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PUBLIC LAW 106-172—FEB. 18, 2000 114 STAT. 11 SEC. 6. DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL PROTOCOLS, TRAINING MATERIALS, 21 USC 801 note. FORENSIC FIELD TESTS, AND COORDINATION MECHA- NISM FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID, OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, AND DESIGNER DRUGS. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Attorney General, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall— (1) develop— (A) model protocols for the collection of toxicology specimens and the taking of victim statements in connection with investigations into and prosecutions related to possible violations of the Controlled Substances Act or other Federal or State laws that result in or contribute to rape, other crimes of violence, or other crimes involving abuse of gamma hydroxybutyric acid, other controlled substances, or so-called "designer drugs"; and (B) model training materials for law enforcement personnel involved in such investigations; and (2) make such protocols and training materials available to Federal, State, and local personnel respionsible for such investigations. (b) GRANT. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Attorney General shall make a grant, in such amount and to such public or piivate person or entity as the Attorney General considers appropriate, for the development of forensic field tests to assist law enforcement officials in detecting the presence of gamma hydroxybut3T*ic acid and related substances. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are author- \ ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. (c) REPORT. —Not later than 180 days after the date of the Deadline, enactment of this Act, the Attorney Grenersil shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on current mechanisms for coordinating Federal, State, and local investigations into and prosecutions related to possible violations of the Controlled Substances Act or other Federal or State laws that result in or contribute to rape, other crimes of violence, or other crimes involving the abuse of gamma hydroxy- butyric acid, other controlled substances, lar so-called "designer drugs". The report shall also include recommendations for the improvement of such mechanisms. SEC. 7. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING DATE-IL\PE DRUGS; NATIONAL 21 USC 801 note. AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. (a) ANNUAL REPORT. — The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall periodically submit to Congress reports each of which provides an estimate of the number of incidents of the abuse of date-rape drugs (as defined in subsection (c)) that occurred during the most recent 1-year period for which data are available. The first such report Deadline, shall be submitted not later than January 15., 2000, and subsequent reports shall be submitted annually thereafter. (b) NATIONAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. — (1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN; RECOMMENDATIONS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—