Summary: Drug Testing Integrity Act of 2008 - Makes it unlawful to knowingly manufacture, market, sell, ship, or otherwise provide to another individual any product with the intent to assist such individual to use such product to defraud a drug test. Defines "defraud a drug test" to mean to: (1) submit a substance that purports to be from an individual other than its actual source, or purports to have been excreted or collected other than when it was actually excreted or collected; or (2) engage in any other conduct with the intent to produce a false or misleading outcome of a test for the presence of a controlled substance. Grants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement powers as a violation of an unfair or deceptive act or practice.

drug testing integrity act makes unlawful knowingly manufacture market sell ship provide individual product intent assist individual use product defraud drug test defines defraud drug test mean submit substance purports individual actual source purports collected actually collected engage conduct intent produce false misleading outcome test presence controlled substance ftc enforcement powers violation unfair deceptive act practice


Summary: New York/New Jersey High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Expansion Act of 2008 - Designates the counties of Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence in the state of New York as high-intensity drug trafficking areas and incorporates such counties into the New York/New Jersey high-intensity drug trafficking area program administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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Summary: Methamphetamine Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the threshold requirements for imposing enhanced criminal penalties on individuals engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise involving methamphetamine.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. Trade Representative, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security should address methamphetamine controls in multilateral or bilateral negotiations with foreign countries; and (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration should collaborate with foreign law enforcement officials to combat methamphetamine trafficking into the United States.Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress on problems faced by Indian reservations relating to methamphetamine trafficking and abuse.

amends controlled substances act reduce threshold requirements imposing enhanced criminal penalties individuals engaging continuing criminal enterprise involving methamphetamine expresses sense congress secretary state attorney general secretary homeland_security address methamphetamine controls multilateral bilateral negotiations foreign countries administrator drug_enforcement_administration collaborate foreign law enforcement officials combat methamphetamine trafficking united_states requires attorney general report congress problems faced indian reservations relating methamphetamine trafficking abuse


Summary: Safe Babies Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award a grant to a national early childhood development organization to establish a National Court Teams Resource Center to: (1) promote the well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers and their families; (2) help prevent the recurrence of abuse and neglect of children; (3) promote timely reunification of families or other successful permanency outcomes for maltreated infants and toddlers in foster care; and (4) select, and provide assistance to, local Court Teams created to achieve those goals.Sets forth organization selection criteria and application requirements, including assurance that at least one qualified judge will serve as Judicial Leader of each Court Team receiving assistance.Requires the Center to: (1) develop materials to guide judges in the decision-making process regarding, and to train Court Teams in the appropriate care for, maltreated infants and toddlers; (2) develop a database to track the progress of and to evaluate such Teams; and (3) provide information to communities and courts seeking to adopt the Court Teams approach.Requires Center assistance to each Team to include: (1) direction, coordination, oversight, training, and technical assistance; and (2) providing a Local Community Coordinator to serve as a resource of child development expertise.

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Summary: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2007 or the PACT Act - Amends the Jenkins Act to revise provisions governing the collection of taxes on, and trafficking in, cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. (Sec. 2) Revises the definition of "cigarette" to include roll-your-own tobacco and to exclude cigars. Defines "delivery sale" to mean any sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to a consumer ordered by telephone, the mails, or the Internet or other online service . Redefines "person" to include state, local, and Indian tribal governments. Redefines "use" to include the consumption, storage, handling, or disposal of smokeless tobacco, in addition to cigarettes.Applies state tobacco tax reporting requirements to: (1) the sale or advertising for sale of smokeless tobacco products; (2) persons who ship or transfer cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products; and (3) the shipment of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco into a locality or Indian country that taxes the sale or use of such products. Requires sellers of tobacco products to file with the Attorney General reports filed with state tobacco tax administrators. Imposes additional information reporting requirements on such sellers, including disclosure of electronic mail addresses, website addresses, and authorized agents for service of process. Limits the use of information received from sellers of tobacco products solely for tax enforcement purposes.Expands requirements for delivery sales by requiring each delivery seller, with respect to delivery sales into a specific state and place, to: (1) comply with specified shipping and record-keeping requirements, all state, local, tribal, and other laws generally applicable to sales of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco as if such delivery sales occurred entirely within the specific state and place (including laws imposing excise taxes and licensing and tax-stamping requirements), and specified tax collection requirements; (2) include on the bill of lading for the shipping package containing cigarettes or smokeless tobacco a clear and conspicuous statement that federal law requires the payment of all applicable excise and sales taxes and compliance with applicable licensing and tax-stamping obligations; (3) comply with specified weight and age verification requirements; and (4) keep records of all delivery sales, organized by state, for four years and make such records accessible to state, local, and Indian tribe tax authorities and the Attorney General.Prohibits the delivery of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco unless the excise tax on such products has been paid and any required stamps or other indicia of payment are properly affixed to the products. Allows an exception for states that require delivery sellers to collect the tax from consumers and remit such tax to state or local tax authorities.Requires the Attorney General to compile a list of noncompliant delivery sellers of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco and to distribute such list to state attorneys general and tax administrators and common carriers and other couriers, including the U.S. Postal Service. Prohibits the delivery of any package to, or on behalf of, a noncompliant delivery seller without determining that such package does not include cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. Makes a violation of the Jenkins Act a felony (currently, a misdemeanor). Increases civil penalties for violations to the greater of $5,000 for a first violation or $10,000 for any other violation, or two percent of the gross sales of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco for the year before the violation.Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this Act and to provide injunctive or equitable relief, including money damages. Empowers the Attorney General to administer and enforce this Act. Authorizes a state attorney general, a local government, an Indian tribe that levies a tax subject to this Act, or a holder of a permit as a manufacturer or importer of tobacco products or as an export warehouse proprietor (permit holder) to bring an action in U.S. district court to prevent and restrain violations of this Act. Authorizes a state attorney general or such a local government or Indian tribe to provide to the Attorney General or a U.S. Attorney evidence of a violation of this Act by any person not subject to state, local, or tribal government enforcement actions for violations of this Act.Establishes a PACT Anti-Trafficking Fund into which 50% of criminal and civil penalties collected in enforcing this Act shall be deposited and available to the Attorney General to enforce this Act and other laws relating to contraband tobacco products.Requires the Attorney General to make information on enforcement actions publicly available (including on the Internet) and to report to Congress annually on such actions.(Sec. 3) Amends the federal criminal code to treat cigarettes and smokeless tobacco as nonmailable matter and prohibit their deposit into the U.S. mails (except for mailings to noncontiguous U.S. states). Requires the seizure and forfeiture of any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco illegally deposited into the U.S. mails. Establishes in the Treasury the PACT Postal Service Fund to hold criminal and civil fines for mailing violations. Makes 50% of such fines available to the Postmaster General to enforce mailing restrictions on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.(Sec. 4) Prohibits a tobacco product manufacturer or importer from selling in, delivering to, or placing for delivery sale in a state that is a party to the Master Settlement Agreement (executed November 23, 1998, by state attorneys general and certain tobacco manufacturers) any cigarette of such a manufacturer that is not in full compliance with the terms of the Model Statute or Qualifying Statute enacted by such state. Grants: (1) U.S. district courts jurisdiction to prevent and restrain prohibited sales; and (2) the Attorney General authority to administer and enforce compliance with restrictions on such sales.(Sec. 5) Authorizes any officer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to inspect the premises and records of sellers of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco who transfer more than 10,000 cigarettes or more than 500 single-unit consumer-sized cans or packages of smokeless tobacco within a single month. Grants authority to U.S. district courts to compel inspections. Imposes civil fines for refusal to permit ATF inspections of records or tobacco products.(Sec. 6) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, amend, or modify specified agreements or limitations relating to the collection of taxes on, and related matters regarding, cigarettes or smokeless tobacco sold in Indian country or to inhibit the coordination of law enforcement by states or other jurisdictions, including Indian tribes, with respect to interstate sales or seizures of tobacco products. (Sec. 7) Makes provisions of this Act effective 90 days after enactment, except for provisions relating to ATF authority, which are effective immediately.

