[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2341 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2341
To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the major transit
countries and support a comprehensive supply eradication and crop
substitution program in source countries.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 22, 1998
Mr. DeWine (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Graham, Mr. Faircloth, Mr.
Brownback, Mr. Bond, Mr. Helms, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr.
Allard, Mr. Frist, Mr. Mack, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Craig, and
Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the major transit
countries and support a comprehensive supply eradication and crop
substitution program in source countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Western Hemisphere
Drug Elimination Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and statement of policy.
TITLE I--ENHANCED SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRY COVERAGE
Sec. 101. Expansion of aircraft coverage and operation in source and
transit countries.
Sec. 102. Expansion of maritime coverage and operation in source and
transit countries.
Sec. 103. Expansion of radar coverage and operation in source and
transit countries.
TITLE II--ENHANCED ERADICATION AND INTERDICTION STRATEGY IN SOURCE
COUNTRIES
Sec. 201. Additional eradication resources for Colombia.
Sec. 202. Additional eradication resources for Peru.
Sec. 203. Additional eradication resources for Bolivia.
Sec. 204. Additional eradication resources for Mexico.
Sec. 205. Miscellaneous additional eradication resources.
Sec. 206. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs.
Sec. 207. Report on transferring international narcotics assistance
activities to a United States law
enforcement agency.
TITLE III--ENHANCED ALTERNATIVE CROP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IN SOURCE ZONE
Sec. 301. Alternative crop development support.
TITLE IV--ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
Sec. 401. Enhanced international law enforcement academy training.
Sec. 402. Enhanced United States drug enforcement international
training.
Sec. 403. Provision of nonlethal equipment to foreign law enforcement
organizations for cooperative illicit
narcotics control activities.
TITLE V--ENHANCED DRUG TRANSIT AND SOURCE ZONE LAW ENFORCEMENT
OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
Sec. 501. Increased funding for operations and equipment.
Sec. 502. Sense of Congress regarding priority of drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities.
TITLE VI--RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS
Sec. 601. Authorizations of appropriations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Teenage drug use in the United States has doubled since
1993.
(2) The drug crisis facing the United States is a top
national security threat.
(3) The spread of illicit drugs through United States
borders cannot be halted without an effective drug interdiction
strategy.
(4) Effective drug interdiction efforts have been shown to
limit the availability of illicit narcotics, drive up the
street price, support demand reduction efforts, and decrease
overall drug trafficking and use.
(5) A prerequisite for reducing youth drug use is
increasing the price of drugs. To increase price substantially,
at least 60 percent of drugs must be interdicted.
(6) In 1987, the national drug control budget maintained a
significant balance between demand and supply reduction
efforts, illustrated as follows:
(A) 29 percent of the total drug control budget
expenditures for demand reduction programs.
(B) 38 percent of the total drug control budget
expenditures for domestic law enforcement.
(C) 33 percent of the total drug control budget
expenditures for international drug interdiction
efforts.
(7) In the late 1980's and early 1990's, counternarcotic
efforts were successful, specifically in protecting the borders
of the United States from penetration by illegal narcotics
through increased seizures by the United States Coast Guard and
other agencies, including a 302 percent increase in pounds of
cocaine seized between 1987 and 1991.
(8) Limiting the availability of narcotics to drug
traffickers in the United States had a promising effect as
illustrated by the decline of illicit drug use between 1988 and
1991, through a--
(A) 13 percent reduction in total drug use;
(B) 35 percent drop in cocaine use; and
(C) 16 percent decrease in marijuana use.
(9) In 1993, drug interdiction efforts in the transit zones
were reduced due to an imbalance in the national drug control
strategy. This trend has continued through 1995 as shown by the
following figures:
(A) 35 percent for demand reduction programs.
(B) 53 percent for domestic law enforcement.
(C) 12 percent for international drug interdiction
efforts.
(10) Supply reduction efforts became a lower priority for
the Administration and the seizures by the United States Coast
Guard and other agencies decreased as shown by a 68 percent
decrease in the pounds of cocaine seized between 1991 and 1996.
(11) Reductions in funding for comprehensive interdiction
operations like OPERATION GATEWAY, an initiative that
encompassed all areas of interdiction and attempted to disrupt
the operating methods of drug smugglers along the entire United
States border, have created unprotected United States border
areas which smugglers exploit to move their product into the
United States.
