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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 114

Recognizing the bravery, dedication, and commitment of Federal, State, 
   county, city, and other law enforcement officers for their daily 
     efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

   Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Baird, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
Herger, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
  Wamp, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
 Berry, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Baca, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
  Bereuter, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Latham, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Condit, Mrs. 
   Northup, Mr. Ose, Mr. Evans, Mr. Ross, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. 
   Schaffer, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Hilleary, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
 Osborne, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. Bono, Mr. McInnis, 
 Ms. Sanchez, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tiahrt, 
 Mr. Shows, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Udall 
 of New Mexico, Mr. Reyes, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Graves, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. 
 Leach, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Horn, Mr. Pombo, Mr. McGovern, 
and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) submitted the following resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing the bravery, dedication, and commitment of Federal, State, 
   county, city, and other law enforcement officers for their daily 
     efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine.

Whereas methamphetamine, or ``meth'', is a dangerous, sometimes lethal and 
        unpredictable drug that represents the fastest growing drug threat in 
        America today;
Whereas methamphetamine use frequently results in violent and unpredictable 
        behavior in users;
Whereas methamphetamine production is undertaken in laboratories that create an 
        inherent danger to public safety officers, who are often exposed to 
        highly toxic contaminants;
Whereas these public servants jeopardize their own health and safety because of 
        the extremely high levels of lethal poisons that can cause devastating, 
        irreparable effects on them, including the possibility of death;
Whereas during 1999, 4.3 percent (9,400,000 people) of the United States 
        population reported trying meth at least once in their lifetime;
Whereas among high school seniors surveyed in 2000, 7.9 percent had tried 
        methamphetamine in their lifetime;
Whereas in 1999, more than a million Americans used meth in just 1 year, more 
        than used crack and almost 3 times as many as used heroin;
Whereas authorities seized 560 kilograms of methamphetamine along the United 
        States-Mexico border in 1998;
Whereas during fiscal year 1999 there were a total of 2,847 Federal offenders 
        sentenced for methamphetamine-related offenses in United States courts;
Whereas almost 20 percent of Federal methamphetamine offenders had a weapon 
        involved with their drug offense, one of the highest percentages of 
        weapon involvement of any drug;
Whereas lab seizures by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have increased 
        seven-fold in the past 6 years, from 263 in 1994 to 1,874 in 2000;
Whereas State and local law enforcement agencies seized an additional 6,354 labs 
        in 2000, nearly all of which produced meth;
Whereas in 1999 the Federal-Wide Drug Seizure System (FDSS), which includes 
        seizures by the DEA, FBI, United States Customs Service, United States 
        Border Patrol, United States Forest Service, and maritime seizures by 
        the United States Coast Guard, reported 2.64 tons of methamphetamine 
        seized;
Whereas in 1999, 237 ``super'' (greater than 10 pounds capacity) meth labs were 
        seized;
Whereas in 1999, DEA officers arrested 8,618 persons for meth-related 
        violations;
Whereas in 1999, 64 fires were reported at seized meth labs;
Whereas in 1999, 104 explosions were reported at seized meth labs; and
Whereas in 1999, 40 booby traps were reported at seized meth labs: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the intrinsic risks that law enforcement 
        officials must take while enforcing methamphetamine-related 
        laws;
            (2) praises the cooperation and coordination between 
        Federal, State, and local law enforcement organizations, which 
        play a critical role in controlling this dangerous epidemic;
            (3) honors the families of law enforcement officers who 
        must subject their families to the dangers posed by 
        methamphetamine enforcement; and
            (4) recognizes those law enforcement officers who have been 
        injured or killed in the line of duty during the enforcement of 
        meth-related offenses.
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