‘‘(A) the impact of activities funded on re-
ducing overall drug traffic in the United States, 
or minimizing the probability that an emerging 
drug trafficking threat will spread to other 
areas of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) such other criteria as the Director 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(k) EVALUATION.—
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Director shall, after consulting with the Execu-
tive Boards of each designated high intensity drug 
trafficking area, submit a report to Congress that 
describes, for each designated high intensity drug 
trafficking area—
‘‘(A) the specific purposes for the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(B) the specific long-term and short-term 
goals and objectives for the high intensity drug 
trafficking area; 
‘‘(C) the measurements that will be used to 
evaluate the performance of the high intensity 
drug trafficking area in achieving the long-term 
and short-term goals; and
‘‘(D) the reporting requirements needed to 
evaluate the performance of the high intensity 
drug trafficking area in achieving the long-term 
and short-term goals. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION OF HIDTA PROGRAM AS PART 
OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY.—For each 
designated high intensity drug trafficking area, the 
Director shall submit, as part of the annual National 
Drug Control Strategy report, a report that—
‘‘(A) describes—
‘‘(i) the specific purposes for the high 
intensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(ii) the specific long-term and short-
term goals and objectives for the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(B) includes an evaluation of the per-
formance of the high intensity drug trafficking 
area in accomplishing the specific long-term 
and short-term goals and objectives identified 
under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(l) ASSESSMENT OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK 
FORCES
IN
HIGH
INTENSITY
DRUG
TRAFFICKING 
AREAS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, and as part of each subsequent
annual National Drug Control Strategy report, the Direc-
tor shall submit to Congress a report—
‘‘(1) assessing the number and operation of all 
federally funded drug enforcement task forces within 
each high intensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(2) describing—
‘‘(A) each Federal, State, and local drug 
enforcement task force operating in the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(B) how such task forces coordinate with 
each other, with any high intensity drug traf-
ficking area task force, and with investigations 
receiving funds from the Organized Crime and 
Drug Enforcement Task Force; 
‘‘(C) what steps, if any, each such task 
force takes to share information regarding drug 
trafficking and drug production with other fed-
erally funded drug enforcement task forces in 
the high intensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(D) the role of the high intensity drug 
trafficking area in coordinating the sharing of 
such information among task forces; 
‘‘(E) the nature and extent of cooperation 
by each Federal, State, and local participant in 
ensuring that such information is shared among
law enforcement agencies and with the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(F) the nature and extent to which infor-
mation sharing and enforcement activities are 
coordinated with joint terrorism task forces in 
the high intensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(G) any recommendations for measures 
needed to ensure that task force resources are 
utilized efficiently and effectively to reduce the 
availability of illegal drugs in the high intensity 
drug trafficking areas. 
‘‘(m) ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING IN 
HIGH
INTENSITY
DRUG
TRAFFICKING
AREAS—PRO-
GRAM.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this subsection, and as part of each subsequent 
annual National Drug Control Strategy report, the Direc-
tor shall submit to Congress a report—
‘‘(1) evaluating existing and planned intel-
ligence systems supported by each high intensity 
drug trafficking area, or utilized by task forces re-
ceiving any funding under the Program, including 
the extent to which such systems ensure access and 
availability of intelligence to Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies within the high inten-
sity drug trafficking area and outside of it;
‘‘(2) the extent to which Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies participating in each 
high intensity drug trafficking area are sharing in-
telligence information to assess current drug traf-
ficking threats and design appropriate enforcement 
strategies; and 
‘‘(3) the measures needed to improve effective 
sharing of information and intelligence regarding 
drug trafficking and drug production among Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement participating 
in a high intensity drug trafficking area, and be-
tween such agencies and similar agencies outside the 
high intensity drug trafficking area. 
‘‘(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy to carry out this section—
‘‘(1) $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(2) $290,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
and 2008; and 
‘‘(3) $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 
and 2010.’’. 
SEC. 9. FUNDING FOR CERTAIN HIGH INTENSITY DRUG 
TRAFFICKING AREAS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Dawson Family Community Protection Act’’.