(12) The result of this new imbalance in the national drug
control strategy caused the drug situation in the United States
to become a crisis with serious consequences including--
(A) doubling of drug-abuse-related arrests for
minors between 1992 and 1996;
(B) 70 percent increase in overall drug use among
children aged 12 to 17;
(C) 80 percent increase in drug use for graduating
seniors since 1992;
(D) a sharp drop in the price of 1 pure gram of
heroin from $1,647 in 1992 to $966 in February 1996;
and
(E) a reduction in the street price of 1 gram of
cocaine from $123 to $104 between 1993 and 1994.
(13) The percentage change in drug use since 1992, among
graduating high school students who used drugs in the past 12
months, has substantially increased--marijuana use is up 80
percent, cocaine use is up 80 percent, and heroin use is up 100
percent.
(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States
to--
(1) reduce the supply of drugs and drug use through an
enhanced drug interdiction effort in the major drug transit
countries, a comprehensive supply country eradication and crop
substitution program, because a commitment of increased
resources in international drug interdiction efforts will
create a balanced national drug control strategy among demand
reduction, law enforcement, and international drug interdiction
efforts; and
(2) support policies and dedicate the resources necessary
to reduce the flow of illegal drugs into the United States by
not less than 80 percent by December 31, 2001.
TITLE I--ENHANCED SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRY COVERAGE
SEC. 101. EXPANSION OF AIRCRAFT COVERAGE AND OPERATION IN SOURCE AND
TRANSIT COUNTRIES.
(a) Department of the Treasury.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of the Treasury for fiscal years 1999,
2000, and 2001 for the enhancement of air coverage and operation for
drug source and transit countries, as follows:
(1) For procurement of 10 P-3B Early Warning aircraft for
the United States Customs Service to enhance overhead air
coverage of drug source zone countries, the total amount of
$430,000,000.
(2) For the dedicated deployment of 10 P-3B Slick airplanes
for the United States Customs Service to enhance overhead air
coverage of the drug source zone, the total amount of
$150,000,000.
(3) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for operation
and maintenance of 10 P-3B Early Warning aircraft for the
United States Customs Service to enhance overhead air coverage
of drug source zone countries, $23,500,000.
(4) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for personnel
for the 10 P-3B Early Warning aircraft for the United States
Customs Service to enhance overhead air coverage of drug source
zone countries, $12,500,000.
(5) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for operation
and maintenance of 10 P-3B Slick airplanes for the United
States Customs Service to enhance overhead coverage of the drug
source zone, $23,500,000.
(6) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for personnel
for the 10 P-3B Slick airplanes for the United States Customs
Service to enhance overhead air coverage of drug source zone
countries, $12,500,000.
(7) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for
Colombia, $6,000,000.
(8) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for
Bolivia, $2,000,000.
(9) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for Peru,
$6,000,000.
(10) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
operation and maintenance for overhead coverage for the
Caribbean and Eastern Pacific regions, $25,000,000.
(b) Department of Defense.--
(1) Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
the enhancement of air coverage for drug source and transit
countries, as follows:
(A) For purchase and for operation and maintenance
of 1 Schweizer observation aircraft (to be piloted by
pilots under contract with the United States), the
total amount of $3,000,000, of which--
(i) $1,500,000 is for procurement, Defense-
wide; and
(ii) $500,000 for each such fiscal year is
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.
(B) For purchase and for operation and maintenance
of 2 Schweizer observation/spray aircraft (to be
piloted by pilots under contract with the United
States), the total amount of $6,000,000, of which--
(i) $3,000,000 is for procurement, Defense-
wide; and
(ii) $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year
is for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.
(C) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance of 1 J-31 observation aircraft to provide
reconnaissance in support of Colombian and Peruvian
counterdrug intelligence needs and direct support for
operations against river-coastal drug shipments and
drug labs, $4,000,000.
(D) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance of an airbase referred to in paragraph (2),
$1,000,000.
(2)(A) Using amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph
(B), the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property
and carry out military construction projects in the amount of
$300,000,000 to establish an airbase for use for support of
counternarcotics operations in the Southern Caribbean, Northern
South America, and the Eastern Pacific, to be located between
90 degrees west longitude on the western boundary and 60
degrees west longitude on the eastern boundary and between the
Equator for the southern boundary and the Tropic of Cancer for
the northern boundary.
