skip navigation
TITLE 21 > CHAPTER 22 > § 1710
§ 1710. Drug interdiction
(b)
Report
In order to assist Congress in determining the personnel, equipment, funding, and other resources that would be required by Federal drug control agencies in order to achieve a level of interdiction success at or above the highest level achieved before October 21, 1998, not later than 90 days after October 21, 1998, the Director shall submit to Congress and to each Federal drug control program agency a report, which shall include—
(1)
with respect to the southern and western border regions of the United States (including the Pacific coast, the border with Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico coast, and other ports of entry) and in overall totals, data relating to—
(2)
the price of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana during the year of highest price on record during the preceding 10-year period, adjusted for purity where possible; and
(3)
a description of the personnel, equipment, funding, and other resources of the Federal drug control agency devoted to drug interdiction and securing the borders of the United States against drug trafficking for each of the years identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) for each Federal drug control agency.
(c)
Budget process
(1)
Information to Director
Based on the report submitted under subsection (b) of this section, each Federal drug control agency shall submit to the Director, at the same time as each annual drug control budget request is submitted by the Federal drug control agency to the Director under section
1703
(c)(1) of this title, a description of the specific personnel, equipment, funding, and other resources that would be required for the Federal drug control agency to meet or exceed the highest level of interdiction success for that agency identified in the report submitted under subsection (b) of this section.
(2)
Information to Congress
The Director shall include each submission under paragraph (1) in each annual consolidated National Drug Control Program budget proposal submitted by the Director to Congress under section
1703
(c)(2) of this title, which submission shall be accompanied by a description of any additional resources that would be required by the Federal drug control agencies to meet the highest level of interdiction success identified in the report submitted under subsection (b) of this section.
LII has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references LII.