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shall report directly to the Deputy Director of the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy. 
‘‘(C) DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR DEMAND REDUCTION.—The 
Deputy Director for Demand Reduction shall be responsible 
for the activities in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of sec-
tion 702(l). 
‘‘(D) DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SUPPLY REDUCTION.—The 
Deputy Director for Supply Reduction shall—
‘‘(i) have substantial experience and expertise in 
drug interdiction and other supply reduction activities; 
and 
‘‘(ii) be responsible for the activities in subpara-
graphs (A) through (C) in section 702(11). 
‘‘(E) DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL 
AFFAIRS.—The Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal 
Affairs shall be responsible for the activities—
‘‘(i) in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 
702(10); 
‘‘(ii) in section 707, the High Intensity Drug Traf-
ficking Areas Program; and 
‘‘(iii) in section 708, the Counterdrug Technology 
Assessment Center.’’. 
SEC. 103. APPOINTMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR. 
(a) SUCCESSION.—Section 704(a) is amended by amending para-
graph (3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) ACTING DIRECTOR.—If the Director dies, resigns, or 
is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of 
the office, the Deputy Director shall perform the functions 
and duties of the Director temporarily in an acting capacity 
pursuant to subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 5, United 
States Code.’’. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 704(b) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Federal departments and 
agencies engaged in drug enforcement’’ and inserting ‘‘National 
Drug Control Program agencies’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by inserting after ‘‘President’’ the 
following: ‘‘and the appropriate congressional committees’’; 
(3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘(beginning in 1999)’’; 
(4) by striking paragraph (14) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(14) shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on an annual basis, not later than 60 days after the 
date of the last day of the applicable period, a summary of—
‘‘(A) each of the evaluations received by the Director 
under paragraph (13); and 
‘‘(B) the progress of each National Drug Control Pro-
gram agency toward the drug control program goals of 
the agency using the performance measures for the agency 
developed under section 706(c);’’; 
(5) in paragraph (15), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) supporting the substance abuse information 
clearinghouse administered by the Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion and established in section 501(d)(16) of the Public 
Health Service Act by—
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‘‘(i) encouraging all National Drug Control Pro-
gram agencies to provide all appropriate and relevant 
information; and 
‘‘(ii) supporting the dissemination of information 
to all interested entities;’’; and 
(6) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) shall coordinate with the private sector to promote 
private research and development of medications to treat addic-
tion; 
‘‘(17) shall seek the support and commitment of State, 
local, and tribal officials in the formulation and implementation 
of the National Drug Control Strategy; 
‘‘(18) shall monitor and evaluate the allocation of resources 
among Federal law enforcement agencies in response to signifi-
cant local and regional drug trafficking and production threats; 
‘‘(19) shall submit an annual report to Congress detailing 
how the Office of National Drug Control Policy has consulted 
with and assisted State, local, and tribal governments with 
respect to the formulation and implementation of the National 
Drug Control Strategy and other relevant issues; and 
‘‘(20) shall, within 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 
Act of 2006, report to Congress on the impact of each Federal 
drug reduction strategy upon the availability, addiction rate, 
use rate, and other harms of illegal drugs.’’. 
(c) REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL 
PROGRAM BUDGET.—Section 704(c)(3) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting ‘‘and the appro-
priate congressional committees,’’ after ‘‘House of Representa-
tives’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)(bb), by inserting ‘‘and the 
appropriate congressional committees,’’ after ‘‘House of Rep-
resentatives’’. 
(d) POWERS OF DIRECTOR.—Section 704(d) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘Strategy; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Strategy and notify the appropriate congressional 
committees of any fund control notice issued in accordance 
with section 704(f)(5);’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (10), by inserting before the period the 
following: ‘‘and section 706 of the Department of State 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 229j–1)’’. 
(e) FUND CONTROL NOTICES.—Section 704(f) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.—A copy of each fund control 
notice shall be transmitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
‘‘(5) RESTRICTIONS.—The Director shall not issue a fund 
control notice to direct that all or part of an amount appro-
priated to the National Drug Control Program agency account 
be obligated, modified, or altered in any manner—
‘‘(A) contrary, in whole or in part, to a specific appro-
priation; or 
‘‘(B) contrary, in whole or in part, to the expressed 
intent of Congress.’’. 
