(7) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for operation and maintenance for overhead air
coverage for Colombia, $6,000,000.
(8) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for operation and maintenance for overhead air
coverage for Bolivia, $2,000,000.
(9) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for operation and maintenance for overhead air
coverage for Peru, $6,000,000.
(10) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for operation and maintenance for overhead
coverage for the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific
regions, $25,000,000.
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—
(1) Funds are authorized to be appropriated for
the Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999,
2000, and 2001 for the enhancement of air coverage
for drug source and transit countries, as follows:
(A) For purchase and for operation and
maintenance of 1 Schweizer observation aircraft
(to be piloted by pilots under contract with the
United States), the total amount of $3,000,000,
of which—
(i) $1,500,000 is for procurement,
Defense-wide; and
(ii) $500,000 for each such fiscal year
is for operation and maintenance, Defense-
wide.
(B) For purchase and for operation and
maintenance of 2 Schweizer observation/spray
aircraft (to be piloted by pilots under contract
with the United States), the total amount of
$6,000,000, of which—
(i) $3,000,000 is for procurement,
Defense-wide; and
(ii) $1,000,000 for each such fiscal
year is for operation and maintenance, De-
fense-wide.
(C) For each such fiscal year for operation
and maintenance of 1 J–31 observation aircraft
to provide reconnaissance in support of Colom-
bian and Peruvian counterdrug intelligence
needs and direct support for operations against
river-coastal drug shipments and drug labs,
$4,000,000.
(D) For each such fiscal year for operation
and maintenance of an airbase referred to in
paragraph (2), $1,000,000.
(2)(A) Using amounts appropriated pursuant to
subparagraph (B), the Secretary of the Air Force
may acquire real property and carry out military
construction projects in the amount of $300,000,000
to establish an airbase for use for support of coun-
ternarcotics operations in the Southern Caribbean,
Northern South America, and the Eastern Pacific,
to be located between 90 degrees west longitude on
the western boundary and 60 degrees west longitude
on the eastern boundary and between the Equator
for the southern boundary and the Tropic of Cancer
for the northern boundary.
(B) Funds are authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998,
for military construction and land acquisition for an
airbase referred to in subparagraph (A) in the total
amount of $300,000,000.
SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF MARITIME COVERAGE AND OPER-
ATION IN SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRIES.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the De-
partment of Transportation for fiscal years 1999, 2000,
and 2001 for the enhancement of United States Coast
Guard maritime coverage and operation in drug source
and transit countries, as follows:
(1) For construction of 6 United States Coast
Guard medium endurance cutters, the total amount
of $289,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance of 10 10-meter rigid hull inflatable in-
terceptor fast boats, $500,000.
(3) For acquisition and construction of 7
United States Coast Guard 87-foot maritime drug
interdiction patrol boats, the total amount of
$30,390,000.
(4) For each such fiscal year for operation of
7 United States Coast Guard 87-foot maritime drug
interdiction patrol boats, $4,510,000.
(5) For each such fiscal year for support, oper-
ation, and maintenance of 1 United States Coast
Guard PC–170, $2,890,000.
(6) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance of 2 reactivated United States Coast
Guard T–AGOS with C–41 suite for detection and
monitoring, $6,180,000.
(7) For acquisition and construction of 2 addi-
tional United States Coast Guard T–AGOS, the
total amount of $9,740,000.
SEC. 103. EXPANSION OF RADAR COVERAGE AND OPER-
ATION IN SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRIES.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the De-
partment of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001
for the enhancement of radar coverage in drug source and
transit countries, as follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, for establishment of
Relocatable Over the Horizon Radar capability to
provide radar coverage of the eastern Pacific area
and South America, $15,000,000.
(2) For restoration of aerostat coverage at
Georgetown, Exuma, Bahamas, the total amount of
$13,500,000, of which—
(A) the total amount of $4,500,000 is for
procurement, Defense-wide; and
(B) $3,000,000 for each such fiscal year is
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.
(3) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, for establishment of
ground-based radar coverage at Guantanamo Bay
Naval Base, Cuba, $300,000.
TITLE 
II—ENHANCED 
ERADI-
CATION AND INTERDICTION
STRATEGY IN SOURCE COUN-
TRIES
SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR CO-
LOMBIA.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Funds are authorized
to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal
years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the enhancement of drug-
related eradication efforts in Colombia, as follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for sustaining
support of the helicopters and fixed wing fleet of the
national police of Colombia, $6,000,000.
(2) For the purchase of DC–3 transport air-
craft for the national police of Colombia, the total
amount of $2,000,000.
(3) For acquisition of concertina wire and tun-
neling detection systems at the La Picota prison of
the national police of Colombia, the total amount of
$1,250,000.
