narcotics control program

narcotics control program Sec. 559. (a)(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Economic Support Fund”, $59,900,000 may be made available for Bolivia, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Peru. (2) In addition to funds made available under paragraph (1), of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Economic Support Fund”, $195,000,000 may be made available for Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador: Provided, That funds under this paragraph may be made available to a country only if such country is making significant progress, as appropriate, in (A) satisfying the goals agreed to in the applicable bilateral narcotics agreement between such country and the United States, or a comparable multilateral agreement, (B) preventing narcotic drugs and other controlled sub-stances from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to United States Government personnel or their dependents or from being transported, directly or indirectly, into the United States, (O preventing and punishing the laundering in that country of drug-related profits or drug-related moneys, and (D) preventing and punishing public corruption which facilitates the illicit production, processing, or shipment of narcotic drugs and other controlled substances, or which discourages the investigation and prosecution of such acts. (3) For the purpose of reducing dependence upon the production of crops from which narcotic and psychotropic drugs are derived, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act may be made available for Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Jamaica to promote the production, processing, and the marketing of products which can be economically produced in those countries, notwithstanding section 521 of this Act. (4) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Foreign Military Financing Program”, not more than $118,000,000 may be made available for Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia: Provided, That no funds may be made available under this paragraph to the 104 STAT. 2025government of any country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. (5)(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $2,000,000, except through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be made available for Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, notwithstanding section 660 of such Act, for— (i) education and training in the operation and maintenance of equipment used in narcotics control interdiction and eradication efforts; and (ii) the expenses of deploying, upon the request of the government of such foreign country, Department of Defense mobile training teams in that foreign country to conduct training in military-related individual and collective skills that will enhance that country’s ability to conduct tactical operations in narcotics interdiction. (B) Education and training under this paragraph may be provided only for foreign law enforcement agencies, or other units, that are organized for the specific purpose of narcotics enforcement. (6) Funds made available by this Act to carry out the provisions of the Arms Export Control Act and section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be provided for training and equipment for law enforcement agencies or other units in Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru that are organized for the specific purpose of narcotics enforcement: Provided, That assistance under this paragraph may be provided notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the second sentence of section 534(e) of that Act: Provided further, That assistance provided pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. (7) Funds made available under this subsection shall be available for obligation consistent with requirements to apply the provisions of section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to International Narcotics Control). (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be available for any country during any three-month period beginning on or after October 1, 1990, immediately following a certification by the President to the Congress that the government of such country is failing to take adequate measures (including satisfying the goals agreed to in applicable bilateral narcotics agreements as defined in section 481(h)(2)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) to prevent narcotic drugs or other controlled substances (as listed in the schedules in section 202 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Prevention Control Act of 1971 (21 U.S.C. 812)) which are cultivated, produced, or processed illicitly, in whole or in part, in such country, or transported through such country from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to United States Government personnel or their dependents or from entering the United States unlawfully. (c) In making determinations with respect to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru pursuant to section 481(h)(2)(A)(i) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the President shall take into account the extent to which the Government of each country is sufficiently responsive to United States Government concerns on coca control and whether the provision of assistance for that country is in the national interest of the United States. 104 STAT. 2026 (d) Of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act for the Agency for International Development, up to $10,000,000 should be made available for narcotics education and awareness programs (including public diplomacy programs) of the Agency for International Development, and $40,000,000 of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act should be made available for narcotics related economic assistance activities.