[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12937-S12942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Grassley):
  S. 1758. A bill to authorize urgent support for Colombia and front 
line states to secure peace and the rule of law, to enhance the 
effectiveness of anti-drug efforts that are essential to impending the 
flow of deadly cocaine and heroin from Colombia to the United States, 
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, the current situation in Colombia is a 
nightmare. Embroiled in a bloody, complex, three decade-long civil war, 
Colombia is spiraling toward collapse. Since the early 1990s, more than 
35,000 Colombians have lost their lives at the hands of two well-
financed, heavily-armed guerrilla insurgency groups, along with a 
competing band of ruthless paramilitary operatives, hell bent on 
crushing the group of leftist guerrillas. Sadly, many of those killed 
so far have been innocent civilians caught in the constant cross-fire.
  The American drug habit is at the core of the Colombian crisis, with 
drug users and pushers in this country subsidizing the anti-democratic 
leftists. Americans want drugs. The drug traffickers want money. To 
ensure their prosperity and to maintain a profitable industry, the 
traffickers essentially hire the guerrillas and, increasingly, the 
paramilitary groups to protect their livelihoods. Violence and 
instability reign. Democracy is crumbling.
  That's why, Mr. President, today, along with my colleague Senator 
Coverdell, we are introducing the Anti-Drug Alliance with Colombia and 
the Andean Region Act of 1999. This comprehensive bill is designed to 
promote peace and stability in Colombia and the Latin American region. 
Our colleague, Senator Grassley also joins us as a co-sponsor. We 
believe it is time that our government work in conjunction with the 
government and the people of Colombia to help lessen the growing crisis 
in the region.
  The problems in Colombia run deep. There are no easy ``overnight'' 
solutions. If we are to assist in creating and sustaining long-term 
stability in Colombia, we must commit the resources to achieving that 
end. It is in our national interest to support Colombia in its effort 
to thwart further destabilization. Without a strong Colombia, narco-
traffickers will flourish, an abundant and steady flow of illicit drugs 
will head for the United States, one of our largest export markets in 
the western hemisphere will continue to falter, and a democratic 
government will further erode.
  Just a couple of weeks ago, I met with Colombian President Pastrana 
during his visit to Washington. We discussed how our two countries can 
work together--in cooperation--to eliminate drugs from our hemisphere 
and to begin restoring democracy and the rule of law in Colombia.
  For more than three decades, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of 
Colombia, otherwise known as the FARC, and the National Liberation Army 
(ELN) have waged the longest-running guerrilla insurgency in Latin 
America. Both rebel groups have a combined strength of between 15,000 
and 20,000 full-time guerrillas. These armed terrorists control or 
influence up to 60% of rural Colombia. At present, the Colombian 
military does not appear to have the strength and resources to counter 
these menacing forces.
  Well over a decade ago, the biggest threat to stability from within 
our hemisphere was communism--Soviet and Cuban communists pushing their 
anti-democratic propaganda in Central America. We overcame that threat. 
Under the Reagan and Bush Administrations, Democracy prevailed. Today, 
in our hemisphere, the communists have been replaced by drug 
traffickers and the rebels they hire to protect their lucrative 
industry. These drug traffickers also are financing the roughly 5,000 
armed paramilitary combatants, whose self-appointed mission is to 
counter the strength of the leftist guerrillas. If we hope to have any 
impact at all in eliminating the drugs in our cities, in our schools, 
and in our homes, we need to attack drug trafficking head on--here and 
abroad. This is how we can help both the people of Colombia and the 
people of our own country.

