[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 4748 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4748


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2010

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 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 
        Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security 
        (including the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement), and 
        other 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)) for 
        implementing that strategy; and
            ``(3) identify the specific resources required to enable 
        the agencies described in paragraph (2) 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 on or near 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 Required.--The Director shall issue the Northern 
Border Counternarcotics Strategy in consultation with the Attorney 
General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other 
relevant National Drug Control Program agencies, and, with respect to 
subsection (c), the leaders of the affected Indian tribes.
    ``(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 Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.