[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 2341 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2341

  To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the major transit 
   countries and support a comprehensive supply eradication and crop 
               substitution program in source countries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 1998

Mr. DeWine (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Graham, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. 
   Brownback, Mr. Bond, Mr. Helms, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
 Allard, Mr. Frist, Mr. Mack, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Craig, and 
 Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  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

Sec. 301. Alternative crop development support.
       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 Congress regarding priority of drug interdiction and 
                            counter-drug activities.
                  TITLE VI--RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS

Sec. 601. Authorizations of appropriations.

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, an initiative 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.
    (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, 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 dedicated 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 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 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 each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
        operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for 
        Colombia, $6,000,000.
            (8) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
        operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for 
        Bolivia, $2,000,000.
            (9) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
        operation and maintenance for overhead air coverage for Peru, 
        $6,000,000.
            (10) 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.
    (b) Department of Defense.--
            (1) Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the 
        Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
        the enhancement of air coverage for drug source and transit 
        countries, as follows:
                    (A) For purchase and for operation and maintenance 
                of 1 Schweizer observation aircraft (to be piloted by 
                pilots under contract with the United States), the 
                total amount of $3,000,000, of which--
                            (i) $1,500,000 is for procurement, Defense-
                        wide; and
                            (ii) $500,000 for each such fiscal year is 
                        for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.
                    (B) For purchase and for operation and maintenance 
                of 2 Schweizer observation/spray aircraft (to be 
                piloted by pilots under contract with the United 
                States), the total amount of $6,000,000, of which--
                            (i) $3,000,000 is for procurement, Defense-
                        wide; and
                            (ii) $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year 
                        is for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.
                    (C) For each such fiscal year for operation and 
                maintenance of 1 J-31 observation aircraft to provide 
                reconnaissance in support of Colombian and Peruvian 
                counterdrug intelligence needs and direct support for 
                operations against river-coastal drug shipments and 
                drug labs, $4,000,000.
                    (D) For each such fiscal year for operation and 
                maintenance of an airbase referred to in paragraph (2), 
                $1,000,000.
            (2)(A) Using amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph 
        (B), the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property 
        and carry out military construction projects in the amount of 
        $300,000,000 to establish an airbase for use for support of 
        counternarcotics operations in the Southern Caribbean, Northern 
        South America, and the Eastern Pacific, to be located between 
        90 degrees west longitude on the western boundary and 60 
        degrees west longitude on the eastern boundary and between the 
        Equator for the southern boundary and the Tropic of Cancer for 
        the northern boundary.
            (B) Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
        years beginning after September 30, 1998, for military 
        construction and land acquisition for an airbase referred to in 
        subparagraph (A) in the total amount of $300,000,000.

SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF MARITIME COVERAGE AND OPERATION IN SOURCE AND 
              TRANSIT COUNTRIES.

    Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
Transportation for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the 
enhancement of United States Coast Guard maritime coverage and 
operation in drug source and transit countries, as follows:
            (1) For construction of 6 United States Coast Guard medium 
        endurance cutters, the total amount of $289,000,000.
            (2) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance 
        of 10 10-meter rigid hull inflatable interceptor fast boats, 
        $500,000.
            (3) For acquisition and construction of 7 United States 
        Coast Guard 87-foot maritime drug interdiction patrol boats, 
        the total amount of $30,390,000.
            (4) For each such fiscal year for operation of 7 United 
        States Coast Guard 87-foot maritime drug interdiction patrol 
        boats, $4,510,000.
            (5) For each such fiscal year for support, operation, and 
        maintenance of 1 United States Coast Guard PC-170, $2,890,000.
            (6) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance 
        of 2 reactivated United States Coast Guard T-AGOS with C-41 
        suite for detection and monitoring, $6,180,000.
            (7) For acquisition and construction of 2 additional United 
        States Coast Guard T-AGOS, the total amount of $9,740,000.

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

    Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the enhancement of 
radar coverage in drug source and transit countries, as follows:
            (1) For each such fiscal year for operation and 
        maintenance, Defense-wide, for establishment of Relocatable 
        Over the Horizon Radar capability to provide radar coverage of 
the eastern Pacific area and South America, $15,000,000.
            (2) For restoration of aerostat coverage at Georgetown, 
        Exuma, Bahamas, the total amount of $13,500,000, of which--
                    (A) the total amount of $4,500,000 is for 
                procurement, Defense-wide; and
                    (B) $3,000,000 for each such fiscal year is for 
                operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.
            (3) For each such fiscal year for operation and 
        maintenance, Defense-wide, for establishment of ground-based 
        radar coverage at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, $300,000.