prevent cigarette trafficking act pact act amends act revise provisions governing collection taxes trafficking cigarettes smokeless tobacco sec revises definition cigarette include roll tobacco exclude cigars defines delivery sale mean sale cigarettes smokeless tobacco consumer ordered telephone mails internet online service redefines person include state local indian tribal governments redefines use include consumption storage handling disposal smokeless tobacco addition cigarettes applies state tobacco tax reporting requirements sale advertising sale smokeless tobacco products persons ship transfer cigarettes smokeless tobacco products shipment cigarettes smokeless tobacco locality indian country taxes sale use products requires sellers tobacco products file attorney general reports filed state tobacco tax administrators imposes additional information reporting requirements sellers including disclosure electronic mail addresses website addresses authorized agents service process limits use information received sellers tobacco products solely tax enforcement purposes expands requirements delivery sales requiring delivery seller respect delivery sales specific state place comply specified shipping record keeping requirements state local tribal laws generally applicable sales cigarettes smokeless tobacco delivery sales occurred entirely specific state place including laws imposing excise taxes licensing tax requirements specified tax collection requirements include bill shipping package containing cigarettes smokeless tobacco clear conspicuous statement federal law requires payment applicable excise sales taxes compliance applicable licensing tax obligations comply specified weight age verification requirements records delivery sales organized state years records accessible state local indian tribe tax authorities attorney general prohibits delivery cigarettes smokeless tobacco excise tax products paid required stamps indicia payment properly affixed products allows exception states require delivery sellers collect tax consumers remit tax state local tax authorities requires attorney general compile list noncompliant delivery sellers cigarettes smokeless tobacco distribute list state attorneys general tax administrators common carriers including prohibits delivery package behalf noncompliant delivery seller determining package include cigarettes smokeless tobacco makes violation act felony currently misdemeanor increases civil penalties violations greater violation violation percent gross sales cigarettes smokeless tobacco year violation grants district courts jurisdiction prevent restrain violations act provide injunctive equitable relief including money damages empowers attorney general administer enforce act authorizes state attorney general local government indian tribe levies tax subject act holder permit manufacturer importer tobacco products export warehouse permit holder bring action district court prevent restrain violations act authorizes state attorney general local government indian tribe provide attorney general attorney evidence violation act person subject state local tribal government enforcement actions violations act establishes pact anti trafficking fund criminal civil penalties collected enforcing act shall deposited available attorney general enforce act laws relating contraband tobacco products requires attorney general information enforcement actions publicly available including internet report congress annually amends federal criminal code treat cigarettes smokeless tobacco nonmailable matter prohibit deposit mails mailings noncontiguous states requires seizure forfeiture cigarettes smokeless tobacco illegally deposited mails establishes treasury hold criminal civil fines mailing violations makes fines available postmaster general enforce mailing restrictions cigarettes smokeless tobacco prohibits tobacco product manufacturer importer selling delivering placing delivery sale state party master settlement agreement executed november state attorneys general certain tobacco manufacturers cigarette manufacturer compliance terms enacted state grants district courts jurisdiction prevent restrain prohibited sales attorney general authority administer enforce compliance restrictions authorizes officer explosives atf inspect premises records sellers cigarettes smokeless tobacco transfer cigarettes single unit consumer sized packages smokeless tobacco single month grants authority district courts compel inspections imposes civil fines refusal permit atf inspections records tobacco declares act shall construed affect amend modify specified agreements limitations relating collection taxes related matters cigarettes smokeless tobacco sold indian country inhibit coordination law enforcement states jurisdictions including indian tribes respect interstate sales seizures tobacco products sec makes provisions act effective days enactment provisions relating atf authority effective immediately


Summary: Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act of 2008 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make it unlawful for any adult (at least 18 years of age) to knowingly and intentionally manufacture, create, distribute, or dispense, or to possess with such intent, a Schedule I or II controlled substance that is: (1) combined with a candy product; (2) marketed or packaged to appear similar to a candy product; or (3) modified by flavoring or coloring with the intent to distribute, dispense, or sell it to a person under 21 years of age. Imposes enhanced criminal penalties and a one-year minimum sentence for violations. Exempts any controlled substance that has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the drug approval process or that has been altered at the direction of a medical practitioner for a legitimate medical purpose.

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Summary: Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to expand written and electronic logbook requirements applicable to sellers and purchasers of listed chemicals (e.g., legal substances used in the production of methamphetamine). Requires retail sellers of listed chemicals to use an electronic logbook or a bound paper book to obtain required information (i.e., name and address of purchaser, date and time of sale, and quantity sold) for sales of listed chemicals. Requires an electronic logbook to capture signatures in an electronic format. Requires a bound paper book to include: (1) a clear line for the purchaser's signature; and (2) a sticker affixed to the book at the time of sale which displays the name of each product sold, the quantity sold, the name and address of the purchaser, and the date and time of the sale or a unique identifier that can be linked to electronic or written information. Requires sellers and purchasers of listed chemicals to verify the accuracy of information entered into an electronic logbook or bound paper book.Requires sellers of listed chemicals to maintain entries in written logbooks or electronic formats for not fewer than two years.

