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(E) The Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, including the United States Coast Guard, 
the bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 
and the bureau of Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement. 
(F) The Department of Justice, including 
the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC); 
the Drug Enforcement Administration, includ-
ing the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC); the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Organized 
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force; and the 
Regional Information Sharing System. 
(G) The Office of National Drug Control 
Policy, including the High Intensity Drug Traf-
ficking Areas Program. 
(H) The Counterdrug Intelligence Execu-
tive Secretariat. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the plan under 
paragraph (1) is to maximize the effectiveness of the 
centers and activities referred to in that paragraph 
in achieving the objectives of the National Drug 
Control Strategy promulgated under 21 U.S.C. 
1705. In order to maximize such effectiveness, the 
plan shall— 
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(A) articulate clear and specific mission 
statements (including purpose and scope of ac-
tivity) for each counterdrug intelligence center, 
system, and activity, including the manner in 
which responsibility for counterdrug intelligence 
activities 
will 
be 
allocated 
among 
the 
counterdrug intelligence centers and systems; 
(B) 
specify 
each 
government 
agency 
(whether Federal, State, or local) that partici-
pates in each such center, system, and activity, 
including a description of the extent and nature 
of that participation; 
(C) specify the relationship between such 
centers, systems, and activities; 
(D) specify the means by which proper 
oversight of such centers, systems, and activi-
ties will be assured; 
(E) 
specify 
the 
means 
by 
which 
counterdrug intelligence and information will be 
forwarded effectively to all levels of officials re-
sponsible for United States counterdrug policy; 
and 
(F) specify mechanisms to ensure that 
State and local law enforcement agencies are 
apprised of counterdrug intelligence and infor-
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mation acquired by Federal law enforcement 
agencies in a manner which— 
(i) facilitates effective counterdrug ac-
tivities by State and local law enforcement 
agencies; and 
(ii) provides such State and local law 
enforcement agencies with the information 
relating to the safety of officials involved 
in their counterdrug activities. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub-
section— 
(A) the term ‘‘center’’ refers to any center, 
office, task force, or other coordinating organi-
zation engaged in counterdrug intelligence or 
information analyzing or sharing activities; 
(B) the term ‘‘system’’ refers to any com-
puterized database or other electronic system 
used for counterdrug intelligence or information 
analyzing or sharing activities; and 
(C) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the following: 
(i) The Committee on Appropriations, 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
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mental Affairs, the Caucus on Inter-
national Narcotics Control, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(ii) The Committee on Appropriations, 
the Committee on International Relations, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The general counterdrug in-
telligence plan shall not— 
(A) change existing agency authorities or 
the laws governing interagency relationships, 
but 
may 
include 
recommendations 
about 
changes to such authorities or laws; or 
(B) include any information about specific 
methods of obtaining, or sources of, intelligence 
or information, or any information about spe-
cific individuals, cases, investigations, or oper-
ations. 
(5) CLASSIFIED OR LAW ENFORCEMENT SEN-
SITIVE INFORMATION.—Any content of the general 
counterdrug intelligence plan that involves informa-
tion classified under criteria established by an Exec-
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utive order, or whose public disclosure, as deter-
mined by the Director of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, or the head of any Federal Government 
agency whose activities are described in the plan, 
would be detrimental to the law enforcement or na-
tional security activities of any Federal, State, or 
local agency, shall be presented to Congress sepa-
rately from the rest of the report. 
(m) REQUIREMENT
FOR
SOUTHWEST
BORDER 
COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
two years thereafter, the Director of National Drug 
Control Policy shall submit to the Congress a South-
west Border Counternarcotics Strategy. 
(2) PURPOSES.—The Southwest Border Coun-
ternarcotics Strategy shall— 
(A) set forth the Government’s strategy for 
preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across 
the international border between the United 
States and Mexico, including through ports of 
entry and between ports of entry on that bor-
der; 
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(B) state the specific roles and responsibil-
ities of the relevant National Drug Control Pro-
gram agencies (as defined in section 702 of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau-
thorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701)) for 
implementing that strategy; and 
(C) identify the specific resources required 
to enable the relevant National Drug Control 
Program agencies to implement that strategy. 
(3) SPECIFIC
CONTENT
RELATED
TO
DRUG 
TUNNELS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEX-
ICO.—The 
Southwest 
Border 
Counternarcotics 
Strategy shall include— 
(A) a strategy to end the construction and 
use of tunnels and subterranean passages that 
cross the international border between the 
United States and Mexico for the purpose of il-
legal trafficking of drugs across such border; 
and 
(B) recommendations for criminal pen-
alties for persons who construct or use such a 
tunnel or subterranean passage for such a pur-
pose. 
