International Narcotics Control Act of 1989

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International Narcotics Control Act of 1989

International Narcotics Control Act of 1989

Act Details

International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1989-11-08 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 101 United States Congress by Dante Bruno Fascell in relation with: Aeronautics, Agriculture and food, Airline employees, Alcoholism, American agricultural assistance, American economic assistance, American military assistance, Arms sales, Authorization, Block grants, Bolivia, Bribery, Caribbean area, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child health, Cocaine, Coffee, Colleges, Colombia, Congressional reporting requirements, Data banks, Defense procurement, Democracy, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug testing, Federal aid to education, Foreign loans, Forfeiture, Government operations and politics, Government spending reductions, Government trust funds, Herbicides, Human rights, Infants, Information services, Informers, International affairs, International agencies, Latin America, Maternal health services, Mental health services, Mexico, Military aircraft, Military training, Misconduct in office, Mothers, Murder, NATO countries, Narcotic traffic, Peru, Police training, Pregnant women, Railroad employees, School boards, School personnel, Smuggling, Students, Summit diplomacy, Terrorism, Trade agreements, Trade negotiations, Transportation and public works, Transportation workers, Treatment and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts, Warsaw Pact countries, Weapons.

International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 became law (1) in the United States on 1989-12-13. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Foreign Affairs (HSFA)
House Banking Finance and Urban Affairs (HSBA)

Dante Bruno Fascell, member of the US congress
Dante Bruno Fascell, Democrat, Representative from Florida, district 19

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Gary Leonard Ackerman, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 7
Douglas Kent Bereuter, Republican, Representative, from Nebraska, district 1
Howard Lawrence Berman, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 26
Ben Garrido Blaz, Republican, Delegate
Douglas Harry Bosco, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 1
William S. Broomfield, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 18
Dan Burton, Representative, from Indiana, district 6
James Mcclure Clarke, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 11
Mike DeWine, Senator, from Ohio, district 7
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 31
Eliot Lance Engel, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 19
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, Democrat, Delegate
Edward Farrell Feighan, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 19
Jamie Fuster, Representative
Elton W. Gallegly, Republican, Representative, from California, district 21
Samuel Gejdenson, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 2
Benjamin Arthur Gilman, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 22
Porter J. Goss, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 13
Lee Herbert Hamilton, Democrat, Representative, from Indiana, district 9
Amory Houghton, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 34
Henry John Hyde, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 6
Harry A. Johnston, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 14
Robert John Lagomarsino, Republican, Representative, from California, district 19
Tom Lantos, Representative, from California, district 11
James Albert Smith Leach, Republican, Representative, from Iowa, district 1
Meldon Edises Levine, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 27
Donald Edgar Lukens, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 8
Frank McCloskey, Representative, from Indiana, district 8
Jan Meyers, Republican, Representative, from Kansas, district 3
John Ripin Miller, Republican, Representative, from Washington, district 1
Douglas Wayne Owens, Democrat, Representative, from Utah, district 2
Donald Payne, Representative, from New Jersey, district 10
Ileana Ros-lehtinen, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 18
Toby A. Roth, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 8
Christopher Henry Smith, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 4
Lawrence Jack Smith, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 16
Olympia Snowe, Senator, from Maine, district 2
Stephen Joshua Solarz, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 13
Howard Eliot Wolpe, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 3
Gus Yatron, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 6

