PROHIBITION AGAINST REDUCTION IN SERVICES.

SEC. 217. PROHIBITION AGAINST REDUCTION IN SERVICES. The Secretary of Transportation may not reduce expenditures in fiscal year 1990 or fiscal year 1991 for Coast Guard services other than drug law enforcement to increase drug law enforcement unless the Secretary first notifies the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives 30 days prior to any reduction, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to reduce the Coast Guard’s ability to respond to interdiction opportunities that may arise in the course of normal activities.