DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS LEAD AGENCY FOR THE DETECTION AND MONITORING OF AERIAL AND MARITIME TRANSIT OF ILLEGAL DRUGS

SEC. 1202. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS LEAD AGENCY FOR THE DETECTION AND MONITORING OF AERIAL AND MARITIME TRANSIT OF ILLEGAL DRUGS (a) Function of Department of Defense.—(1) Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 123 the following new section: “§ 124. Detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs: Department of Defense to be lead agency “(a) Lead Agency.—The Department of Defense shall serve as the single lead agency of the Federal Government for the detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs into the United States. “(b) Performance of Detection and Monitoring Function.—(1) To carry out subsection (a), Department of Defense personnel may operate equipment of the Department to intercept a vessel or an aircraft detected outside the land area of the United States for the purposes of— “(A) identifying and communicating with that vessel or aircraft; and “(B) directing that vessel or aircraft to go to a location designated by appropriate civilian officials. “(2) In cases in which a vessel or an aircraft is detected outside the land area of the United States, Department of Defense personnel may begin or continue pursuit of that vessel or aircraft over the land area of the United States. “(c) United States Defined.—In this section, the term ‘United States’ means the land area of the several States and any territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States.”. (2) The table of sections of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 123 the following new item: “124. Detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs: Department of Defense to be lead agency.”. (b) Conforming Repeal.—Section 1102 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100–456; 102 Stat. 2042), is repealed.