SECTION 1. CODIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY 
FOR JOINT TASK FORCES OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE TO SUPPORT LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
CONDUCTING 
COUNTER-TERRORISM, 
COUNTER-ILLICIT 
TRAFFICKING, 
OR 
COUNTER- 
TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 15 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end a new sec-
tion 285 consisting of— 
(1) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 285. Authority for joint task forces to support law 
enforcement 
agencies 
conducting 
counter-terrorism, 
counter-illicit 
traf-
ficking, or counter-transnational orga-
nized crime activities’’; 
and 
(2) a text consisting of the text of section 1022 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004 (10 U.S.C. 271 note). 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Section 285 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, counter-il-
licit trafficking activities,’’ after ‘‘counter-terrorism 
activities’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2006 
through 2022, funds for drug interdiction’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Funds for drug interdiction’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, counter-illicit traf-
ficking,’’ after ‘‘counter-terrorism’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘of each year in which the authority 
in subsection (a) is in effect’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
each year’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘counter-illicit traf-
ficking,’’ after ‘‘on counter-drug,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, counter-illicit traf-
ficking,’’ 
after 
‘‘provide 
counter-ter-
rorism,’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, counter-illicit traf-
ficking,’’ after ‘‘counter-terrorism’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘significantly’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS.—’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘(2)(A) Support’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS.—(1) Support’’; 
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(C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 
(i) in the first sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 
(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘vital to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘the vital’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; and 
(5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—(1) In this section: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘illicit trafficking’ means the 
trafficking of money, human trafficking, illicit finan-
cial flows, illegal trade in natural resources and wild-
life, illegal maritime activities, or trade in illegal 
drugs and weapons, whether conducted by a 
transnational criminal organization or a state actor. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘transnational organized crime’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 284(i) 
of this title. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of applying the definition of 
transnational organized crime under paragraph (1)(B) to 
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this section, the term ‘illegal means’, as it appears in such 
definition, includes— 
‘‘(A) illicit trafficking; and 
‘‘(B) any other form of illegal means deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1022 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (10 
U.S.C. 271 note) is repealed. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 15 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘285. Authority for joint task forces to support law enforcement agencies con-
ducting 
counter-terrorism, 
counter-illicit 
trafficking, 
or 
counter-transnational organized crime activities.’’. 
Æ 
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