Sec. 401. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS USING PUBLIC LANDS

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## SEC. 401 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS USING PUBLIC LANDS ###

(a)Consultation The Director of National Intelligence shall consult with the heads of the Federal land management agencies on the appropriate actions the intelligence community can take to assist such agencies in responding to the threat from covered entities that are currently or have previously used public lands in the United States to further the operations of such entities. ###

(b)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the consultation under subsection (a). Such report shall include— ####

(1)an assessment of the intelligence community collection efforts dedicated to covered entities, including any collection gaps or inefficiencies; and ####

(2)an assessment of the ability of the intelligence community to assist Federal land management agencies in identifying and protecting public lands from illegal drug grows and other activities and threats of covered entities, including through the sharing of intelligence information. ###

(c)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)Covered entity The term “covered entity” means an international drug trafficking organization or other actor involved in drug trafficking generally. ####

(2)Federal land management agency The term “Federal land management agency” includes— #####

(A)the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture; #####

(B)the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior; #####

(C)the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior; #####

(D)the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior; and #####

(E)the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior. ####

(3)Public lands The term “public lands” means land under the management of a Federal land management agency.