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(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.-The executive branch shall act expeditiously to establish the comprehensive information system required by section 132 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, and submit to the Congress a report that the system has been established.

SEC. 2012. CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR BOLIVIA.

(a) OPERATION BLAST FURNACE. (1) It is the sense of the Congress that

(A) the Government of Bolivia's recent drug interdiction operation in cooperation with the United States (Operation Blast Furnace) evinced a determination to combat the growing power of the narcotics trade and narcotics traffickers;

(B) the operation has had a dramatic effect on the coca trade in that country by dropping the price of coca below the cost of production;

(C) as a result of this operation the coca trade has in the short term been sharply constricted:

(D) the restoration of non-coca dependent economic growth in Bolivia is crucial to the achievement of long-term progress in controlling illicit narcotics production; and

(E) control of illicit drug production is crucial to the survival of democratic institutions and democratic government in Bolivia.

(2) The Congress, therefore, applauds the demonstrated willingness of the Paz Estenssoro government, despite the risks of severe domestic criticism and disruptive economic consequences, to cooperate with the United States in Operation Blast Furnace.

(b) CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE.—

(c) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.-Nothing in the amendment made by subsection (b) shall be construed as superseding any provision of section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

SEC. 2013.10 REPORTS AND RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

(a) 11 REPORTS.—The President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress, at the same time as each report is submitted pursuant to section 481(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, a report(1) listing each major illicit drug producing country and each major drug- transit country—

(A) which, as a matter of government policy, encourages or facilitates the production or distribution of illegal drugs; (B) in which any senior official of the government of such country engages in, encourages, or facilitates the production or distribution of illegal drugs;

(C) in which any member of an agency of the United States Government engaged in drug enforcement activities

• Subsec. (b) amended para. (2) of sec. 611 of the International Security and Development Co operation Act of 1985.

10 22 U.S.C. 2291-1. Responsibility for submitting the first and second reports and certifications required by this section were delegated to the Secretary of State by Presidential Memorandum of May 12, 1987, 52 F.R. 20053 and January 27, 1988, 53 F.R. 3571 respectively.

11 Sec. 4404 of the International Narcotics Control Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690, 102 Stat. 4276) amended sec. 2013(a). It formerly read:

"(a) REPORTS.-Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report-".

since January 1, 1985, has suffered or been threatened with violence, inflicted by or with the complicity of any law enforcement or other officer of such country or any political subdivision thereof; or

(D) which, having been requested to do so by the United States Government, fails to provide reasonable cooperation to lawful activities of United States drug enforcement agents, including the refusal of permission to such agents engaged in interdiction of aerial smuggling into the United States to pursue suspected aerial smugglers a reasonable distance into the airspace of the requested country; and (2) describing for each country listed under paragraph (1) the activities and identities of officials whose activities caused such country to be so listed.

(b) RESTRICTIONS.-No United States assistance may be furnished to any country listed under subsection (a)(1), and the United States representative to any multilateral development bank shall vote to oppose any loan or other use of the funds of such bank for the benefit of any country listed under subsection (a)(1), unless the President certifies to the Congress that—

(1) overriding vital national interests require that provision of such assistance;

(2) such assistance would improve the prospects for cooperation with such country in halting the flow of illegal drugs; and (3) the government of such country has made bona fide efforts to investigate and prosecute appropriate charges for any crime described in subsection (a)(1)(C) which may have been committed in such country.

(c) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.-The restrictions contained in subsection (b) are in addition to the restrictions contained in section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law.

(d) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section, the terms "major illicit drug producing country", "major drug-transit country", and "United States assistance" have the same meaning as is given to those terms by section 481(i) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. SEC. 2014. COMBATING NARCOTERRORISM.

(a) FINDING.-The Congress finds that the increased cooperation and collaboration between narcotics traffickers and terrorist groups constitutes a serious threat to United States national security interests and to the political stability of numerous other countries, particularly in Latin America.

(b) IMPROVED Capability for Responding to NARCOTERRORISM.The President shall take concrete steps to improve the capability of the executive branch

(1) to collect information concerning the links between narcotics traffickers and the acts of terrorism abroad, and

(2) to develop an effective and coordinated means for responding to the threat which those links pose.

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall report to the Congress on the steps taken pursuant to this subsection.

(c) ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE PROGRAM. Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 1987 to carry out section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346c; relating to the administration of justice program), funds may be used to provide to Colombia or other countries in the region such assistance as they may request for protection of judicial or other officials who are targets of narcoterrorist attacks.

(d) REWARD CONCERNING JORGE LUIS OCHOA VASQUEZ.-It is the sense of the Congress that the authority of section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), as amended by section 502(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-399; enacted August 27, 1986), should be used expeditiously to establish a reward of up to $500,000 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez for narcotics-related offenses.

SEC. 2015.12 INTERDICTION PROCEDURES FOR VESSELS OF FOREIGN REGISTRY.