(f) DRUG INTERDICTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 711 is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 711. DRUG INTERDICTION COORDINATOR AND COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) UNITED STATES INTERDICTION COORDINATOR.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Interdiction Coordi-
nator shall perform the duties of that position described in 
paragraph (2) and such other duties as may be determined 
by the Director with respect to coordination of efforts to inter-
dict illicit drugs from entering the United States. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The United States Interdiction 
Coordinator shall be responsible to the Director for—
‘‘(A) coordinating the interdiction activities of the 
National Drug Control Program agencies to ensure consist-
ency with the National Drug Control Strategy; 
‘‘(B) on behalf of the Director, developing and issuing, 
on or before March 1 of each year and in accordance with 
paragraph (3), a National Interdiction Command and Con-
trol Plan to ensure the coordination and consistency 
described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) assessing the sufficiency of assets committed to 
illicit drug interdiction by the relevant National Drug Con-
trol Program agencies; and 
‘‘(D) advising the Director on the efforts of each 
National Drug Control Program agency to implement the 
National Interdiction Command and Control Plan. 
‘‘(3) STAFF.—The Director shall assign such permanent staff 
of the Office as he considers appropriate to assist the United 
States Interdiction Coordinator to carry out the responsibilities 
described in paragraph (2), and may also, at his discretion, 
request that appropriate National Drug Control Program agen-
cies detail or assign staff to the Office of Supply Reduction 
for that purpose. 
‘‘(4) NATIONAL
INTERDICTION
COMMAND
AND
CONTROL 
PLAN.—
‘‘(A) PURPOSES.—The National Interdiction Command 
and Control Plan shall—
‘‘(i) set forth the Government’s strategy for drug 
interdiction; 
‘‘(ii) state the specific roles and responsibilities 
of the relevant National Drug Control Program agen-
cies for implementing that strategy; and 
‘‘(iii) identify the specific resources required to 
enable the relevant National Drug Control Program 
agencies to implement that strategy. 
‘‘(B) 
CONSULTATION
WITH
OTHER
AGENCIES.—The 
United States Interdiction Coordinator shall issue the 
National Interdiction Command and Control Plan in con-
sultation with the other members of the Interdiction Com-
mittee described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The National Interdiction Command 
and Control Plan shall not change existing agency authori-
ties or the laws governing interagency relationships, but 
may include recommendations about changes to such 
authorities or laws. 
‘‘(D) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—On or before March 1 
of each year, the United States Interdiction Coordinator 
shall provide a report on behalf of the Director to the 
appropriate congressional committees, to the Committee
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on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, which shall 
include—
‘‘(i) a copy of that year’s National Interdiction Com-
mand and Control Plan; 
‘‘(ii) information for the previous 10 years 
regarding the number and type of seizures of drugs 
by each National Drug Control Program agency con-
ducting drug interdiction activities, as well as statis-
tical information on the geographic areas of such sei-
zures; and 
‘‘(iii) information for the previous 10 years 
regarding the number of air and maritime patrol hours 
undertaken by each National Drug Control Program 
agency conducting drug interdiction activities, as well 
as statistical information on the geographic areas in 
which such patrol hours took place. 
‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW ENFORCEMENT 
SENSITIVE
INFORMATION.—Any content of the report 
described in subparagraph (D) that involves information 
classified under criteria established by an Executive order, 
or the public disclosure of which, as determined by the 
Director, the Director of National Intelligence, or the head 
of any Federal Government agency the activities of which 
are described in the plan, would be detrimental to the 
law enforcement or national security activities of any Fed-
eral, State, or local agency, shall be presented to Congress 
separately from the rest of the report. 
‘‘(b) INTERDICTION COMMITTEE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Interdiction Committee shall meet 
to—
‘‘(A) discuss and resolve issues related to the coordina-
tion, oversight and integration of international, border, and 
domestic drug interdiction efforts in support of the National 
Drug Control Strategy; 
‘‘(B) review the annual National Interdiction Command 
and Control Plan, and provide advice to the Director and 
the United States Interdiction Coordinator concerning that 
plan; and 
‘‘(C) provide such other advice to the Director con-
cerning drug interdiction strategy and policies as the com-
mittee determines is appropriate. 
‘‘(2) CHAIRMAN.—The Director shall designate one of the 
members of the Interdiction Committee to serve as chairman. 
‘‘(3) MEETINGS.—The members of the Interdiction Com-
mittee shall meet, in person and not through any delegate 
or representative, at least once per calendar year, prior to 
March 1. At the call of either the Director or the current 
chairman, the Interdiction Committee may hold additional 
meetings, which shall be attended by the members either in 
person, or through such delegates or representatives as they 
may choose. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than September 30 of each year, 
the chairman of the Interdiction Committee shall submit a 
report to the Director and to the appropriate congressional