In the Senate of the United States, 
December 20, 2010. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4748) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to 
require a northern border counternarcotics strategy, and for 
other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border Coun-
ternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRAT-
EGY. 
The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
ization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 120 Stat. 3502) 
is amended by inserting after section 1110 the following:
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‘‘SEC. 1110A. REQUIREMENT FOR NORTHERN BORDER 
COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘appro-
priate congressional committees’, ‘Director’, and ‘National 
Drug Control Program agency’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 702 of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 
1701). 
‘‘(b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, and every 2 years there-
after, the Director, in consultation with the head of each 
relevant National Drug Control Program agency and rel-
evant officials of States, local governments, tribal govern-
ments, and the governments of other countries, shall develop 
a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy and submit 
the strategy to— 
‘‘(1) the appropriate congressional committees 
(including the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives); 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs, and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
Senate; and
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‘‘(d) SPECIFIC CONTENT RELATED TO CROSS-BORDER 
INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—The Northern Border Counter-
narcotics Strategy shall include— 
‘‘(1) a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of 
drugs to or through Indian reservations on or near 
the international border between the United States 
and Canada; and 
‘‘(2) recommendations for additional assistance, 
if any, needed by tribal law enforcement agencies re-
lating to the strategy, including an evaluation of Fed-
eral technical and financial assistance, infrastructure 
capacity building, and interoperability deficiencies. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Northern Border Coun-
ternarcotics Strategy shall not change the exiting 
agency authorities and this section shall not be con-
strued to amend or modify any law governing inter-
agency relationships. 
‘‘(2) LEGITIMATE
TRADE
AND
TRAVEL.—The 
Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall be 
designed to promote, and not hinder, legitimate trade 
and travel. 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT SENSITIVE INFORMATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Northern Border Coun-
ternarcotics Strategy shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form and shall be available to the public. 
‘‘(2) ANNEX.—The Northern Border Counter-
narcotics Strategy may include an annex containing 
any classified information or information the public 
disclosure of which, as determined by the Director or 
the head of any relevant National Drug Control Pro-
gram agency, would be detrimental to the law enforce-
ment or national security activities of any Federal, 
State, local, or tribal agency.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.