(4) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.— 
The Director shall issue the Southwest Border 
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Counternarcotics Strategy in consultation with the 
heads of the relevant National Drug Control Pro-
gram agencies. 
(5) LIMITATION.—The Southwest Border Coun-
ternarcotics Strategy shall not change existing agen-
cy authorities or the laws governing interagency re-
lationships, but may include recommendations about 
changes to such authorities or laws. 
(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall 
provide a copy of the Southwest Border Counter-
narcotics Strategy to the appropriate congressional 
committees (as defined in section 702 of the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701)), and to the Committee 
on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate. 
(7) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW EN-
FORCEMENT
SENSITIVE
INFORMATION.—Any con-
tent of the Southwest Border Counternarcotics 
Strategy that involves information classified under 
criteria established by an Executive order, or whose 
public disclosure, as determined by the Director or 
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the head of any relevant National Drug Control Pro-
gram agency, would be detrimental to the law en-
forcement or national security activities of any Fed-
eral, State, or local agency, shall be presented to 
Congress separately from the rest of the strategy. 
(n) REQUIREMENT
FOR
SCIENTIFIC
STUDY
OF 
MYCOHERBICIDE
IN
ILLICIT
DRUG
CROP
ERADI-
CATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy shall submit to the Congress a report 
that includes a plan to conduct, on an expedited basis, 
a scientific study of the use of mycoherbicide as a means 
of illicit drug crop elimination by an appropriate Govern-
ment scientific research entity, including a complete and 
thorough scientific peer review. The study shall include an 
evaluation of the likely human health and environmental 
impacts of such use. The report shall also include a plan 
to conduct controlled scientific testing in a major drug 
producing nation of mycoherbicide naturally existing in 
the producing nation. 
(o) STUDY OF PERSONS KIDNAPPED, KILLED, AND 
MISSING ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND MEXICO.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of National 
Drug Control Policy shall study the specific impact 
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on citizens of the United States of violence related 
to drug-trafficking along the international border be-
tween the United States and Mexico. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Director of National Drug Control 
Policy shall submit to Congress a report, including 
recommendations on methods to solve the offenses 
described in such paragraph and to reduce the oc-
currence of such offenses. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2011. 
(p) REQUIREMENT FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF ILLICIT 
DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE BY CHILDREN, AND APPRO-
PRIATE INTERVENTION METHODS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of National 
Drug Control Policy shall complete an assessment of 
report materials, studies, and statistics with respect 
to the 5-year period before the date of enactment of 
this Act, to determine the extent to which children 
who are 12 to 17 years of age— 
(A) experiment with and regularly use 
marijuana, 
alcohol, 
cigarettes, 
prescription 
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drugs without a prescription, designer drugs 
(such as ecstasy), and other illicit drugs (such 
as cocaine); and 
(B) have access to intervention services or 
programs, including drug testing, counseling, 
rehabilitation, legal representation, and other 
services or programs associated with prevention, 
treatment, and punishment of substance abuse. 
(2) ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE.—In completing 
the assessment under paragraph (1), the Director— 
(A) shall consider relevant public health 
and academic research materials and studies, 
and may also consider relevant statistics con-
cerning illicit drug and alcohol use, and crimi-
nal convictions related to such use; and 
(B) shall make findings, based on the in-
formation considered under subparagraph (A), 
regarding the nature and extent of illicit drug 
and alcohol use among children who are 12 to 
17 years of age, and the availability of prevent-
ative, intervention, and rehabilitation services 
and programs to such children. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector shall submit a report to Congress regarding 
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the assessment under this subsection and the find-
ings under paragraph (2)(B). Such report shall in-
clude, with respect to children who are 12 to 17 
years of age, the following information: 
(A) Services and programs that have been 
effective in preventing such children from ex-
perimenting with and beginning the regular use 
of illicit drugs and alcohol. 
(B) The extent to which chronic drug and 
alcohol use occurs in such children. 
(C) The extent to which schools and other 
public institutions provide intervention for such 
children who are chronic users of illicit drugs 
and alcohol, the specific roles such schools and 
institutions play, and the extent to which such 
interventions are successful. 
(D) Additional resources schools and other 
public institutions need to provide successful 
intervention to such children, including funding. 
(E) The role of Federal agencies in pro-
viding intervention to such children who are 
chronic users of illicit drugs and alcohol, and 
the extent to which Federal agency intervention 
is successful. 
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