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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1560

To require Colombia to meet anti-narcotics performance standards for continued assistance and to require a report on the counter-narcotics efforts

of Colombia.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 6, 1996

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. D’AMATO, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee

on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To require Colombia to meet anti-narcotics performance

standards for continued assistance and to require a report on the counter-narcotics efforts of Colombia.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE TO COLOM4 BIA.

5 (a) LIMITATION.—(1) Of the funds appropriated or

6 otherwise made available for Colombia in fiscal year 1996,

7 not more than one-third shall be made available before

8 April 1, 1996, and no funds shall be made available after
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1 April 1, 1996, unless the President certifies to Congress

2 that the Government of Colombia has—

3 (A) substantially and steadily reduced the flow

4 of illegal drugs to the United States by arresting in5 dividuals responsible for drug trafficking, eradicat6 ing drug crops, and interdicting drug shipments; and

7 (B) improved law enforcement and judicial

8 process in Colombia by—

9 (i) bringing individuals to trial on charges

10 carrying penalties commensurate with the

11 crime;

12 (ii) eliminating plea bargains except those

13 granted in return for information demonstrably

14 linked to the apprehension and conviction of in15 dividuals responsible for significant criminal ac16 tivity;

17 (iii) preventing the direction of criminal ac18 tivities from prison;

19 (iv) exercising sufficient control over pris20 oners for drug-related offenses to ensure contin21 ued detention of such prisoners; and

22 (v) seizing and confiscating assets linked

23 to criminal activities.
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1 (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) is in

2 addition to any certification required by section 490 of the

3 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j).

4 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—(1) Not later than

5 March 1, 1996, the Secretary of State shall report to the

6 Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the

7 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives

8 on the steps being taken by the Government of Colombia

9 to ensure effective counter-narcotics efforts.

10 (2) The report required by paragraph (1) should in11 clude—

12 (A) an assessment of Colombian efforts to pre13 vent drug traffickers from continuing to conduct

14 business from prisons;

15 (B) detailed information on the steps being

16 taken by the Government of Colombia to seize as17 sets, to prosecute major traffickers, and to develop

18 information to conduct further arrests and disrupt

19 trafficker operations;

20 (C) detailed information on the steps being

21 taken by Colombia to ensure adequate control of

22 prisoners in its custody;

23 (D) an evaluation of the steps necessary to im24 plement the provisions of the Narcotics Control

25 Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2491 et seq.) should Colombia
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1 not meet the standards for cooperating fully with the

2 United States to control the production and transit

3 of illegal drugs; and

4 (E) an assessment of the steps being taken by

5 the Government of Colombia to conclude an extra6 dition agreement with the United States under the

7 terms of section 203(c)(6) of the Andean Trade

8 Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3202(c)(6)).

9 (3) The report required by paragraph (1) is in addi10 tion to any report required by section 489 of the Foreign

11 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h).

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