EXPANSION OF RADAR COVERAGE AND OPERATION IN SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRIES.

SEC. 811. EXPANSION OF RADAR COVERAGE AND OPERATION IN SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRIES. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.—Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of the Treasury for fiscal 112 STAT. 2681–697years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the enhancement of radar coverage in drug source and transit countries in the total amount of $14,300,000 which shall be available for the following purposes: (1) For restoration of radar, and operation and maintenance of radar, in the Bahamas. (2) For operation and maintenance of ground-based radar at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (b) Report.—Not later than January 31, 1999, the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on National Security, the Committee on International Relations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report examining the options available to the United States for improving Relocatable Over the Horizon (ROTHR) capability to provide enhanced radar coverage of narcotics source zone countries in South America and transit zones in the Eastern Pacific. The report shall include— (1) a discussion of the need and costs associated with the establishment of a proposed fourth ROTHR site located in the source or transit zones; and (2) an assessment of the intelligence specific issues raised if such a ROTHR facility were to be established in conjunction with a foreign government.