[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4712 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4712

  To assure that the United States can provide assistance to certain 
           foreign officials to reduce illicit drug traffic.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1994

Mr. Torricelli (for himself, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. McCandless) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on the 
                     Judiciary and Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To assure that the United States can provide assistance to certain 
           foreign officials to reduce illicit drug traffic.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SECTION 32 AMENDMENT.

    Section 32 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(d) It shall not be a violation of this section for authorized 
employees or agents--
            ``(1) of a foreign country to damage, render inoperative, 
        or destroy an aircraft in that country's territory or airspace, 
        or to attempt to do so, if--
                    ``(A) that aircraft is reasonably suspected of 
                being primarily engaged in the trafficking of 
                controlled substances (as defined for the purposes of 
                the Controlled Substances Act; and
                    ``(B) the President of the United States has 
                determined that--
                            ``(i) such actions are necessary in that 
                        country because of the extraordinary threat 
                        posed by such trafficking to the national 
                        security of that country; and
                            ``(ii) such country has appropriate 
                        procedures in place to protect against innocent 
                        loss of life in the air and on the ground, 
                        which shall at a minimum include effective 
                        means to identify and warn aircraft before the 
                        use of force.
            ``(2) of the United States to provide assistance (including 
        inter alia operational, intelligence training, logistical, 
        technical, and administrative assistance) for conduct removed 
        from the prohibitions of this section by paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection, nor shall the provision of such assistance give 
        rise to any civil action seeking money damages or any other 
        form of relief against the United States or its agents or 
        employees.''.

SEC. 2. REPORT.

     Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, shall 
submit to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate 
Committee on Foreign Relations a report describing the following:
            (1) The effectiveness of the United States policy of 
        sharing information produced by United States radar 
        installations and military aircraft with governments in South 
        America for the purpose of identifying and disrupting 
        controlled substances trafficking activities, including those 
        conducted by aircraft.
            (2) Any adverse implications that such policy may have on 
        the national security interests of the United States.
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