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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4645 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to modify 
the authorities of the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. DAVIDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to modify the authorities of the Assistant Secretary 
for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af-
fairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Authorities Re-
forming Counter-narcotic Operations Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘NARCO Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NAR-
COTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS. 
Section 1(c)(3) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The Assistant Secretary for Inter-
national Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs 
shall report to the Under Secretary for International 
Security Affairs.’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant 
Secretary for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs shall be responsible for the 
following: 
‘‘(i) Maintaining continuous observa-
tion and coordination of all matters per-
taining to international narcotics, anti- 
crime, and law enforcement affairs in the 
conduct of foreign policy, including rel-
evant programs carried out by other 
United States Government agencies. 
‘‘(ii) Combating international nar-
cotics production and trafficking as well as 
illicit finance and materials used by 
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transnational criminal organizations, car-
tels and foreign terror organizations that 
threaten United States national security. 
‘‘(iii) Strengthening foreign justice 
systems, including judicial and prosecu-
torial capacity, appeals systems, law en-
forcement agencies, prison systems, and 
the sharing of recovered assets. The Sec-
retary shall allocate no more than 10 per-
cent of total grant funding to activities 
under this clause. 
‘‘(iv) Training and equipping foreign 
police, border control, other government of-
ficials, and other civilian law enforcement 
authorities for anti-crime purposes, includ-
ing ensuring that no foreign security unit 
or member of such unit receives such as-
sistance from the United States Govern-
ment without appropriate vetting. 
‘‘(v) Issuing rewards and bounties 
under the Narcotics Reward Program and 
the Transnational Organized Crime Re-
wards Program, including allocating up to 
$25,000,000 
for 
information, 
capture, 
interdiction or other activities as des-
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ignated by the Secretary that lead to the 
capture or interdiction of persons involved 
in international criminal activities that the 
Secretary designates as in the United 
States national interest to address. The 
Secretary shall prioritize the programs to 
address transnational criminal organiza-
tions 
and 
shall 
prioritize 
countering 
transnational criminal organizations that 
are also designated foreign terrorist orga-
nizations whose operations threaten United 
States homeland security. The Secretary 
shall coordinate with the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, the Department of Jus-
tice, the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement, the Department of Defense and 
the intelligence community as to which pri-
orities to designate for the rewards pro-
gram described in this clause. All such 
agencies are authorized to submit to the 
Assistant Secretary priority lists of organi-
zations and avenues of illicit finance and 
criminal activity for priority consideration. 
Unspent funds from amounts allocated 
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under this clause for any fiscal year shall 
be retained and be made available for the 
rewards programs in future fiscal years. 
‘‘(vi) Prioritizing administering the 
Narcotics Rewards Program and the 
Transnational Organized Crime Rewards 
Program by issuing bounties and rewards 
to capture and interdict persons and mate-
rials of criminal nature that threaten 
homeland security. The Secretary shall en-
sure that at minimum 20 percent of the 
annual budget authority of the Bureau is 
utilized by the Narcotics Rewards Program 
and the Transnational Organized Crime 
Rewards Program for respective bounties 
and rewards. 
‘‘(vii) Coordinating with the intel-
ligence community, the Department of 
Treasury, the Department of Justice, the 
Department of Defense, and the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to ensure a 
full spectrum response to international 
criminal issues that threaten the lives and 
well being of United States citizens. 
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rorist activities that threaten United 
States homeland security. 
‘‘(ix) Carrying out timely and sub-
stantive consultation with chiefs of mission 
and, as appropriate, the heads of other 
United States Government agencies to en-
sure effective coordination of all inter-
national narcotics and law enforcement 
programs carried out overseas by the De-
partment and such other agencies. 
‘‘(x) Coordinating with the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy to ensure 
lessons learned from other United States 
Government agencies are available to the 
Bureau. 
‘‘(xi) Developing standard require-
ments for monitoring and evaluation of 
Bureau programs, including metrics for 
success that do not rely solely on the 
amounts of illegal drugs that are produced 
or seized. 
‘‘(xii) Developing in partnership with 
grantees, partners, and contractors a 
searchable data base comprehensively de-
tailing 
bureau 
programming, 
line-item 
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spending, including grant awards and re-
wards and accounting of success metrics 
and evaluation of end point goals of pro-
grammatic spending. In coordination with 
the Under Secretary for International Se-
curity Affairs, annually certifying in writ-
ing to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives that United States enforcement per-
sonnel posted abroad whose activities are 
funded to any extent by the Bureau are 
complying with section 207 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927). 
‘‘(xiii) Performing such other duties 
as the Under Secretary for International 
Security Affairs may from time to time 
designate. 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph may be construed to limit or 
impair the authority or responsibility of any 
other Federal agency with respect to law en-
forcement, domestic security operations, or in-
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telligence activities as defined in Executive 
Order 12333.’’. 
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