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Law |
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Office of National Drug Control Policy, otherwise
known as the office of the White House's "Drug Czar," designs
anti-drug strategies and coordinates U.S. government counternarcotics
efforts.
ONDCP
receives some "discretionary funding," money that is not
directed for a specific purpose, through a Special Forfeiture Fund.
This fund gets its resources from the Justice and Treasury Departments,
which maintain Assets Forfeiture Funds from the seized assets of
convicted drug offenders. The Special Forfeiture Fund may also receive
resources through specific congressional appropriations.
ONDCP
did not receive discretionary funding from the Special Forfeiture
Fund in 1996. In 1997, however, it received $112.9 million, $60.9
million of which was made available to the office's director to
distribute to other agencies.
Of
this amount, $11.5 million went to international programs, all of
them in Latin America. These included the following.
- A
one-time transfer of $9.8 million to the State Department's Bureau
of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
INL used this funding to provide aid to Peru through its International
Narcotics Control (INC) program, which budgeted
$25.75 million of its own funds for Peru in 1997.
According to a June 1997 press release from ONDCP, "U.S.
funding will be used to support the A-37 aircraft which are employed
in patrolling the 'airbridge' between Peru and Colombia. Specifically,
the funds will support engine overhauls, maintenance, parts and
materials. Additionally, the resources will augment counternarcotics
operational support for Peru's National Anti-Drug Directorate,
Navy and Coast Guard."1
A February 1998 ONDCP memo states that $4.5 million of the transfer
went to the refurbishment of "Peruvian Air Force aircraft
flying source country interdiction and crop eradication missions."
The remaining $5.3 million funded riverine drug interdiction assistance
to the Peruvian National Police, Navy, and Coast Guard, supporting
"operational and tactical missions in coca-producing areas
and a capability for small riverine patrol craft operations in
Peruvian waterways."2
- A
one-time transfer of $500,000 to the Narcotics Affairs Section
at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia for "Colombian aviation support."
This funding went "to replenish stockpiles of helicopter
spare parts and purchase fuel for helicopters and spray planes."3
- A
one-time transfer of $1.2 million to the Defense Department for
"source country operations." This funding supported
"a variety of DoD [Department of Defense] counterdrug operational,
support and intelligence programs in South America, including
Peru."4
ONDCP
will not receive discretionary funding in 1998; it has requested
$26 million from this source for 1999. The destination of that money
has not yet been reported.
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The
ONDCP Special Forfeiture Fund is governed by section 1509 of Title
21, U.S. Code. It was enacted as part of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of
1988.
The
Fund's purpose is to provide supplementary resources for the head
of ONDCP for drug control efforts. Within four months of the end
of a fiscal year, the President must submit to Congress a detailed
report on the Fund's deposits and expenditures.
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| Country |
Receiving
Department |
1997 |
| Peru
- Aviation Refurbishment |
State
Department |
$4.5
million |
| Peru
- Riverine Program |
State
Department |
$5.3
million |
| Colombia
- Aviation Support |
State
Department / Narcotics Affairs Station - Bogotá |
$500,000 |
| Source
Country Operations |
Defense
Department |
$1.2
million |
| Total |
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$11.5
million |
Source:
1
United States, Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug
Control Policy, "Drug Czar McCaffrey Announces New $9.8 million To
Fight Drug Traffickers in Peru," press release, June 26, 1997, March
1998 <http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press/062697.html>.
2
United States, Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug
Control Policy, memo in response to congressional inquiry, February 1998.
3
United States, Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug
Control Policy, memo in response to congressional inquiry, February 1998.
4
United States, Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug
Control Policy, memo in response to congressional inquiry, February 1998.
Office of National Drug Control Policy Discretionary Funding
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