forts by a Federal, State, or local government agen-
cy to enforce the drug laws of the United States or 
any State, including investigation, arrest, prosecu-
tion, and incarceration or other punishments or pen-
alties.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 703(b)(3) 
(21 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(G)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(I)’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and subparagraph (D) of 
section 702(11)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘, 
and sections 707 and 708 of this Act’’. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POL-
ICY AND DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Paragraph (4) of section 
703(a) (21 U.S.C. 1702(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) evaluate the effectiveness of the national 
drug control policy and the National Drug Control 
Program agencies’ programs, by developing and ap-
plying specific goals and performance measure-
ments.’’.
(b) RANK OF DIRECTOR.—Section 703(b) (21 U.S.C. 
1702(b)) is amended in paragraph (1) by adding before 
the period the following: ‘‘, who shall hold the same rank 
and status as the head of an executive department listed 
in section 101 of title 5, United States Code’’. 
(c) DEPUTY DIRECTORS.—Section 703(b) (21 U.S.C. 
1702(b)) is amended in paragraph (3)—
(1) by striking ‘‘Office—’’ and inserting ‘‘Office 
the following additional Deputy Directors—’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘who 
shall’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘who shall have 
substantial experience and expertise in drug interdic-
tion operations and other supply reduction activities, 
and who shall serve as the United States Interdic-
tion Coordinator and’’. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO APPOINTMENT AND 
DUTIES OF DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIREC-
TOR. 
(a) DESIGNATION
OF OTHER OFFICERS.—Section 
704(a)(3) (21 U.S.C. 1703(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘permanent employee’’ and in-
serting ‘‘officer or employee’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘serve as the Director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘serve as the acting Director’’.
(b) 
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
DIRECTOR.—Section 
704(b) (21 U.S.C. 1703(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Federal de-
partments and agencies engaged in drug enforce-
ment,’’ and inserting ‘‘National Drug Control Pro-
gram agencies,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by inserting after ‘‘Presi-
dent’’ the following: ‘‘and the appropriate congres-
sional committees’’; 
(3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘(beginning 
in 1999)’’; 
(4) in paragraph (14)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Appropriations’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Senate’’ and inserting 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(5) in paragraph (15), by striking subpara-
graph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) supporting the substance abuse infor-
mation clearinghouse administered by the Ad-
ministrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration and established 
in section 501(d)(16) of the Public Health 
Service Act by—
‘‘(i) encouraging all National Drug 
Control Program 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 medi-
cations to treat addiction; 
‘‘(17) shall seek the support and commitment of 
State and local officials in the formulation and im-
plementation of the National Drug Control Strategy; 
‘‘(18) shall monitor and evaluate the allocation 
of resources among Federal law enforcement agen-
cies in response to significant local and regional 
drug trafficking and production threats; and 
‘‘(19) shall submit an annual report to Con-
gress detailing how the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy has consulted with and assisted State 
and local governments with respect to the formula-
tion and implementation of the National Drug Con-
trol Strategy and other relevant issues.’’. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF DRUG CONTROL BUDGET RE-
QUESTS.—Section 704(c)(1) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
‘‘(C) CONTENT OF DRUG CONTROL BUDG-
ET REQUESTS.—A drug control budget request 
submitted by a department, agency, or program 
under this paragraph shall include all requests 
for funds for any drug control activity under-
taken by that department, agency, or program, 
including demand reduction, supply reduction, 
and State and local affairs, including any drug 
law enforcement activities. If an activity has 
both drug control and nondrug control purposes 
or applications, the department, agency, or pro-
gram shall estimate by a documented calcula-
tion the total funds requested for that activity 
that would be used for drug control, and shall 
set forth in its request the basis and method for 
making the estimate.’’. 
(d) NATIONAL
DRUG
CONTROL
BUDGET
PRO-
POSAL.—Section 704(c)(2) is amended in subparagraph 
(A) by inserting before the semicolon: ‘‘and to inform Con-
gress and the public about the total amount proposed to 
be spent on all supply reduction, demand reduction, State 
and local affairs, including any drug law enforcement, and 
other drug control activities by the Federal Government, 
which shall conform to the content requirements set forth 
in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection’’.
(e) REVIEW
AND CERTIFICATION
OF NATIONAL 
DRUG CONTROL PROGRAM BUDGET.—Section 704(c)(3) 
(21 U.S.C. 1703(c)(3)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) SPECIFIC REQUESTS.—The Director 
shall not confirm the adequacy of any budget 
request that—
‘‘(i) requests funding for Federal law 
enforcement activities that do not ade-
quately compensate for transfers of drug 
enforcement resources and personnel to 
law enforcement and investigation activi-
ties not related to drug enforcement as de-
termined by the Director; 
‘‘(ii) requests funding for law enforce-
ment activities on the borders of the 
United States that do not adequately di-
rect resources to drug interdiction and en-
forcement as determined by the Director; 
‘‘(iii) requests funding for drug treat-
ment activities that do not provide ade-