(B) Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
years beginning after September 30, 1998, for military
construction and land acquisition for an airbase referred to in
subparagraph (A) in the total amount of $300,000,000.
SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF MARITIME COVERAGE AND OPERATION IN SOURCE AND
TRANSIT COUNTRIES.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of
Transportation for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the
enhancement of United States Coast Guard maritime coverage and
operation in drug source and transit countries, as follows:
(1) For construction of 6 United States Coast Guard medium
endurance cutters, the total amount of $289,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance
of 10 10-meter rigid hull inflatable interceptor fast boats,
$500,000.
(3) For acquisition and construction of 7 United States
Coast Guard 87-foot maritime drug interdiction patrol boats,
the total amount of $30,390,000.
(4) For each such fiscal year for operation of 7 United
States Coast Guard 87-foot maritime drug interdiction patrol
boats, $4,510,000.
(5) For each such fiscal year for support, operation, and
maintenance of 1 United States Coast Guard PC-170, $2,890,000.
(6) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance
of 2 reactivated United States Coast Guard T-AGOS with C-41
suite for detection and monitoring, $6,180,000.
(7) For acquisition and construction of 2 additional United
States Coast Guard T-AGOS, the total amount of $9,740,000.
SEC. 103. EXPANSION OF RADAR COVERAGE AND OPERATION IN SOURCE AND
TRANSIT COUNTRIES.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of
Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the enhancement of
radar coverage in drug source and transit countries, as follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, for establishment of Relocatable
Over the Horizon Radar capability to provide radar coverage of
the eastern Pacific area and South America, $15,000,000.
(2) For restoration of aerostat coverage at Georgetown,
Exuma, Bahamas, the total amount of $13,500,000, of which--
(A) the total amount of $4,500,000 is for
procurement, Defense-wide; and
(B) $3,000,000 for each such fiscal year is for
operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.
(3) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, for establishment of ground-based
radar coverage at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, $300,000.
TITLE II--ENHANCED ERADICATION AND INTERDICTION STRATEGY IN SOURCE
COUNTRIES
SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR COLOMBIA.
(a) Department of State.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of State for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
the enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia, as
follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for sustaining support of the
helicopters and fixed wing fleet of the national police of
Colombia, $6,000,000.
(2) For the purchase of DC-3 transport aircraft for the
national police of Colombia, the total amount of $2,000,000.
(3) For acquisition of concertina wire and tunneling
detection systems at the La Picota prison of the national
police of Colombia, the total amount of $1,250,000.
(4) For the purchase of minigun systems for the national
police of Colombia, the total amount of $6,000,000.
(5) For the purchase of 6 UH-60L Black Hawk utility
helicopters for the national police of Colombia, the total
amount of $60,000,000 for procurement and an additional amount
of $12,000,000 for each such fiscal year for operation,
maintenance, and training.
(b) Department of Defense.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
the enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia, as
follows:
(1) For procurement, Defense-wide, for upgrade of 50 UH-1H
helicopters to the Huey II configuration equipped with miniguns
for the use of the national police of Colombia, the total
amount of $70,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, for forward deployment of 5 riverine
operations maintenance platforms for the use of the Army of
Colombia, $2,000,000.
SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR PERU.
(a) Department of State.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of State for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
the establishment of a third drug interdiction site at Puerto
Maldonado, Peru, to support air bridge and riverine missions for
enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in Peru, the total
amount of $3,000,000, and an additional amount of $1,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for operation and maintenance.
(b) Department of Defense.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of Defense for each of fiscal years 1999,
2000, and 2001, $500,000 for operation and maintenance,
Defense-wide, for enhancement of drug interdiction efforts in
Peru for support of multinational riverine and small boat
maintenance training programs in Iquitos, Peru.
(2) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study
of Peruvian counternarcotics air interdiction requirements and,
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study. The
study shall include a review of the Peruvian Air Force's
current and future requirements for counternarcotics air
interdiction to complement the Peruvian Air Force's A-37
capability. There is authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Defense such amounts as may be necessary for
carrying out the study.
SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR BOLIVIA.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State
for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhancement of drug-related
eradication efforts in Bolivia, as follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for support of air operations
of the Red Devils of Bolivia, $1,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for support of riverine
operations of the Blue Devils of Bolivia, $1,000,000.
