Meth Act) - Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to carry out environmental cleanup and remediation on Federal lands contaminated from illegal methamphetamine manufacture.Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate as hazardous byproducts of methamphetamine production; (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to list byproducts likely to cause long-term environmental harm; (3) the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to local law enforcement; (4) the EPA Administrator to study methamphetamine laboratory operation impacts 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 and the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for educational programs and treatment, respectively; (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit hiring police personnel and purchasing equipment; (3) the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the regulatory exemption for over-the-counter pseudoephedrine product sales; and (4) the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 regarding court consideration of good faith efforts to prevent sales violations.Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian Government regarding pseudoephedrine availability in Canada and its importation into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to study ephedrine product theft.
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Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D–CA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7107-7109)
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