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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3467 

To require a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2010 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy. 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRAT7 EGY. 

8 The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau9 thorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 120 Stat. 

10 3502) is amended by inserting after section 1110 the fol11 lowing: 


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

2 COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘ap4 propriate congressional committees’, ‘Director’, and ‘Na5 tional Drug Control Program agency’ have the meanings 

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

7 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 

8 U.S.C. 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 de15 velop a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy and 

16 submit the strategy to— 

17 ‘‘(1) the appropriate congressional committees; 

18 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

19 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

20 Affairs of the Senate; and 

21 ‘‘(3) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

22 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

23 Representatives. 

24 ‘‘(c) PURPOSES.—The Northern Border Counter25 narcotics Strategy shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) set forth the strategy of the Federal Gov2 ernment for preventing the illegal trafficking of 

3 drugs across the international border between the 

4 United States and Canada, including through ports 

5 of entry and between ports of entry on the border; 

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

7 of each relevant National Drug Control Program 

8 agency for implementing the strategy; 

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

10 enable the relevant National Drug Control Program 

11 agencies to implement the strategy; and 

12 ‘‘(4) reflect the unique nature of small commu13 nities along the international border between the 

14 United States and Canada, ongoing cooperation and 

15 coordination with Canadian law enforcement au16 thorities, and variations in the volumes of vehicles 

17 and pedestrians crossing through ports of entry 

18 along the international border between the United 

19 States and Canada. 

20 ‘‘(d) SPECIFIC CONTENT RELATED TO CROSS-BOR21 DER INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—The Northern Border 

22 Counternarcotics Strategy shall include— 

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

24 drugs through Indian reservations that include land 


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1 or waters located on both sides of the international 

2 border between the United States and Canada; and 

3 ‘‘(2) recommendations for additional assistance, 

4 if any, needed by tribal law enforcement agencies re5 lating to the strategy. 

6 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Northern Border 

8 Counternarcotics Strategy shall not change the au9 thority of any Federal agency and this section shall 

10 not be construed to amend or modify any law gov11 erning interagency relationships. 

12 ‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Northern Bor13 der Counternarcotics Strategy may include rec14 ommendations regarding changes to the authority of 

15 Federal agencies and amendments to the law gov16 erning interagency relationships. 

17 ‘‘(3) LEGITIMATE TRADE AND TRAVEL.—The 

18 Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall be 

19 designed to promote, and not hinder, legitimate 

20 trade and travel. 

21 ‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW ENFORCE22 MENT SENSITIVE INFORMATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Northern Border 

24 Counternarcotics Strategy shall be submitted in un25 classified form and shall be available to the public. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ANNEX.—The Northern Border Counter2 narcotics Strategy may include an annex containing 

3 any classified information or information the public 

4 disclosure of which, as determined by the Director or 

5 the head of any relevant National Drug Control Pro6 gram agency, would be detrimental to the law en7 forcement or national security activities of any Fed8 eral, State, local, or tribal agency.’’. 

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