[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1785 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1785

   To authorize the operation of National Guard counterdrug schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 24, 2003

   Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
 Cochran, and Mr. Lott) introduced the following bill; which was read 
         twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the operation of National Guard counterdrug schools.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG SCHOOLS.

    (a) Authority To Operate.--Under such regulations as the Secretary 
of Defense may prescribe, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may 
establish and operate, or provide financial assistance to the States to 
establish and operate, not more than five schools (to be known 
generally as ``National Guard counterdrug schools'').
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the National Guard counterdrug schools 
shall be the provision by the National Guard of training in drug 
interdiction and counter-drug activities and drug demand reduction 
activities to personnel of the following:
            (1) Federal agencies.
            (2) State and local law enforcement agencies.
            (3) Community-based organizations engaged in such 
        activities.
            (4) Other non-Federal governmental and private entities and 
        organizations engaged in such activities.
    (c) Counterdrug Schools Specified.--The National Guard counterdrug 
schools operated under the authority in subsection (a) are as follows:
            (1) The National Interagency Civil-Military Institute 
        (NICI), San Luis Obispo, California.
            (2) The Multi-Jurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force 
        Training (MCTFT), St. Petersburg, Florida.
            (3) The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center (MCTC), in 
        Johnston, Iowa.
            (4) The Regional Counterdrug Training Academy (RCTA), 
        Meridian, Mississippi.
            (5) The Northeast Regional Counterdrug Training Center 
        (NCTC), Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
    (d) Use of National Guard Personnel.--(1) To the extent provided 
for in the State drug interdiction and counter-drug activities plan of 
a State in which a National Guard counterdrug school is located, 
personnel of the National Guard of that State who are ordered to 
perform full-time National Guard duty authorized under section 112(b) 
of that title 32, United States Code, may provide training referred to 
in subsection (b) at that school.
    (2) In this subsection, the term ``State drug interdiction and 
counter-drug activities plan'', in the case of a State, means the 
current plan submitted by the Governor of the State to the Secretary of 
Defense under section 112 of title 32, United States Code.
    (e) Treatment Under Authority To Provide Counterdrug Support.--The 
provisions of section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note) shall 
apply to any activities of a National Guard counterdrug school under 
this section that are for an agency referred to in subsection (a) of 
such section 1004 and for a purpose set forth in subsection (b) of such 
section 1004.
    (f) Annual Reports on Activities.--(1) Not later than February 1 
each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on the activities of the National Guard counterdrug schools during the 
preceding year.
    (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall set forth the following:
            (A) The amount made available for each National Guard 
        counterdrug school during the fiscal year ending in the year 
        preceding the year in which such report is submitted.
            (B) A description of the activities of each National Guard 
        counterdrug school during the year preceding the year in which 
        such report is submitted.
    (g) Budget Matters.--The budget of the President that is submitted 
to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for any 
fiscal year after fiscal year 2004 shall set forth as a separate budget 
item the amount requested for such fiscal year for the National Guard 
counterdrug schools.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for the 
National Guard for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008, $30,000,000 
for purposes of the National Guard counterdrug schools in such fiscal 
year.
    (2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) for a 
fiscal year is in addition to any other amount authorized to be 
appropriated for the Department of Defense for the National Guard for 
such fiscal year.
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