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Summary: Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to to decrease mandatory minimum sentencing thresholds for powder cocaine and increase such thresholds for crack cocaine. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines to: (1) reflect changes to mandatory minimum sentences made by this Act; (2) provide increased sentences for defendants who use violence or weapons in the course of a drug trafficking offense or who play an active role in the commission of such offenses; and (3) limit sentencing for defendants who play a lesser role in the commission of drug offenses and who receive little or no compensation from their crime. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to carry out a pilot program for home detention of nonviolent prisoners age 65 or older.

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Summary: Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use. Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested. Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.

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Summary: Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to grant U.S. courts additional extraterritorial jurisdiction over criminal offenses involving peonage, slavery, sales of persons into involuntary servitude, forced labor, trafficking in persons, and sex trafficking of children if: (1) the alleged offender is a national or permanent resident of the United States; or (2) the alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of such offender. Prohibits U.S. prosecution of an alleged trafficking offender who is prosecuted by a foreign government whose jurisdiction is recognized by the United States, except upon the approval of the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General.

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Summary: Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the amount of a controlled substance or mixture containing a cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine) required for the imposition of mandatory minimum prison terms for crack cocaine trafficking to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.Eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum prison term for first-time possession of crack cocaine. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend, if appropriate, its sentencing guidelines for trafficking in a controlled substance to reflect the use of a dangerous weapon or violence in such crime and the culpability and the role of the defendant in such crime, taking into account certain aggravating and mitigating factors. Directs the Attorney General to make grants to improve drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to establish demonstration programs to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs by substance abusers while incarcerated and until the completion of parole or court supervision. Increases monetary penalties for drug trafficking and for the importation and exportation of controlled substances. Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of Justice, the Treasury, and Homeland Security for FY2008-FY2009 for the prosecution of, and for supporting the prosecution of, high-level drug offenses.

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Summary: Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require all regulated retail sellers of certain listed chemical products used to make methamphetamine to submit self-certifications of compliance with the requirements of such Act to the Attorney General.Requires the Attorney General to develop a list of all self-certified individuals and make it publicly available on the website of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Prohibits distributors of listed chemical products from selling such products to individuals not currently registered with the DEA. Impose civil penalties for negligent failure to self-certify as required by this Act.

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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.

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Summary: Methamphetamine Kingpin Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to expand the threshold criteria for designating an individual as a principal administrator, organizer, or leader of a continuing criminal enterprise involving methamphetamine. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the mandatory minimum prison terms for trafficking in methamphetamine. Requires the Attorney General to establish methamphetamine task forces, consisting of federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities, to coordinate efforts to combat methamphetamine trafficking.

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Summary: Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) to expand resources for the Project Gunrunner initiative of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to identify, investigate, and prosecute firearms trafficking across the U.S.- Mexico border; and (2) provide ATF agents, equipment, and training to assist Mexican law enforcement officers in combating firearms trafficking and other criminal enterprises.

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Summary: Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 15 years for the intentional operation of, or for embarking in, any submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality (as defined by federal law) and that is navigating or has navigated into, through, or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country with the intent to evade detection.Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend or promulgate sentencing guidelines to provide adequate penalties for such offense.

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Summary: Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 15 years for knowingly operating or embarking in any submersible or semisubmersible vessel that is without nationality and that is navigating in, or has navigated into, through, or from, waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country, with the intent to evade detection. Grants extraterritorial federal jurisdiction over violations of this Act.Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Act that a vessel operated at the time of a violation was: (1) a vessel of the Untied States or lawfully registered in a foreign nation; (2) classed by and designated in accordance with the rules of a classification society; (3) lawfully operated in a government-regulated or licensed activity; or (4) equipped with and using an operable automatic identification system, vessel monitoring system, or a long range identification and tracking system. Specifies the documents required to conclusively prove an affirmative defense. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend existing guidelines to provide adequate penalties for violations of this Act.

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Summary: Health Impact Assessments Act of 2008 or the HIA Act of 2008 - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to determine the best practices, standardized tools, and models for using health impact assessments as a method to promote health and reduce health disparities through social policy, land use, the built environment, and other public policies and projects.Requires the Comptroller General to review: (1) the positive and negative health consequences of federal policies and programs; and (2) how to consider health impact assessments for any federal, state, local project that involves federal funding or work performed by the federal government.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award a grant to an institution of higher education to: (1) provide for expertise on health impact assessment to states, local health departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and local planning departments; (2) collect and disseminate best practices and provide technical assistance and training about the scope and uses of health impact assessments related to community planning and policy making; (3) develop necessary data and evidence to inform health impact assessments and land use and community design and other broad policy decisions; and (4) carry out a demonstration project to establish and implement effective processes and models for designing and administering health impact assessments.Requires the Director to expand CDC's capacity to promote the health impact assessment processes, including by developing guidance for assessing the public participation and potential health effects of social policy decisions.

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Summary: Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine, with regard to trafficking, possession, importation, and exportation of such substances, by changing the applicable amounts for powder cocaine to those currently applicable to crack cocaine.

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Summary: No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2009 - Prohibits a state from receiving for a fiscal year any drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, or any amount from any other law enforcement assistance program of the Department of Justice, unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or the state has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the facts that a drug offense was committed and that the person committed that offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer (officer) or individuals acting on an officer's behalf; and (2) an officer does not participate in a antidrug task force unless that officer's honesty and integrity is evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level. Requires states receiving federal funds under this Act to collect data on the racial distribution of drug charges, the nature of the criminal law specified in the charges, and the jurisdictions in which such charges are made.

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Summary: Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the amount of a controlled substance or mixture containing a cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine) required for the imposition of mandatory minimum prison terms for crack cocaine trafficking to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.Eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum prison term for first-time possession of crack cocaine. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend, if appropriate, its sentencing guidelines for trafficking in a controlled substance to reflect the use of a dangerous weapon or violence in such crime and the culpability and the role of the defendant in such crime, taking into account certain aggravating and mitigating factors. Directs the Attorney General to make grants to improve drug treatment to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to establish demonstration programs to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs by substance abusers while incarcerated and until the completion of parole or court supervision. Increases monetary penalties for drug trafficking and for the importation and exportation of controlled substances. Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of Justice (DOJ), the Treasury, and Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2009-FY2010 for the prosecution of, and for supporting the prosecution of, high-level drug offenses.

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Summary: Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of "marihuana." Defines "industrial hemp" to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Grants a state regulating the growing and processing of industrial hemp exclusive authority, in any criminal or civil action or administrative proceeding, to determine whether any such plant meets that concentration limit.