(3) For each such fiscal year for support of coca
eradication programs, $1,000,000.
(4) For the procurement of 2 mobile x-ray machines with
maintenance support for placement along the Chapare highway,
the total amount of $5,000,000 and an additional amount of
$1,000,000 for each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance.
SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR MEXICO.
(a) In General.--
(1) Authority to purchase helicopters.--Contingent on the
agreement of the Government of Mexico to approve full
diplomatic immunity for Drug Enforcement Administration
personnel serving in Mexico with privileges granted to United
States Government officials to carry weapons necessary for the
performance of their duties, the Secretary of State, subject to
the availability of appropriations, shall purchase 6 Bell 212
high altitude helicopters designated for opium eradication
programs in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Jalisco, and
Sinaloa, for enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in
Mexico.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of State during the period
beginning on October 1, 1998, and on ending September 30, 2001,
$18,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1).
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) all United States law enforcement personnel serving in
Mexico should be accorded the same status as diplomatic and
consular personnel serving at United States posts in Mexico;
and
(2) all Mexican narcotics law enforcement personnel serving
in the United States should be accorded the same diplomatic and
consular status as Drug Enforcement Administration personnel
serving in Mexico.
SEC. 205. MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State
for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhanced precursor chemical
control projects, in the total amount of $500,000.
SEC. 206. BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
AFFAIRS.
(a) Qualifications for Service.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any individual serving in the position of assistant
secretary in any department or agency of the Federal Government who has
primary responsibility for international narcotics control and law
enforcement, and the principal deputy of any such assistant secretary,
shall have substantial professional qualifications in the fields of--
(1) management; and
(2) Federal law enforcement, or intelligence.
(b) Foreign Military Sales.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, upon the receipt by the Department of State of a formal
letter of request for any foreign military sales
counternarcotics-related assistance from the head of any
police, military, or other appropriate security agency
official, the implementation and processing of the
counternarcotics foreign military sales request shall be the
sole responsibility of the Department of Defense, which is the
traditional lead agency in providing military equipment and
supplies abroad.
(2) Role of state department.--The Department of State
shall continue to have a consultative role with the Department
of Defense in the processing of the request described in
paragraph (1), after receipt of the letter of request, for all
counternarcotics-related foreign military sales assistance.
SEC. 207. REPORT ON TRANSFERRING INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS ASSISTANCE
ACTIVITIES TO A UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
responsiveness and effectiveness of international narcotics assistance
activities under the Department of State have been severely hampered
due, in part, to the lack of law enforcement expertise by responsible
personnel in the Department of State.
(b) Report Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Drug Control
Policy shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees a
report, which shall--
(A) evaluate the responsiveness and effectiveness
of international narcotics assistance activities under
the Department of State during the preceding 2 fiscal
years; and
(B) assesses of the feasibility costs and steps
needed to achieve a transfer of the Bureau of
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of
the Department of State to the Drug Enforcement
Administration.
(2) Recommendation and explanation.--The study submitted
under paragraph (1) shall include the recommendation of the
Director and detailed explanatory statement regarding whether
the overseas activities of the Bureau of International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Department of
State should be transferred to the Drug Enforcement
Administration.
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Office on National Drug Control
Policy $500,000 to carry out the study under this section.
(c) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
committees'' means--
(1) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services,
Foreign Relations, and the Judiciary of the Senate;
(2) the Committees on Appropriations, International
Relations, National Security, and the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
(3) the Select Committees on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
TITLE III--ENHANCED ALTERNATIVE CROP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IN SOURCE ZONE
SEC. 301. ALTERNATIVE CROP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the United States
Agency for International Development for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for alternative development programs, as follows:
(1) For startup costs of programs in the Guaviare,
Putumayo, and Caqueta regions in Colombia, the total amount of
$5,000,000 and an additional amount of $5,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for operation and maintenance costs.
(2) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
enhanced programs in the Ucayali, Apurimac, and Huallaga Valley
regions in Peru, $50,000,000.
(3) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
enhanced programs in the Chapare and Yungas regions in Bolivia,
$5,000,000.
TITLE IV--ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
SEC. 401. ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY TRAINING.