(a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds that—

(1) the interdiction by the United States Coast Guard of vessels suspected for carrying illicit narcotics can be a difficult procedure when the vessel is of foreign registry and is located beyond the customs waters of the United States;

(2) before boarding and inspecting such a vessel, the Coast Guard must obtain consent from either the master of the vessel or the country of registry; and

(3) this process, and obtaining the consent of the country of registry to further law enforcement action, may delay the interdiction of the vessel by 3 or 4 days.

(b) NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING INTERDICTION PROCEDURES.—

(1) The Congress urges the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to increase efforts 13 to negotiate with relevant countries procedures which will facilitate interdiction of vessels suspected of carrying illicit narcotics.

(2) If a country refuses to negotiate with respect to interdiction procedures, the President shall take appropriate actions directed against that country, which may include the denial of access to United States ports to vessels registered in that country.

(3) The Secretary of State shall submit reports to the Congress semiannually identifying those countries which have failed to negotiate with respect to interdiction procedures. SEC. 2016. ASSESSMENT OF NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING FROM AFRICA. The President shall direct that an updated threat assessment of narcotics trafficking from Africa be prepared. If it is determined that an increased threat exists, the assessment shall examine the need for the United States to provide increased narcotics control training for African countries.

12 46 U.S.C. app. 1902 note.

13 Sec. 4802 of Public Law 100-690 struck out "effects" and inserted "efforts".

SEC. 2017.14 POLICY TOWARD MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

SEC. 2018.15 MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK ASSISTANCE FOR DRUG ERADICATION AND CROP SUBSTITUTION PROGRAMS. (a) MDB ASSISTANCE FOR Development and ImplemenTATION OF DRUG ERADICATION PROGRAM.-The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to initiate discussions with other Directors of their respective banks and to propose that all possible assistance be provided to each major illicit drug producing country for the development and implementation of a drug eradication program, including technical assistance, assistance in conducting feasibility studies and economic analyses, and assistance for alternate economic activities.

(b) INCREASES IN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LENDING FOR CROP SUBSTITUTION PROJECTS.-The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to initiate discussions with other Directors of their respective banks and to propose that each such bank increase the amount of lending by such bank for crop substitution programs which will provide an economic alternative for the cultivation or production of illicit narcotic drugs or other controlled substances in major illicit drug producing countries, to the extent such countries develop and maintain adequate drug eradication programs.

(c) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT.-The Secretary of the Treasury shall include in the annual report to the Congress by the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies a detailed accounting of the manner in which and the extent to which the provisions of this section have been carried out. 16

(d) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section

(1) MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK.-The term "multilateral development bank" means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.

(2) MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRY.-The term "major illicit drug producing country" has the meaning provided in section 481(i)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 229(i)(2)).

(3) NARCOTIC DRUG AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.-The terms "narcotic drug" and "controlled substance" have the meanings given to such terms in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).

SEC. 2019. DRUGS AS A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM.

The Congress hereby declares that drugs are a national security problem and urgers the President to explore the possibility of en

14 Sec. 2017 amended sec. 481(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

15 22 U.S.C. 2291 note.

16 Sec. 407(b) and (c) of the International Development and Finance Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-240; 103 Stat. 2504) required the Secretary of the Treasury to include in this report a discussion of any multilateral development bank evaluation of those countries determined to be "major producers, processors, traffickers, or exporters of illegal drugs to the United States" applying for loans to reduce their debt and debt burden.

gaging such essentially security-oriented organizations as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in cooperative drug programs.

SEC. 2020. FINDINGS CONCERNING GREATER INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO ADDRESS DRUG THREAT.

The Congress finds that

(1) in response to the growing narcotics threat to the international community—

(A) the single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, the 1972 Protocol amending that Convention, and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances were adopted under United Nations auspices and

(B) the United Nations has created various entities to deal with drug abuse control and prevention; and

(2) a greater international effort to address this threat, such as additional or increased contributions by other countries to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse and Control and greater coordination of enforcement and eradication efforts.

SEC. 2021, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING.

(a) CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT.-The Congress hereby declares its support for United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/122 adopted on December 13, 1985, in which the General Assembly decided to convene in 1987, an International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in order to generate universal action to combat the drug problem in all its forms at the national, regional, and international levels, and to adopt a comprehensive outline of future activities.

(b) UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION.-With respect to United States participation in the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the Congress calls on the President

(1) to appoint the head of the United States delegation well in advance of the conference; and

(2) to ensure that necessary resources are available for United States preparation and participation.

(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-Not later than April 30, 1987, the President shall report to the Congress on the status of United States preparations for the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, including the status of naming the delegation, the issues expected to arise, and United States policy initiatives to be taken at the conference.

SEC. 2022. EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM.

(a) STUDY.-The United States seek to improve the program and budget effectiveness of United Nations entities related to narcotics prevention and control by studying the capability of existing United Nations drug-related declarations, conventions, and entities to heighten international awareness and promote the necessary strategies for international action, to strengthen international cooperation, and to make effective use of available United Nations funds.

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-Not later than April 30, 1987, the President shall report to the Congress any recommendations that may result from this study.

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