DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES IN TRANSIT ZONE.

SEC. 1023. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES IN TRANSIT ZONE. (a) Sense of Congress Regarding Priority of Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities.— It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should— (1) ensure that the international drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense are accorded adequate resources within the budget allocation of the Department to execute the drug interdiction and counterdrug mission under the Global Military Force Policy of the Department; and (2) make such changes to that policy as the Secretary considers necessary. (b) Support for Counter-Drug Operation Caper Focus.— (1) During fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall make available, to the maximum extent practicable, such surface vessels, maritime patrol aircraft, and personnel of the Navy as may be necessary to conduct the final phase of the counter-drug operation known as Caper Focus, which targets the maritime movement of cocaine on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(20) for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, $10,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of conducting the counter-drug operation known as Caper Focus. (c) Patrol Coastal Craft for Drug Interdiction by Southern Command.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(20) for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, $14,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of equipping and operating six of the Cyclone-class coastal defense ships of the Department of Defense in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the drug interdiction efforts of the United States Southern Command. (d) Resulting Availability of Funds for Counterproliferation and Counterterrorism Activities.— (1) In light of subsection (c), of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for the Special Operations Command, $4,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of increased training and related operations in support of the activities of the Special Operations Command regarding counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and counter terrorism. 112 STAT. 2123 (2) The amount made available under this subsection is in addition to other funds authorized to be appropriated under section 301(5) for the Special Operations Command for such purpose.