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in addition to such other criteria as the Director considers 
to be appropriate, the extent to which— 
‘‘(1) the area is a significant center of illegal 
drug production, manufacturing, importation, or dis-
tribution; 
‘‘(2) State, local, and tribal law enforcement 
agencies have committed resources to respond to the 
drug trafficking problem in the area, thereby indi-
cating a determination to respond aggressively to the 
problem; 
‘‘(3) drug-related activities in the area are hav-
ing a significant harmful impact in the area, and in 
other areas of the country; and 
‘‘(4) a significant increase in allocation of Fed-
eral resources is necessary to respond adequately to 
drug-related activities in the area. 
‘‘(e) ORGANIZATION
OF HIGH INTENSITY DRUG 
TRAFFICKING AREAS.— 
‘‘(1) EXECUTIVE
BOARD
AND
OFFICERS.—To 
be eligible for funds appropriated under this section, 
each high intensity drug trafficking area shall be 
governed by an Executive Board. The Executive 
Board shall designate a chairman, vice chairman, 
and any other officers to the Executive Board that 
it determines are necessary. 
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‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Executive Board 
of a high intensity drug trafficking area shall be re-
sponsible for— 
‘‘(A) providing direction and oversight in 
establishing and achieving the goals of the high 
intensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(B) managing the funds of the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(C) reviewing and approving all funding 
proposals consistent with the overall objective of 
the high intensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(D) reviewing and approving all reports 
to the Director on the activities of the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area. 
‘‘(3) BOARD REPRESENTATION.—None of the 
funds appropriated under this section may be ex-
pended for any high intensity drug trafficking area, 
or for a partnership or region of a high intensity 
drug trafficking area, if the Executive Board for 
such area, region, or partnership, does not apportion 
an equal number of votes between representatives of 
participating Federal agencies and representatives of 
participating State, local, and tribal agencies. Where 
it is impractical for an equal number of representa-
tives of Federal agencies and State, local, and tribal 
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agencies to attend a meeting of an Executive Board 
in person, the Executive Board may use a system of 
proxy votes or weighted votes to achieve the voting 
balance required by this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) NO
AGENCY
RELATIONSHIP.—The eligi-
bility requirements of this section are intended to 
ensure the responsible use of Federal funds. Nothing 
in this section is intended to create an agency rela-
tionship between individual high intensity drug traf-
ficking areas and the Federal Government. 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—The Director shall ensure that 
no Federal funds appropriated for the Program are ex-
pended for the establishment or expansion of drug treat-
ment programs, and shall ensure that not more than 5 
percent of the Federal funds appropriated for the Pro-
gram are expended for the establishment of drug preven-
tion programs. 
‘‘(g) COUNTERTERRORISM ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Director 
may authorize use of resources available for the Pro-
gram to assist Federal, State, local, and tribal law 
enforcement agencies in investigations and activities 
related to terrorism and prevention of terrorism, es-
pecially but not exclusively with respect to such in-
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vestigations and activities that are also related to 
drug trafficking. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Director shall ensure— 
‘‘(A) that assistance provided under para-
graph (1) remains incidental to the purpose of 
the Program to reduce drug availability and 
carry out drug-related law enforcement activi-
ties; and 
‘‘(B) that significant resources of the Pro-
gram are not redirected to activities exclusively 
related to terrorism, except on a temporary 
basis under extraordinary circumstances, as de-
termined by the Director. 
‘‘(h) ROLE OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The Director, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, shall ensure that a representative of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration is included in the Intelligence 
Support Center for each high intensity drug trafficking 
area. 
‘‘(i) ANNUAL HIDTA PROGRAM BUDGET SUBMIS-
SIONS.—As part of the documentation that supports the 
President’s annual budget request for the Office, the Di-
rector shall submit to Congress a budget justification that 
includes— 
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‘‘(1) the amount proposed for each high inten-
sity drug trafficking area, conditional upon a review 
by the Office of the request submitted by the 
HIDTA and the performance of the HIDTA, with 
supporting narrative descriptions and rationale for 
each request; 
‘‘(2) a detailed justification that explains— 
‘‘(A) the reasons for the proposed funding 
level; how such funding level was determined 
based on a current assessment of the drug traf-
ficking threat in each high intensity drug traf-
ficking area; 
‘‘(B) how such funding will ensure that the 
goals and objectives of each such area will be 
achieved; and 
‘‘(C) how such funding supports the Na-
tional Drug Control Strategy; and 
‘‘(3) the amount of HIDTA funds used to in-
vestigate and prosecute organizations and individ-
uals trafficking in methamphetamine in the prior 
calendar year, and a description of how those funds 
were used. 
