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Sec. 1021. USE OF FUNDS FOR UNIFIED COUNTERDRUG AND COUNTERTERRORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA

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## SEC. 1021 USE OF FUNDS FOR UNIFIED COUNTERDRUG AND COUNTERTERRORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA ###
(a)Authority ####
(1)In fiscal years 2005 through 2025, funds available to the Department of Defense to provide assistance to the Government of Colombia may be used by the Secretary of Defense to support a unified campaign by the Government of Colombia against narcotics trafficking and against activities by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), and any covered organization that the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, determines poses a threat to the national security interests of the United States. ####
(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), a covered organization is any foreign terrorist organization, or other organization that is a non-state armed group, that— #####
(A)promotes illicit economies; #####
(B)employs violence to protect its interests; #####
(C)has a military type structure, tactics, and weapons that provide it the ability to carry out large-scale violence; #####
(D)challenges the security response capacity of Colombia; and #####
(E)has the capability to control territory. ####
(3)The authority to provide assistance for a campaign under this subsection includes authority to take actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including the undertaking of rescue operations. ###
(b)Applicability of Certain Laws and Limitations The use of funds pursuant to the authority in subsection
(a)shall be subject to the following: ####
(1)Sections 556, 567, and 568 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–115; 115 Stat. 2160, 2165, and 2166). ####
(2)Section 8076 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 988). ###
(c)Numerical Limitation on Assignment of United States Personnel Notwithstanding section 3204(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (Division B of Public Law 106–246; 114 Stat. 575), as amended by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–115; 115 Stat. 2131), the number of United States personnel assigned to conduct activities in Colombia in connection with support of Plan Colombia under subsection
(a)in fiscal years 2005 through 2025 shall be subject to the following limitations: ####
(1)The number of United States military personnel assigned for temporary or permanent duty in Colombia in connection with support of Plan Colombia may not exceed 800. ####
(2)The number of United States individual citizens retained as contractors in Colombia in connection with support of Plan Colombia who are funded by Federal funds may not exceed 600. ###
(d)Limitation on Participation of United States Personnel No United States Armed Forces personnel, United States civilian employees, or United States civilian contractor personnel employed by the United States may participate in any combat operation in connection with assistance using funds pursuant to the authority in subsection (a), except for the purpose of acting in self defense or of rescuing any United States citizen, including any United States Armed Forces personnel, United States civilian employee, or civilian contractor employed by the United States. ###
(e)Notice on Assistance With Respect to Covered Organizations ####
(1)Not later than 30 days before providing assistance pursuant to the authority in subsection
(a)with respect to a covered organization, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a written notification of the intent to use such authority with respect to such organization, including the name of such organization, the characteristics of such organization, and threat posed by such organization. ####
(2)In this subsection, the term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. ###
(f)Relation to Other Authority The authority provided by subsection
(a)is in addition to any other authority in law to provide assistance to the Government of Colombia. ###
(g)Report on Relationships Between Terrorist Organizations in Colombia and Foreign Governments and Organizations ####
(1)Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report that describes— #####
(A)any relationships between foreign governments or organizations and organizations based in Colombia that have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations under United States law, including the provision of any direct or indirect assistance to such organizations; and #####
(B)United States policies that are designed to address such relationships. ####
(2)The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###
(h)Annual Report on Plan Colombia Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year from 2023 to 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that includes the following: ####
(1)An assessment of the threat to Colombia from narcotics trafficking and activities by organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). ####
(2)A description of the plan of the Government of Colombia for the unified campaign described in subsection (a). ####
(3)A description of the activities supported using the authority provided by subsection (a). ####
(4)An assessment of the effectiveness of the activities described in paragraph
(3)in addressing the threat described in paragraph (1). * * * * * * * ## Subtitle E Reports
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  • Pub. L. 107-115
  • 115 Stat. 2160
  • Pub. L. 108-287
  • 118 Stat. 988
  • Pub. L. 106-246
  • 114 Stat. 575
  • 115 Stat. 2131
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Sec. 1021
USE OF FUNDS FOR UNIFIED COUNTERDRUG AND COUNTERTERRORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA
U.S.C.§ 1189
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-115
Stat.115 Stat. 2160
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108-287
Stat.118 Stat. 988
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106-246
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