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Summary: Southwest Border Narcotics Reduction Act of 2009 - Designates the counties of Apache, Gila, Coconino, Yavapai, Navajo, Graham, and Greenlee in Arizona as high-intensity drug trafficking areas and makes such counties part of the Southwest Border high-intensity drug trafficking area under the program administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

designates counties apache gila coconino navajo arizona high intensity drug trafficking areas makes counties southwest_border high intensity drug trafficking area program administered office_of_national_drug_control_policy


Summary: Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to provide to a state on a U.S. border up to 500 additional U.S. Border Patrol agents, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents to patrol and defend the border, combat drug trafficking, and combat smuggling of firearms, explosives, alcohol, and tobacco if the state's governor declares an international border security emergency and requests such agents. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) increase the number of U.S. Border Patrol helicopters and power boats; (2) establish a fleet of motor vehicles appropriate for use by the Border Patrol; (3) equip such motor vehicles with portable computers with access to law enforcement databases; (4) augment existing radio communication systems in areas in which the Border Patrol operates; and (5) provide Border Patrol agents with global positioning system devices, night vision equipment, high-quality body armor, reliable and effective weapons, and uniforms. Establishes the ATF, DEA, and Border Patrol Task Force to monitor and report to Congress and the President on the trade and sale of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives along U.S. borders. Authorizes the Attorney General to make border security grants to sheriffs' offices and police departments in counties within 25 miles of the southern U.S. border.

border_security cooperation act drug war prevention act authorizes secretary homeland_security attorney general provide state border additional agents drug_enforcement_administration dea agents explosives atf agents patrol defend border combat drug trafficking combat smuggling firearms explosives alcohol tobacco state governor declares international border security emergency requests agents directs secretary homeland_security increase number helicopters power boats establish fleet motor vehicles appropriate use border_patrol equip motor vehicles portable computers access law enforcement databases augment existing radio communication systems areas border patrol operates provide border_patrol agents global positioning system devices night vision equipment high quality body armor reliable effective weapons uniforms establishes atf dea monitor report congress president trade sale drugs alcohol tobacco firearms explosives borders authorizes attorney general border security grants sheriffs offices police departments counties miles southern border


Summary: Border Sovereignty and Protection Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require that: (1) at least 350 miles of fencing along the southwest border be two layers of reinforced fencing separated by a Border Patrol access road; (2) such work shall be completed within one year of enactment of this Act; and (3) fencing existing as of April 1, 2009, shall not be considered in meeting the mileage requirement. Gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) full authority, concurrent with that of the Department of Justice, to investigate violations of the Controlled Substances Act or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. Amends the federal criminal code to provide for a fine and/or at least 15 years imprisonment for firearms smuggling in connection with a crime of violence or drug trafficking. Makes a state or local subdivision ineligible for state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding if such state or subdivision: (1) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure prohibiting or restricting communication with the Immigration and Naturalization Service or other government entity regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status; or (2) prohibits state or local law enforcement officials from gathering information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status. Sets forth provisions regarding the expedited removal of: (1) inadmissible arriving aliens; and (2) criminal aliens. Makes the basic pilot employment verification (E-Verify) program permanent. Sets forth the following E-Verify compliance schedule: (1) one year from enactment of this Act for federal agencies, federal contractors, and employers of more than 250 persons; (2) two years from enactment for employers of 100 or more persons; (3) three years from enactment for employers of 30 or more persons; and (4) four years from enactment for all employers.

protection act amends illegal immigration reform immigrant responsibility act require miles fencing southwest border layers reinforced fencing separated border patrol access road work shall completed year enactment act fencing existing april shall considered meeting mileage requirement dhs authority concurrent department_of_justice investigate violations controlled substances act controlled_substances_import_and_export_act amends federal criminal code provide fine years imprisonment firearms smuggling connection crime violence drug trafficking makes state local subdivision ineligible state criminal alien assistance program scaap funding state subdivision effect law policy procedure prohibiting restricting communication immigration_and_naturalization_service government entity individual citizenship immigration status prohibits state local law enforcement officials gathering information individual citizenship immigration status sets forth provisions expedited removal inadmissible arriving aliens criminal aliens makes basic pilot employment verification verify program permanent sets forth following verify compliance schedule year enactment act federal agencies federal contractors employers persons years enactment employers persons years enactment employers persons years enactment employers


Summary: Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, which shall: (1) review and evaluate U.S. policy regarding illicit drug supply reduction and interdiction, with particular emphasis on international drug policies and programs directed toward the countries of the Western Hemisphere; (2) review and evaluate foreign and domestic demand reduction policies and programs; and (3) identify policy and program options to improve existing international and domestic counternarcotics policy. Sets forth Commission duties. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of the report required under this Act.

act establishes shall review evaluate policy illicit drug supply reduction interdiction particular emphasis international drug policies programs directed countries western_hemisphere review evaluate foreign domestic demand reduction policies programs identify policy program options improve existing international domestic counternarcotics policy sets forth commission duties authorizes appropriations terminates commission days submission report required act


Summary: Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate specified mandatory minimum penalties relating to the trafficking in, and possession, importation, or distribution of, crack cocaine.

amends controlled substances act controlled_substances_import_and_export_act eliminate specified mandatory minimum penalties relating trafficking possession importation distribution crack cocaine


Summary: Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase prison terms or impose mandatory minimum prison terms for: (1) manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large amounts of heroin, marihuana, or methamphetamine; (2) importing or exporting such drugs; (3) manufacturing or cultivating a controlled substance on federal property; (4) using hazardous substances on federal land in connection with illegal drug activities; (5) possessing a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; (6) committing a crime of violence during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; (7) engaging in a dangerous drug trafficking organization; (8) distributing controlled substances to persons under age 21 or to a pregnant person; (9) distributing controlled substances in or near schools; and (10) employing or involving persons under age 18 in illegal drug activities. Directs the Attorney General to develop a National Drug Trafficking Enforcement Strategy.

drug trafficking elimination act amends controlled substances act controlled_substances_import_and_export_act increase prison terms impose mandatory minimum prison terms manufacturing distributing dispensing possessing certain large amounts heroin marihuana methamphetamine importing exporting drugs manufacturing cultivating controlled substance federal property hazardous substances federal land connection illegal drug activities possessing listed chemical intent manufacture controlled substance committing crime violence relation drug trafficking crime engaging dangerous drug trafficking organization distributing controlled substances persons age pregnant person distributing controlled substances near schools employing involving persons age illegal drug activities directs attorney general develop


