Sec. 302. FUNDING FOR CERTAIN HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS
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## SEC. 302 FUNDING FOR CERTAIN HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS ###
(a)Short Title **[**[21 U.S.C. 1701 note](/us/usc/t21/s1701)**]** This section may be cited as the “Dawson Family Community Protection Act”. ###
(b)Findings **[**[21 U.S.C. 1706 note](/us/usc/t21/s1706)**]** Congress finds the following: ####
(1)In the early morning hours of October 16, 2002, the home of Carnell and Angela Dawson was firebombed in apparent retaliation for Mrs. Dawson’s notification to police about persistent drug distribution activity in their East Baltimore City neighborhood. ####
(2)The arson claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson and their 5 young children, aged 9 to 14. ####
(3)The horrific murder of the Dawson family is a stark example of domestic narco-terrorism. ####
(4)In all phases of counternarcotics law enforcement—from prevention to investigation to prosecution to reentry—the voluntary cooperation of ordinary citizens is a critical component. ####
(5)Voluntary cooperation is difficult for law enforcement officials to obtain when citizens feel that cooperation carries the risk of violent retaliation by illegal drug trafficking organizations and their affiliates. ####
(6)Public confidence that law enforcement is doing all it can to make communities safe is a prerequisite for voluntary cooperation among people who may be subject to intimidation or reprisal (or both). ####
(7)Witness protection programs are insufficient on their own to provide security because many individuals and families who strive every day to make distressed neighborhoods livable for their children, other relatives, and neighbors will resist or refuse offers of relocation by local, State, and Federal prosecutorial agencies and because, moreover, the continued presence of strong individuals and families is critical to preserving and strengthening the social fabric in such communities. ####
(8)Where (as in certain sections of Baltimore City) interstate trafficking of illegal drugs has severe ancillary local consequences within areas designated as high intensity drug trafficking areas, it is important that supplementary High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program funds be committed to support initiatives aimed at making the affected communities safe for the residents of those communities and encouraging their cooperation with tribal, local, State, and Federal law enforcement efforts to combat illegal drug trafficking. ###
(c)Funding for Certain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Section 707, as amended by section 301, is amended by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(q) Specific Purposes > > > #### “(1) In general > > The Director shall ensure that, of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for the Program, at least $7,000,000 is used in high intensity drug trafficking areas with severe neighborhood safety and illegal drug distribution problems. > > > #### “(2) Required uses > > The funds used under paragraph
(1)shall be used— > > > ##### “(A) > > to ensure the safety of neighborhoods and the protection of communities, including the prevention of the intimidation of potential witnesses of illegal drug distribution and related activities; and > > > ##### “(B) > > to combat illegal drug trafficking through such methods as the Director considers appropriate, such as establishing or operating (or both) a toll-free telephone hotline for use by the public to provide information about illegal drug-related activities.” > .
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