In the Senate of the United States, 

December 20, 2010. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4748) entitled ‘‘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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border Coun3 ternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRAT5 EGY. 

6 The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor7 ization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 120 Stat. 3502) 

8 is amended by inserting after section 1110 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1110A. REQUIREMENT FOR NORTHERN BORDER 

2 COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘appro4 priate congressional committees’, ‘Director’, and ‘National 

5 Drug Control Program agency’ have the meanings given 

6 those terms in section 702 of the Office of National Drug 

7 Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 

8 1701). 

9 ‘‘(b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of enactment of this section, and every 2 years there11 after, the Director, in consultation with the head of each 

12 relevant National Drug Control Program agency and rel13 evant officials of States, local governments, tribal govern14 ments, and the governments of other countries, shall develop 

15 a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy and submit 

16 the strategy to— 

17 ‘‘(1) the appropriate congressional committees 

18 (including the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

19 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

20 House of Representatives); 

21 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com22 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af23 fairs, and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 

24 Senate; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com2 mittee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 

3 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. 

4 ‘‘(c) PURPOSES.—The Northern Border Counter5 narcotics Strategy shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) set forth the strategy of the Federal Govern7 ment for preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs 

8 across the international border between the United 

9 States and Canada, including through ports of entry 

10 and between ports of entry on the border; 

11 ‘‘(2) state the specific roles and responsibilities of 

12 each relevant National Drug Control Program agency 

13 for implementing the strategy; 

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

15 enable the relevant National Drug Control Program 

16 agencies to implement the strategy; and 

17 ‘‘(4) reflect the unique nature of small commu18 nities along the international border between the 

19 United States and Canada, ongoing cooperation and 

20 coordination with Canadian law enforcement authori21 ties, and variations in the volumes of vehicles and pe22 destrians crossing through ports of entry along the 

23 international border between the United States and 

24 Canada. 
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1 ‘‘(d) SPECIFIC CONTENT RELATED TO CROSS-BORDER

2 INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—The Northern Border Counter3 narcotics Strategy shall include— 

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

5 drugs to or through Indian reservations on or near 

6 the international border between the United States 

7 and Canada; and 

8 ‘‘(2) recommendations for additional assistance, 

9 if any, needed by tribal law enforcement agencies re10 lating to the strategy, including an evaluation of Fed11 eral technical and financial assistance, infrastructure 

12 capacity building, and interoperability deficiencies. 

13 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Northern Border Coun15 ternarcotics Strategy shall not change the exiting 

16 agency authorities and this section shall not be con17 strued to amend or modify any law governing inter18 agency relationships. 

19 ‘‘(2) LEGITIMATE TRADE AND TRAVEL.—The 

20 Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall be 

21 designed to promote, and not hinder, legitimate trade 

22 and travel. 

23 ‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW ENFORCE24 MENT SENSITIVE INFORMATION.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Northern Border Coun2 ternarcotics Strategy shall be submitted in unclassi3 fied form and shall be available to the public. 

4 ‘‘(2) ANNEX.—The Northern Border Counter5 narcotics Strategy may include an annex containing 

6 any classified information or information the public 

7 disclosure of which, as determined by the Director or 

8 the head of any relevant National Drug Control Pro9 gram agency, would be detrimental to the law enforce10 ment or national security activities of any Federal, 

11 State, local, or tribal agency.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 4748 

AMENDMENT