Summary: Amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the definition of "dispense" to include the delivery of a controlled substance through the use of an intrathecal pump by a practitioner acting in the usual course of professional practice.

amends controlled substances act revise definition dispense include delivery controlled substance use pump practitioner acting usual course professional practice


Summary: Safe Cities Act of 2009 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to designate a Violent and Drug Crime Zone (i.e., a metropolitan area with a higher than average rate of homicides, violent felonies, sex offenses, and drug and gang-related crimes) in each state; (2) establish a drug and violent crime intervention team and a Safe Cities Task Force in each Zone, consisting of state and local law enforcement officials, to coordinate the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of criminal activity; (3) require the use of grant funds under such Act to increase the number of prosecutors available to work with drug and violent crime intervention teams; and (4) require the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to states to establish and maintain a state-wide database to track criminals, arrests, prosecutions, and convictions.

safe cities act amends violent_crime_control_and_law_enforcement_act authorize attorney general designate violent drug crime zone metropolitan area higher average rate violent felonies sex offenses drug gang related crimes state establish drug violent crime intervention team safe cities task force zone consisting state local law enforcement officials coordinate investigation apprehension prosecution criminal activity require use grant funds act increase number prosecutors available work drug violent crime intervention teams require office_of_justice_programs_of_the_department_of_justice doj award grants states establish maintain state wide database track criminals arrests prosecutions convictions


Summary: Cross Border Reservation Drug Trafficking Sentence Enhancement Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose a fine and/or 10-year prison term (to be served consecutively to any other sentence for a violation of such Act) on anyone who knowingly or intentionally traffics in a controlled substance within a federal or state Indian reservation that borders or traverses any portion of the U.S. international border.

amends controlled_substances_import_and_export_act impose fine year prison term served sentence violation act knowingly intentionally controlled substance federal state indian reservation borders portion international border


Summary: Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy, not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act and every two years thereafter, to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy.  Requires such Strategy to: (1) set forth the strategy of the federal government for preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the international border between the United States and Canada, including through and between ports of entry; (2) state the specific roles and responsibilities of each relevant National Drug Control Program agency for implementing the strategy; (3) identify the specific resources required to enable the relevant agencies to implement the strategy; (4) reflect the unique nature of small communities along the border, ongoing cooperation and coordination with Canadian law enforcement authorities, and variations in the volumes of vehicles and pedestrians crossing through ports of entry along the border; and (5) include a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of drugs to or through Indian reservations on or near the border.

strategy act amends office_of_national_drug_control_policy_reauthorization_act require director national_drug_control_policy later days enactment act years develop submit specified congressional committees requires strategy set forth strategy federal government preventing illegal trafficking drugs international border united_states canada including ports entry state specific roles responsibilities relevant agency implementing strategy identify specific resources required enable relevant agencies implement strategy reflect unique nature small communities border ongoing cooperation coordination canadian law enforcement authorities variations volumes vehicles pedestrians crossing ports entry border include strategy end illegal trafficking drugs indian reservations near border


Summary: Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that anyone who enters into a conspiracy within the United States to possess or traffic in controlled substances outside the United States, or aids or abets such offenses, shall be subject to the same penalties for conspiracy as if the criminal acts resulting from such conspiracy took place within the United States.

drug trafficking safe harbor elimination act amends controlled substances act provide enters conspiracy united_states possess traffic controlled substances outside united_states aids abets offenses shall subject penalties conspiracy criminal acts resulting conspiracy took place united_states


Summary: Federal Lands Counterdrug Strategy and Enforcement Enhancement Act - Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to develop and submit to Congress a Federal Lands Counterdrug Strategy. Sets forth specific Strategy requirements. Requires the separate presentation to Congress of any content of the Strategy that involves classified information or whose public disclosure would be detrimental to the law enforcement or national security activities of federal, state, or tribal agencies. Revises penalties for: (1) the cultivation or manufacture of controlled substances on federal property; (2) the use of hazardous substances on federal land; (3) placing a boobytrap on federal property where a controlled substance is being manufactured or distributed; and (4) the use or possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime on federal land. Sets forth penalties for an unauthorized diversion of water or an unauthorized removal of vegetation on federal land in order to knowingly manufacture or cultivate a controlled substance.

enhancement act requires director national_drug_control_policy develop submit sets forth specific strategy requirements requires separate presentation congress content strategy involves classified information public disclosure detrimental law enforcement national security activities federal state tribal agencies revises penalties cultivation manufacture controlled substances federal property use hazardous substances federal land placing federal property controlled substance manufactured distributed use possession firearm connection drug trafficking crime federal land sets forth penalties unauthorized diversion water unauthorized removal vegetation federal land order knowingly manufacture controlled substance


Summary: Methamphetamine Prevention Campaign Grant Program Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make one-year matching grants to states, local governments, or private nonprofit organizations (eligible entities) to establish a methamphetamine prevention campaign which shall be aimed at teenagers. Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) produce and develop television, radio, Internet, and print advertisements and educational materials; (2) provide for community outreach to motivate community involvement in methamphetamine education; (3) produce a benchmark survey and periodic studies of attitudes and behaviors related to methamphetamine; and (4) conduct qualitative research to assist in the development and testing of the messaging of a methamphetamine prevention campaign and the effectiveness of methamphetamine education. Requires the Attorney General to give priority in making grants to eligible entities that: (1) are addressing widespread methamphetamine use or an emerging threat of such use; (2) have dedicated personnel to oversee a methamphetamine prevention campaign; and (3) demonstrate an ability to provide quality-tested television and print copy for advertising and educational purposes.

authorizes attorney general year matching grants states local governments private nonprofit organizations eligible entities establish methamphetamine prevention campaign shall aimed authorizes use grant funds produce develop television radio internet print advertisements educational materials provide community outreach motivate community involvement methamphetamine education produce benchmark survey periodic studies attitudes behaviors related methamphetamine conduct qualitative research assist development testing messaging methamphetamine prevention campaign effectiveness methamphetamine education requires attorney general priority making grants eligible entities addressing widespread methamphetamine use emerging threat use dedicated personnel oversee methamphetamine prevention campaign demonstrate ability provide quality tested television print copy advertising educational purposes


