[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4748 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4748

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 to require a northern border counternarcotics strategy, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2010

  Mr. Owens (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mrs. McMorris 
 Rodgers, Mr. Pascrell, and Ms. Kaptur) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 to require a northern border counternarcotics strategy, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Border Counternarcotics 
Strategy Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY.

    The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109-469) is amended by inserting after section 1110 
the following new section:

``SEC. 1110A. REQUIREMENT FOR NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS 
              STRATEGY.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section and every two years thereafter, the Director 
of National Drug Control Policy, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall submit to Congress a Northern Border 
Counternarcotics Strategy.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy 
shall--
            ``(1) set forth the Government's strategy for preventing 
        the illegal trafficking of drugs across the international 
        border between the United States and Canada, including through 
        ports of entry and between ports of entry on that border;
            ``(2) state the specific roles and responsibilities of the 
        relevant National Drug Control Program agencies (as defined in 
        section 702 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
        Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701)) and the Office of 
        Counternarcotics Enforcement of the Department of Homeland 
        Security for implementing that strategy; and
            ``(3) identify the specific resources required to enable 
        the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies and the 
        Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement of the Department of 
        Homeland Security to implement that strategy.
    ``(c) Specific Content Related to Cross-Border Indian 
Reservations.--The Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall 
include--
            ``(1) a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of drugs 
        through Indian reservations that straddle the international 
        border between the United States and Canada; and
            ``(2) recommendations for additional assistance to tribal 
        law enforcement agencies with respect to such strategy.
    ``(d) Consultation With Other Agencies.--The Director shall issue 
the Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy in consultation with the 
heads of the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies.
    ``(e) Limitation.--The Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy 
shall not change existing agency authorities or the laws governing 
interagency relationships, but may include recommendations about 
changes to such authorities or laws.
    ``(f) Report to Congress.--The Director shall provide a copy of the 
Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy to the appropriate 
congressional committees (as defined in section 702 of the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 
1701)), and to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate.
    ``(g) Treatment of Classified or Law Enforcement Sensitive 
Information.--Any content of the Northern Border Counternarcotics 
Strategy that involves information classified under criteria 
established by an Executive order, or whose public disclosure, as 
determined by the Director or the head of any relevant National Drug 
Control Program agency, would be detrimental to the law enforcement or 
national security activities of any Federal, State, local, or tribal 
agency, shall be presented to Congress separately from the rest of the 
Strategy.''.
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