111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4748 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRAT5 EGY. 

6 The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau7 thorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469) is amended 

8 by inserting after section 1110 the following new section: 

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

10 COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY. 

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

12 the date of the enactment of this section, and every two 

13 years thereafter, the Director of National Drug Control 

14 Policy shall submit to Congress a Northern Border Coun15 ternarcotics Strategy. 

16 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The Northern Border Counter17 narcotics Strategy shall— 

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

19 preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the 

20 international border between the United States and 

21 Canada, including through ports of entry and be22 tween ports of entry on that border; 

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

24 of the Department of Justice, the Department of 

25 Homeland Security (including the Office of Counter26 narcotics Enforcement), and other relevant National 
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1 Drug Control Program agencies (as defined in sec2 tion 702 of the Office of National Drug Control Pol3 icy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701)) 

4 for implementing that strategy; and 

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

6 enable the agencies described in paragraph (2) 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 on or near 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 REQUIRED.—The Director shall 

19 issue the Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy in 

20 consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of 

21 Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant Na22 tional Drug Control Program agencies, and, with respect 

23 to subsection (c), the leaders of the affected Indian tribes. 

24 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Northern Border Counter25 narcotics Strategy shall not change existing agency au-
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1 thorities or the laws governing interagency relationships, 

2 but may include recommendations about changes to such 

3 authorities or laws. 

4 ‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall pro5 vide a copy of the Northern Border Counternarcotics 

6 Strategy to the appropriate congressional committees (as 

7 defined in section 702 of the Office of National Drug Con8 trol Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 

9 1701)), and to the Committee on Homeland Security of 

10 the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

11 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen12 ate. 

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, 
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1 State, local, or tribal agency, shall be presented to Con2 gress separately from the rest of the Strategy.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2010. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4748 

AN ACT 

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Polfor other purposes. northern border counternarcotics strategy, and icy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to require a