fickers to subvert such regulations and controls to 
traffic illicit opioids into the United States. 
(7) To report on the scale of contaminated or 
counterfeit drugs originating from the People’s Re-
public of China and India. 
(8) To report on how the United States could 
work more effectively with provincial and local offi-
cials in the People’s Republic of China and other 
countries to combat the illicit production of synthetic 
opioids. 
(9) In weighing the options for defending the 
United States against the dangers of trafficking in 
synthetic opioids, to consider possible structures and 
authorities that need to be established, revised, or 
augmented within the Federal Government. 
(d) FUNCTIONING OF COMMISSION.—The provisions 
of subsections (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), and (m) of section 
1652 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232) shall 
apply to the Commission to the same extent and in the 
same manner as such provisions apply to the commission 
established under that section, except that— 
(1) subsection (c)(1) of that section shall be ap-
plied and administered by substituting ‘‘30 days’’ for 
‘‘45 days’’; 
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(2) subsection (g)(4)(A) of that section shall be 
applied and administered by inserting ‘‘and the At-
torney General’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(3) subsections (h)(2)(A) and (i)(1)(A) of that 
section shall be applied and administered by sub-
stituting ‘‘level V of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5316’’ for ‘‘level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5315’’. 
(e) TREATMENT OF INFORMATION RELATING TO NA-
TIONAL SECURITY.— 
(1) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
DIRECTOR
OF
NA-
TIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—The Director of National 
Intelligence shall assume responsibility for the han-
dling and disposition of any information related to 
the national security of the United States that is re-
ceived, considered, or used by the Commission under 
this section. 
(2) INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CONGRESS.— 
Any information related to the national security of 
the United States that is provided to the Commis-
sion by the appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership may not be further provided or re-
leased without the approval of the chairperson of the 
committee, or the Member of Congress, as the case 
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may be, that provided the information to the Com-
mission. 
(3) ACCESS AFTER TERMINATION OF COMMIS-
SION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
after the termination of the Commission under sub-
section (h), only the members and designated staff 
of the appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership, the Director of National Intelligence (and 
the designees of the Director), and such other offi-
cials of the executive branch as the President may 
designate shall have access to information related to 
the national security of the United States that is re-
ceived, considered, or used by the Commission. 
(f) REPORTS.—The Commission shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership— 
(1) not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, an initial report on the 
activities and recommendations of the Commission 
under this section; and 
(2) not later than 270 days after the submis-
sion of the initial report under paragraph (1), a final 
report on the activities and recommendations of the 
Commission under this section. 
(g) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—Of amounts made 
available under sections 302, 303, and 304 to carry out 
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this Act, not more than $5,000,000 shall be available to 
the Commission in any of fiscal years 2020 through 2025. 
(h) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, and all the 
authorities of this section, shall terminate at the end 
of the 120-day period beginning on the date on 
which the final report required by subsection (f)(2) 
is submitted to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and leadership. 
(2) WINDING UP OF AFFAIRS.—The Commis-
sion may use the 120-day period described in para-
graph (1) for the purposes of concluding its activi-
ties, including providing testimony to Congress con-
cerning the final report required by subsection (f)(2) 
and disseminating the report. 
TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 301. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PRO-
GRAM 
ON 
USE 
OF 
INTELLIGENCE 
RE-
SOURCES IN EFFORTS TO SANCTION FOR-
EIGN OPIOID TRAFFICKERS. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall, with the concurrence of the Director 
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, carry 
out a program to allocate and enhance use of re-
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sources of the intelligence community, including in-
telligence collection and analysis, to assist the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the 
Drug Enforcement Administration in efforts to iden-
tify and impose sanctions with respect to foreign 
opioid traffickers under title I. 
(2) FOCUS ON ILLICIT FINANCE.—To the ex-
tent practicable, efforts described in paragraph (1) 
shall— 
(A) take into account specific illicit finance 
risks related to narcotics trafficking; and 
(B) be developed in consultation with the 
Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism 
and Financial Crimes, appropriate officials of 
the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the 
Department of the Treasury, the Director of 
the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 
and appropriate Federal law enforcement agen-
cies. 
