PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection must add performance measures to the agency’s annual budget plan to track seizures of methamphetamine and its precursor chemicals. The Commissioner must also keep studying how meth and those precursor chemicals enter the United States. The study must look at entry through ports of entry, between ports, international mail, and courier services; check export and customs procedures in countries where shipments start to see if changes would reduce exports; and spot new smuggling methods. By September 30, 2007, and every two years after that, the Commissioner, working with the Attorney General, ICE, DEA, and the State Department, must send a report to the appropriate Senate and House committees. The report must summarize the analysis and explain how CBP used it to target high-risk shipments and prevent circumvention of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005. The analysis must also be shared promptly with the Secretary of State to help with reporting under section 722 of that Act. Defined term: methamphetamine precursor chemicals — ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, including their salts and optical isomers.

Title 6, §220

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(a)Compliance with performance plan requirements

As part of the annual performance plan required in the budget submission of the United States Customs and Border Protection under section 1115 of title 31, the Commissioner shall establish performance indicators relating to the seizure of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals in order to evaluate the performance goals of the United States Customs and Border Protection with respect to the interdiction of illegal drugs entering the United States.

(b)Study and report relating to methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals

(1)Analysis

The Commissioner shall, on an ongoing basis, analyze the movement of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals into the United States. In conducting the analysis, the Commissioner shall—

(A)consider the entry of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals through ports of entry, between ports of entry, through international mails, and through international courier services;

(B)examine the export procedures of each foreign country where the shipments of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals originate and determine if changes in the country’s customs over time provisions would alleviate the export of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals; and

(C)identify emerging trends in smuggling techniques and strategies.

(2)Report

Not later than September 30, 2007, and each 2-year period thereafter, the Commissioner, in the consultation with the Attorney General, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the United States Department of State, shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, that includes—

(A)a comprehensive summary of the analysis described in paragraph (1); and

(B)a description of how the Untied States Customs and Border Protection utilized the analysis described in paragraph (1) to target shipments presenting a high risk for smuggling or circumvention of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–177).

(3)Availability of analysis

The Commissioner shall ensure that the analysis described in paragraph (1) is made available in a timely manner to the Secretary of State to facilitate the Secretary in fulfilling the Secretary’s reporting requirements in section 722 of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005.

(c)Definition

In this section, the term “methamphetamine precursor chemicals” means the chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, including each of the salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers of such chemicals.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 109–177, title VII, Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 256. section 722 of the Act amended section 2291h, 2291j, and 2291j–1 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 2291h of Title 22. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 801 of Title 21, Food and Drugs, and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006, also known as the SAFE Port Act, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Definitions For definition of “Commissioner” as used in this section, see section 901 of this title.

§220 Methamphetamine and Methamphetamine Precursor Chemicals