Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 920 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 920

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
 of 1998 to require a Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2023

   Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon (for herself and Ms. Plaskett) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
 of 1998 to require a Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Caribbean Border Counternarcotics 
Strategy Act''.

SEC. 2. CARIBBEAN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY ACT.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 702 of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (17) as 
        paragraphs (16) through (18), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following:
            ``(15) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and each 
        territory or possession of the United States.'';
            (3) by amending paragraph (18), as redesignated--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and (H) as 
                subparagraphs (H) and (I), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
                following:
                    ``(G) activities to map, track, dismantle, and 
                disrupt the financial networks of drug trafficking 
                organizations, transnational criminal organizations, 
                and money laundering organizations involved in the 
                manufacture and trafficking of drugs in the United 
                States and in foreign countries;''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(19) United states.--The term `United States', when used 
        in a geographical sense, means all of the States, the District 
        of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United 
        States, and any waters within the jurisdiction of the United 
        States.''.
    (b) Requirement for Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy.--
Section 706(c)(3) of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1705(c)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Requirement for caribbean border 
                counternarcotics strategy.--
                            ``(i) Purposes.--The Caribbean Border 
                        Counternarcotics Strategy shall--
                                    ``(I) set forth the strategy of the 
                                Federal Government for preventing the 
                                illegal trafficking of drugs through 
                                the Caribbean region into the United 
                                States, including through ports of 
                                entry, between ports of entry, and 
                                across air and maritime approaches;
                                    ``(II) state the specific roles and 
                                responsibilities of each relevant 
                                National Drug Control Program agency 
                                for implementing the strategy;
                                    ``(III) identify the specific 
                                resources required to enable the 
                                relevant National Drug Control Program 
                                agencies to implement the strategy; and
                                    ``(IV) be designed to promote, and 
                                not hinder, legitimate trade and 
                                travel.
                            ``(ii) Specific content related to puerto 
                        rico and the united states virgin islands.--The 
                        Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy 
                        shall include--
                                    ``(I) a strategy to prevent the 
                                illegal trafficking of drugs to or 
                                through Puerto Rico and the United 
                                States Virgin Islands, including 
                                measures to substantially reduce drug-
                                related violent crime on such islands; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) recommendations for 
                                additional assistance or authorities, 
                                if any, needed by Federal, State, and 
                                local law enforcement agencies relating 
                                to the strategy, including an 
                                evaluation of Federal technical and 
                                financial assistance, infrastructure 
                                capacity building, and interoperability 
                                deficiencies.''.
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