S.Amdt. 3403

SA 3403. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3378 proposed by Mr.
Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Portman, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr.
Durbin) 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:

In section 2997(a)(2)(A) of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103
of the bill, insert after ``1997'' the following: ``, or is
an Indian tribe''.
In section 2997(a)(2)(B) of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103
of the bill, in the matter preceding clause (i), insert ``or
tribal'' after ``local''.
In section 2997(a)(3)(A) of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103
of the bill, insert ``or tribal'' after ``local''.
In section 2997(a)(3)(B) of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103
of the bill, insert ``or tribal'' after ``local''.
In section 2997 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by section 103 of the
bill, redesignate subsections (e), (f), and (g) as
subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and insert after
subsection (d) the following:
``(e) Geographic Distribution.--The Attorney General shall
ensure that, to the extent practicable, the geographical
distribution of grants under this section is equitable and
includes a grant to an eligible entity in--
``(1) each State;
``(2) rural, suburban, and urban areas; and
``(3) tribal jurisdictions.
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