Summary: Trafficking in Organs Victims Protection Act - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) end the offensive practice of exploiting the poor and vulnerable for the purpose of harvesting and trafficking their organs; and (2) combat criminal trade in human organs. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) include in the annual country reports on human rights practices information on post-operative and rehabilitation care for victims of trafficking in human organs; and (2) make assistance available for the elimination of trafficking in human organs. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to include in the definition of "coercion" exploitation of a person through the promise of payments or benefits in order to compel or entice the person to consent to the removal of one or more of the person's organs for a transplant operation in a manner contrary to certain World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Defines: (1) "trafficking in human organs" as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of a person by coercion or abduction for the purpose of removing one or more of the person's organs, and the illicit transportation and transplantation of those organs in one or more other persons for profit or any other purpose; and (2) "organ" as the human (including fetal) kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone, and skin or any subpart thereof, and any other human organ or subpart (including that derived from a fetus) specified by the President. Includes in the definition of "severe forms of trafficking in persons" trafficking in human organs. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to prohibit the issuance of a passport to, and revoke a previously issued passport from, a person convicted of trafficking in human organs who used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing such offense. Authorizes the President to exercise specified authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in connection with: (1) the export of anti-rejection human organ transplant drugs to countries identified as the largest source of illegally trafficked human organs or the largest recipients of illegally trafficked human organs; or (2) the travel abroad by U.S. citizens to participate in any activity relating to human organ trafficking.

trafficking organs victims protection shall policy end offensive practice poor vulnerable purpose harvesting trafficking organs combat criminal trade human organs amends foreign assistance act include annual country reports human rights practices information post operative rehabilitation care victims trafficking human organs assistance available elimination trafficking human organs amends trafficking_victims_protection_act include definition coercion exploitation person promise payments benefits order compel person consent removal person organs transplant operation manner contrary certain standards defines trafficking human organs recruitment transportation transfer harboring receipt person coercion abduction purpose removing person organs illicit transportation transplantation organs persons profit purpose organ human including fetal kidney liver heart lung bone marrow eye bone skin subpart thereof human organ subpart including derived fetus specified president includes definition severe forms trafficking persons trafficking human organs amends state_department basic authorities act prohibit issuance passport revoke previously issued passport person convicted trafficking human organs passport international border committing offense authorizes president exercise specified authorities international_emergency_economic_powers_act connection export anti rejection human organ transplant drugs countries identified largest source illegally trafficked human organs largest recipients illegally trafficked human organs travel abroad citizens participate activity relating human organ trafficking


Summary: Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2010 - Provides for the retroactive application of the penalty amendments of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to cocaine base offenses committed prior to the enactment of such Act. Authorizes a court to reduce the term of imprisonment consistent with the amendments made by such Act for a person convicted of  the crime of possession of a substance which contains cocaine base committed before August 3, 2010.

fair sentencing clarification act provides retroactive application penalty amendments fair sentencing act cocaine base offenses committed prior enactment act authorizes court reduce term imprisonment consistent amendments act person convicted crime possession substance contains cocaine base committed august


Summary: Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require all regulated retail sellers of certain listed chemical products used to make methamphetamine to submit self-certifications of compliance with the requirements of such Act to the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to develop a list of all self-certified individuals and make it publicly available on the website of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Prohibits distributors of listed chemical products from selling such products to individuals not currently registered with the DEA. Impose civil penalties for negligent failure to self-certify as required by this Act.

enhancement act amends controlled substances act require regulated retail sellers certain listed chemical products methamphetamine submit self certifications compliance requirements act attorney general requires attorney general develop list self certified individuals publicly available website drug_enforcement_administration dea prohibits distributors listed chemical products selling products individuals currently registered dea impose civil penalties negligent failure self certify required act


Summary: Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make it unlawful for any adult (at least 18 years of age) to knowingly or intentionally manufacture or create, with intent to manufacture, create, distribute, or dispense, a Schedule I or II controlled substance that is: (1) combined with a candy product; (2) marketed or packaged to appear similar to a candy product; or (3) modified by flavoring or coloring with the intent to distribute, dispense, or sell it to a person under 18 years of age. Imposes enhanced criminal penalties for violations. Exempts any controlled substance that has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the drug approval process or that has been altered at the direction of a medical practitioner for a legitimate medical purpose. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend its sentencing guidelines and policy statements to reflect the enhanced penalties provided by this Act.

saving kids dangerous drugs act amends controlled substances act unlawful adult years age knowingly intentionally manufacture create intent manufacture create distribute dispense schedule controlled substance combined candy product marketed packaged appear similar candy product modified flavoring coloring intent distribute dispense sell person years age imposes enhanced criminal penalties violations exempts controlled substance approved secretary health_and_human_services drug approval process altered direction medical practitioner legitimate medical purpose directs united_states_sentencing_commission review amend sentencing guidelines policy statements reflect enhanced penalties provided act


Summary: Dehydroepiandrosterone Abuse Reduction Act of 2009- Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose civil penalties for knowingly selling, causing another to sell, or conspiring to sell a product containing dehydroepiandrosterone to an individual under the age of 18 years, including any such sale using the Internet.

abuse reduction act amends controlled substances act impose civil penalties knowingly selling causing sell conspiring sell product containing individual age years including sale internet


Summary: Methadone Treatment and Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) direct the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states and nonprofit community organizations to distribute culturally sensitive educational materials about the dangers of opioid abuse, including methadone abuse; (2) establish a Controlled Substances Clinical Standards Commission to develop safe dosing standards for all forms of methadone, benchmark standards for the reduction of methadone abuse, appropriate conversion factors when transitioning patients from one opioid to another, guidelines for initiating pain management with methadone, and patient and practitioner education standards; (3) increase funding for the controlled substance monitoring program; and (4) require the completion of a Model Opioid Treatment Program Mortality Report and the establishment of a National Opioid Death Registry. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) set forth training requirements for health care practitioners registered to prescribe or dispense methadone or other opioids; and (2) require opioid treatment clinics to make acceptable arrangements for the distribution of methadone to patients restricted from taking home doses when the clinic is closed. Prohibits the writing of prescriptions or dispensing of a 40-mg diskette of methadone unless such prescription or dispensation is consistent with current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) methadone policy.

amends public_health_service_act direct administrator substance_abuse_and_mental_health_services_administration department_of_health_and_human_services hhs award grants states nonprofit community organizations distribute culturally sensitive educational materials dangers opioid abuse including abuse establish controlled substances clinical standards commission develop safe dosing standards forms benchmark standards reduction abuse appropriate conversion factors transitioning patients opioid guidelines initiating pain management patient practitioner education standards increase funding controlled substance monitoring program require completion establishment amends controlled substances act set forth training requirements health care practitioners registered prescribe dispense opioids require opioid treatment clinics acceptable arrangements distribution patients restricted taking home doses clinic closed prohibits writing prescriptions dispensing prescription dispensation consistent current drug_enforcement_administration dea policy