‘‘(j) EMERGING THREAT RESPONSE FUND.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Director may expend up to 10 
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percent of the amounts appropriated under this sec-
tion on a discretionary basis, to respond to any 
emerging drug trafficking threat in an existing high 
intensity drug trafficking area, or to establish a new 
high intensity drug trafficking area or expand an ex-
isting high intensity drug trafficking area, in accord-
ance with the criteria established under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
IMPACT.—In allo-
cating funds under this subsection, the Director 
shall consider— 
‘‘(A) the impact of activities funded on re-
ducing overall drug traffic in the United States, 
or minimizing the probability that an emerging 
drug trafficking threat will spread to other 
areas of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) such other criteria as the Director 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(k) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Director shall, after consulting with the Executive 
Boards of each designated high intensity drug traf-
ficking area, submit a report to Congress that de-
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scribes, for each designated high intensity drug traf-
ficking area— 
‘‘(A) the specific purposes for the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(B) the specific long-term and short-term 
goals and objectives for the high intensity drug 
trafficking area; 
‘‘(C) the measurements that will be used to 
evaluate the performance of the high intensity 
drug trafficking area in achieving the long-term 
and short-term goals; and 
‘‘(D) the reporting requirements needed to 
evaluate the performance of the high intensity 
drug trafficking area in achieving the long-term 
and short-term goals. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION OF HIDTA PROGRAM AS PART 
OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY.—For each 
designated high intensity drug trafficking area, the 
Director shall submit, as part of the annual National 
Drug Control Strategy report, a report that— 
‘‘(A) describes— 
‘‘(i) the specific purposes for the high 
intensity drug trafficking area; and 
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‘‘(ii) the specific long-term and short- 
term goals and objectives for the high in-
tensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(B) includes an evaluation of the per-
formance of the high intensity drug trafficking 
area in accomplishing the specific long-term 
and short-term goals and objectives identified 
under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(l) ASSESSMENT OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK 
FORCES
IN
HIGH
INTENSITY
DRUG
TRAFFICKING 
AREAS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, and as part of each subsequent 
annual National Drug Control Strategy report, the Direc-
tor shall submit to Congress a report— 
‘‘(1) assessing the number and operation of all 
federally funded drug enforcement task forces within 
each high intensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(2) describing— 
‘‘(A) each Federal, State, local, and tribal 
drug enforcement task force operating in the 
high intensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(B) how such task forces coordinate with 
each other, with any high intensity drug traf-
ficking area task force, and with investigations 
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receiving funds from the Organized Crime and 
Drug Enforcement Task Force; 
‘‘(C) what steps, if any, each such task 
force takes to share information regarding drug 
trafficking and drug production with other fed-
erally funded drug enforcement task forces in 
the high intensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(D) the role of the high intensity drug 
trafficking area in coordinating the sharing of 
such information among task forces; 
‘‘(E) the nature and extent of cooperation 
by each Federal, State, local, and tribal partici-
pant in ensuring that such information is 
shared among law enforcement agencies and 
with the high intensity drug trafficking area; 
‘‘(F) the nature and extent to which infor-
mation sharing and enforcement activities are 
coordinated with joint terrorism task forces in 
the high intensity drug trafficking area; and 
‘‘(G) any recommendations for measures 
needed to ensure that task force resources are 
utilized efficiently and effectively to reduce the 
availability of illegal drugs in the high intensity 
drug trafficking areas. 
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‘‘(m) ASSESSMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEL-
LIGENCE SHARING
IN HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAF-
FICKING AREAS PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and as part 
of each subsequent annual National Drug Control Strat-
egy report, the Director, in consultation with the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a re-
port— 
‘‘(1) evaluating existing and planned law en-
forcement intelligence systems supported by each 
high intensity drug trafficking area, or utilized by 
task forces receiving any funding under the Pro-
gram, including the extent to which such systems 
ensure access and availability of law enforcement in-
telligence to Federal, State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement agencies within the high intensity drug 
trafficking area and outside of it; 
‘‘(2) the extent to which Federal, State, local, 
and tribal law enforcement agencies participating in 
each high intensity drug trafficking area are sharing 
law enforcement intelligence information to assess 
current drug trafficking threats and design appro-
priate enforcement strategies; and 
‘‘(3) the measures needed to improve effective 
sharing of information and law enforcement intel-
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ligence regarding drug trafficking and drug produc-
tion among Federal, State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement participating in a high intensity drug traf-
ficking area, and between such agencies and similar 
agencies outside the high intensity drug trafficking 
area. 
‘‘(n) COORDINATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEL-
LIGENCE SHARING WITH ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG EN-
FORCEMENT TASK FORCE PROGRAM.—The Director, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall ensure that 
any drug enforcement intelligence obtained by the Intel-
ligence Support Center for each high intensity drug traf-
ficking area is shared, on a timely basis, with the drug 
intelligence fusion center operated by the Organized Crime 
Drug Enforcement Task Force of the Department of Jus-
tice. 
‘‘(o) USE OF FUNDS TO COMBAT METHAMPHET-
AMINE TRAFFICKING.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—As part of the docu-
mentation that supports the President’s annual 
budget request for the Office, the Director shall sub-
mit to Congress a report describing the use of 
HIDTA funds to investigate and prosecute organiza-
tions and individuals trafficking in methamphet-
amine in the prior calendar year. 
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‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
‘‘(A) the number of methamphetamine 
manufacturing facilities discovered through 
HIDTA-funded initiatives in the previous fiscal 
year; 
‘‘(B) the amounts of methamphetamine or 
listed chemicals (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 102(33) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 802(33)) seized by HIDTA-funded 
initiatives in the area during the previous year; 
and 
‘‘(C) law enforcement intelligence and pre-
dictive data from the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration showing patterns and trends in 
abuse, trafficking, and transportation in meth-
amphetamine and listed chemicals. 
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION.—Before the Director 
awards any funds to a high intensity drug traf-
ficking area, the Director shall certify that the law 
enforcement entities participating in that HIDTA 
are providing laboratory seizure data to the national 
clandestine laboratory database at the El Paso Intel-
ligence Center. 
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