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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1025

To provide for a study of the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking

Area, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 16, 1997

Mr. GRAHAM ( for himself, Mr. MACK, and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the

Judiciary

A BILL

To provide for a study of the South Florida High Intensity

Drug Trafficking Area, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

5 (1) numerous law enforcement agencies, includ6 ing the United States Customs Service, the Drug

7 Enforcement Administration, and the Florida De8 partment of Law Enforcement, are overwhelmed

9 with the growth of drug trafficking activity in the

10 I–4 corridor;
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1 (2) because of its location, Florida has become

2 a hub for drug imports and a key heroin and cocaine

3 distribution center for the United States, as those

4 drugs are distributed to other parts of the United

5 States;

6 (3) the I–4 corridor has become particularly

7 vulnerable to drug trafficking;

8 (4) despite intensive community awareness and

9 public education campaigns concerning the dangers

10 of drugs, and intensive efforts of Federal, State, and

11 local law enforcement officials, drug arrests in the

12 I–4 corridor continue to increase;

13 (5) despite the efforts of the Federal Govern14 ment and the governments of States and local gov15 ernments, arrests of teenagers for the sale or use of

16 illegal drugs has doubled during the 5-year period

17 preceding the date of enactment of this Act;

18 (6) for 1995, the I–4 corridor ranked 5th in the

19 United States for cocaine-related deaths per capita;

20 (7) the I–4 corridor leads the State of Florida

21 in heroin-related deaths per capita;

22 (8) it is necessary to coordinate Federal, State,

23 and local law enforcement efforts to address the

24 problem of drug trafficking in Florida; and
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1 (9) the South Florida High Intensity Drug

2 Trafficking Area, established by the Office of the

3 National Drug Control Policy serves as a model of

4 cooperation between Federal, State, and local law

5 enforcement agencies for achieving results in ad6 dressing the problem of drug trafficking.

7 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide

8 for the expansion of the South Florida High Intensity

9 Drug Trafficking Area to include the I–4 corridor to bet10 ter address the problem of drug trafficking in the area

11 by directing additional resources to the area.

12 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

13 In this Act:

14 (1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means

15 the Director of the Office of National Drug Control

16 Policy.

17 (2) DRUG TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘drug traf18 ficking’’ means drug trafficking of illegal drugs (as

19 that term is defined by the Director).

20 (3) I–4 CORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘I–4 corridor’’

21 means the area along Interstate 4 in Florida that

22 extends from Daytona Beach, Florida, and the sur23 rounding vicinity to Tampa Bay, Florida, and the

24 surrounding vicinity.
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1 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH INTEN2 SITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA.

3 As soon as practicable after the date of enactment

4 of this Act, the Director shall take such action as may

5 be necessary to include in the South Florida High Inten6 sity Drug Trafficking Area—

7 (1) the area designated by the Director as the

8 South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking

9 Area, as of the day before the date of enactment of

10 this Act; and

11 (2) the I–4 corridor.

12 SEC. 4. STUDY AND REPORT.

13 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date

14 of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with

15 the heads of appropriate State and local law enforcement

16 agencies, shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of the

17 problem of drug trafficking in the I–4 corridor.

18 (b) REPORT.—Upon completion of the study con19 ducted under subsection (a), the Director shall prepare,

20 and submit to the appropriate heads of Federal, State,

21 and local law enforcement agencies, a report on that study

22 that contains—

23 (1) the findings of the Director concerning the

24 results of the study; and

25 (2) a strategy to address the problem of drug

26 trafficking in the I–4 corridor.
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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office

3 of National Drug Control Policy to carry out the inclusion

4 of the I–4 corridor in the South Florida High Intensity

5 Drug Trafficking Area under section 3(2), $5,000,000 for

6 fiscal year 1998.

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