  With the help of my colleagues, Senators Paul Coverdell, Bob Graham 
and Charles Grassley, last year we passed the Western Hemisphere Drug 
Elimination Act. This was a much-needed step toward attacking the drug 
problem at its core. This Act is a $2.7 billion, three-year investment 
to rebuild our drug fighting capability outside our borders. This law 
is about reclaiming the federal government's exclusive responsibility 
to prevent drugs from ever reaching our borders. This law is about 
building a hemisphere free from the violent and decaying influence of 
drug traffickers. This is a law about stopping drugs before they ever 
reach our kids in Ohio.
  This bill was necessary because the Clinton Administration, since 
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into office, has slashed funding levels for international counter-
narcotics efforts. By turning its back for the better part of this 
decade on the fight against drugs abroad, this Administration has 
contributed inadvertently to the growing strength of drug trafficking 
organizations, as well as the narco-terrorists in the region.
  If one principle has guided American foreign policy consistently 
since the dawn of our nation, it is this: The peace and stability of 
our own hemisphere must come first. That certainly has been the case 
throughout the last century. The Spanish-American War, the Cuban 
Missile Crisis, the democratization of Central America in the 1980s, 
and the North American Free Trade Agreement in the 1990s--all of these 
key events were approached with the same premise: A strong, free, and 
prosperous hemisphere means a strong, free, and prosperous United 
States.
  Consistent with that principle, the United States must take an active 
role in seeking a peaceful, democratic Colombia. That is why Senator 
Coverdell, who just came back from Colombia, and I have developed a 
comprehensive assistance plan for Colombia. The Alliance Act of 1999 
would authorize $1.6 billion over three years to support: 1. 
Alternative crop and economic development; 2. Drug interdiction 
programs; 3. Human rights and rule of law programs; and 4. Military and 
police counter-narcotics operations. Our plan also contains provisions 
for counter-narcotics assistance and crop alternative development 
programs for other Latin American countries, including Brazil, Bolivia, 
Peru, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
  Our plan not only provides the means to eradicate and interdict 
illicit drugs, but it also provides the training and resources to 
strengthen both the civilian and military justice systems to preserve 
the rule of law and democracy in Colombia. A hemispheric commitment to 
the rule of law is essential. When I visited with Americans living in 
Colombia during a trip to the region last year, judicial reform was a 
central focus of our discussion on ways our nation can better assist 
Colombia. With our plan, our government would take a leadership role in 
promoting a strong judiciary and rule of law in Colombia by providing 
our own technical expertise.
  Our plan promotes the sanctity of human rights and provides 
humanitarian assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people who have 
been displaced due to the violence and instability.
  We not only focus on the economy of Colombia, but also on the 
stability of the region, as a whole. We provide support for the front-
line states and call on them and the international community to assist 
and support the Government of Colombia. This is a cooperative effort to 
help Colombia begin to help itself.
  Our plan would monitor the assistance to the Colombian security 
forces, so we can be sure that this assistance is used effectively for 
its intended purpose and does not fall into the hands of those who 
engage in gross violations of human rights and drug trafficking.
  We urge the Colombian government to take a tough stance against the 
often over-looked paramilitaries. They are a growing part of the 
problem in Colombia and should not be ignored.
  Our plan is comprehensive. Our plan is balanced. It demonstrates our 
commitment to assisting the Government of Colombia and our interest in 
working together to bring peace and security to the hemisphere.
  Mr. President, this is not an ``America Knows Best'' plan. We 
consulted with those who are on the front-lines in Colombia--those who 
know best what Colombia needs right now. We have talked with the 
Colombian government, including President Pastrana, to inquire about 
Colombia's specific needs. We also have consulted with U.S. government 
officials, who have confirmed our belief that a plan for Colombia must 
be balanced if we hope to address the complex and dangerous elements of 
the current situation.
  Frankly, Mr. President, it is my hope that the Administration will 
pro-actively work with Congress--and most importantly, Colombia--to 
turn the tide against those seeking to undermine democracy in the 
region. We must act now--too much is at risk to wait any longer.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1758

       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 ``Alliance 
     with Colombia and the Andean Region (ALIANZA) Act of 1999''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purposes.
Sec. 3. Findings.
Sec. 4. Definitions.

              TITLE I--UNITED STATES POLICY AND PERSONNEL

Sec. 101. Statement of policy regarding support for democracy, peace, 
              the rule of law, and human rights in Colombia.
Sec. 102. Requirement for a comprehensive regional strategy to support 
              Colombia and the front line states.
Sec. 103. Availability of funds conditioned on submission of strategic 
              plan and application of congressional notification 
              procedures.
Sec. 104. Limitation on availability of funds.
Sec. 105. Sense of Congress on unimpeded access by Colombian law 
              enforcement officials to all areas of the national 
              territory of Colombia.
Sec. 106. Extradition of narcotics traffickers.
Sec. 107. Additional personnel requirements for the United States 
              mission in Colombia.
Sec. 108. Sense of Congress on a special coordinator on Colombia.
Sec. 109. Sense of Congress on the death of three United States 
              citizens in Colombia in March 1999.
Sec. 110. Sense of Congress on members of Colombian security forces and 
              members of Colombian irregular forces.

                     TITLE II--ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED

  Subtitle A--Democracy, Peace, the Rule of Law, and Human Rights in 
                                Colombia

Sec. 201. Support for democracy, peace, the rule of law, and human 
              rights in Colombia.
Sec. 202. United States emergency humanitarian assistance fund for 
              internally forced displaced population in Colombia.
Sec. 203. Investigation by Colombian Attorney General of drug 
              trafficking and human rights abuses by irregular forces 
              and security forces.
Sec. 204. Report on Colombian military justice.
Sec. 205. Denial of visas to and inadmissibility of aliens who have 
              been involved in drug trafficking and human rights 
              violations in Colombia.

  Subtitle B--Eradication of Drug Production and Interdiction of Drug 
                              Trafficking

Sec. 211. Targeting new illicit cultivation and mobilizing the 
              Colombian security forces against the narcotrafficking 
              threat.
Sec. 212. Reinvigoration of efforts to interdict illicit narcotics in 
              Colombia.
Sec. 213. Enhancement of Colombian police and navy law enforcement 
              activities nationwide.
Sec. 214. Targeting illicit assets of irregular forces.
Sec. 215. Enhancement of regional interdiction of illicit drugs.
Sec. 216. Revised authorities for provision of additional support for 
              counter-drug activities of Colombia and Peru.
Sec. 217. Sense of Congress on assistance to Brazil.
Sec. 218. Monitoring of assistance for Colombian security forces.
Sec. 219. Development of economic alternatives to the illicit drug 
              trade.

     SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

       The purposes of this Act are--
       (1) to prescribe proactive measures to confront the threat 
     to United States interests of continued instability in 
     Colombia;
       (2) to defend constitutional order, the rule of law, and 
     human rights, which will benefit all persons;
       (3) to support the democratically elected Government of the 
     Republic of Colombia to secure a firm and lasting end to the 
     armed conflict and lawlessness within its territory, which 
     now costs countless lives, threatens regional security, and 
     undermines effective anti-drug efforts;
       (4) to require the President to design and implement an 
     urgent, comprehensive, and adequately funded plan of support 
     for Colombia and its neighbors;
       (5) to authorize adequate funds to implement an urgent and 
     comprehensive plan of economic development and anti-drug 
     support for Colombia and the front line states;
       (6) to authorize indispensable material, technical, and 
     logistical support to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug 
     efforts that are essential to impeding the flow of deadly 
     cocaine and heroin from Colombia to the United States; and

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       (7) to bolster the capacity of the front line states to 
     confront the current destabilizing effects of the Colombia 
     conflict and to resist illicit narcotics trafficking 
     activities that may seek to elude enhanced law enforcement 
     efforts in Colombia.

     SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The armed conflict and resulting lawlessness in 
     Colombia present a clear and present danger to the security 
     of the front line states, to law enforcement efforts intended 
     to impede the flow of cocaine and heroin, and, therefore, to 
     the well-being of the people of the United States.
       (2) Colombia is a democratic country fighting multiple 
     wars, against the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces 
     (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), paramilitary 
     organizations, and international narcotics trafficking 
     kingpins.
       (3) With 34 percent of world terrorist acts committed 
     there, Colombia is the world's third most dangerous country 
     in terms of political violence.
       (4) Colombia is the world's kidnapping capital of the world 
     with 2,609 kidnappings reported in 1998 and 513 reported in 
     the first three months of 1999.
       (5) In 1998 alone, 308,000 Colombians were internally 
     displaced in Colombia. During the last decade, 35,000 
     Colombians have been killed.
       (6) The FARC and the ELN are the two main guerrilla groups 
     that have waged the longest-running anti-government 
     insurgency in Latin America.
       (7) The FARC and the ELN engage in systematic extortion 
     through the abduction of United States citizens, have 
     murdered United States citizens, profit from the illegal drug 
     trade, and engage in systematic and indiscriminate crimes, 
     including kidnapping, torture, and murder, against Colombian 
     civilian and security forces.
       (8) The FARC and the ELN have targeted United States 
     Government personnel, private United States citizens, and 
     United States business interests.
       (9) In March 1999, the FARC murdered three kidnapped United 
     States human rights workers near the international border 
     between Colombia and Venezuela.
       (10) The Colombian rebels are estimated to have a combined 
     strength of 10,000 to 20,000 full-time guerrillas, and they 
     have initiated armed action in nearly 700 of the country's 
     1,073 municipalities and control or influence roughly 60 
     percent of rural Colombia.
       (11) The Government of Colombia has recovered 5,000 new AK-
     47s from guerrilla caches in 1 month, and the FARC has 
     plotted to use $3,000,000 in funds earned from drug 
     trafficking to buy 30,000 AK-47s.
       (12) Although the Colombian Army has 122,000 soldiers, 
     there are no more than 40,000 soldiers available for 
     offensive combat operations.
       (13) Colombia faces the threat of an estimated 5,000 armed 
     persons who comprise paramilitary organizations, who engage 
     in lawless acts and undermine the peace process.
       (14) Paramilitary organizations profit from the illegal 
     drug trade and engage in systematic and indiscriminate 
     crimes, including extortion, kidnapping, torture, and murder, 
     against Colombian civilians.
       (15) The conflict in Colombia is creating instability along 
     its borders with neighboring countries, Ecuador, Panama, 
     Peru, and Venezuela, several of which have deployed forces to 
     their border with Colombia.
       (16) Coca production has increased 28 percent in Colombia 
     since 1998, and already 75 percent of the world's cocaine and 
     75 percent of the heroin seized in the northeast United 
     States is of Colombian origin.
       (17) The first 900-soldier Counternarcotics Battalion has 
     been established within the Colombian Army with training and 
     logistical support of the United States military and the 
     Department of State international narcotics and law 
     enforcement program, and it will be ready for deployment in 
     areas of new illicit coca cultivation in southern Colombia by 
     November 1999.
       (18) In response to serious human rights abuse allegations 
     by the Colombian military, the Government of Colombia has 
     dismissed alleged abusers and undertaken military reforms, 
     and, while the Colombian military was implicated in 50 
     percent of human rights violations in 1995, by 1998, the 
     number of incidents attributed to the military plummeted to 
     4-6 percent.
       (19) The Government of Colombia has convicted 240 members 
     of the military and police accused of human rights 
     violations.
       (20) In 1998, two-way trade between the United States and 
     Colombia was more than $11,000,000,000, making the United 
     States Colombia's number one trading partner and Colombia the 
     fifth largest market for United States exports in the region.
       (21) Colombia is experiencing a historic economic 
     recession, with unemployment rising to approximately 20 
     percent in 1999 after 40 years of annual economic growth 
     averaging 5 percent per year.
       (22) The Colombian judicial system is inefficient and 
     ineffective in bringing to justice those who violate the rule 
     of law.
       (23) The FARC continue to press for an exchange of detained 
     rebels, which, if granted, will enable the FARC to increase 
     its manpower in the short term by as many as 4,000 
     combatants.
       (24) The Drug Enforcement Administration has reported that 
     the Colombian irregular forces are involved in drug 
     trafficking and that certain irregular forces leaders have 
     become major drug traffickers.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--Except as 
     provided in section 218, the term ``appropriate congressional 
     committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Front line states.--The term ``front line states'' 
     means Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
       (3) Illicit drug trafficking.--The term ``illicit drug 
     trafficking'' means illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, 
     psychotropic substances, and other controlled substances (as 
     defined in section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 802(6)), as such activities are described by any 
     international narcotics control agreement to which the United 
     States is a signatory, or by the domestic law of the country 
     in whose territory or airspace the interdiction is occurring.
       (4) Irregular Forces.--The term ``irregular forces'' means 
     irregular armed groups engaged in illegal activities, 
     including the Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), the 
     National Liberation Army (ELN), and paramilitary 
     organizations.
              TITLE I--UNITED STATES POLICY AND PERSONNEL

     SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING SUPPORT FOR 
                   DEMOCRACY, PEACE, THE RULE OF LAW, AND HUMAN 
                   RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA.

       It shall be the policy of the United States--
       (1) to support the democratically elected Government of the 
     Republic of Colombia in its efforts to secure a firm and 
     lasting end to the armed conflict and lawlessness within its 
     territory, which now costs countless lives, threatens 
     regional security, and undermines effective anti-drug 
     efforts;
       (2) to insist that the Government of Colombia complete 
     urgent reform measures intended to open its economy fully to 
     foreign investment and commerce, particularly in the 
     petroleum industry, as a path toward economic recovery and 
     self-sufficiency;
       (3) to promote the protection of human rights in Colombia 
     by conditioning assistance to security forces on respect for 
     all internationally recognized human rights;
       (4) to support Colombian authorities in strengthening 
     judicial systems and investigative capabilities to bring to 
     justice any person against whom there exists credible 
     evidence of gross violations of human rights;
       (5) to expose the lawlessness and gross human rights 
     violations committed by irregular forces in Colombia; and
       (6) to mobilize international support for the 
     democratically elected Government of the Republic of Colombia 
     so that that government can resist making unilateral 
     concessions that undermine the credibility of the peace 
     process.

     SEC. 102. REQUIREMENT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL STRATEGY 
                   TO SUPPORT COLOMBIA AND THE FRONT LINE STATES.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees and the Caucus on 
     International Narcotics Control of the Senate a report on the 
     current United States policy and strategy regarding United 
     States counternarcotics assistance for Colombia and the front 
     line states.
       (b) Report Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall address the following:
       (1) The primary and second priorities of the United States 
     in its relations with Colombia and the front line states that 
     are the source of most of the illicit narcotics entering the 
     United States.
       (2) The actions required of the United States to support 
     and promote such priorities.
       (3) A schedule for implementing actions in order to meet 
     such priorities.
       (4) The role of the United States in the efforts of the 
     Government of Colombia to deal with illegal drug production 
     in Colombia.
       (5) The role of the United States in the efforts of the 
     Government of Colombia to deal with the insurgency in 
     Colombia.
       (6) The role of the United States in the efforts of the 
     Government of Colombia to deal with irregular forces in 
     Colombia.
       (7) How the strategy with respect to Colombia relates to 
     the United States strategy for the front line states.
       (8) How the strategy with respect to Colombia relates to 
     the United States strategy for fulfilling global 
     counternarcotics goals.
       (9) A strategy and schedule for providing urgent material, 
     technical, and logistical support to Colombia and the front 
     line states in order to defend the rule of law and to more 
     effectively impede the cultivation, production, transit, and 
     sale of illicit narcotics.

     SEC. 103. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS CONDITIONED ON SUBMISSION OF 
                   STRATEGIC PLAN AND APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL 
                   NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.

       Funds made available to carry out this Act shall only be 
     made available--
       (1) upon submission to Congress by the President of the 
     plan required by section 102; and
       (2) in accordance with the procedures applicable to 
     reprogramming notifications

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     under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2394-1).

