increase federal funding for meth treatment and prevention
Increase federal funding for meth treatment and prevention.
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Evidence
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Schumer's plan would include ... a $125M increase ... in the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant; ... a $50M increase ... for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; and ... a $125M increase ... for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. ... Schumer's plan would direct SAMSHA to focus on the emerging meth problem in their competitive grant selection process.
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Schumer has been an outspoken advocate for stronger federal policies to fight the spread of crystal meth ... The plan includes ... increased federal funding to local law enforcement agencies for their meth prevention and apprehension programs.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $29,949,721 in funding for mental health and addiction treatment centers throughout New York State under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic expansion grant program through SAMHSA. The funding was allocated through last year’s Consolidated Appropriations Act and will provide necessary resources for ... increasing addiction treatment participation.
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Schumer said he was urging Senate HHS appropriators to substantially increase SAMHSA funding for treatment and prevention tied to crystal meth, and described a plan that would direct SAMHSA to focus on the emerging meth problem in competitive grant selection.
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Public Law 109-177 created meth-related grant and treatment-related programs, including grants to reduce methamphetamine availability, grants for drug-endangered children, competitive grants addressing meth use by pregnant and parenting women offenders, and $70,000,000 for drug courts funding.
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The enacted law created meth-related grant programs, including grants for drug-endangered children, and authorized $20,000,000 for that section for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
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Schumer said he was urging the Senate HHS appropriations subcommittee to substantially increase SAMHSA funding for treatment and prevention activities targeting crystal meth.
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Title VII was the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005. It authorized methamphetamine hot-spot grants at $99,000,000 for each fiscal year 2006 through 2010, authorized $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for drug-endangered children programs, and authorized competitive grants addressing methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders, including screening and family treatment provisions.
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The Senate vote on the H.R. 3199 conference report occurred March 2, 2006; the conference report was agreed to 89-10, and the Senate roll call lists Schumer (D-NY) as voting Yea.
Assessments
Delivered. Schumer promised during the 2004 federal Senate campaign to increase federal funding for meth treatment and prevention. During the 2005-2011 Senate term that followed, Congress enacted Public Law 109-177, including the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, which authorized substantial meth-focused grants and treatment/prevention-related programs. Schumer also had campaign-era advocacy for increased SAMHSA and local meth-prevention funding and voted yea on the conference report that became law, giving him candidate credit within the same Senate term.
Schumer publicly pushed for higher federal SAMHSA and meth-prevention funding in 2004, and Congress later enacted a meth-focused federal funding law in the same Senate term (Public Law 109-177) that created grant and treatment funding provisions matching the promise. The record supports that the promised increase was ultimately achieved, not merely advocated.
Schumer promised during the 2004 federal Senate campaign to increase federal funding for meth treatment and prevention. During the resulting Senate term, Congress enacted Public Law 109-177 in March 2006, which created meth-related grant and treatment/prevention funding programs, including grants aimed at reducing methamphetamine availability, drug-endangered children, and meth-related treatment needs. Schumer had also publicly advocated and pressed appropriators for increased SAMHSA and meth-focused prevention/treatment funding before enactment, so the outcome materially matches the promise and occurred in the same elected Senate term.
Schumer made a concrete same-term federal effort after the 2004 Senate campaign: he publicly proposed increased meth-related treatment/prevention funding and cosponsored the 2005 Combat Meth Act. That legislation did not pass as a standalone bill, but similar provisions were enacted in March 2006 as part of Public Law 109-177, including authorizations for methamphetamine treatment grants, research/training assistance, child-related meth response grants, and precursor-monitoring prevention grants. Because the enacted federal outcome materially matched the promise and occurred while Schumer remained in the Senate term following the campaign, this counts as delivered with same_term timing, with an effort badge reflecting his direct advocacy and cosponsorship rather than sole authorship.