Sec. 7605. USE OF EXISTING FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES FOR CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT

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## SEC. 7605 USE OF EXISTING FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES FOR CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT ###

(a)Comprehensive Plan The President of the United States shall direct the Office of National Drug Control Policy, established in title I of this Act, to develop a comprehensive plan for utilizing no fewer than eight existing facilities of the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of Energy, National Security Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency, to develop technologies for application to Federal law enforcement agency missions, and to provide research, development, technology, and evaluation support to the law enforcement agencies of the Federal Government. Such plan shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress by no later than 90 days from the date of enactment of this Act. ###

(b)Existing Facilities To Be Examined The following existing United States Government facilities shall be examined in developing the comprehensive plan mandated in subsection (a): ####

(1)For night vision research and development—Department of Defense, Army Materiel Command, Night Vision Laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; ####

(2)For ground sensor research and development—Department of Defense, Army Materiel Command, Communications Electronic Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; ####

(3)For physical/electronic security research and development—Department of Defense, Air Force Systems Command, Electronic Systems Division, Hanscom Field, Massachusetts; ####

(4)For imaging/electronic surveillance research and development—Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, Washington, DC; ####

(5)For chemical/biosensor research and development—Department of Defense, Army Materiel Command, Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center, Aberdeen, Maryland; ####

(6)For chemical/molecular detector research and development—Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; ####

(7)For physical/electronic surveillance and tracking, research and development—Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC; and ####

(8)For explosives ordnance detection research and development—Department of Defense, Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland. ###

(c)Participation In developing the plan mandated in subsection (a), the Director of National Drug Control Policy shall ensure that representatives of the Federal law enforcement agencies are provided an opportunity to participate in the formulation of the comprehensive plan and that their views and recommendations are integrated into the planning process. ###

(d)Comptroller General Oversight The Comptroller General of the United States shall monitor the development of the plan mandated in subsection

(a)and report periodically to the appropriate Committees of the Congress on the progress of the development of this research and development program. This subsection does not confer authority upon the Comptroller General, additional to that otherwise provided by law, to gain access to sensitive information held by any agency within the intelligence community. * * * * * * *