Summary: New York/New Jersey High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Expansion Act of 2009 - Designates the counties of Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence in the state of New York as high-intensity drug trafficking areas and incorporates such counties into the New York/New Jersey high-intensity drug trafficking area program administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

new_york new_jersey high intensity drug trafficking area expansion act designates counties clinton franklin jefferson state new_york high intensity drug trafficking areas incorporates counties new_york new_jersey high intensity drug trafficking area program administered office_of_national_drug_control_policy


Summary: Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an ultimate user who has lawfully obtained a controlled substance to deliver that substance to another person, without being registered, for the purpose of disposal if: (1) the person receiving the substance is authorized to engage in such activity; and (2) the disposal takes place in accordance with regulations issued by the Attorney General to prevent diversion of controlled substances. Permits the Attorney General to authorize long-term care facilities to dispose of controlled substances on behalf of ultimate users in a manner that will provide effective controls against diversion and that is consistent with public health and safety.

secure responsible drug disposal act amends controlled substances act allow ultimate user lawfully obtained controlled substance deliver substance person registered purpose disposal person receiving substance authorized engage activity disposal takes place accordance regulations issued attorney general prevent diversion controlled substances permits attorney general authorize long term care facilities dispose controlled substances behalf ultimate users manner provide effective controls diversion consistent public health safety


Summary: Dextromethorphan Abuse Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit sales of products containing dextromethorphan (including cough medicines) to individuals under age 18, including sales using the Internet, and to impose civil penalties for such sales. Directs the Director of National Drug Control Policy to provide grants to certain nonprofit drug prevention entities, including the National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute, for antidrug educational campaigns aimed at individuals under age 18 and for assistance to community antidrug coalitions to prevent abuse of prescription and nonprescription drugs (including dextromethorphan). Directs the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to implement comprehensive community-wide strategies for preventing abuse of prescription and nonprescription drugs (including dextromethorphan).

amends controlled substances act prohibit sales products containing dextromethorphan including medicines individuals age including sales internet impose civil penalties sales directs director national_drug_control_policy provide grants certain nonprofit drug prevention entities including antidrug educational campaigns aimed individuals age assistance community antidrug coalitions prevent abuse prescription nonprescription drugs including dextromethorphan directs administrator hhs grants implement comprehensive community wide strategies preventing abuse prescription nonprescription drugs including dextromethorphan


Summary: Cross Border Reservation Drug Trafficking Sentence Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose a fine and/or 10-year prison term (to be served consecutively to any other sentence for a violation of such Act) on anyone who knowingly or intentionally traffics in a controlled substance within a federal or state Indian reservation that borders or traverses any portion of the U.S. international border.


Summary: Drug Free Communities Enhancement Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to make enhancement grants to eligible entities to implement comprehensive community-wide strategies that address emerging local drug issues or local drug crises within the areas served by such entities. Defines "eligible entity" as an organization that is a recipient of a grant under the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 and that, using local data, has documented rates of use and abuse for such an issue or crisis that are above the national average and that continue over a sustained period. Requires enhancement grants to be used to implement comprehensive, community-wide prevention strategies to address such an issue or crisis and to obtain specialized training and technical assistance. Limits such grants to a four-year period and to a maximum annual amount of $75,000. Requires the Director to: (1) rescind such grants for intentional violations of grant conditions or for fraud; and (2) report to the Judiciary Committees of Congress by December 31 of each year on grants awarded. Requires eligible entities to report annually to the Director on multi-sector plans for addressing an emerging local drug issue or local drug crisis and on grants they have received under this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct annual audits, beginning in FY2011, of at least 10% of grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.

drug free communities enhancement act authorizes director office_of_national_drug_control_policy enhancement grants eligible entities implement comprehensive community wide strategies address emerging local drug issues local drug crises areas served entities defines eligible entity organization recipient grant national narcotics leadership act local data documented rates use abuse issue crisis national average continue sustained period requires enhancement grants implement comprehensive community wide prevention strategies address issue crisis obtain specialized training technical assistance limits grants year period maximum annual requires director rescind grants intentional violations grant conditions fraud report judiciary_committees congress december year grants awarded requires eligible entities report annually director multi sector plans addressing emerging local drug issue local drug crisis grants received act requires comptroller general conduct annual audits beginning fy2011 grant recipients authorizes appropriations fy2011 fy2015


Summary: Counternarcotics and Citizen Security for the Americas Act of 2010 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include a report on interagency counternarcotics strategy for the region of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean (Region) in the President's annual international narcotics control strategy report to Congress. Directs the President to ensure coordination of counternarcotics programs among relevant agencies, including: (1) the Department of State; (2) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ); (4) the Department of Defense (DOD); (5) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (6) the intelligence community. Prohibits any U.S. government international counternarcotics or anti-crime foreign assistance-related activity from being implemented without the Secretary of State's approval, under the direction of the President. Requires federal assistance through current counternarcotics programs to be provided in the Region for: (1) operational, intelligence, and forensic support; and (2) capacity- and institution-building. Requires that U.S. Armed Forces, law enforcement, and civilian contractor personnel employed by the United States comply with specified requirements under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding participation in foreign police actions. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) permit a U.S. officer or employee to make a foreign arrest as part of a foreign police narcotics control action conducted in connection with a declared contingency operation if the foreign country agrees to the waiver and such waiver has been approved by the Secretary; and (2) make aircraft available to foreign countries for emergency rescue and humanitarian operations on a case-by-case basis upon Chief of Mission approval. Directs the President to take steps to ensure the immediate U.S return of any helicopter procured with U.S. funds that is used to aid any terrorist, illegal self-defense group, paramilitary organization, or guerrilla organization in Colombia. Directs the Secretary to monitor the environmental and health effects of counternarcotics herbicide use in the Region. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the use of contractors in recipient countries.

counternarcotics americas act amends foreign assistance act include report interagency counternarcotics strategy region mexico central south america caribbean region president annual international narcotics control strategy report congress directs president ensure coordination counternarcotics programs relevant agencies including department_of_state united_states_agency international_development usaid department_of_justice doj department_of_defense dod department_of_homeland_security dhs intelligence community prohibits government international counternarcotics anti crime foreign assistance related activity implemented secretary state approval direction president requires federal assistance current counternarcotics programs provided region operational intelligence forensic support institution building requires law enforcement civilian contractor personnel employed united_states comply specified requirements foreign assistance act participation foreign police actions amends foreign assistance act permit officer employee foreign arrest foreign police narcotics control action conducted connection declared contingency operation foreign country agrees waiver waiver approved secretary aircraft available foreign countries emergency rescue humanitarian operations case case basis chief mission approval directs president steps ensure immediate return helicopter procured funds aid terrorist illegal self defense group paramilitary organization organization colombia directs secretary monitor environmental health effects counternarcotics herbicide use region expresses sense congress use contractors recipient countries


