110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 369 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was 
created by an Executive order on July 6, 1973, and 
merged the previously separate law enforcement and in-
telligence agencies responsible for narcotics control; 
Whereas the first administrator of the DEA, John R. 
Bartels, Jr., was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 
1973;
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Whereas since 1973, the men and women of the DEA have 
served our Nation with courage, vision, and determina-
tion, protecting all Americans from the scourge of drug 
trafficking, drug abuse, and related violence; 
Whereas the DEA has adjusted and refined the tactics and 
methods by which it targets the most dangerous drug 
trafficking operations to bring to justice criminals such 
as New York City’s Nicky Barnes, key members of the 
infamous Colombian Medellin cartel, Thai warlord Khun 
Sa, several members of the Mexican Arellano-Felix orga-
nization, Afghan terrorist Haji Baz Mohammad, and 
international arms dealer Viktor Bout; 
Whereas throughout its 35 years, the DEA has continually 
adapted to the evolving trends of drug trafficking organi-
zations by aggressively targeting organizations involved in 
the growing, manufacturing, and distribution of such 
substances as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphet-
amine, Ecstasy, and controlled prescription drugs; 
Whereas in its 227 domestic offices in 21 field divisions, the 
DEA continues to strengthen and enhance existing rela-
tionships with Federal, State, and local counterparts in 
every State in the Union to combat drug trafficking; 
Whereas in this decade alone, DEA special agents have seized 
over 5,500 kilograms of heroin; 650,000 kilograms of co-
caine; 2,300,000 kilograms of marijuana; 13,000 kilo-
grams of methamphetamine; almost 80,000,000 dosage 
units of hallucinogens; and made over 240,000 arrests; 
Whereas in its 87 foreign offices in 63 countries, the DEA 
has the largest international presence of any Federal law 
enforcement agency;
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Whereas its personnel continue to collaborate closely with 
international partners around the globe, including in such 
drug-producing countries as Colombia, Mexico, Afghani-
stan, and Thailand; 
Whereas the results of this international collaboration in this 
decade alone have led to the indictments of 63 leaders, 
members, and associates of the Revolutionary Armed 
Forces of Colombia, a designated foreign terrorist organi-
zation, as well as 144 arrests and detainments of nar-
cotics traffickers for violations of Afghan and United 
States narcotics laws and terrorist-related offenses; 
Whereas through the creation of the Diversion Control Pro-
gram in 1971, the DEA now registers and regulates over 
1,200,000 registrants, while simultaneously combating 
the continually-evolving threat posed by the diversion of 
controlled pharmaceuticals; 
Whereas the DEA continues to hit drug traffickers finan-
cially, where it hurts the most, denying drug trafficking 
organizations $3,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 alone, 
exceeding their 5-year goal of $3,000,000,000 annually 
by fiscal year 2009; 
Whereas DEA special agents continue to work shoulder-to- 
shoulder with Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
officials throughout the Nation in a cooperative effort to 
put drug traffickers behind bars; 
Whereas throughout its history, many DEA employees and 
members of the agency’s task forces have given their lives 
in the line of duty, including: Charles Archie Wood, Staf-
ford E. Beckett, Joseph W. Floyd, Bert S. Gregory, 
James T. Williams, Louis L. Marks, James E. Brown, 
James R. Kerrigan, John W. Crozier, Spencer Stafford,
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Andrew P. Sanderson, Anker M. Bangs, Wilson M. Shee, 
Mansel R. Burrell, Hector Jordan, Gene A. Clifton, 
Frank Tummillo, Richard Heath, Jr., George F. White, 
Emir Benitez, Gerald Sawyer, Leslie S. Grosso, Nickolas 
Fragos, Mary M. Keehan, Charles H. Mann, Anna Y. 
Mounger, Anna J. Pope, Martha D. Skeels, Mary P. Sul-
livan, Larry D. Wallace, Ralph N. Shaw, James T. Lunn, 
Octavio Gonzalez, Francis J. Miller, Robert C. Lightfoot, 
Thomas J. Devine, Larry N. Carwell, Marcellus Ward, 
Enrique S. Camarena, James A. Avant, Charles M. 
Bassing, Kevin L. Brosch, Susan M. Hoefler, William 
Ramos, Raymond J. Stastny, Arthur L. Cash, Terry W. 
McNett, George M. Montoya, Paul S. Seema, Everett E. 
Hatcher, Rickie C. Finley, Joseph T. Aversa, Wallie 
Howard, Jr., Eugene T. McCarthy, Alan H. Winn, 
George D. Althouse, Becky L. Dwojeski, Stephen J. 
Strehl, Juan C. Vars, Jay W. Seale, Meredith Thompson, 
Frank S. Wallace, Jr., Frank Fernandez, Jr., Kenneth 
G. McCullough, Carrol June Fields, Rona L. Chafey, 
Shelly D. Bland, Carrie A. Lenz, Shaun E. Curl, Royce 
D. Tramel, Alice Faye Hall-Walton, Elton Armstead, 
Larry Steilen, Terry Loftus, Jay Balchunas, and Richard 
E. Fass; 
Whereas many other DEA employees and task force officers 
have been wounded or injured in the line of duty; and 
Whereas over 9,000 employees of the DEA, including special 
agents, intelligence analysts, diversion investigators, pro-
gram analysts, forensic chemists, attorneys, and adminis-
trative support, along with over 2,000 task force officers, 
and over 2,000 vetted foreign officers, work tirelessly to 
hunt down and bring to justice the drug trafficking car-