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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1785

To authorize the operation of National Guard counterdrug schools. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 24, 2003

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. COCHRAN, and Mr. LOTT) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL

To authorize the operation of National Guard counterdrug 

schools.

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

3 SECTION 1. NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG SCHOOLS. 

4 (a) AUTHORITY TO OPERATE.—Under such regula5 tions as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, the Chief 

6 of the National Guard Bureau may establish and operate, 

7 or provide financial assistance to the States to establish 

8 and operate, not more than five schools (to be known gen9 erally as ‘‘National Guard counterdrug schools’’). 
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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the National Guard 

2 counterdrug schools shall be the provision by the National 

3 Guard of training in drug interdiction and counter-drug 

4 activities and drug demand reduction activities to per5 sonnel of the following: 

6 (1) Federal agencies. 

7 (2) State and local law enforcement agencies. 

8 (3) Community-based organizations engaged in 

9 such activities. 

10 (4) Other non-Federal governmental and pri11 vate entities and organizations engaged in such ac12 tivities. 

13 (c) COUNTERDRUG SCHOOLS SPECIFIED.—The Na14 tional Guard counterdrug schools operated under the au15 thority in subsection (a) are as follows: 

16 (1) The National Interagency Civil-Military In17 stitute (NICI), San Luis Obispo, California. 

18 (2) The Multi-Jurisdictional Counterdrug Task 

19 Force Training (MCTFT), St. Petersburg, Florida. 

20 (3) The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center 

21 (MCTC), in Johnston, Iowa. 

22 (4) The Regional Counterdrug Training Acad23 emy (RCTA), Meridian, Mississippi. 
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1 (5) The Northeast Regional Counterdrug Train2 ing Center (NCTC), Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsyl3 vania. 

4 (d) USE OF NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL.—(1) To 

5 the extent provided for in the State drug interdiction and 

6 counter-drug activities plan of a State in which a National 

7 Guard counterdrug school is located, personnel of the Na8 tional Guard of that State who are ordered to perform 

9 full-time National Guard duty authorized under section 

10 112(b) of that title 32, United States Code, may provide 

11 training referred to in subsection (b) at that school. 

12 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘State drug interdic13 tion and counter-drug activities plan’’, in the case of a 

14 State, means the current plan submitted by the Governor 

15 of the State to the Secretary of Defense under section 112 

16 of title 32, United States Code. 

17 (e) TREATMENT UNDER AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE

18 COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT.—The provisions of section 

19 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note) 

21 shall apply to any activities of a National Guard 

22 counterdrug school under this section that are for an 

23 agency referred to in subsection (a) of such section 1004 

24 and for a purpose set forth in subsection (b) of such sec25 tion 1004. 
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1 (f) ANNUAL REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES.—(1) Not later 

2 than February 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall 

3 submit to Congress a report on the activities of the Na4 tional Guard counterdrug schools during the preceding 

5 year. 

6 (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall set forth 

7 the following: 

8 (A) The amount made available for each Na9 tional Guard counterdrug school during the fiscal 

10 year ending in the year preceding the year in which 

11 such report is submitted. 

12 (B) A description of the activities of each Na13 tional Guard counterdrug school during the year 

14 preceding the year in which such report is sub15 mitted. 

16 (g) BUDGET MATTERS.—The budget of the President 

17 that is submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 

18 31, United States Code, for any fiscal year after fiscal 

19 year 2004 shall set forth as a separate budget item the 

20 amount requested for such fiscal year for the National 

21 Guard counterdrug schools. 

22 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) 

23 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the De24 partment of Defense for the National Guard for each of 

25 fiscal years 2004 through 2008, $30,000,000 for purposes 
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1 of the National Guard counterdrug schools in such fiscal 

2 year. 

3 (2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by 

4 paragraph (1) for a fiscal year is in addition to any other 

5 amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department 

6 of Defense for the National Guard for such fiscal year.

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