(b) REVIEW OF COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS OF 
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall, in coordination with the Director 
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, carry out 
a comprehensive review of the current intelligence collec-
tion priorities of the intelligence community for counter-
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narcotics purposes in order to identify whether such prior-
ities are appropriate and sufficient in light of the number 
of lives lost in the United States each year due to use 
of illegal drugs. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence and the Director of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy shall jointly 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership a report on the status and accom-
plishments of the program required by subsection 
(a) during the 90-day period ending on the date of 
the report. The first report under this paragraph 
shall also include a description of the amount of 
funds devoted by the intelligence community to the 
efforts described in subsection (a) during each of fis-
cal years 2017 and 2018. 
(2) REPORT ON REVIEW.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of National Intelligence and the Director of 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and leadership a comprehensive description 
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of the results of the review required by subsection 
(b), including whether the priorities described in 
that subsection are appropriate and sufficient in 
light of the number of lives lost in the United States 
each year due to use of illegal drugs. If the report 
concludes that such priorities are not so appropriate 
and sufficient, the report shall also include a de-
scription of the actions to be taken to modify such 
priorities in order to assure than such priorities are 
so appropriate and sufficient. 
(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
SEC. 302. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDING. 
(a) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Of amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2025 for the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance, such sums as may be necessary shall be 
available for operations and activities described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—The operations 
and activities described in this subsection are the fol-
lowing: 
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(1) The operations and activities of any depart-
ment or agency of the United States Government 
(other than the Department of Defense) in carrying 
out this Act. 
(2) The operations and activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense in support of any other department 
or agency of the United States Government in car-
rying out this Act. 
(c) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may transfer funds authorized to be appropriated 
for the Department of Defense as described in sub-
section (a) to any other department or agency of the 
United States Government to carry out this Act. 
(2) NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS.—Any transfer 
under this subsection shall not be subject to any re-
programming requirements under law. However, a 
notice on any such transfer shall be provided to the 
appropriate committees of Congress. 
(3) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
TRANSFER
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Any transfer under this subsection in a fis-
cal year shall not count toward or apply against any 
limitation on amounts transferrable by the Depart-
ment of Defense in such fiscal year, including any 
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limitation specified in an annual defense authoriza-
tion Act for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 303. DEPARTMENT OF STATE FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
for fiscal years 2020 through 2025 such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the operations and activities de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The 
operations and activities described in this subsection are 
the following: 
(1) The operations and activities of any depart-
ment or agency of the United States Government 
(other than the Department of State) in carrying 
out this Act. 
(2) The operations and activities of the Depart-
ment of State in support of any other department or 
agency of the United States Government in carrying 
out this Act. 
(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
subsection (a) may not be obligated until 15 days 
after the date on which the President notifies the 
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appropriate committees of Congress of the Presi-
dent’s intention to obligate such funds. 
(2) WAIVER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
may waive the notification requirement under 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that 
such a waiver is in the national security inter-
ests of the United States. 
(B) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—If the 
Secretary exercises the authority provided 
under subparagraph (A) to waive the notifica-
tion requirement under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall notify the appropriate committees 
of Congress of the President’s intention to obli-
gate amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
subsection (a) as soon as practicable, but not 
later than 3 days after obligating such funds. 
(d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may 
transfer funds authorized to be appropriated by sub-
section (a) to any other department or agency of the 
United States Government to carry out this Act. 
(2) NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS.—Any transfer 
under this subsection shall not be subject to any re-
programming requirements under law. However, a 
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notice on any such transfer shall be provided to the 
appropriate committees of Congress. 
SEC. 304. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for fiscal years 2020 through 2025 such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the operations and activi-
ties described in subsection (b). 
(b) OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The 
operations and activities described in this subsection are 
the following: 
(1) The operations and activities of any depart-
ment or agency of the United States Government 
(other than the Department of the Treasury) in car-
rying out this Act. 
(2) The operations and activities of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury in support of any other de-
partment or agency of the United States Govern-
ment in carrying out this Act. 
(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
subsection (a) may not be obligated until 15 days 
after the date on which the President notifies the 
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programming requirements under law. However, a 
notice on any such transfer shall be provided to the 
appropriate committees of Congress. 
SEC. 305. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 
Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
Æ 
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