ANNUAL PLAN ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSISTANCE FOR CIVILIAN DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 1243. ANNUAL PLAN ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSISTANCE FOR CIVILIAN DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT (a) In General.—Chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 380. Department of Defense drug law enforcement assistance: annual plan “(a) (1) At the same time as the President submits the budget to Congress each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report containing the following: “(A) A detailed list of all forms of assistance under this chapter that is proposed to be made available by the Department of Defense to civilian drug law enforcement and drug interdiction agencies (including the United States Customs Service, the Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service) during the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. “(B) A detailed plan for lending equipment and rendering other drug interdiction-related assistance included on such list during such fiscal year. “(2) The list required by paragraph (1)(A) shall include a description of the following: 101 STAT. 1164 “(A) Surveillance equipment suitable for detecting drug smuggling activities by air, by land, and by sea. “(B) Communications equipment, including secure communications. “(C) Support available from the reserve components for drug interdiction operations of civilian drug law enforcement agencies. “(D) Intelligence on the production, processing, and shipment of drugs in countries that are the source of illegal drugs in the United States and the transshipment of drugs between those countries and the United States. “(E) Support from the Southern Command and other unified and specified commands that is available to assist in drug interdiction. “(F) Aircraft suitable for use in air-to-air detection, interception, tracking, and seizure by civilian drug interdiction agencies. “(G) Vessels suitable for use in maritime detection, interception, tracking, and seizure by civilian drug interdiction agencies. “(H) Such land vehicles as may be appropriate for support activities relating to drug interdiction operations by civilian drug law enforcement agencies. “(b) The Secretary of Defense, not earlier than 30 days and not later than 45 days after the date on which Congress receives a report submitted under subsection (a), shall convene a conference of the heads of all Federal law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over drug law enforcement (including the Customs Service, the Coast Guard, and the Drug Enforcement Administration) and of the Secretary of State to determine the appropriate distribution of the assets, items of support, and other assistance to be made available by the Department of Defense under this chapter to those agencies during the fiscal year for which the report is submitted. Not later than 60 days after the date on which such conference convenes, the Secretary of Defense and the heads of such agencies shall enter into appropriate memoranda of agreement specifying the distribution of such assistance. “(c) The Comptroller General of the United States shall monitor the compliance of the Department of Defense with subsections (a) and (b). Not later than 90 days after the date on which a conference is convened under subsection (b), the Comptroller General shall transmit to Congress a written report containing the Comptroller General’s findings regarding the compliance of the Department of Defense with such subsections. The report shall include a review of the memoranda of agreement entered into under subsection (b).”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: “380. Department of Defense drug law enforcement assistance: annual plan.”.