S 1632 IS
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1632
To establish a Federal Strategic Drug Intelligence Center.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 15 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 6), 1989
Mr. ROTH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To establish a Federal Strategic Drug Intelligence Center.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Strategic Drug Intelligence Act of 1989'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) much of the relevant information the Federal Government possesses related
to foreign and domestic drug trafficking organizations is in manual files
which cannot be used easily, quickly, or completely;
(2) each Federal agency maintains its own files which, by their nature,
are difficult to share with other agencies;
(3) no Federal agency has ready access to all the data needed to produce a
comprehensive understanding of the international and domestic trafficking
organizations; and
(4) there is no centralized data base of information which can be fully
utilized by responsible Federal agencies.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CENTER.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER- There is established an executive agency
to be known as the `Strategic Drug Intelligence Center' (referred to as the
`Center').
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CENTER- The Center shall--
(1) assimilate the collective information, data, intelligence, and analytical
capabilities of National Drug Control Program agencies;
(2) produce the most comprehensive possible analysis of the foreign and
domestic drug trafficking organizations and their operations;
(3) create and maintain a state-of-the-art computer data base for
drug-related strategic intelligence; and
(4) disseminate comprehensive intelligence on drug organizations to
appropriate intelligence and enforcement agencies.
(c) DATE OF OPERATION- The Center shall begin operations not later than
90 days after the Director of the Office of Drug Center Policy submits
the plan referred to in section 5.
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF CENTER.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD- There shall be at the head of the Center a
board known as the `Strategic Drug Intelligence Board' (referred to as the
`Board') which shall be responsible for the management of the Center. The
Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy shall be the chairman of
the Board. The heads of the other Federal agencies participating in the
Center shall be members of the Board.
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD- The Board shall--
(1) allocate the Center's funding;
(2) determine the Center's priorities;
(3) select an executive agent for the Center from among the Board members who
shall designate senior managers for the Center, subject to Board approval;
(4) design a format for information to be collected giving due regard to
the sensitivity of certain information; and
(5) adopt procedures governing access to information contained in the
data bases.
SEC. 5. PLAN FOR CENTER.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director
of National Drug Control Policy shall develop and submit to Congress a
plan for the management of the Center which shall include a design and
format for each of the data bases to be established by the Center. The
plan shall utilize existing intelligence resources and shall not duplicate
current information systems.
SEC. 6. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.
The following agencies shall participate in the establishment of the
strategic drug intelligence data bases and shall contribute data as required
by the Board:
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(3) the National Security Agency;
(4) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
(5) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(6) the Internal Revenue Service;
(7) the Immigration and Naturalization Service;
(8) the Customs Service; and
(9) the Coast Guard.
SEC. 7. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.
The information in each data base established by the Center shall be
available to appropriate representatives from participating agencies
pursuant to the procedures adopted by the Board.
SEC. 8. SECURITY OF CENTER.
The Congress finds that given the nature of the Center's mission,
the threat to the Center's facilities and its personnel is of special
concern. In order to protect the Center's facilities and personnel, the
Board shall take reasonable, necessary actions to provide the appropriate
and necessary degree of physical and personnel security.
SEC. 9. REPORTS AND EVALUATION.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and not
later than March 1 of each year thereafter, the Director of National Drug
Control Policy shall prepare and submit to Congress a report evaluating the
performance of the Center and the participation of each of the contributors
to the data bases of the Center.
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For purposes of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to be
appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1991 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years, which amounts shall
remain available until expended.
