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SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On or before February 1 of each 
year, the Director shall submit a report to Congress that 
describes— 
(1) the strategy of the national media campaign 
and whether specific objectives of the campaign were 
accomplished; 
(2) steps taken to ensure that the national 
media campaign operates in an effective and effi-
cient manner consistent with the overall strategy 
and focus of the campaign; 
(3) plans to purchase advertising time and 
space; 
(4) policies and practices implemented to ensure 
that Federal funds are used responsibly to purchase 
advertising time and space and eliminate the poten-
tial for waste, fraud, and abuse; 
(5) all contracts entered into with a corpora-
tion, partnership, or individual working on behalf of 
the national media campaign; 
(6) specific policies and steps implemented to 
ensure compliance with title IV of this Act; 
(7) steps taken to ensure that the national 
media campaign will secure, to the maximum extent 
possible, no cost matches of advertising time and 
space or in-kind contributions that are directly re-
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lated to the campaign in accordance with title IV of 
this Act; and 
(8) a review and evaluation of the effectiveness 
of the national media campaign strategy for the past 
year. 
(b) AUDIT.—The Government Accountability Office 
shall, at a frequency of not less than once per year— 
(1) conduct and supervise an audit and inves-
tigation relating to the programs and operations of 
the— 
(A) Office; or 
(B) certain programs within the Office, in-
cluding— 
(i) the High Intensity Drug Traf-
ficking Areas Program; 
(ii) the Counterdrug Technology As-
sessment Center; or 
(iii) the National Youth Anti-drug 
Media Campaign; and 
(2) provide the Director and the appropriate 
congressional committees with a report containing 
an evaluation of and recommendations on the— 
(A) policies and activities of the programs 
and operations subject to the audit and inves-
tigation; 
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(B) economy, efficiency, and effectiveness 
in the administration of the reviewed programs 
and operations; and 
(C) policy or management changes needed 
to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in such 
programs and operations. 
TITLE III—HIGH INTENSITY 
DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS 
SEC. 301. HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 707 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 707. HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Office a program to be known as the High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Areas Program (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Program’). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Program 
is to reduce drug trafficking and drug production in 
the United States by— 
‘‘(A) facilitating cooperation among Fed-
eral, State, local, and tribal law enforcement 
agencies to share information and implement 
coordinated enforcement activities; 
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‘‘(B) enhancing law enforcement intel-
ligence sharing among Federal, State, local, and 
tribal law enforcement agencies; 
‘‘(C) providing reliable law enforcement in-
telligence to law enforcement agencies needed to 
design effective enforcement strategies and op-
erations; and 
‘‘(D) supporting coordinated law enforce-
ment strategies which maximize use of available 
resources to reduce the supply of illegal drugs 
in designated areas and in the United States as 
a whole. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
heads of the National Drug Control Program agen-
cies, and the Governor of each applicable State, may 
designate any specified area of the United States as 
a high intensity drug trafficking area. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—After making a designation 
under paragraph (1) and in order to provide Federal 
assistance to the area so designated, the Director 
may— 
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‘‘(A) obligate such sums as are appro-
priated for the Program; 
‘‘(B) direct the temporary reassignment of 
Federal personnel to such area, subject to the 
approval of the head of the department or agen-
cy that employs such personnel; 
‘‘(C) take any other action authorized 
under section 704 to provide increased Federal 
assistance to those areas; and 
‘‘(D) coordinate activities under this sec-
tion (specifically administrative, recordkeeping, 
and funds management activities) with State, 
local, and tribal officials. 
‘‘(c) PETITIONS FOR DESIGNATION.—The Director 
shall establish regulations under which a coalition of inter-
ested law enforcement agencies from an area may petition 
for designation as a high intensity drug trafficking area. 
Such regulations shall provide for a regular review by the 
Director of the petition, including a recommendation re-
garding the merit of the petition to the Director by a panel 
of qualified, independent experts. 
‘‘(d) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In considering 
whether to designate an area under this section as a high 
intensity drug trafficking area, the Director shall consider, 
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