(a) Enhanced International Law Enforcement Academy Training.--Funds
are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Justice for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the establishment and operation
of international law enforcement academies to carry out law enforcement
training activities, as follows:
(1) For the establishment and operation of an academy,
which shall serve Latin America and the Caribbean, the total
amount of $3,000,000 and an additional amount of $1,200,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for operation and
maintenance costs.
(2) For the establishment and operation of an academy in
Bangkok, Thailand, which shall serve Asia, the total amount of
$2,000,000 and an additional amount of $1,200,000 for each of
fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for operation and maintenance costs.
(3) For each such fiscal year for the establishment and
operation of an academy in South Africa, which shall serve
Africa, $1,200,000.
(b) Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center.--Funds are authorized
to be appropriated for the Department of Transportation and the
Department of the Treasury for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
the joint establishment, operation, and maintenance in San Juan, Puerto
Rico, of a center for training law enforcement personnel of countries
located in the Latin American and Caribbean regions in matters relating
to maritime law enforcement, including customs-related ports management
matters, as follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for funding by the Department
of Transportation, $1,500,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for funding by the Department
of the Treasury, $1,500,000.
(c) United States Coast Guard International Maritime Training
Vessel.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of
Transportation for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the
establishment, operation, and maintenance of maritime training vessels,
as follows:
(1) For a vessel for international maritime training, which
shall visit participating Latin American and Caribbean nations
on a rotating schedule in order to provide law enforcement
training and to perform maintenance on participating national
assets, the total amount of $7,500,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for support of the United
States Coast Guard Balsam Class Buoy Tender training vessel,
$2,500,000.
SEC. 402. ENHANCED UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING.
(a) Mexico.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Justice for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
substantial exchanges for Mexican judges, prosecutors, and police, in
the total amount of $2,000,000 for each such fiscal year.
(b) Brazil.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Justice for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
enhanced support for the Brazilian Federal Police Training Center, in
the total amount of $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year.
(c) Panama.--
(1) In general.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for locating
and operating Coast Guard and Navy assets so as to strengthen
the capability of the Coast Guard of Panama to patrol the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Panama for drug enforcement and
interdiction activities, in the total amount of $1,000,000 for
each such fiscal year.
(2) Eligibility to receive training.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, members of the national police of
Panama shall be eligible to receive training through the
International Military Education Training program.
(d) Venezuela.--There are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Defense for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001,
$1,000,000 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for support for
the Venezuelan Joint National Guard and Judicial Technical Police
Counterdrug Intelligence Center.
(e) Ecuador.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Transportation and the Department of the Treasury for
each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the buildup of local
coast guard and port control in Guayaquil and Esmeraldas, Ecuador, as
follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for the Department of
Transportation, $500,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for the Department of the
Treasury, $500,000.
(f) Haiti and the Dominican Republic.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of the Treasury for each of fiscal
years 1999, 2000, and 2001, $500,000 for the buildup of local coast
guard and port control in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
(g) Central America.--There are authorized to be appropriated for
the Department of the Treasury for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001, $12,000,000 for the buildup of local coast guard and port control
in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
SEC. 403. PROVISION OF NONLETHAL EQUIPMENT TO FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS FOR COOPERATIVE ILLICIT NARCOTICS CONTROL
ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may
transfer or lease not more than $250,000 worth of nonlethal equipment
to foreign law enforcement organizations for the purpose of
establishing and carrying out cooperative illicit narcotics control
activities.
(b) Additional Requirement.--The Administrator shall provide for
the maintenance and repair of any equipment transferred or leased under
subsection (a).
TITLE V--ENHANCED DRUG TRANSIT AND SOURCE ZONE LAW ENFORCEMENT
OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
SEC. 501. INCREASED FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT.
(a) Drug Enforcement Administration.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Administration for fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhancement of counternarcotic operations in
drug transit and source countries, as follows:
(1) For support of the Merlin program, the total amount of
$8,272,000.
(2) For support of the intercept program, the total amount
of $4,500,000.
(3) For support of the Narcotics Enforcement Data Retrieval
System, the total amount of $2,400,000.
(4) For support of the Caribbean Initiative, the total
amount of $3,515,000.
(5) For the hire of special agents, administrative and
investigative support personnel, and intelligence analysts for
overseas assignments in foreign posts, the total amount of
$40,213,000.