Summary: Meth Project Prevention Campaign Grant Program Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, to make matching grants to states, units of local government, or private nonprofit organizations to establish the Meth Project Prevention Campaign, which shall be aimed at teenagers. Authorizes the use of grant funds for: (1) television, radio, Internet, and print advertisements and educational materials; (2) community outreach to motivate community involvement in methamphetamine education; (3) a benchmark survey and periodic studies of attitudes and behaviors related to methamphetamine ; and (4) qualitative research to assist in the development and testing of Campaign messaging and the effectiveness of methamphetamine education.

authorizes attorney general acting director office_of_community_oriented_policing_services matching grants states units local government private nonprofit organizations establish shall aimed authorizes use grant funds television radio internet print advertisements educational materials community outreach motivate community involvement methamphetamine education benchmark survey periodic studies attitudes behaviors related methamphetamine qualitative research assist development testing campaign messaging effectiveness methamphetamine education


Summary: Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an ultimate user of a controlled substance (or, if deceased, any person lawfully entitled to dispose of the ultimate user's property) who has lawfully obtained such substance to deliver that substance to another person, without being registered, for disposal if: (1) the person receiving the controlled substance is authorized to engage in such activity; and (2) the disposal takes place in accordance with regulations issued by the Attorney General to prevent diversion of controlled substances. Requires the Attorney General, in developing regulations under this Act, to consider the public health and safety, as well as the ease and cost of program implementation and participation by various communities. Permits the Attorney General to authorize long-term care facilities to dispose of controlled substances on behalf of ultimate users who reside, or have resided, at such facilities in a manner that will provide effective controls against diversion and that is consistent with public health and safety. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend its guidelines and policy statements to ensure an appropriate penalty increase for persons convicted of a drug offense involving receipt of a controlled substance for disposal.

secure responsible drug disposal act amends controlled substances act allow ultimate user controlled substance deceased person lawfully entitled dispose ultimate user property lawfully obtained substance deliver substance person registered disposal person receiving controlled substance authorized engage activity disposal takes place accordance regulations issued attorney general prevent diversion controlled substances requires attorney general developing regulations act consider public health safety ease cost program implementation participation communities permits attorney general authorize long term care facilities dispose controlled substances behalf ultimate users reside resided facilities manner provide effective controls diversion consistent public health safety directs united_states_sentencing_commission review appropriate amend guidelines policy statements ensure appropriate penalty increase persons convicted drug offense involving receipt controlled substance disposal


Summary: Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to develop, submit to specified congressional committees, and make publicly available a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy. Requires such Strategy to: (1) set forth the strategy for preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the U.S.-Canadian border; (2) state the specific roles and responsibilities of the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies for implementing such Strategy; (3) identify the specific resources required to implement such Strategy; (4) reflect the unique nature of small communities along the border; and (5) include a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of drugs through Indian reservations.

strategy act amends office_of_national_drug_control_policy_reauthorization_act require director national_drug_control_policy develop submit specified congressional committees publicly available requires strategy set forth strategy preventing illegal trafficking drugs border state specific roles responsibilities relevant agencies implementing strategy identify specific resources required implement strategy reflect unique nature small communities border include strategy end illegal trafficking drugs indian reservations


Summary: Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2010 - Establishes the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, which shall: (1) review the effectiveness of U.S. policies and programs regarding illicit drug supply reduction and interdiction with an emphasis on the countries of the Western Hemisphere, as well as foreign and domestic demand reduction policies and programs; and (2) recommend a multi-year interagency counternarcotics strategy for the Western Hemisphere describing the diplomatic, criminal justice, civil society, economic development, demand reduction, military, and other assistance required to achieve regional counternarcotics goals. Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of the report required under this Act.

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Summary: Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to:  (1) expand the list of substances defined as "anabolic steroids"; (2) authorize the Attorney General to issue a temporary order adding a drug or other substance to the list of anabolic steroids; (3) impose enhanced criminal and civil penalties for possessing or trafficking in any anabolic steroid, or product containing an anabolic steroid, unless it bears a label clearly identifying the anabolic steroid by the nomenclature used by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; and (4) authorize the Attorney General to collect data and analyze products to determine whether they contain anabolic steroids and are properly labeled. Directs: (1) the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines with respect to offenses involving anabolic steroids; and (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to report to Congress every two years on what anabolic steroids have been scheduled on a temporary basis under this Act.

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Summary: Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Attorney General to provide to a state on a U.S. border up to 500 additional U.S. Border Patrol agents, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents to patrol and defend the border, combat drug trafficking, and combat smuggling of firearms, explosives, alcohol, and tobacco if the state's governor declares an international border security emergency and requests such agents. Directs the Secretary  to: (1) increase the number of U.S. Border Patrol helicopters and power boats; (2) establish a fleet of motor vehicles appropriate for use by the Border Patrol; (3) equip such motor vehicles with portable computers with access to law enforcement databases; (4) augment existing radio communication systems in areas in which the Border Patrol operates; and (5) provide Border Patrol agents with global positioning system devices, night vision equipment, high-quality body armor, reliable and effective weapons, and uniforms. Establishes the ATF, DEA, and Border Patrol Task Force to monitor and report to Congress and the President on the trade and sale of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives along U.S. borders. Authorizes the Attorney General to make border security grants to sheriffs' offices and police departments in counties within 25 miles of the southern U.S. border.

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Summary: No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2011 - Prohibits a state from receiving for a fiscal year any drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, or any amount from any other law enforcement assistance program of the Department of Justice, unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or the state has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the facts that a drug offense was committed and that the person committed that offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer (officer) or individuals acting on an officer's behalf; and (2) an officer does not participate in a antidrug task force unless that officer's honesty and integrity is evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level. Requires states receiving federal funds under this Act to collect data on the racial distribution of drug charges, the nature of the criminal law specified in the charges, and the jurisdictions in which such charges are made.

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Summary: Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that anyone within the United States who enters into a conspiracy to possess or traffic in controlled substances outside the United States, or who aids or abets others in such conduct, shall be subject to the same penalties that would apply to such conduct if it were to occur within the United States. Excludes simple possession of a controlled substance from the application of this Act.

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Summary: Prohibits the Attorney General or Secretary of Defense (DOD) from obligating funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, except for activities related to its permanent closing and relocation of activities, as determined necessary by the Attorney General in consultation with the appropriate federal agencies.

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