     SEC. 104. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

       (a) Ineligibility of Units of Security Forces for 
     Assistance.--The same restrictions contained in section 568 
     of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 
     101(d) of division A of Public Law 105-277) and section 8130 
     of Public Law 105-262 that apply to the availability of funds 
     under those Acts shall apply to the availability of funds 
     under this Act.
       (b) Additional Restrictions..--In addition to the 
     application of the restrictions described in subsection (a), 
     those restrictions shall apply with respect to the 
     availability of funds for a unit of the security forces of 
     Colombia if the Secretary of State reports to Congress that 
     credible evidence exists that a member of that unit has 
     provided material support to irregular forces in Colombia or 
     to any criminal narcotics trafficking syndicate that operates 
     in Colombia. The Secretary of State may detail such evidence 
     in a classified annex to any such report, if necessary.

     SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNIMPEDED ACCESS BY COLOMBIAN 
                   LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO ALL AREAS OF THE 
                   NATIONAL TERRITORY OF COLOMBIA.

       It is the sense of Congress that the effectiveness of 
     United States anti-drug assistance to Colombia depends on the 
     ability of law enforcement officials of that country having 
     unimpeded access to all areas of the national territory of 
     Colombia for the purposes of carrying out the interdiction of 
     illegal narcotics and the eradication of illicit crops.

     SEC. 106. EXTRADITION OF NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Government of Colombia and the governments of the front 
     line states should take effective steps to prevent the 
     creation of a safe haven for narcotics traffickers by 
     ensuring that narcotics traffickers indicted in the United 
     States are promptly arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced to 
     the maximum extent of the law and, upon the request of the 
     United States Government, extradited to the United States for 
     trial for their egregious offenses against the security and 
     well-being of the people of the United States.
       (b) Reports.--Not later than six months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every six months thereafter, 
     the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 
     report setting forth--
       (1) a list of the persons whose extradition has been 
     requested from Colombia or the front line states, indicating 
     those persons who--
       (A) have been surrendered to the custody of United States 
     authorities;
       (B) have been detained by authorities of Colombia or a 
     front line state and who are being processed for extradition;
       (C) have been detained by the authorities of Colombia or a 
     front line state and who are not yet being processed for 
     extradition; or
       (D) are at large;
       (2) a determination whether or not authorities of Colombia 
     and the front line states are making good faith efforts to 
     ensure the prompt extradition of each of the persons sought 
     by United States authorities; and
       (3) an analysis of--
       (A) any legal obstacles in the laws of Colombia and of the 
     front line states to the prompt extradition of persons sought 
     by United States authorities; and
       (B) the steps taken by authorities of the United States and 
     the authorities of each such state to remove such obstacles.

     SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNITED 
                   STATES MISSION IN COLOMBIA.

       (a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing 
     the additional personnel requirements of the United States 
     Mission in Colombia that are necessary to implement this Act.
       (b) Funding of Report Recommendations.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--
       (A) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated to 
     the relevant departments and agencies of the United States 
     for the period beginning October 1, 1999, and ending 
     September 30, 2002, such sums as may be necessary to pay the 
     salaries of such number of additional personnel as are 
     recommended in the report required by subsection (a).
       (B) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.
       (2) Additional personnel defined.--In paragraph (1), the 
     term ``additional personnel'' means the number of personnel 
     above the number of personnel employed in the United States 
     Mission in Colombia as of the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 108. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A SPECIAL COORDINATOR ON 
                   COLOMBIA.

       It is the sense of Congress that the President should 
     designate a special coordinator on Colombia with sufficient 
     authority--
       (1) to coordinate interagency efforts to prepare and 
     implement a comprehensive regional strategy to support 
     Colombia and the front line states;
       (2) to advocate within the executive branch adequate 
     funding for and urgent delivery of assistance authorized by 
     this Act; and
       (3) to coordinate diplomatic efforts to maximize 
     international political and financial support for Colombia 
     and the front line states.

     SEC. 109. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DEATH OF THREE UNITED 
                   STATES CITIZENS IN COLOMBIA IN MARCH 1999.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Government of Colombia 
     should resolve the case of the three United States citizens 
     killed in Colombia in March 1999 and bring to justice those 
     involved in this atrocity.

     SEC. 110. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MEMBERS OF COLOMBIAN SECURITY 
                   FORCES AND MEMBERS OF COLOMBIAN IRREGULAR 
                   FORCES.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) any links between members of Colombian irregular forces 
     and members of Colombian security forces are deeply troubling 
     and clearly counterproductive to the effort to combat drug 
     trafficking and the prevention of human rights violations; 
     and
       (2) the involvement of Colombian irregular forces in drug 
     trafficking and in systematic terror campaigns targeting the 
     noncombatant civilian population is deplorable and contrary 
     to United States interests and policy.
                     TITLE II--ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED
  Subtitle A--Democracy, Peace, the Rule of Law, and Human Rights in 
                                Colombia

     SEC. 201. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY, PEACE, THE RULE OF LAW, AND 
                   HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA.

