EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.

SEC. 1012. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. (a) Extension.—Subsection (a) of section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note) is amended by striking “2014” and inserting “2017”. (b) Expansion of Authority To Include Activities To Counter Transnational Organized Crime.—Such section is further amended— (1) by inserting “or activities to counter transnational organized crime” after “counter-drug activities” each place it appears; (2) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting “or responsibilities for countering transnational organized crime” after “counter-drug responsibilities”; and (3) in subsection (b)(5), by inserting “or counter-transnational organized crime” after “Counter-drug”. (c) Notice to Congress on Facilities Projects.—Subsection (h)(2) of such section is amended by striking “$500,000” and inserting “$250,000”. (d) Definition of Transnational Organized Crime.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(j) Definition of Transnational Organized Crime.—In this section, the term ‘transnational organized crime’ means self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, monetary, or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption or violence or through a transnational organization structure and the exploitation of transnational commerce or communication mechanisms.” . (e) Clerical Amendment.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 1004. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES TO COUNTER TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME” .