AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE COUNTERDRUG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 832. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE COUNTERDRUG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. (a) In General.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, $23,000,000 to support the counternarcotics research efforts of the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Of that amount, funds are authorized as follows: (1) $5,000,000 shall be used for crop eradication technologies. (2) $2,000,000 shall be used for narcotics plant identification, chemistry, and biotechnology. (3) $1,000,000 shall be used for worldwide crop identification, detection tagging, and production estimation technology. (4) $5,000,000 shall be used for improving the disease resistance, yield, and economic competitiveness of commercial 112 STAT. 2681–702crops that can be promoted as alternatives to the production of narcotics plants. (5) $10,000,000 to contract with entities meeting the criteria described in subsection (b) for the product development, environmental testing, registration, production, aerial distribution system development, product effectiveness monitoring, and modification of multiple herbicides to control narcotic crops (including coca, poppy, and cannabis) in the United States and internationally. (b) Criteria for Eligible Entities.—An entity under this subsection is an entity which possesses— (1) experience in diseases of narcotic crops; (2) intellectual property involving seed-borne dispersal formulations; (3) the availability of state-of-the-art containment or quarantine facilities; (4) country-specific herbicide formulations; (5) specialized fungicide resistant formulations; or (6) special security arrangements.