       (a) In General.--The President is authorized to support 
     programs and activities to advance democracy, peace, the rule 
     of law, and human rights in Colombia, including--
       (1) the deployment of international observers, upon the 
     request of the Government of Colombia, to monitor compliance 
     with any peace initiative of the Government of Colombia;
       (2) support for credible, internationally recognized 
     independent nongovernmental human rights organizations 
     working in Colombia;
       (3) support for the Human Rights Unit of the Attorney 
     General of Colombia;
       (4) to enhance the rule of law through training of judges, 
     prosecutors, and other judicial officials and through a 
     witness protection program;
       (5) to improve police investigative training and facilities 
     and related civilian police activities; and
       (6) to strengthen a credible military justice system, 
     including technical support by the United States Judge 
     Advocate General, and strengthen existing human rights 
     monitors within the ranks of the military.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the President $100,000,000 for the period beginning October 
     1, 1999, and ending September 30, 2002, to carry out 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.

     SEC. 202. UNITED STATES EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE 
                   FUND FOR INTERNALLY FORCED DISPLACED POPULATION 
                   IN COLOMBIA.

       (a) Sense of Congress.-- It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States Government should provide assistance 
     to forcibly displaced persons in Colombia; and
       (2) the Government of Colombia should support the return of 
     the forcibly displaced to their homes only when the safety of 
     civilians is fully assured and they return voluntarily.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report containing 
     an examination of the options available to address the needs 
     of the internally displaced population of Colombia.
       (c) Authorization To Provide Assistance.--The President is 
     authorized--
       (1) to provide assistance to the internally displaced 
     population of Colombia; and
       (2) to assist in the temporary resettlement of the 
     internally displaced Colombians.
       (d) Funding.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
     section 201(b) shall be available to the President for 
     purposes of activities under subsection (c).

     SEC. 203. INVESTIGATION BY COLOMBIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF DRUG 
                   TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY 
                   IRREGULAR FORCES AND SECURITY FORCES.

       (a) Authority.--The President is authorized to support 
     efforts by the Attorney General of Colombia--
       (1) to investigate and prosecute members of Colombian 
     irregular forces involved in the production or trafficking in 
     illicit drugs;
       (2) to investigate and prosecute members of Colombian 
     security forces involved in the production or trafficking in 
     illicit drugs;
       (3) to investigate and prosecute members of Colombian 
     irregular forces involved in gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights; and
       (4) to investigate and prosecute members of Colombian 
     security forces involved in gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights.

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       (b) Funding.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
     section 201(b) shall be available to the President for 
     purposes of activities under subsection (a).

     SEC. 204. REPORT ON COLOMBIAN MILITARY JUSTICE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     examining the efforts to strengthen and reform the military 
     justice system of Colombia and making recommendations for 
     directing assistance authorized by this Act for that purpose.
       (b) Report Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall contain the following:
       (1) A review of the laws, regulations, directives, 
     policies, and practices of the military justice system of 
     Colombia, including specific military reform measures being 
     considered and implemented.
       (2) An assessment of the extent to which the laws, 
     regulations, directives, policies, practices, and reforms 
     relating to the military justice system have been effective 
     in preventing and punishing human rights violations, 
     irregular forces, and narcotrafficking ties.
       (3) Recommendations for the measures necessary to 
     strengthen and improve the effectiveness and enhance the 
     credibility of the military justice system of Colombia.

     SEC. 205. DENIAL OF VISAS TO AND INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS 
                   WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING AND 
                   HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN COLOMBIA.

       (a) Grounds for Denial of Visas and Inadmissibility.--
     Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of State 
     shall deny a visa to, and the Attorney General shall not 
     admit to the United States, any alien who the Secretary of 
     State has credible evidence is a person who--
       (1) is or was an illicit trafficker in any controlled 
     substance or has knowingly aided, abetted, conspired, or 
     colluded with others in the illicit trafficking in any 
     controlled substance in Colombia; or
       (2) ordered, carried out, or materially assisted in gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights in 
     Colombia.
       (b) Exceptions.--
       (1) Grounds for exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply 
     in any case in which--
       (A) the Secretary of State finds, on a case by case basis, 
     that--
       (i) the entry into the United States of the person who 
     would otherwise be denied a visa or not admitted under this 
     section is necessary for medical reasons; or
       (ii) the alien has cooperated fully with the investigation 
     of human rights violations; or
       (B) the Attorney General of the United States determines, 
     on a case-by-case basis, that admission of the alien to the 
     United States is necessary for law enforcement purposes.
       (2) Congressional notification.--Whenever an alien 
     described in subsection (a) is issued a visa pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) or admitted to the United States pursuant to 
     paragraph (2), the Secretary of State or the Attorney 
     General, as appropriate, shall notify in writing the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives of such action.
       (c) Reporting Requirement.--
       (1) List of the united states chief of mission.--The United 
     States chief of mission to Colombia shall transmit to the 
     Secretary of State a list of those individuals who have been 
     credibly alleged to have carried out drug trafficking and 
     human rights violations described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
     of subsection (a).
       (2) Transmittal by secretary of state.--Not later than 
     three months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit the list prepared under 
     paragraph (1) to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Controlled substance.--The term ``controlled 
     substance'' has the meaning given the term in section 102(6) 
     of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)).
       (2) Human rights.--The term ``human rights violations'' 
     means gross violations of internationally recognized human 
     rights within the meaning of sections 116 and 502B of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
  Subtitle B--Eradication of Drug Production and Interdiction of Drug 
                              Trafficking

     SEC. 211. TARGETING NEW ILLICIT CULTIVATION AND MOBILIZING 
                   THE COLOMBIAN SECURITY FORCES AGAINST THE 
                   NARCOTRAFFICKING THREAT.

