[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4300 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 4300

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                                 AN ACT

  To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the major transit 
   countries and support a comprehensive supply eradication and crop 
               substitution program in source countries.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4300

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                                 AN ACT


 
  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 
               AND MYCOHERBICIDE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 301. Alternative crop development support.
Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations for Agricultural Research 
                            Service counterdrug research and 
                            development activities.
Sec. 303. Master plan for mycoherbicides to control narcotic crops.
       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 the Congress regarding priority of drug interdiction 
                            and counterdrug activities.
Sec. 503. Provision of assistance by the Armed Forces to the 
                            Immigration and Naturalization Service and 
                            Customs Service.
                  TITLE VI--RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS

Sec. 601. Authorizations of appropriations.
        TITLE VII--CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PORT EMPLOYEES

Sec. 701. Background checks.
Sec. 702. Definition.

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 and OPERATION STEELWEB, 
        initiatives 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.
            (14) 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.
            (15) 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).
            (16) 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.
            (17) 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.
            (18) 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.
            (19) The conduct of counter-drug activities has the 
        potential for contact with hostile forces.
            (20) 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.
    (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, as well support 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 procurement and 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 1999, 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 1999, 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 construction and furnishing of an additional 
        facility for the P-3B aircraft, 6,000,000.
            (8) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
        operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for 
        Colombia, $6,000,000.
            (9) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
        operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for 
        Bolivia, $2,000,000.
            (10) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
        operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for Peru, 
        $6,000,000.
            (11) 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.
            (12) For purchase and for operation and maintenance of 3 
        Schweizer RU-38A observation aircraft (to be piloted by pilots 
        under contract with the United States), the total amount of 
        $16,500,000, of which--
                    (A) $13,500,000 is for procurement; and
                    (B) $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year is for 
                operation and maintenance.
    (b) Report.--Not later than January 31, 1999, the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director 
of Central Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on National 
Security, the Committee on International Relations, and the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report 
examining the options available in the source and transit zones to 
replace Howard Air Force Base in Panama and specifying the requirements 
of the United States to establish an airbase or airbases for use in 
support of counternarcotics operations to optimize operational 
effectiveness in the source and transit zones. The report shall 
identify the following:
            (1) The specific requirements necessary to support the 
        national drug control policy of the United States.
            (2) The estimated construction, operation, and maintenance 
        costs for a replacement counterdrug airbase or airbases in the 
        source and transit zones.
            (3) Possible interagency cost sharing arrangements for a 
        replacement airbase or airbases.
            (4) Any legal or treaty-related issues regarding the 
        replacement airbase or airbases.
            (5) A summary of completed alternative site surveys for the 
        airbase or airbases.
    (c) Transfer of Aircraft.--The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer 
to the United States Customs Service--
            (1) ten currently retired and previously identified 
        heavyweight P-3B aircraft for modification into P-3 AEW&C 
        aircraft; and
            (2) ten currently retired and previously identified 
        heavyweight P-3B aircraft for modification into P-3 Slick 
        aircraft.

SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF COAST GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION.