(4) For the purchase of minigun systems for
the national police of Colombia, the total amount of
$6,000,000.
(5) For the purchase of 6 UH–60L Black
Hawk utility helicopters for the national police of
Colombia, the total amount of $60,000,000 for pro-
curement and an additional amount of $12,000,000
for each such fiscal year for operation, maintenance,
and training.
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Funds are author-
ized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the enhancement
of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia, as follows:
(1) For procurement, Defense-wide, for upgrade
of 50 UH–1H helicopters to the Huey II configura-
tion equipped with miniguns for the use of the na-
tional police of Colombia, the total amount of
$70,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, for forward deployment
of 5 riverine operations maintenance platforms for
the use of the Army of Colombia, $2,000,000.
SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR
PERU.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Funds are authorized
to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal
years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the establishment of a
third drug interdiction site at Puerto Maldonado, Peru,
to support air bridge and riverine missions for enhance-
ment of drug-related eradication efforts in Peru, the total
amount of $3,000,000, and an additional amount of
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for
operation and maintenance.
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of Defense for each
of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, $500,000 for
operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for en-
hancement of drug interdiction efforts in Peru for
support of multinational riverine and small boat
maintenance training programs in Iquitos, Peru.
(2) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct a study of Peruvian counternarcotics air
interdiction requirements and, not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit
to Congress a report on the results of the study. The
study shall include a review of the Peruvian Air
Force’s current and future requirements for counter-
narcotics air interdiction to complement the Peru-
vian Air Force’s A–37 capability. There is author-
ized to be appropriated for the Department of De-
fense such amounts as may be necessary for carry-
ing out the study.
SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR BO-
LIVIA.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the De-
partment of State for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001
for enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in Bo-
livia, as follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for support of air
operations of the Red Devils of Bolivia, $1,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for support of
riverine operations of the Blue Devils of Bolivia,
$1,000,000.
(3) For each such fiscal year for support of
coca eradication programs, $1,000,000.
(4) For the procurement of 2 mobile x-ray ma-
chines with maintenance support for placement
along the Chapare highway, the total amount of
$5,000,000 and an additional amount of $1,000,000
for each such fiscal year for operation and mainte-
nance.
SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR
MEXICO.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE HELICOPTERS.—
Contingent on the agreement of the Government of
Mexico to approve full diplomatic immunity for Drug
Enforcement Administration personnel serving in
Mexico with privileges granted to United States Gov-
ernment officials to carry weapons necessary for the
performance of their duties, the Secretary of State,
subject to the availability of appropriations, shall
purchase 6 Bell 212 high altitude helicopters des-
ignated for opium eradication programs in the Mexi-
can states of Guerrero, Jalisco, and Sinaloa, for en-
hancement of drug-related eradication efforts in
Mexico.
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of State during the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 1998, and on ending September 30, 2001,
$18,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) all United States law enforcement personnel
serving in Mexico should be accorded the same sta-
tus as diplomatic and consular personnel serving at
United States posts in Mexico; and
(2) all Mexican narcotics law enforcement per-
sonnel serving in the United States should be ac-
corded the same diplomatic and consular status as
Drug Enforcement Administration personnel serving
in Mexico.
SEC. 205. MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RE-
SOURCES.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the De-
partment of State for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001
for enhanced precursor chemical control projects, in the
total amount of $500,000.
SEC. 206. BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS.
(a) QUALIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, any individual serving in
the position of assistant secretary in any department or
agency of the Federal Government who has primary re-
sponsibility for international narcotics control and law en-
forcement, and the principal deputy of any such assistant
secretary, shall have substantial professional qualifications
in the fields of—
(1) management; and
(2) Federal law enforcement, or intelligence.
(b) FOREIGN MILITARY SALES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, upon the receipt by the Department
of State of a formal letter of request for any foreign
military sales counternarcotics-related assistance
from the head of any police, military, or other ap-
propriate security agency official, the implementa-
tion and processing of the counternarcotics foreign
military sales request shall be the sole responsibility
of the Department of Defense, which is the tradi-
tional lead agency in providing military equipment
and supplies abroad.
(2) ROLE OF STATE DEPARTMENT.—The De-
partment of State shall continue to have a consult-
ative role with the Department of Defense in the
processing of the request described in paragraph (1),
after receipt of the letter of request, for all counter-
narcotics-related foreign military sales assistance.
SEC. 207. REPORT ON TRANSFERRING INTERNATIONAL
NARCOTICS ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES TO A
UNITED 
STATES 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the responsiveness and effectiveness of inter-
national narcotics assistance activities under the Depart-
ment of State have been severely hampered due, in part,
to the lack of law enforcement expertise by responsible
personnel in the Department of State.