  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.
    (b) Department of Defense.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated 
for the Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
the enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia, as 
follows:
            (1) For procurement, Defense-wide, 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.
            (2) For each such fiscal year for operation and 
        maintenance, Defense-wide, for forward deployment of 5 riverine 
        operations maintenance platforms for the use of the Army of 
        Colombia, $2,000,000.

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.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        for the Department of Defense for each of fiscal years 1999, 
        2000, and 2001, $500,000 for operation and maintenance, 
        Defense-wide, for enhancement of drug interdiction efforts in 
        Peru for support of multinational riverine and small boat 
        maintenance training programs in Iquitos, Peru.
            (2) 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. There is authorized to be appropriated for the 
        Department of Defense such amounts as may be necessary for 
        carrying out the study.

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 Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) all United States law enforcement personnel serving in 
        Mexico should be accorded the same status as diplomatic and 
        consular 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 and 
        consular 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 Congress.--It is the sense of 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 6 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--
                    (A) evaluate the responsiveness and effectiveness 
                of international narcotics assistance activities under 
                the Department of State during the preceding 2 fiscal 
                years; and
                    (B) assesses of the feasibility costs and steps 
                needed to achieve a transfer of the Bureau of 
                International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of 
                the Department of State to the Drug Enforcement 
                Administration.
            (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 Drug Enforcement 
        Administration.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Office on National Drug Control 
        Policy $500,000 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.

       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 Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 
        2001 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for locating 
        and operating Coast Guard and Navy 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 Defense for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, 
$1,000,000 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for support for 
the Venezuelan Joint National Guard and 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 not more than $250,000 worth of nonlethal equipment 
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.

    (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 Transportation.--Funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Department of Transportation for fiscal years 
1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhancement of United States Coast Guard 
counternarcotic operations in drug transit and source countries, as 
follows:
            (1) For enhancement of Forward Looking Infra-Red and Global 
        Positioning Systems capability for the United States Coast 
        Guard and Blackhawk helicopters, the total amount of 
        $2,100,000.
            (2) For each such fiscal year for increased HH-65A patrol 
        hours, $2,100,000.
            (3) For each such fiscal year for increased HC-130 patrol 
        hours, $830,000.
            (4) For each such fiscal year for increased United States 
        Coast Guard patrol boat hours and support, $7,480,000.
            (5) For installation of satellite communications systems on 
        110-foot patrol boats, the total amount of $12,780,000.
            (6) For installation of Forward Looking Infra-Red on United 
        States Coast Guard HU-25 maritime patrol aircraft, the total 
        amount of $9,000,000.
            (7) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance 
        support of 10 United States Coast Guard aircraft in the transit 
        zone ending 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        $10,000,000.
            (8) For each such fiscal year for restoration and 
        maintenance of United States Coast Guard ``Frontier Lance'', by 
        positioning additional United States Navy assets at Barahona, 
        Dominican Republic, and Cayes, Haiti, $1,000,000.
            (9) For increased spending for international law 
        enforcement training, the total amount of $1,500,000.
            (10) For 3 HU-25 maritime patrol aircraft, the total amount 
        of $4,610,000 for activation and an additional amount of 
        $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year for operation and 
        maintenance.
    (c) Department of Defense.--Funds are authorized to be appropriated 
for the Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for 
the enhancement of counternarcotics operations in drug source and 
transit countries, as follows:
            (1) For operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for 
        deployment of intelligent acoustic detection buoys in the 
        Florida Straits and Bahamas, the total amount of $1,000,000.
            (2) For each such fiscal year for operation and 
        maintenance, Defense-wide for positioning Navy assets at 
        Barahona, Dominican Republic, and Les Cayes, Haiti, to restore 
        and maintain Operation Frontier Lance of the Coast Guard, 
        $1,000,000.
            (3) For operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for a 
        nonlethal technology program to enhance countermeasures against 
        the threat of transportation of drugs by so-called Go-Fast 
        boats, the total amount of $2,100,000.
            (4) For each such fiscal year, for operation and 
        maintenance, Defense-wide, $2,000,000, for consolidation, at a 
        Department of Defense facility, Key West, Florida, of the 
        following facilities:
                    (A) The Joint Interagency Task Force, East, Key 
                West, Florida.
                    (B) The Joint Interagency Task Force, West, 
                Alameda, California.
                    (C) The Joint Interagency Task Force, South, Panama 
                City, Panama.
                    (D) The Joint Task Force 6, El Paso, Texas.
            (5) For procurement, Defense-wide, for enhancement of 
        Forward Looking Infra-Red and Global Positioning Systems 
        capability for the Department of Defense for Blackhawk 
        helicopters used in Operation The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, 
        the total amount of $3,200,000.
    (d) 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.
    (e) 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.

SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIORITY OF DRUG INTERDICTION AND 
              COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.

    It is the sense of 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.

                  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.
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