REPORT ON STREAMLINING FEDERAL PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFORTS.

SEC. 221. REPORT ON STREAMLINING FEDERAL PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFORTS. (a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the efforts of the Federal Government to reduce the demand for illegal drugs in the United States are frustrated by the fragmentation of those efforts across multiple departments and agencies; and (2) improvement of those efforts can best be achieved through consolidation and coordination. (b) Report Requirement.—112 STAT. 2681–759 (1) In general.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees a report evaluating options for increasing the efficacy of drug prevention and treatment programs and activities by the Federal Government. Such option shall include the merits of a consolidation of programs into a single agency, transferring programs from 1 agency to another, and improving coordinating mechanisms and authorities. The report shall also include a thorough review of the activities and potential consolidation of existing Federal drug information clearinghouses. (2) Recommendation and explanatory statement.—The study submitted under paragraph (1) shall identify options that are determined by the Director to have merit, and an explanation which options should be implemented. (3) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for contracting, policy research, and related costs. (c) Appropriate Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate committees” means the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Commerce, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations, and Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.