[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1025 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1025

    To provide for a study of the South Florida High Intensity Drug 
               Trafficking Area, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 1997

 Mr. Graham ( for himself, Mr. Mack, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for a study of the South Florida High Intensity Drug 
               Trafficking Area, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) numerous law enforcement agencies, including the United 
        States Customs Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
        and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, are overwhelmed 
        with the growth of drug trafficking activity in the
        I-4 corridor;
            (2) because of its location, Florida has become a hub for 
        drug imports and a key heroin and cocaine distribution center 
        for the United States, as those drugs are distributed to other 
        parts of the United States;
            (3) the I-4 corridor has become particularly vulnerable to 
        drug trafficking;
            (4) despite intensive community awareness and public 
        education campaigns concerning the dangers of drugs, and 
        intensive efforts of Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
        officials, drug arrests in the
         I-4 corridor continue to increase;
            (5) despite the efforts of the Federal Government and the 
        governments of States and local governments, arrests of 
        teenagers for the sale or use of illegal drugs has doubled 
        during the 5-year period preceding the date of enactment of 
        this Act;
            (6) for 1995, the I-4 corridor ranked 5th in the United 
        States for cocaine-related deaths per capita;
            (7) the I-4 corridor leads the State of Florida in heroin-
        related deaths per capita;
            (8) it is necessary to coordinate Federal, State, and local 
        law enforcement efforts to address the problem of drug 
        trafficking in Florida; and
            (9) the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, 
        established by the Office of the National Drug Control Policy 
        serves as a model of cooperation between Federal, State, and 
        local law enforcement agencies for achieving results in 
        addressing the problem of drug trafficking.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the 
expansion of the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area to 
include the I-4 corridor to better address the problem of drug 
trafficking in the area by directing additional resources to the area.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
            (2) Drug trafficking.--The term ``drug trafficking'' means 
        drug trafficking of illegal drugs (as that term is defined by 
        the Director).
            (3) I-4 corridor.--The term ``I-4 corridor'' means the area 
        along Interstate 4 in Florida that extends from Daytona Beach, 
        Florida, and the surrounding vicinity to Tampa Bay, Florida, 
        and the surrounding vicinity.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING 
              AREA.

    As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director shall take such action as may be necessary to include in the 
South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area--
            (1) the area designated by the Director as the South 
        Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, as of the day 
        before the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) the I-4 corridor.

SEC. 4. STUDY AND REPORT.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director, in consultation with the heads of appropriate 
State and local law enforcement agencies, shall conduct a comprehensive 
analysis of the problem of drug trafficking in the I-4 corridor.
    (b) Report.--Upon completion of the study conducted under 
subsection (a), the Director shall prepare, and submit to the 
appropriate heads of Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies, a report on that study that contains--
            (1) the findings of the Director concerning the results of 
        the study; and
            (2) a strategy to address the problem of drug trafficking 
        in the I-4 corridor.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy to carry out the inclusion of the I-4 corridor in 
the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area under section 
3(2), $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
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