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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2081
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Act Reauthorization
Act of 1998 to ensure that adequate funding is provided for certain
high intensity drug trafficking areas.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 12, 2004
Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Biden)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Act Reauthorization
Act of 1998 to ensure that adequate funding is provided for certain
high intensity drug trafficking areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dawson Family Community Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In the early morning hours of October 16, 2002, the
home of Carnell and Angela Dawson was firebombed in apparent
retaliation for Mrs. Dawson's notification of police about
persistent drug distribution activity in their East Baltimore
City neighborhood.
(2) The arson claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson and
their 5 young children, aged 9 to 14.
(3) The horrific murder of the Dawson family is a stark
example of domestic narco-terrorism.
(4) In all phases of counter-narcotics law enforcement--
from prevention to investigation to prosecution to reentry--the
voluntary cooperation of ordinary citizens is a critical
component.
(5) Voluntary cooperation is difficult for law enforcement
officials to obtain when citizens feel that cooperation carries
the risk of violent retaliation by illegal drug trafficking
organizations and their affiliates.
(6) Public confidence that law enforcement is doing all it
can to make communities safe is a prerequisite for voluntary
cooperation among people who may be subject to intimidation or
reprisal (or both).
(7) Witness protection programs are insufficient on their
own to provide security because many individuals and families
who strive every day to make distressed neighborhoods livable
for their children, other relatives, and neighbors will resist
or refuse offers of relocation by local, State, and Federal
prosecutorial agencies and because, moreover, the continued
presence of strong individuals and families is critical to
preserving and strengthening the social fabric in such
communities.
(8) Where (as in certain sections of Baltimore City)
interstate trafficking of illegal drugs has severe ancillary
local consequences within areas designated as High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas, it is important that supplementary
HIDTA Program funds be committed to support initiatives aimed
at making the affected communities safe for the residents of
those communities and encouraging their cooperation with local,
State, and Federal law enforcement efforts to combat illegal
drug trafficking.
SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR CERTAIN HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS.
(a) In General.--Section 707(d) of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy Act Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706(d);
Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-670) is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Authorization and Use of Funds.--
``(1) Authorization.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $5,000,000 to be used in high intensity drug
trafficking areas with severe neighborhood safety and illegal
drug distribution problems to--
``(A) ensure the safety of neighborhoods and the
protection of communities, including the prevention of
the intimidation of potential witnesses of illegal drug
distribution and related activities; and
``(B) combat illegal drug trafficking through such
methods as the Director considers appropriate, such as
establishing or operating (or both) a toll-free
telephone hotline for use by the public to provide
information about illegal drug-related activities.
``(2) Use of funds.--The Director shall ensure that no
Federal funds appropriated for the High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Program are expended for the establishment or
expansion of drug treatment programs.''.
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