I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4300
To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the major transit countries
and support a comprehensive supply eradication and crop substitution
program in source countries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1998
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GOSS, Mr.
GINGRICH, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. DELAY, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. HYDE, Mr. GIL-
MAN, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. ROGERS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Ms. GRANGER, Mr.
HUTCHINSON, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky,
Mr. MICA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr.
PAPPAS, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. WAMP, Mr.
WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. LEACH, Mr.
SHUSTER, Ms. DUNN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. SNOWBARGER, Mr. KASICH, Mr.
DOOLITTLE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BLUNT, and Mr. GILCHREST) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International
Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the
Judiciary, National Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the major
transit countries and support a comprehensive supply
eradication and crop substitution program in source
countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and statement of policy.
TITLE I—ENHANCED SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRY
COVERAGE
Sec. 101. Expansion of aircraft coverage and operation in source and transit
countries.
Sec. 102. Expansion of maritime coverage and operation in source and transit
countries.
Sec. 103. Expansion of radar coverage and operation in source and transit
countries.
TITLE II—ENHANCED ERADICATION AND INTERDICTION
STRATEGY IN SOURCE COUNTRIES
Sec. 201. Additional eradication resources for Colombia.
Sec. 202. Additional eradication resources for Peru.
Sec. 203. Additional eradication resources for Bolivia.
Sec. 204. Additional eradication resources for Mexico.
Sec. 205. Miscellaneous additional eradication resources.
Sec. 206. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Sec. 207. Report on transferring international narcotics assistance activities to
a United States law enforcement agency.
TITLE III—ENHANCED ALTERNATIVE CROP DEVELOPMENT
SUPPORT IN SOURCE ZONE
Sec. 301. Alternative crop development support.
TITLE IV—ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING
Sec. 401. Enhanced international law enforcement academy training.
Sec. 402. Enhanced United States drug enforcement international training.
Sec. 403. Provision of nonlethal equipment to foreign law enforcement organi-
zations for cooperative illicit narcotics control activities.
TITLE V—ENHANCED DRUG TRANSIT AND SOURCE ZONE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
Sec. 501. Increased funding for operations and equipment.
Sec. 502. Sense of Congress regarding priority of drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities.
TITLE VI—RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS
Sec. 601. Authorizations of appropriations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Teenage drug use in the United States has
doubled since 1993.
(2) The drug crisis facing the United States is
a top national security threat.
(3) The spread of illicit drugs through United
States borders cannot be halted without an effective
drug interdiction strategy.
(4) Effective drug interdiction efforts have been
shown to limit the availability of illicit narcotics,
drive up the street price, support demand reduction
efforts, and decrease overall drug trafficking and
use.
(5) A prerequisite for reducing youth drug use
is increasing the price of drugs. To increase price
substantially, at least 60 percent of drugs must be
interdicted.
(6) In 1987, the national drug control budget
maintained a significant balance between demand
and supply reduction efforts, illustrated as follows:
(A) 29 percent of the total drug control
budget expenditures for demand reduction pro-
grams.
(B) 38 percent of the total drug control
budget expenditures for domestic law enforce-
ment.
(C) 33 percent of the total drug control
budget expenditures for international drug
interdiction efforts.
(7) In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s,
counternarcotic efforts were successful, specifically
in protecting the borders of the United States from
penetration by illegal narcotics through increased
seizures by the United States Coast Guard and
other agencies, including a 302 percent increase in
pounds of cocaine seized between 1987 and 1991.
(8) Limiting the availability of narcotics to
drug traffickers in the United States had a promis-
ing effect as illustrated by the decline of illicit drug
use between 1988 and 1991, through a—
(A) 13 percent reduction in total drug use;
(B) 35 percent drop in cocaine use; and
(C) 16 percent decrease in marijuana use.
(9) In 1993, drug interdiction efforts in the
transit zones were reduced due to an imbalance in
the national drug control strategy. This trend has
continued through 1995 as shown by the following
figures:
(A) 35 percent for demand reduction pro-
grams.
(B) 53 percent for domestic law enforce-
ment.
(C) 12 percent for international drug inter-
diction efforts.
(10) Supply reduction efforts became a lower
priority for the Administration and the seizures by
the United States Coast Guard and other agencies
decreased as shown by a 68 percent decrease in the
pounds of cocaine seized between 1991 and 1996.
(11) Reductions in funding for comprehensive
interdiction operations like OPERATION GATE-
WAY, an initiative that encompassed all areas of
interdiction and attempted to disrupt the operating
methods of drug smugglers along the entire United
States border, have created unprotected United
States border areas which smugglers exploit to move
their product into the United States.
(12) The result of this new imbalance in the
national drug control strategy caused the drug situa-
tion in the United States to become a crisis with se-
rious consequences including—
(A) doubling of drug-abuse-related arrests
for minors between 1992 and 1996;
(B) 70 percent increase in overall drug use
among children aged 12 to 17;
(C) 80 percent increase in drug use for
graduating seniors since 1992;
(D) a sharp drop in the price of 1 pure
gram of heroin from $1,647 in 1992 to $966 in
February 1996; and
(E) a reduction in the street price of 1
gram of cocaine from $123 to $104 between
1993 and 1994.
(13) The percentage change in drug use since
1992, among graduating high school students who
used drugs in the past 12 months, has substantially
increased—marijuana use is up 80 percent, cocaine
use is up 80 percent, and heroin use is up 100 per-
cent.
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the
United States to—
(1) reduce the supply of drugs and drug use
through an enhanced drug interdiction effort in the
major drug transit countries, a comprehensive sup-
ply country eradication and crop substitution pro-
gram, because a commitment of increased resources
in international drug interdiction efforts will create
a balanced national drug control strategy among de-
mand reduction, law enforcement, and international
drug interdiction efforts; and
(2) support policies and dedicate the resources
necessary to reduce the flow of illegal drugs into the
United States by not less than 80 percent by De-
cember 31, 2001.
TITLE 
I—ENHANCED 
SOURCE
AND TRANSIT COUNTRY COV-
ERAGE
SEC. 101. EXPANSION OF AIRCRAFT COVERAGE AND OPER-
ATION IN SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRIES.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—Funds are
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of the
Treasury for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the
enhancement of air coverage and operation for drug source
and transit countries, as follows:
(1) For procurement of 10 P–3B Early Warn-
ing aircraft for the United States Customs Service
to enhance overhead air coverage of drug source
zone countries, the total amount of $430,000,000.
(2) For the dedicated deployment of 10 P–3B
Slick airplanes for the United States Customs Serv-
ice to enhance overhead air coverage of the drug
source zone, the total amount of $150,000,000.
(3) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for
operation and maintenance of 10 P–3B Early Warn-
ing aircraft for the United States Customs Service
to enhance overhead air coverage of drug source
zone countries, $23,500,000.
(4) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for
personnel for the 10 P–3B Early Warning aircraft
for the United States Customs Service to enhance
overhead air coverage of drug source zone countries,
$12,500,000.
(5) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for
operation and maintenance of 10 P–3B Slick air-
planes for the United States Customs Service to en-
hance overhead coverage of the drug source zone,
$23,500,000.
(6) For each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for
personnel for the 10 P–3B Slick airplanes for the
United States Customs Service to enhance overhead
air coverage of drug source zone countries,
$12,500,000.