S.Amdt. 3368

SA 3368. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 705. RELATIVE DRUG INTERDICTION NEEDS AS PRIMARY FACTOR
IN ALLOCATION TO STATES OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL
GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG
ACTIVITIES.

Section 112 of title 32, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as
subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection (f):
``(f) Provision of Funds to States Based on Relative Drug
Interdiction Needs.--In providing funds to States under this
section, the Secretary shall use as a primary factor in
allocating such funds the relative drug interdiction needs of
the States (as reflected in the State drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities plans of the States under subsection
(c)).''.
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