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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4748 

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

of 2006 to require a northern border counternarcotics strategy, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2010 

Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. MCMORRIS

RODGERS, Mr. PASCRELL, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to require a northern border 

counternarcotics strategy, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border 

5 Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRAT2 EGY. 

3 The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau4 thorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469) is amended 

5 by inserting after section 1110 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 1110A. REQUIREMENT FOR NORTHERN BORDER 

7 COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this section and every two 

10 years thereafter, the Director of National Drug Control 

11 Policy, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland 

12 Security, shall submit to Congress a Northern Border 

13 Counternarcotics Strategy. 

14 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The Northern Border Counter15 narcotics Strategy shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) set forth the Government’s strategy for 

17 preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the 

18 international border between the United States and 

19 Canada, including through ports of entry and be20 tween ports of entry on that border; 

21 ‘‘(2) state the specific roles and responsibilities 

22 of the relevant National Drug Control Program 

23 agencies (as defined in section 702 of the Office of 

24 National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 

25 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701)) and the Office of CounterVerDate Nov 24 2008 21:16 Mar 04, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4748.IH H4748

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1 narcotics Enforcement of the Department of Home2 land Security for implementing that strategy; and 

3 ‘‘(3) identify the specific resources required to 

4 enable the relevant National Drug Control Program 

5 agencies and the Office of Counternarcotics Enforce6 ment of the Department of Homeland Security to 

7 implement that strategy. 

8 ‘‘(c) SPECIFIC CONTENT RELATED TO CROSS-BOR9 DER INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—The Northern Border 

10 Counternarcotics Strategy shall include— 

11 ‘‘(1) a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of 

12 drugs through Indian reservations that straddle the 

13 international border between the United States and 

14 Canada; and 

15 ‘‘(2) recommendations for additional assistance 

16 to tribal law enforcement agencies with respect to 

17 such strategy. 

18 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 

19 Director shall issue the Northern Border Counternarcotics 

20 Strategy in consultation with the heads of the relevant Na21 tional Drug Control Program agencies. 

22 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Northern Border Counter23 narcotics Strategy shall not change existing agency au24 thorities or the laws governing interagency relationships, 


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1 but may include recommendations about changes to such 

2 authorities or laws. 

3 ‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall pro4 vide a copy of the Northern Border Counternarcotics 

5 Strategy to the appropriate congressional committees (as 

6 defined in section 702 of the Office of National Drug Con7 trol Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 

8 1701)), and to the Committee on Armed Services and the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep10 resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 

11 and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed 

12 Services of the Senate. 

13 ‘‘(g) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW ENFORCE14 MENT SENSITIVE INFORMATION.—Any content of the 

15 Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy that involves 

16 information classified under criteria established by an Ex17 ecutive order, or whose public disclosure, as determined 

18 by the Director or the head of any relevant National Drug 

19 Control Program agency, would be detrimental to the law 

20 enforcement or national security activities of any Federal, 

21 State, local, or tribal agency, shall be presented to Con22 gress separately from the rest of the Strategy.’’. 

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