Act Overview

Text of the International Narcotics Control Act of 1989

International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 – Declares that the Congress finds that: (1) it is crucial to international antidrug efforts that funds be made available to provide alternative sources of income for individuals in major coca producing countries who are dependent on illicit drug production as well as for eradication enforcement rehabilitation treatment and education programs in such countries; and (2) the United States and other major donor countries should provide increased economic assistance to major coca producing countries which have taken steps to attack illicit coca production by methods which reduce the flow of cocaine to the world market. Urges the Director of National Drug Control Policy to submit to the Congress a plan which addresses such needs. Urges the President to include such findings and the following issues on the formal agenda of the meeting between the President and the Governments of Bolivia Colombia and Peru in February 1990: (1) initiatives to expand antidrug efforts in the Andean region; (2) debt-for-drug exchanges that forgive Andean bilateral debt held by the United States and other creditor countries in return for commitments to use the savings in debt service for antidrug programs; and (3) efforts to halt the transfer of arms precursor chemicals and communications equipment and technology from legitimate sources to drug trafficking organizations. Requires the President to report to the Congress on the outcome of such meeting and to submit supplemental budget requests for FY 1990 and 1991 as may be necessary to cover the U.S. share of additional assistance for the Andean antidrug strategy. Authorizes the President to make funds for foreign military financing under the Arms Export Control Act and international military education and training under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 available to provide defense articles and services and international military education and training to Bolivia Colombia and Peru. Earmarks specified amounts of such assistance for narcotics law enforcement training and interdiction activities and procurement of defense articles by enforcement agencies in such countries. Reduces such amounts by the amounts provided for military assistance to such countries under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Foreign Operations Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act 1990. Makes such countries eligible only if they maintain democratic governments and their law enforcement agencies do not engage in human rights violations. Requires the President to report to specified congressional committees prior to obligating such funds. Provides for human rights reporting on such countries. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to be used to acquire defense articles for narcotics control purposes. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to transfer excess defense articles to any country: (1) which is a major illicit drug producing country in Latin American and the Caribbean with a democratic government; and (2) whose armed forces do not engage in human rights violations. Requires such countries to ensure that such articles will be used only in support of anti-narcotics activities. Limits the aggregate value of articles to be transferred to a country in any fiscal year. Permits such transfers only if: (1) the articles are drawn from existing Department of Defense (DOD) stocks; (2) funds available to DOD for the procurement of defense equipment are not expended in connection with such transfers; and (3) the President determines that such transfers will not have an adverse impact on the military readiness of the United States. Permits such transfers without cost to the recipient country. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees prior to transferring such articles. Waives certain prohibitions on the provision of assistance to countries in default on loan payments to the United States with respect to narcotics-related assistance for FY 1990 for major illicit drug producing countries. Limits the amount of FY 1990 international narcotics control assistance to be made available for Mexico. Permits excess assistance to Mexico only if specified congressional committees are notified. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) President Salinas should be supported in his willingness to end narcotics-related corruption in the Mexican Government; (2) Mexico should conclude prosecutions for the murders and torture of certain Drug Enforcement Administration agents and make progress in the prosecution of Felix-Gallardo; (3) Mexico should demonstrate its commitment to cooperating fully in anti-narcotics activities by entering into negotiations with the United States on over-flight and hot pursuit operations participation of U.S. law enforcement agencies in narcotics interdiction operations and U.S. requests for access to bank records and requests for verification of eradication statistics; and (4) the Mexican people should be supported in efforts to rid their country of illicit narcotics bribery and corruption and electoral fraud. Waives annual certification procedures with respect to FY 1990 assistance to major drug transit countries if the President certifies that: (1) certain provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with regard to money laundering do not apply to such a country; (2) such country was previously a major illicit drug producing country but has effectively eliminated drug production during the preceding two years; and (3) such country is cooperating fully with the United States or has taken certain steps with respect to narcotics control. Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. trade policy should be coordinated with U.S. narcotics control objectives particularly with respect to the International Coffee Agreement. Commends the President for reviewing whether: (1) the International Coffee Agreement negotiations should be resumed; and (2) the trade benefits provided in the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act should be extended to the major coca producing countries of Latin America. Authorizes the President to release Bolivia Colombia or Peru from obligations to the U.S. Government of payments on U.S. loans if the President determines that such countries are participating in programs to reduce the flow of cocaine to the United States in accordance with a formal agreement. Provides for congressional review of such agreements before such releases take effect. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the proposal for the promotion of a multilateral anti-narcotics force for the Western Hemisphere should be endorsed; and (2) the United States should work through multilateral organizations to determine the feasibility and assist in the establishment of such force. Urges the President to: (1) seek agreement by relevant foreign countries especially NATO countries and members of the Warsaw Pact to join with the United States in halting weapons transfers to narcotics traffickers in Latin America; and (2) improve the coordination of U.S. efforts to track the flow of such weapons to international narcotics traffickers and to prevent illegal shipments from the United States. Calls upon the President to direct the U.S. representative to INTERPOL to urge such organization to study the feasibility of establishing an international database on the flow of the types of weapons acquired illegally by international narcotics traffickers. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such actions. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to raise the limit on the amount of rewards for information concerning international terrorism. Provides that such amendment shall not take effect if the Foreign Relations Authorization Act Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 is enacted before this Act and makes the same amendment. Exempts assistance for narcotics control crop substitution activities from a prohibition on the use of funds to support the production of any agricultural commodity in a foreign country which would compete with a similar U.S. commodity. Makes technical amendments to provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning international narcotics control. Authorizes appropriations for international narcotics control assistance. Requires countries receiving such assistance to bear an appropriate share of the costs for any activity for which assistance is provided. Makes technical amendments to the Narcotics Control Trade Act.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like International Narcotics Control Act of 1989) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
  • [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
  • [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (International Narcotics Control Act of 1989)
  • [Note 4] To combat international narcotics production and trafficking. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1989-11-08) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
  • [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
  • [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
  • [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
  • [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to International Narcotics Control Act of 1989, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 submitted yet.

Aeronautics
Agriculture and food
Airline employees
Alcoholism
American agricultural assistance
American economic assistance
American military assistance
Arms sales
Authorization
Block grants
Bolivia
Bribery
Caribbean area
Chemicals
Child abuse
Child health
Cocaine
Coffee
Colleges
Colombia
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Defense procurement
Democracy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug testing
Federal aid to education
Foreign loans
Forfeiture
Government operations and politics
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Herbicides
Human rights
Infants
Information services
Informers
International affairs
International agencies
Latin America
Maternal health services
Mental health services
Mexico
Military aircraft
Military training
Misconduct in office
Mothers
Murder
NATO countries
Narcotic traffic
Peru
Police training
Pregnant women
Railroad employees
School boards
School personnel
Smuggling
Students
Summit diplomacy
Terrorism
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Transportation and public works
Transportation workers
Treatment and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts
Warsaw Pact countries
Weapons

Further Reading

  • “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
  • “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
  • “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

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