(b) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director
of National Drug Control Policy shall prepare and
(3) For each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for enhanced programs in the Chapare and
Yungas regions in Bolivia, $5,000,000.
TITLE 
IV—ENHANCED 
INTER-
NATIONAL 
LAW 
ENFORCE-
MENT TRAINING
SEC. 401. ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACADEMY TRAINING.
(a) ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACADEMY TRAINING.—Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of Justice for fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001 for the establishment and operation
of international law enforcement academies to carry out
law enforcement training activities, as follows:
(1) For the establishment and operation of an
academy, which shall serve Latin America and the
Caribbean, the total amount of $3,000,000 and an
additional amount of $1,200,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000 and 2001 for operation and maintenance
costs.
(2) For the establishment and operation of an
academy in Bangkok, Thailand, which shall serve
Asia, the total amount of $2,000,000 and an addi-
tional amount of $1,200,000 for each of fiscal years
2000 and 2001 for operation and maintenance costs.
(3) For each such fiscal year for the establish-
ment and operation of an academy in South Africa,
which shall serve Africa, $1,200,000.
(b) MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CEN-
TER.—Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Transportation and the Department of the
Treasury for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the
joint establishment, operation, and maintenance in San
Juan, Puerto Rico, of a center for training law enforce-
ment personnel of countries located in the Latin American
and Caribbean regions in matters relating to maritime law
enforcement, including customs-related ports management
matters, as follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for funding by the
Department of Transportation, $1,500,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for funding by the
Department of the Treasury, $1,500,000.
(c) UNITED STATES COAST GUARD INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME TRAINING VESSEL.—Funds are authorized to
be appropriated for the Department of Transportation for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the establishment,
operation, and maintenance of maritime training vessels,
as follows:
(1) For a vessel for international maritime
training, which shall visit participating Latin Amer-
ican and Caribbean nations on a rotating schedule
in order to provide law enforcement training and to
perform maintenance on participating national as-
sets, the total amount of $7,500,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for support of the
United States Coast Guard Balsam Class Buoy Ten-
der training vessel, $2,500,000.
SEC. 402. ENHANCED UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCE-
MENT INTERNATIONAL TRAINING.
(a) MEXICO.—Funds are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Justice for fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001 for substantial exchanges for Mexi-
can judges, prosecutors, and police, in the total amount
of $2,000,000 for each such fiscal year.
(b) BRAZIL.—Funds are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Justice for fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhanced support for the Bra-
zilian Federal Police Training Center, in the total amount
of $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year.
(c) PANAMA.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of Defense for fis-
cal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, for locating and operat-
ing Coast Guard and Navy assets so as to strength-
en the capability of the Coast Guard of Panama to
patrol the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Panama for
drug enforcement and interdiction activities, in the
total amount of $1,000,000 for each such fiscal
year.
(2) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE TRAINING.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, members of
the national police of Panama shall be eligible to re-
ceive training through the International Military
Education Training program.
(d) VENEZUELA.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Defense for each of fiscal
years 1999, 2000, and 2001, $1,000,000 for operation
and maintenance, Defense-wide, for support for the Ven-
ezuelan Joint National Guard and Judicial Technical Po-
lice Counterdrug Intelligence Center.
(e) ECUADOR.—Funds are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Transportation and the De-
partment of the Treasury for each of fiscal years 1999,
2000, and 2001 for the buildup of local coast guard and
port control in Guayaquil and Esmeraldas, Ecuador, as
follows:
(1) For each such fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Transportation, $500,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $500,000.
(f) HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.—Funds
are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of
the Treasury for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001, $500,000 for the buildup of local coast guard and
port control in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
(g) CENTRAL AMERICA.—There are authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of the Treasury for each
of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, $12,000,000 for the
buildup of local coast guard and port control in Belize,
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nica-
ragua.
SEC. 403. PROVISION OF NONLETHAL EQUIPMENT TO FOR-
EIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS
FOR COOPERATIVE ILLICIT NARCOTICS CON-
TROL ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, may transfer or lease not more than
$250,000 worth of nonlethal equipment to foreign law en-
forcement organizations for the purpose of establishing
and carrying out cooperative illicit narcotics control activi-
ties.
(b) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall provide for the maintenance and repair of any
equipment transferred or leased under subsection (a).
TITLE 
V—ENHANCED 
DRUG
TRANSIT AND SOURCE ZONE
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OPER-
ATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
SEC. 501. INCREASED FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS AND
EQUIPMENT.
