IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4748 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 28, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border 
Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010’’. 
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 shall submit to Congress a Northern Border Coun-
ternarcotics 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 Department of Justice, the Department of 
Homeland Security (including the Office of Counter-
narcotics Enforcement), and other relevant National 
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Drug Control Program agencies (as defined in sec-
tion 702 of the Office of National Drug Control Pol-
icy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701)) 
for implementing that strategy; and 
‘‘(3) identify the specific resources required to 
enable the agencies described in paragraph (2) 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 on or near 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 REQUIRED.—The Director shall 
issue the Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy in 
consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant Na-
tional Drug Control Program agencies, and, with respect 
to subsection (c), the leaders of the affected Indian tribes. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Northern Border Counter-
narcotics Strategy shall not change existing agency au-
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thorities or the laws governing interagency relationships, 
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 Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(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, 
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State, local, or tribal agency, shall be presented to Con-
gress separately from the rest of the Strategy.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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