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‘‘(i) serve as the executive director of
the Council;
‘‘(ii) direct the administration of the
Council;
‘‘(iii) assign officer and committee du-
ties relating to the Council; and
‘‘(iv) issue the reports, policy positions,
and statements of the Council.
‘‘(C) DUTIES
OF
VICE
CHAIRPERSON.—If
the Chairperson of the Council is unable to serve,
the Vice Chairperson shall serve as the Chair-
person.
‘‘(b) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council—
‘‘(A) shall advise the President and the
Members of the Cabinet, including the Director,
on drug prevention, education, and treatment;
and
‘‘(B) may issue reports and recommenda-
tions on drug prevention, education, and treat-
ment, in addition to the annual report detailed
in paragraph (2), as the Council considers ap-
propriate.
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‘‘(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Any report or
recommendation issued by the Council shall be sub-
mitted to Congress.
‘‘(3) ADVICE ON THE NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL
STRATEGY.—Not later than December 1, 1998, and on
December 1 of each year thereafter, the Council shall
submit to the Director an annual report containing
drug control strategy recommendations on drug pre-
vention, education, and treatment. Each report sub-
mitted to the Director under this paragraph shall be
included as an appendix to the report submitted by
the Director under section 1005(b).
‘‘(c) POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.—
‘‘(1) HEARINGS.—The Council may hold such
hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take
such testimony, and receive such evidence as the
Council considers advisable to carry out the purposes
of this section.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
The Council may secure directly from any depart-
ment or agency of the Federal Government such infor-
mation as the Council considers to be necessary to
carry out this section. Upon request of the Chair-
person of the Council, the head of that department or
agency shall furnish such information to the Council,
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unless the head of that department or agency deter-
mines that furnishing the information to the Council
would threaten the national security of the United
States, the health, safety, or privacy of any individ-
ual, or the integrity of an ongoing investigation.
‘‘(3) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Council may use
the United States mails in the same manner and
under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the Federal Government.
‘‘(4) GIFTS.—The Council may solicit, accept,
use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or
property in connection with performing the duties of
the Council under this section.
‘‘(d) EXPENSES.—The members of the Council shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under
subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code,
while away from their homes or regular places of business
in the performance of services for the Council.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Council such sums as
may be necessary carry out this section.’’.
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1011 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21
U.S.C. 1508) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 1011. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subtitle, to remain available until expended, such sums
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1998 through
2001.’’.
(l) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SPECIAL
FORFEITURE
FUND.—Section 6073 of the Asset Forfeiture Amendments
Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1509) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 524(c)(9)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 524(c)(8)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 9307(g)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 9703(g)’’; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘strategy’’ and
inserting ‘‘Strategy’’.
(m) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5313, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Deputy Director of National Drug Control Policy’’;
and
(2) in section 5314—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘Administrator, Of-
fice of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Of-
fice of Management and Budget’’ the following:
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‘‘Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs, Office
of National Drug Control Policy’’; and
(B) in section 5315, by striking ‘‘Associate
Director for National Drug Control Policy, Of-
fice of National Drug Control Policy’’.
SEC. 3. DRUG INTERDICTION.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the
Office of National Drug Control Policy; and
(2) the term ‘‘Federal drug control agency’’
means—
(A) the Office of National Drug Control
Policy;
(B) the Department of Defense;
(C) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
(D) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(E) the Immigration and Naturalization
Service;
(F) the United States Coast Guard;
(G) the United States Customs Service; and
(H) any other department or agency of the
Federal Government that the Director determines
to be relevant.
(b) REPORT.—In order to assist Congress in determin-
ing the personnel, equipment, funding, and other resources
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960(a)) and related offenses during the year of
the highest number of arrests on record for each
region and during the year of highest recorded
overall arrests;
(2) the price of cocaine, heroin, methamphet-
amine, and marijuana during the year of highest
price on record during the preceding 10-year period,
adjusted for purity; and
(3) a description of the personnel, equipment,
funding, and other resources of the Federal drug con-
trol agency devoted to drug interdiction and securing
the borders of the United States against drug traffick-
ing for each of the years identified in paragraphs (1)
and (2) for each Federal drug control agency.
(b) BUDGET PROCESS.—
(1) INFORMATION TO DIRECTOR.—Based on the
report submitted under subsection (b), each Federal
drug control agency shall submit to the Director, as
part of each annual drug control budget request sub-
mitted by the Federal drug control agency to the Di-
rector under section 1003(c)(2) of the National Nar-
cotics Leadership Act of 1988 (as amended by this
Act), a description of the specific personnel, equip-
ment, funding, and other resources that would be re-
quired for the Federal drug control agency to meet or
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exceed the highest level of interdiction success for that
agency identified in the report submitted under sub-
section (b).
(2) INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.—The Director
shall include each submission under paragraph (1) in
each annual consolidated National Drug Control Pro-
gram budget proposal submitted by the Director to
Congress under section 1003(c) of the National Nar-
cotics Leadership Act of 1988 (as amended by this
Act), which submission shall be accompanied by a de-
scription of any additional resources that would be
required by the Federal drug control agencies to meet
the highest level of interdiction success identified in
the report submitted under subsection (b).
SEC. 4. REPORT ON AN ALLIANCE AGAINST NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKING 
IN 
THE 
WESTERN 
HEMI-
SPHERE.
(a) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
ON
DISCUSSIONS
FOR
ALLIANCE.—
(1) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that the President should discuss with the
democratically-elected governments of the Western
Hemisphere the prospect of forming a multilateral al-
liance to address problems relating to international
drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
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(2) CONSULTATIONS.—In the consultations on
the prospect of forming an alliance described in para-
graph (1), the President should seek the input of such
governments on the possibility of forming 1 or more
structures within the alliance—
(A) to develop a regional, multilateral strat-
egy to address the threat posed to nations in the
Western Hemisphere by drug trafficking; and
(B) to establish a new mechanism for im-
proving multilateral coordination of drug inter-
diction and drug-related law enforcement activi-
ties in the Western Hemisphere.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit to Congress a report on the proposal dis-
cussed under subsection (a). The report shall include
the following:
(A) An analysis of the reactions of the gov-
ernments concerned to the proposal.
(B) An assessment of the proposal, includ-
ing an evaluation of the feasibility and advis-
ability of forming the alliance.
(C) A determination in light of the analysis
and assessment whether or not the formation of
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the alliance is in the national interests of the
United States.
(D) If the President determines that the for-
mation of the alliance is in the national interests
of the United States, a plan for encouraging and
facilitating the formation of the alliance.
(E) If the President determines that the for-
mation of the alliance is not in the national in-
terests of the United States, an alternative pro-
posal to improve significantly efforts against the
threats posed by narcotics trafficking in the
Western Hemisphere, including an explanation
of how the alternative proposal will—
(i) improve upon current cooperation
and coordination of counter-drug efforts
among nations in the Western Hemisphere;
(ii) provide for the allocation of the re-
sources 
required 
to 
make 
significant
progress in disrupting and disbanding the
criminal organizations responsible for the
trafficking of illegal drugs in the Western
Hemisphere; and
(iii) differ from and improve upon
past strategies adopted by the United States
Government which have failed to make suf-
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ficient progress against the trafficking of il-
legal drugs in the Western Hemisphere.
(2) UNCLASSIFIED
FORM.—The report under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may contain a classified annex.
Passed the House of Representatives October 21,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.