(a) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.—Funds
are authorized to be appropriated for the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 for enhancement of counternarcotic operations in
drug transit and source countries, as follows:
(1) For support of the Merlin program, the
total amount of $8,272,000.
(2) For support of the intercept program, the
total amount of $4,500,000.
(3) For support of the Narcotics Enforcement
Data Retrieval System, the total amount of
$2,400,000.
(4) For support of the Caribbean Initiative, the
total amount of $3,515,000.
(5) For the hire of special agents, administra-
tive and investigative support personnel, and intel-
(7) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance support of 10 United States Coast
Guard aircraft in the transit zone ending 1 year
after 
the 
date 
of 
enactment 
of 
this 
Act,
$10,000,000.
(8) For each such fiscal year for restoration
and maintenance of United States Coast Guard
‘‘Frontier Lance’’, by positioning additional United
States Navy assets at Barahona, Dominican Repub-
lic, and Cayes, Haiti, $1,000,000.
(9) For increased spending for international law
enforcement 
training, 
the 
total 
amount 
of
$1,500,000.
(10) For 3 HU–25 maritime patrol aircraft, the
total amount of $4,610,000 for activation and an
additional amount of $1,000,000 for each such fiscal
year for operation and maintenance.
(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Funds are author-
ized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the enhancement
of counternarcotics operations in drug source and transit
countries, as follows:
(1) For operation and maintenance, Defense-
wide, for deployment of intelligent acoustic detection
buoys in the Florida Straits and Bahamas, the total
amount of $1,000,000.
(2) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide for positioning Navy as-
sets at Barahona, Dominican Republic, and Les
Cayes, Haiti, to restore and maintain Operation
Frontier Lance of the Coast Guard, $1,000,000.
(3) For operation and maintenance, Defense-
wide, for a nonlethal technology program to enhance
countermeasures against the threat of transportation
of drugs by so-called Go-Fast boats, the total
amount of $2,100,000.
(4) For each such fiscal year, for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, $2,000,000, for consoli-
dation, at a Department of Defense facility, Key
West, Florida, of the following facilities:
(A) The Joint Interagency Task Force,
East, Key West, Florida.
(B) The Joint Interagency Task Force,
West, Alameda, California.
(C) The Joint Interagency Task Force,
South, Panama City, Panama.
(D) The Joint Task Force 6, El Paso,
Texas.
(5) For procurement, Defense-wide, for en-
hancement of Forward Looking Infra-Red and Glob-
al Positioning Systems capability for the Depart-
ment of Defense for Blackhawk helicopters used in
Operation The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, the
total amount of $3,200,000.
(d) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Funds are authorized
to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal
year 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the deployment of commer-
cial unclassified intelligence and imaging data and a Pas-
sive Coherent Location System for counternarcotics and
interdiction purposes in the Western Hemisphere, the
total amount of $20,000,000.
(e) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—Funds are
authorized to be appropriated for the United States Cus-
toms Service for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for
enhancement of counternarcotic operations in drug transit
and source countries, as follows:
(1) For refurbishment of 30 interceptor and
Blue Water Platform vessels in the Caribbean mari-
time fleet, the total amount of $3,500,000.
(2) For purchase of 9 new interceptor vessels in
the Caribbean maritime fleet, the total amount of
$2,000,000.
(3) For the hire and training of 25 special
agents for maritime operations in the Caribbean, the
total amount of $2,500,000.
(4) For purchase of 60 automotive vehicles for
ground use in South Florida, $1,500,000.
(5) For each such fiscal year for operation and
maintenance support for 10 United States Customs
Service Citations Aircraft to be dedicated for the
source and transit zone, the total amount of
$10,000,000.
(6) For purchase of 5 CTX–5000 x-ray ma-
chines to enhance detection capabilities with respect
to narcotics, explosives, and currency, the total
amount of $7,000,000.
SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIORITY OF
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG
ACTIVITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of De-
fense should revise the Global Military Force Policy of the
Department of Defense in order—
(1) to treat the international drug interdiction
and counter-drug activities of the Department as a
military operation other than war, thereby elevating
the priority given such activities under the Policy to
the next priority below the priority given to war
under the Policy and to the same priority as is given
to peacekeeping operations under the Policy; and
(2) to allocate the assets of the Department to
drug interdiction and counter-drug activities in ac-
cordance with the priority given those activities.
TITLE VI—RELATIONSHIP TO
OTHER LAWS
SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The funds authorized to be appropriated for any de-
partment or agency of the Federal Government for fiscal
years 1999, 2000, or 2001 by this Act are in addition to
funds authorized to be appropriated for that department
or agency for fiscal year 1999, 2000, or 2001 by any other
provision of law.
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