BORDER COORDINATION CENTERS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN.

SEC. 1015. BORDER COORDINATION CENTERS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN.(a) Prohibition on Use of Counter-narcotic Assistance for Border Coordination Centers.—123 STAT. 2443(1) Prohibition.—Amounts available for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense may not be expended for the construction, expansion, repair, or operation and maintenance of any existing or proposed border coordination center.(2) Rule of construction.—Paragraph (1) does not prohibit or limit the use of other funds available to the Department of Defense to construct, expand, repair, or operate and maintain border coordination centers.(b) Limitation on Establishment of Additional Centers.—(1) Limitation.—The Secretary of Defense may not authorize the establishment, or any construction in connection with the establishment, of a third border coordination center in the area of operations of Regional Command–East in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan until a border coordination center has been constructed, or is under construction, in either—(A) the area of operations of Regional Command–South in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; or(B) Baluchistan in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.(2) National security waiver.—The Secretary may waive the limitation under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States. The Secretary shall promptly submit to Congress notice in writing of any waiver under this paragraph.(c) Border Coordination Center Defined.—In this section, the term “border coordination center” means a multilateral military coordination and intelligence center that is located, or intended to be located, near the border between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.