       (a) Authority.--The President is authorized to support 
     programs and activities by the Government of Colombia, 
     including its security forces, to target eradication and law 
     enforcement activities in areas of new cultivation of coca 
     and opium poppy, including--
       (1) material support and technical assistance to aid the 
     training, outfitting, deployment, and operations of not less 
     than three counterdrug battalions of the Army of Colombia;
       (2) to support the acquisition of up to 15 UH-60 
     helicopters or comparable transport helicopters, including 
     spare parts, maintenance services and training, or aircraft 
     upgrade kits for the Army of Colombia;
       (3) communications and intelligence training and equipment 
     for the Army and Navy of Colombia;
       (4) additional aircraft for the National Police of Colombia 
     to enhance its eradication efforts and to support its joint 
     operations with the military of Colombia; and
       (5) not less than $10,000,000 to support the urgent 
     development of an application of naturally occurring and 
     ecologically sound methods of eradicating illicit crops.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated 
     $540,000,000 for the period beginning October 1, 1999, and 
     ending September 30, 2002, to carry out subsection (a).
       (c) Sense of Congress Relating to Eradication.--It is the 
     sense of Congress that the Government of Colombia should 
     commit itself immediately to the urgent development and 
     application of naturally occurring and ecologically sound 
     methods for eradicating illicit crops.

     SEC. 212. REINVIGORATION OF EFFORTS TO INTERDICT ILLICIT 
                   NARCOTICS IN COLOMBIA.

       (a) Authority.--The President is authorized to support 
     programs and activities by the Government of Colombia, 
     including its security forces, to reinvigorate a nationwide 
     program to interdict shipments of illicit drugs in Colombia, 
     including--
       (1) the acquisition of additional airborne and ground-based 
     radar;
       (2) the acquisition of airborne intelligence and 
     surveillance aircraft for the Colombian Army;
       (3) the acquisition of additional aerial refueling aircraft 
     and fuel; and
       (4) the construction of remote airfields.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the President $200,000,000 for the period beginning October 
     1, 1999, and ending September 30, 2002, to carry out 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.

     SEC. 213. ENHANCEMENT OF COLOMBIAN POLICE AND NAVY LAW 
                   ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES NATIONWIDE.

       (a) Authority.--The President is authorized to support 
     programs and activities by the Government of Colombia, 
     including its security forces, to support anti-drug law 
     enforcement activities by the National Police and Navy of 
     Colombia nationwide, including--
       (1) acquisition of transport aircraft, spare engines, and 
     other parts, additional UH-1H upgrade kits, forward-looking 
     infrared systems, and other equipment for the National Police 
     of Colombia;
       (2) training and operation of specialized vetted units of 
     the National Police of Colombia;
       (3) construction of additional bases for the National 
     Police of Colombia near its national territorial borders; and
       (4) acquisition of 16 patrol aircraft, 4 helicopters, 
     forward-looking infrared systems, and patrol boats to support 
     for the nationwide riverine and coastal patrol capabilities 
     of the Navy of Colombia.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the President $205,000,000 for the period beginning October 
     1, 1999, and ending September 30, 2002, to carry out 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.

     SEC. 214. TARGETING ILLICIT ASSETS OF IRREGULAR FORCES.

       (a) Establishment of Task Force.--Not later than three 
     months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director of the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy, Attorney General, 
     Secretary of State, and Director of Central Intelligence, 
     shall establish a task force to identify assets of irregular 
     forces that operate in Colombia for the purpose of imposing 
     restrictions on transactions by such forces using the 
     President's authority under the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701).
       (b) Report on Assets of Irregular Forces.--Not later than 
     12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report 
     on measures taken in compliance with this section and 
     recommend measures to target the unlawfully obtained assets 
     of irregular forces that operate in Colombia.

     SEC. 215. ENHANCEMENT OF REGIONAL INTERDICTION OF ILLICIT 
                   DRUGS.