(b) Department of Transportation.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of Transportation for fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhancement of United States Coast Guard
counternarcotic operations in drug transit and source countries, as
follows:
(1) For enhancement of Forward Looking Infra-Red and Global
Positioning Systems capability for the United States Coast
Guard and Blackhawk helicopters, the total amount of
$2,100,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for increased HH-65A patrol
hours, $2,100,000.
(3) For each such fiscal year for increased HC-130 patrol
hours, $830,000.
(4) For each such fiscal year for increased United States
Coast Guard patrol boat hours and support, $7,480,000.
(5) For installation of satellite communications systems on
110-foot patrol boats, the total amount of $12,780,000.
(6) For installation of Forward Looking Infra-Red on United
States Coast Guard HU-25 maritime patrol aircraft, the total
amount of $9,000,000.
(7) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance
support of 10 United States Coast Guard aircraft in the transit
zone ending 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
$10,000,000.
(8) For each such fiscal year for restoration and
maintenance of United States Coast Guard ``Frontier Lance'', by
positioning additional United States Navy assets at Barahona,
Dominican Republic, and Cayes, Haiti, $1,000,000.
(9) For increased spending for international law
enforcement training, the total amount of $1,500,000.
(10) For 3 HU-25 maritime patrol aircraft, the total amount
of $4,610,000 for activation and an additional amount of
$1,000,000 for each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance.
(c) Department of Defense.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
the enhancement of counternarcotics operations in drug source and
transit countries, as follows:
(1) For operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for
deployment of intelligent acoustic detection buoys in the
Florida Straits and Bahamas, the total amount of $1,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide for positioning Navy assets at
Barahona, Dominican Republic, and Les Cayes, Haiti, to restore
and maintain Operation Frontier Lance of the Coast Guard,
$1,000,000.
(3) For operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for a
nonlethal technology program to enhance countermeasures against
the threat of transportation of drugs by so-called Go-Fast
boats, the total amount of $2,100,000.
(4) For each such fiscal year, for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, $2,000,000, for consolidation, at a
Department of Defense facility, Key West, Florida, of the
following facilities:
(A) The Joint Interagency Task Force, East, Key
West, Florida.
(B) The Joint Interagency Task Force, West,
Alameda, California.
(C) The Joint Interagency Task Force, South, Panama
City, Panama.
(D) The Joint Task Force 6, El Paso, Texas.
(5) For procurement, Defense-wide, for enhancement of
Forward Looking Infra-Red and Global Positioning Systems
capability for the Department of Defense for Blackhawk
helicopters used in Operation The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos,
the total amount of $3,200,000.
(d) Department of State.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of State for fiscal year 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
the deployment of commercial unclassified intelligence and imaging data
and a Passive Coherent Location System for counternarcotics and
interdiction purposes in the Western Hemisphere, the total amount of
$20,000,000.
(e) Department of the Treasury.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the United States Customs Service for fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhancement of counternarcotic operations in
drug transit and source countries, as follows:
(1) For refurbishment of 30 interceptor and Blue Water
Platform vessels in the Caribbean maritime fleet, the total
amount of $3,500,000.
(2) For purchase of 9 new interceptor vessels in the
Caribbean maritime fleet, the total amount of $2,000,000.
(3) For the hire and training of 25 special agents for
maritime operations in the Caribbean, the total amount of
$2,500,000.
(4) For purchase of 60 automotive vehicles for ground use
in South Florida, $1,500,000.
(5) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance
support for 10 United States Customs Service Citations Aircraft
to be dedicated for the source and transit zone, the total
amount of $10,000,000.
(6) For purchase of 5 CTX-5000 x-ray machines to enhance
detection capabilities with respect to narcotics, explosives,
and currency, the total amount of $7,000,000.
SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIORITY OF DRUG INTERDICTION AND
COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should
revise the Global Military Force Policy of the Department of Defense in
order--
(1) to treat the international drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities of the Department as a military
operation other than war, thereby elevating the priority given
such activities under the Policy to the next priority below the
priority given to war under the Policy and to the same priority
as is given to peacekeeping operations under the Policy; and
(2) to allocate the assets of the Department to drug
interdiction and counter-drug activities in accordance with the
priority given those activities.
TITLE VI--RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS
SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The funds authorized to be appropriated for any department or
agency of the Federal Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, or 2001
by this Act are in addition to funds authorized to be appropriated for
that department or agency for fiscal year 1999, 2000, or 2001 by any
other provision of law.
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