DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY.

SEC. 1005. DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY. (a) Development and Submission of the National Drug Control Strategy.—(1) Not later than 180 days after the first Director President of U.S. is confirmed by the Senate, and not later than February 1 of each year thereafter, the President shall submit to the Congress a National Drug Control Strategy. Any part of such strategy that involves information properly classified under criteria established by an Executive order shall be presented to the Congress separately. (2) The National Drug Control Strategy submitted under paragraph (1) shall— (A) include comprehensive, research-based, long-range goals for reducing drug abuse in the United States; (B) include short-term measurable objectives which the Director determines may be realistically achieved in the 2-year period beginning on the date of the submission of the strategy; (C) describe the balance between resources devoted to supply reduction and demand reduction; and (D) review State and local drug control activities to ensure that the United States pursues well-coordinated and effective drug control at all levels of government. (3)(A) In developing the National Drug Control Strategy, the Director shall consult with— (i) the heads of the National Drug Control Program agencies; (ii) the Congress; (iii) State and local officials; (iv) private citizens with experience and expertise in demand reduction; and 102 STAT. 4186 (v) private citizens with experience and expertise in supply reduction. (B) At the time the President submits the National Drug Control Strategy to the Congress, the Director shall transmit a report to the Congress indicating the persons consulted under this paragraph. (4) Beginning with the second submission of a National Drug Control Strategy, the Director shall include with each such strategy a complete evaluation of the effectiveness of drug control during the preceding year. (b) Goals, Objectives, and Priorities.—Each National Drug Control Strategy shall include— (1) a complete list of goals, objectives, and priorities for supply reduction and for demand reduction; (2) private sector initiatives and cooperative efforts between the Federal Government and State and local governments for drug control; (3) 3-year projections for program and budget priorities and achievable projections for reductions of drug availability and usage; (4) a complete assessment of how the budget proposal transmitted under section 1003(c) is intended to implement the strategy and whether the funding levels contained in such proposal are sufficient to implement such strategy; (5) designation of areas of the United States as high intensity drug trafficking areas in accordance with subsection (c); and (6) a plan for improving the compatibility of automated information and communication systems to provide Federal agencies with timely and accurate information for purposes of this subtitle. (c) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.—(1) The Director, upon consultation with the Attorney General, heads of National Drug Control Program agencies, and the Governors of the several States, may designate any specified area of the United States as a high intensity drug trafficking area. After making such a designation and in order to provide Federal assistance to the area so designated, the Director may— (A) direct the temporary reassignment of Federal personnel to such area, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the department or head of the agency which employs such personnel; (B) take any other action authorized under section 1003 to provide increased Federal assistance to such areas; and (C) coordinate actions under this paragraph with State and local officials. (2) When considering the designation of an area under this subsection as a high intensity drug trafficking area, the Director shall consider, along with other criteria the Director may deem appropriate— (A) the extent to which the area is a center of illegal drug production, manufacturing, importation, or distribution; (B) the extent to which State and local law enforcement agencies have committed resources to respond to the drug trafficking problem in the area, thereby indicating a determination to respond aggressively to the problem; (C) the extent to which drug-related activities in the area are having a harmful impact in other areas of the country; and 102 STAT. 4187 (D) the extent to which a significant increase in allocation of Federal resources is necessary to respond adequately to drug-related activities in the area. (3) Before March 1, 1991, the Director shall submit a report to the House of Representatives and to the Senate concerning the effectiveness of and need for the designation of areas under this subsection as high intensity drug trafficking areas, along with any comments or recommendations for legislation. (d) Lead Agencies.—(1) The President shall designate lead agencies with areas of principal responsibility for carrying out the National Drug Control Strategy. (2) The Director shall require that any National Drug Control Program agency that conducts a major supply reduction activity which is in the area of principal responsibility of a lead agency designated under paragraph (1) shall— (A) notify such lead agency in writing of the activity; and (B) provide such notification prior to conducting such activity, unless exigent circumstances require otherwise. (3) If a lead agency objects to the conduct of an activity described under paragraph (2), the lead agency and the agency planning to conduct such activity shall notify the Director in writing regarding such objection.