[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 324 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 324

Expressing the sense of Congress that the administrative priorities for 
  the allocation of Department of Defense assets should be revised so 
  that the priority established for the counter-drug mission of that 
         Department is second only to its war-fighting mission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

  Mr. McCollum (for himself and Mr. Hastert) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on National 
                                Security

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the administrative priorities for 
  the allocation of Department of Defense assets should be revised so 
  that the priority established for the counter-drug mission of that 
         Department is second only to its war-fighting mission.

Whereas the Department of Defense has been called upon to support counter-drug 
        efforts of Federal law enforcement agencies that are carried out in 
        source countries and through transit zone interdiction, but in recent 
        years Department of Defense assets critical to those counter-drug 
        activities have been consistently diverted to missions that the 
        Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
        consider a higher priority;
Whereas the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
        through the Department of Defense policy referred to as the Global 
        Military Force Policy, has established the priorities for the allocation 
        of military assets in the following order: (1) war, (2) military 
        operations other than war that might involve contact with hostile forces 
        (such as peacekeeping operations and noncombatant evacuations), (3) 
        exercises and training, and (4) operational tasking other than those 
        involving hostilities (including counter-drug activities and 
        humanitarian assistance);
Whereas illegal drugs entering the United States from abroad are cheaper and 
        more plentiful on the Nation's streets than ever;
Whereas teenage drug use in the United States has doubled since 1992;
Whereas studies and expert opinion show that it is necessary to reduce the flow 
        of illegal drugs entering the United States by at least 60 percent from 
        present levels in order to affect availability and raise street prices 
        enough to significantly reduce teenage drug use;
Whereas use of Department of Defense assets is critical to the success of 
        efforts to stem the flow of illegal drugs from source countries and 
        through transit zones to the United States;
Whereas the placement of counter-drug activities in the fourth and last priority 
        of the Global Military Force Policy list of priorities for the 
        allocation of military assets has resulted in a serious deficiency in 
        assets vital to the success of source country and transit zone efforts 
        to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United States;
Whereas at present the United States faces few, if any, threats from abroad 
        greater than the threat posed to the Nation's youth by illegal and 
        dangerous drugs;
Whereas the conduct of counter-drug activities has the potential for contact 
        with hostile forces; and
Whereas the Department of Defense counter-drug activities mission should be near 
        the top, not among the last, of the priorities for the allocation of 
        Department of Defense assets after the first priority for those assets 
        for the war-fighting mission of the Department of Defense: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense and 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should revise the priorities for 
the allocation of Department of Defense assets under the Department of 
Defense policy referred to as the Global Military Force Policy so that 
the priority established for the counter-drug activities mission of the 
Department of Defense is equal to or higher than the priority (which is 
currently the second highest priority) for the mission of military 
operations other than war that might involve contact with hostile 
forces (such as peacekeeping operations and noncombatant evacuations).
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