INTERDICTION TASK FORCE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 6166. INTERDICTION TASK FORCE PROGRAMS. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated for salaries and expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration for fiscal year 1989, $4,920,000: Provided, That such appropriation shall be in addition to any appropriations provided in regular appropriations Acts or continuing resolutions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989: Provided further, That such appropriations shall be made available for the United States-Bahamas Drug Interdiction Task Force established by section 3301 of subtitle E of title III of the Antidrug Abuse Act of 1986 (21 U.S.C. 801 note) and related activities: Provided further, That of these amounts made available for the United States-Bahamas Drug Interdiction Task Force under this section, the Drug Enforcement Administration is authorized to provide grants or other financial assistance to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in the establishment of a Bahamian Enforcement Strike Team that will conduct unilateral Bahamian Government drug interdiction operations in the southern Bahamian Islands: Provided further, That the appropriations authorized under this section shall only be made available for United States-Bahamian drug interdiction operations upon receipt of a $410,000 contribution toward such joint operations by the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in fiscal year 1989. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Commonwealth of the Bahamas should aggressively pursue the extradition of Nigel Bowe and the consummation of the pending extradition treaty with the United States by the end of 1988; (2) the Government of the United States should cooperate fully with the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in providing information to the Bahamas regarding allegations of corruption and cooperate in responding to requests from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for the extradition of United States citizens who have been indicted for drug-related offenses in the Bahamas; and (3) agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency should be physically present when confiscated or seized illegal drug contraband is destroyed by personnel of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.