I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4748 
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 to require a northern border counternarcotics strategy, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2010 
Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. MCMORRIS 
RODGERS, Mr. PASCRELL, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau-
thorization Act of 2006 to require a northern border 
counternarcotics strategy, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border 
Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRAT-
EGY. 
The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau-
thorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469) is amended 
by inserting after section 1110 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1110A. REQUIREMENT FOR NORTHERN BORDER 
COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section and every two 
years thereafter, the Director of National Drug Control 
Policy, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, shall submit to Congress a Northern Border 
Counternarcotics Strategy. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The Northern Border Counter-
narcotics Strategy shall— 
‘‘(1) set forth the Government’s strategy for 
preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the 
international border between the United States and 
Canada, including through ports of entry and be-
tween ports of entry on that border; 
‘‘(2) state the specific roles and responsibilities 
of the relevant National Drug Control Program 
agencies (as defined in section 702 of the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701)) and the Office of Counter-
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narcotics Enforcement of the Department of Home-
land Security for implementing that strategy; and 
‘‘(3) identify the specific resources required to 
enable the relevant National Drug Control Program 
agencies and the Office of Counternarcotics Enforce-
ment of the Department of Homeland Security to 
implement that strategy. 
‘‘(c) SPECIFIC CONTENT RELATED TO CROSS-BOR-
DER
INDIAN
RESERVATIONS.—The Northern Border 
Counternarcotics Strategy shall include— 
‘‘(1) a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of 
drugs through Indian reservations that straddle the 
international border between the United States and 
Canada; and 
‘‘(2) recommendations for additional assistance 
to tribal law enforcement agencies with respect to 
such strategy. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 
Director shall issue the Northern Border Counternarcotics 
Strategy in consultation with the heads of the relevant Na-
tional Drug Control Program agencies. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Northern Border Counter-
narcotics Strategy shall not change existing agency au-
thorities or the laws governing interagency relationships, 
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but may include recommendations about changes to such 
authorities or laws. 
‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall pro-
vide a copy of the Northern Border Counternarcotics 
Strategy to the appropriate congressional committees (as 
defined in section 702 of the Office of National Drug Con-
trol Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 
1701)), and to the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate. 
‘‘(g) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT SENSITIVE INFORMATION.—Any content of the 
Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy that involves 
information classified under criteria established by an Ex-
ecutive order, or whose public disclosure, as determined 
by the Director or the head of any relevant National Drug 
Control Program agency, would be detrimental to the law 
enforcement or national security activities of any Federal, 
State, local, or tribal agency, shall be presented to Con-
gress separately from the rest of the Strategy.’’. 
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