[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1560 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1560

 To require Colombia to meet anti-narcotics performance standards for 
 continued assistance and to require a report on the counter-narcotics 
                          efforts of Colombia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 1996

Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require Colombia to meet anti-narcotics performance standards for 
 continued assistance and to require a report on the counter-narcotics 
                          efforts of Colombia.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE TO COLOMBIA.

    (a) Limitation.--(1) Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available for Colombia in fiscal year 1996, not more than one-third 
shall be made available before April 1, 1996, and no funds shall be 
made available after April 1, 1996, unless the President certifies to 
Congress that the Government of Colombia has--
            (A) substantially and steadily reduced the flow of illegal 
        drugs to the United States by arresting individuals responsible 
        for drug trafficking, eradicating drug crops, and interdicting 
        drug shipments; and
            (B) improved law enforcement and judicial process in 
        Colombia by--
                    (i) bringing individuals to trial on charges 
                carrying penalties commensurate with the crime;
                    (ii) eliminating plea bargains except those granted 
                in return for information demonstrably linked to the 
                apprehension and conviction of individuals responsible 
                for significant criminal activity;
                    (iii) preventing the direction of criminal 
                activities from prison;
                    (iv) exercising sufficient control over prisoners 
                for drug-related offenses to ensure continued detention 
                of such prisoners; and
                    (v) seizing and confiscating assets linked to 
                criminal activities.
    (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) is in addition to 
any certification required by section 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j).
    (b) Reporting Requirement.--(1) Not later than March 1, 1996, the 
Secretary of State shall report to the Chairman of the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives on the steps being taken by the Government of Colombia 
to ensure effective counter-narcotics efforts.
    (2) The report required by paragraph (1) should include--
            (A) an assessment of Colombian efforts to prevent drug 
        traffickers from continuing to conduct business from prisons;
            (B) detailed information on the steps being taken by the 
        Government of Colombia to seize assets, to prosecute major 
        traffickers, and to develop information to conduct further 
        arrests and disrupt trafficker operations;
            (C) detailed information on the steps being taken by 
        Colombia to ensure adequate control of prisoners in its 
        custody;
            (D) an evaluation of the steps necessary to implement the 
        provisions of the Narcotics Control Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2491 
        et seq.) should Colombia not meet the standards for cooperating 
        fully with the United States to control the production and 
        transit of illegal drugs; and
            (E) an assessment of the steps being taken by the 
        Government of Colombia to conclude an extradition agreement 
        with the United States under the terms of section 203(c)(6) of 
        the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3202(c)(6)).
    (3) The report required by paragraph (1) is in addition to any 
report required by section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2291h).
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