DRUG INTERDICTION.

SEC. 8219. DRUG INTERDICTION. (a) Repeal.—This first section 711 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1710) is repealed. (b) Amendments.—Section 711 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1710), as added by Public Law 109-469 (120 Stat. 3507), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking “The United” and inserting “The Director shall designate or appoint an appointee in the Senior Executive Service or an appointee in a position at level 15 of the General Schedule (or equivalent) as the United”; and (ii) by striking “shall” and inserting “to”; (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— (i) by striking “March 1” and inserting “September 1”; and (ii) by striking “paragraph (3)” and inserting “paragraph (4)”; (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking “also, at his discretion,”; and (ii) by striking “the Office of Supply Reduction for that purpose” and inserting “assist in carrying out such responsibilities”; and (D) in paragraph (4)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking “The United” and inserting “Before submission of the National Drug Control Strategy or annual assessment required under section 706, as applicable, the United”; (ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (E); (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); (iv) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i)— (aa) by striking “March 1” and inserting “September 1”; (bb) by inserting “the Director, acting through” before “the United States”; (cc) by inserting a comma after “Coordinator”; (dd) by striking “a report on behalf of the Director”; and (ee) by striking “, which shall include” and inserting “a report that”; (II) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), and adjusting the margins accordingly; (III) by inserting before subclause (I), as so redesignated, the following: “(i) includes—” ; (IV) in clause (i), as so redesignated— (aa) in subclause (I), as so redesignated, by inserting “, including information about how each National Drug Control Program agency conducting drug interdiction activities is engaging with relevant international partners” after “Plan”; (bb) in subclause (II), as so redesignated, by striking “, as well as” and inserting “and”; (cc) in subclause III, as so redesignated— (AA) by striking “, as well as” and inserting “and”; and (BB) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (V) by adding at the end the following: “(ii) may include recommendations for changes to existing agency authorities or laws governing interagency relationships.” ; and (v) by adding at the end the following: “(D) Classified annex.—Each report required to be submitted under subparagraph (C) shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.” ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting “and how to strengthen international partnerships to better achieve the goals of that plan” after “that plan”; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking “Chairman” and inserting “Chairperson”; and (ii) by striking “chairman” and inserting “Chairperson”; (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking “prior to March 1” and inserting “before June 1”; (ii) by striking “either” each place it appears; (iii) by striking “current chairman” and inserting “Chairperson”; and (iv) by striking “they” and inserting “the members”; and (D) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking “chairman” each place it appears and inserting “Chairperson”; (ii) in the first sentence, by striking “a report”; (iii) by inserting “a report” after “committees”; and (iv) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: “The report required under this paragraph shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(c) International Coordination.—The Director may facilitate international drug control coordination efforts.” .