       (a) Authority.--The President is authorized to support 
     programs and activities by the United States Government, the 
     Government of Colombia, and the governments of the front line 
     states to enhance interdiction of illicit drugs in that 
     region.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to 
     amounts otherwise available for such purposes, there is 
     authorized to be appropriated to the President $410,000,000 
     for the period beginning October 1, 1999, and ending 
     September 30, 2002, to carry out subsection (a), of which 
     amount--
       (1) up to $325,000,000 shall be available for material 
     support and other costs by United States Government agencies 
     to support regional interdiction efforts, of which--
       (A) not less than $60,000,000 shall be available for the 
     Drug Enforcement Administration;

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       (B) not less than $40,000,000 shall be available for 
     regional intelligence activities; and
       (C) not less than $30,000,000 for the acquisition of 
     surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for use by the 
     United States Southern Command primarily for detection and 
     monitoring in support of the interdiction of illicit drugs; 
     and
       (2) up to $85,000,000 shall be available for the 
     governments of the front line states to increase the 
     effectiveness of regional interdiction efforts.
       (c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to subsection (b) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.
       (d) Limitation on Availability of Funds.--Funds made 
     available to carry out this section may be made available to 
     a front line state only after the President determines and 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     such state is cooperating fully with regional and bilateral 
     aerial and maritime narcotics efforts or is taking 
     extraordinary and effective measures on its own to impede 
     suspicious aircraft or maritime vessels through its 
     territory. A determination and certification with respect to 
     a front line state under this subsection shall be effective 
     for not more than 12 months.

     SEC. 216. REVISED AUTHORITIES FOR PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL 
                   SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF COLOMBIA 
                   AND PERU.

       Section 1033 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by inserting 
     before the period at the end the following: ``, including but 
     not limited to riverine counter-drug activities'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) The operating costs of equipment of the government 
     that is used for counter-drug activities.''; and
       (3) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``any of the fiscal 
     years 1999 through 2002'' and inserting ``the fiscal year 
     1999 and may not exceed $75,000,000 during the fiscal years 
     2000 through 2002''.

     SEC. 217. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ASSISTANCE TO BRAZIL.

       It is the sense of Congress that the President should--
       (1) review the nature of the cooperation between the United 
     States and Brazil in counternarcotics activities;
       (2) recognize the extraordinary threat that narcotics 
     trafficking poses to the national security of Brazil and to 
     the national security of the United States;
       (3) support the efforts of the Government of Brazil to 
     control drug trafficking in and through the Amazon River 
     basin;
       (4) share information with Brazil on narcotics interdiction 
     in accordance with section 1012 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2291-4) in 
     light of the enactment of legislation by the Congress of 
     Brazil that--
       (A) authorizes appropriate personnel to damage, render 
     inoperative, or destroy aircraft within Brazil territory that 
     are reasonably suspected to be engaged primarily in 
     trafficking in illicit narcotics; and
       (B) contains measures to protect against the loss of 
     innocent life during activities referred to in subparagraph 
     (A), including an effective measure to identify and warn 
     aircraft before the use of force; and
       (5) issue a determination outlining the matters referred to 
     in paragraphs (1) through (4) in order to prevent any 
     interruption in the provision by the United States of 
     critical operational, logistical, technical, administrative, 
     and intelligence assistance to Brazil.

     SEC. 218. MONITORING OF ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIAN SECURITY 
                   FORCES.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Department of Defense and the Department of State for 
     each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 an amount not to 
     exceed the amount equal to one percent of the total security 
     assistance for the Colombian armed forces for such fiscal 
     year for purposes of monitoring the use of United States 
     assistance by the Colombian armed forces, including 
     monitoring to ensure compliance with the provisions of this 
     Act and the provisions of section 568 of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in Public Law 105-277; 
     112 Stat. 2681-195) and section 8130 of the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-262; 112 
     Stat. 2335).
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.
       (b) Reports.--Not later than six months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every six months thereafter, 
     the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 
     jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report on the monitoring activities undertaken using funds 
     authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) during the 
     six-month period ending on the date of such report.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the following:
       (1) The Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate.
       (2) The Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and 
     International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 219. DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO THE ILLICIT 
                   DRUG TRADE.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress--
       (1) to recognize the importance of well-constructed 
     programs for the development of economic alternatives to the 
     illicit drug trade in order to encourage growers to cease 
     illicit crop cultivation; and
       (2) to stress the need to link enforcement efforts with 
     verification efforts in order to ensure that assistance under 
     such programs does not become a form of income supplement to 
     the growers of illicit crops.
       (b) Support for Development of Economic Alternatives.--The 
     President is authorized to support programs and activities by 
     the United States Government and regional governments to 
     enhance the development of economic alternatives to the 
     illicit drug trade.
       (c) Prohibition on Certain Use of Alternative Development 
     Assistance.--No funds available under this Act for the 
     development of economic alternatives to the illicit drug 
     trade may be used to reimburse persons for the eradication of 
     illicit drug crops.
       (d) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by subsection (e) may only be made available to 
     Colombia or a front line state after--
       (1) such state has provided to the United States agency 
     responsible for the administration of this section a 
     comprehensive development strategy that conditions the 
     development of economic alternatives to the illicit drug 
     trade on verifiable illicit crop eradication programs; and
       (2) the President certifies to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that such strategy is comprehensive 
     and applies sufficient resources toward achieving realistic 
     objectives to ensure the ultimate eradication of illicit 
     crops.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated 
     $180,000,000 for the period beginning October 1, 1999, and 
     ending September 30, 2002, to carry out subsection (b), 
     including up to $50,000,000 for Colombia, up to $90,000,000 
     for Bolivia, and up to $40,000,000 for Peru.
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.

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