DETERMINING MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES.

SEC. 4405. DETERMINING MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES. (a) Procedures for Determining.—Section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end the following: “(k)(1) For each calendar year, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the appropriate committees of the Congress, shall establish numerical standards and other guidelines for determining which countries will be considered to be major drug-transit countries under subsection (i)(5)(A) and (B) of this section. “(2) Not later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall make a preliminary determination of the numerical standards and other guidelines to be used pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to that year and shall notify the appropriate committees of the Congress of those standards and guidelines. “(3) Not later than October 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate committees of the Congress of— “(A) which countries appear likely, as of that date, to be determined to be major drug-transit countries for that year under the numerical standards and other guidelines developed pursuant to this subsection; and “(B) which countries appear likely, as of that date, to be determined to be major illicit drug producing countries for that year. “(4) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (e) shall discuss— “(A) any changes made, since the notification provided pursuant to paragraph (2), in the numerical standards and other guidelines used in determining which countries were major drug-transit countries under subsection (i)(5)(A) and (B) during the preceding year; and “(B) any changes made, since the notification provided pursuant to paragraph (3)— “(i) in the countries determined, to be major drug-transit countries under subsection (i)(5)(A) and (B) during the preceding year; or “(ii) in the countries determined to be major illicit drug producing countries for that year.”. (b) Transition Provision.—With respect to fiscal year 1989, the Secretary of State— (1) shall take the actions specified in subsection (k)(2) of section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by subsection (a) of this section) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) shall take the actions specified in subsection (k)(3) of that section (as added by subsection (a) of this section) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.