Sec. 301. High intensity drug trafficking areas program
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Section 707 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 ( 21 U.S.C. 1706 ) is amended— by striking subsections (k), (l), and
(m)and inserting the following: The Director shall, as part of the National Drug Control Strategy and after consulting with the Executive Boards of each designated high intensity drug trafficking area, submit a report to Congress that describes, for each designated high intensity drug trafficking area— the specific purposes for the high intensity drug trafficking area; the specific long-term and short-term goals and objectives for the high intensity drug trafficking area; the measurements that will be used to evaluate the performance of the high intensity drug trafficking area in achieving the long-term and short-term goals; the reporting requirements needed, if appropriate, to evaluate the performance of the high intensity drug trafficking area in achieving the long- and short-term goals; and an evaluation of the performance of the high intensity drug trafficking area in accomplishing the specific long-term and short-term goals and objectives identified under subparagraph (B). The Director, as part of the report required under paragraph (1), shall— assess the number and operation of all federally funded drug enforcement task forces within each high intensity drug trafficking area; and describe— each Federal, State, local, and tribal drug enforcement task force operating in the high intensity drug trafficking area; how such task forces coordinate with each other, with any high intensity drug trafficking area task force, and with investigations receiving funds from the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force; what steps, if any, each such task force takes to share information regarding drug trafficking and drug production with other federally funded drug enforcement task forces in the high intensity drug trafficking area; the role of the high intensity drug trafficking area in coordinating the sharing of such information among task forces; the nature and extent of cooperation by each Federal, State, local, and tribal participant in ensuring that such information is shared among law enforcement agencies and with the high intensity drug trafficking area; the nature and extent to which information sharing and enforcement activities are coordinated with joint terrorism task forces in the high intensity drug trafficking area; and any recommendations for measures needed, if appropriate, to ensure that task force resources are utilized efficiently and effectively to reduce the availability of illegal drugs in the high intensity drug trafficking areas. The Director, as part of the report required under paragraph (1), shall— evaluate existing and planned law enforcement intelligence systems supported by each high intensity drug trafficking area, or utilized by task forces receiving any funding under the Program, including the extent to which such systems ensure access and availability of law enforcement intelligence to Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies within the high intensity drug trafficking area and outside of it; describe the extent to which Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies participating in each high intensity drug trafficking area are sharing law enforcement intelligence information to assess current drug trafficking threats and design appropriate enforcement strategies; and describe the measures needed, if appropriate, to improve effective sharing of information and law enforcement intelligence regarding drug trafficking and drug production among Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement participating in a high intensity drug trafficking area, and between such agencies and similar agencies outside the high intensity drug trafficking area. ; by redesignating subsections (n), (o), (p), and
(q)as subsections (l), (m), (n), and (o), respectively; and by amending subsection (n), as so redesignated, to read as follows: There is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy $290,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. .
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