[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4767]
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  SA 2451. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1014. PRECURSOR CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION INITIATIVE.

       (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Destruction Initiative for Stored Precursors Overseas and 
     Safe Enforcement Act'' or the ``DISPOSE Act''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Beneficiary countries.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the term ``beneficiary countries'' means Colombia, Mexico, 
     and Peru.
       (B) Updates.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
     the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, may add or 
     remove 1 or more countries from the list of beneficiary 
     countries under subparagraph (A) after providing written 
     notification of such changes to the appropriate congressional 
     committees.
       (3) Listed chemical.--The term ``listed chemical'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 102 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
       (c) Authorization.--
       (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of State, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General, may 
     carry out the ``Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative'' 
     in beneficiary countries to achieve the purposes described in 
     paragraph (2).
       (2) Purposes.--The purposes described in this paragraph 
     are--
       (A) improving and increasing rates of seizure and 
     destruction of listed chemicals in beneficiary countries;
       (B) alleviating the backlog of seized listed chemicals and 
     disposing the hazardous waste generated by illicit drug 
     trafficking in beneficiary countries in an environmentally 
     safe and effective manner;
       (C) ensuring that seized listed chemicals are not 
     reintroduced into the illicit drug production stream within 
     beneficiary countries;
       (D) freeing up storage space for future listed chemical 
     seizures within beneficiary countries; or
       (E) reducing the negative environmental impact of listed 
     chemicals.
       (d) Implementation Plan; Progress Updates.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
     Defense, shall submit an implementation plan to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that includes a timeline 
     and stated objectives for actions to be taken in beneficiary 
     countries in support of the Precursor Chemical Destruction 
     Initiative.
       (2) Elements.--The implementation plan required under 
     paragraph (1) shall include--
       (A) a multi-year strategy with a timeline, overview of 
     objectives, budgetary projections, and anticipated outcomes 
     for the region and for each beneficiary country;
       (B) specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress 
     of the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative towards 
     accomplishing the outcomes referred to in subparagraph (A);
       (C) a plan for the delineation of the roles to be carried 
     out by the Department of State, the Department of Justice, 
     the Department of Defense, and any other Federal department 
     or agency in carrying out the Precursor Chemical Destruction 
     Initiative; and
       (D) a plan for addressing security and government 
     corruption and providing updates to the appropriate 
     congressional committees on the results of such efforts.
       (3) Annual progress update.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the submission of the implementation plan pursuant to 
     paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
     State, in coordination with the Attorney General and the 
     Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a written description of the results 
     achieved by the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative, 
     including--
       (A) the implementation of the strategy and plans described 
     in paragraph (1);
       (B) compliance with, and progress related to, meeting the 
     benchmarks referred to in paragraph (2)(B); and
       (C) the type and quantity of listed chemicals destroyed by 
     each beneficiary country.
       (e) Funding.--The Secretary of State shall use amounts 
     otherwise appropriated for International Narcotics Control 
     and Law Enforcement programs managed by the Department of 
     State to carry out this section.
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