    (a) Operating Expenses.--For operating expenses of the Coast Guard 
associated with expansion of drug interdiction activities around Puerto 
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and other transit zone areas of 
operation, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation $129,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 
2001. Such amounts shall include (but are not limited to) amounts for 
the following:
            (1) For deployment of intelligent acoustic detection buoys 
        in the Florida Straits and Bahamas.
            (2) For a nonlethal technology program to enhance 
        countermeasures against the threat of transportation of drugs 
        by so-called Go-Fast boats.
    (b) Acquisition, Construction, and Improvement.--
            (1) In general.--For acquisition, construction, and 
        improvement of facilities and equipment to be used for 
        expansion of Coast Guard drug interdiction activities, there 
        are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
        Transportation for fiscal year 1999 the following:
                    (A) For maritime patrol aircraft, $66,000,000.
                    (B) For acquisition of deployable pursuit boats, 
                $3,500,000.
                    (C) For the acquisition and construction of 15 
                United States Coast Guard 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boats, 
                $71,000,000.
                    (D) For the reactivation of 3 United States Coast 
                Guard HU-25 Falcon jets, $7,500,000.
                    (E) For acquisition of installed or deployable 
                electronic sensors and communications systems for Coast 
                Guard Cutters, $16,300,000.
                    (F) For acquisition and construction of facilities 
                and equipment to support regional and international law 
                enforcement training and support in Puerto Rico, the 
                United States Virgin Islands, and Caribbean Basin, 
                $4,000,000.
                    (G) For acquisition or conversion of maritime 
                patrol aircraft, $17,000,000.
                    (H) For acquisition or conversion of 2 vessels to 
                be used as Coast Guard Medium or High Endurance 
                Cutters, $36,000,000.
                    (I) For acquisition or conversion of 2 vessels to 
                be used as Coast Guard Cutters as support, command, and 
                control platforms for drug interdiction operations, 
                $20,000,000.
                    (J) For construction of 6 United States Code Coast 
                Guard medium endurance cutters, $289,000,000.
            (2) Continued availability.--Amounts appropriated under 
        this subsection may remain available until expended.
    (c) Requirement To Accept Patrol Craft From Department of 
Defense.--The Secretary of Transportation shall accept, for use by the 
Coast Guard for expanded drug interdiction activities, 7 PC-170 patrol 
craft offered by the Department of Defense.

SEC. 103. EXPANSION OF RADAR COVERAGE AND OPERATION IN SOURCE AND 
              TRANSIT COUNTRIES.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Department of the Treasury for fiscal years 1999, 
2000, and 2001 for the enhancement of radar coverage in drug source and 
transit countries, as follows:
            (1) For restoration of radar in the Bahamas, the total 
        amount of $13,500,000, of which--
                    (A) the total amount of $4,500,000 is for 
                procurement; and
                    (B) $3,000,000 for each such fiscal year is for 
                operation and maintenance.
            (2) For each such fiscal year for operation and 
        maintenance, for establishment of ground-based radar coverage 
        at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, $300,000.
    (b) Report.--Not later than January 31, 1999, the Secretary of 
Defense, in conjunction with the Director of Central Intelligence, 
shall submit to the Committee on National Security and the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate a report examining the options available to 
the United States for improving Relocatable Over the Horizon (ROTHR) 
capability to provide enhanced radar coverage of narcotics source zone 
countries in South America and transit zones in the Eastern Pacific. 
The report shall include--
            (1) a discussion of the need and costs associated with the 
        establishment of a proposed fourth ROTHR site located in the 
        source or transit zones; and
            (2) an assessment of the intelligence specific issues 
        raised if such a ROTHR facility were to be established in 
        conjunction with a foreign government.

  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.
            (6) For procurement, 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.
            (7) For the repair and rebuilding of the antinarcotics base 
        at Miraflores, $2,000,000.
            (8) For providing sufficient and adequate base and force 
        security for any rebuilt facility at Miraflores, and the other 
        forward operating antinarcotics bases of the Colombian National 
        Police antinarcotics unit, $6,000,000.
    (b) Counternarcotics Assistance.--United States counternarcotics 
assistance may not be provided for the Government of Colombia under 
this Act or under any other provision of law on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act if the Government of Colombia negotiates or 
permits the establishment of any demilitarized zone in which the 
eradication and interdiction of drug production by the security forces 
of Colombia, including the Colombian National Police antinarcotics 
unit, is prohibited.

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 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.

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 the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) all United States law enforcement personnel serving in 
        Mexico should be accredited the same status under the Vienna 
        Convention on Diplomatic Immunity as other diplomatic 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 
        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 the Congress.--It is the sense of the 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 3 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 evaluate the responsiveness and 
        effectiveness of international narcotics assistance activities 
        under the Department of State during the preceding 4 fiscal 
        years.
            (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 Department of Justice.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Office on National Drug Control 
        Policy $100,000 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.

SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 
              SERVICE COUNTERDRUG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, 
$23,000,000 to support the counternarcotics research efforts of the 
Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Of that 
amount, funds are authorized as follows:
            (1) $5,000,000 shall be used for crop eradication 
        technologies.
            (2) $2,000,000 shall be used for narcotics plant 
        identification, chemistry, and biotechnology.
            (3) $1,000,000 shall be used for worldwide crop 
        identification, detection tagging, and production estimation 
        technology.
            (4) $5,000,000 shall be used for improving the disease 
        resistance, yield, and economic competitiveness of commercial 
        crops that can be promoted as alternatives to the production of 
        narcotics plants.
            (5) $10,000,000 to contract with entities meeting the 
        criteria described in subsection (b) for the product 
        development, environmental testing, registration, production, 
        aerial distribution system development, product effectiveness 
        monitoring, and modification of multiple mycoherbicides to 
        control narcotic crops (including coca, poppy, and cannabis) in 
        the United States and internationally.
    (b) Criteria for Eligible Entities.--An entity under this 
subsection is an entity which possesses--
            (1) experience in diseases of narcotic crops;
            (2) intellectual property involving seed-borne dispersal 
        formulations;
            (3) the availability of state-of-the-art containment or 
        quarantine facilities;
            (4) country-specific mycoherbicide formulations;
            (5) specialized fungicide resistant formulations; or
            (6) special security arrangements.

SEC. 303. MASTER PLAN FOR MYCOHERBICIDES TO CONTROL NARCOTIC CROPS.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy shall develop a 10-year master plan for the use of 
mycoherbicides to control narcotic crops (including coca, poppy, and 
cannabis) in the United States and internationally.
    (b) Coordination.--The Director shall develop the plan in 
coordination with--
            (1) the Department of Agriculture;
            (2) the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department 
        of Justice;
            (3) the Department of Defense;
            (4) the Environmental Protection Agency;
            (5) the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law 
        Enforcement Activities of the Department of State;
            (6) the United States Information Agency; and
            (7) other appropriate agencies.
    (c) Report.--Not later than March 1, 1999, the Director of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy shall submit to Congress a 
report describing the activities undertaken to carry out this section.

       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 Transportation for fiscal years 1999, 
        2000, and 2001 for operation and maintenance, for locating and 
        operating Coast Guard 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 Justice for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, 
$1,000,000 for operation and maintenance, for support for the 
Venezuelan 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 each year nonlethal equipment, of which each piece of 
equipment may be valued at not more than $100,000, 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; REPORT.

    (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 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.
    (c) 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.
    (d) Department of Defense Report.--Not later than January 31, 1999, 
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, shall submit to the Committee 
on National Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report examining 
and proposing recommendations regarding any organizational changes to 
optimize counterdrug activities, including alternative cost-sharing 
arrangements regarding the following facilities:
            (1) The Joint Inter-Agency Task Force, East, Key West, 
        Florida.
            (2) The Joint Inter-Agency Task Force, West, Alameda, 
        California.
            (3) The Joint Inter-Agency Task Force, South, Panama City, 
        Panama.
            (4) The Joint Task Force 6, El Paso, Texas.

SEC. 502. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING PRIORITY OF DRUG INTERDICTION 
              AND COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES.

    It is the sense of the 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.

SEC. 503. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE BY THE ARMED FORCES TO THE 
              IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND CUSTOMS 
              SERVICE.

    The Secretary of Defense shall assist in keeping illegal drugs out 
of the United States by assigning members of the Armed Forces to 
assist--
            (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 
        preventing the entry of drug traffickers and narcotics into the 
        United States; and
            (2) the United States Customs Service in the inspection of 
        cargo, vehicles, and aircraft at points of entry into the 
        United States.

                  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.

        TITLE VII--CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PORT EMPLOYEES

SEC. 701. BACKGROUND CHECKS.

    Upon the request of any State, county, port authority, or other 
local jurisdiction of a State, the Attorney General shall grant to such 
State, county, port authority, or other local jurisdiction access to 
information collected by the Attorney General pursuant to section 534 
of title 28, United States Code, for the purpose of allowing such 
State, county, port authority, or other local jurisdiction to conduct 
criminal background checks on employees, or applicants for employment, 
at any port under the jurisdiction of such State, county, port 
authority, or other local jurisdiction.

SEC. 702. DEFINITION.

    As used in this title, the term ``port'' means any place at which 
vessels may resort to load or unload cargo.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 16, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.