(1) In generalThe National Drug Control Strategy submitted under subsection (a)(2) shall include the following:(A) A mission statement detailing the major functions of the National Drug Control Program.
(B) Comprehensive, research-based, long-range, quantifiable goals for reducing illicit drug use, and the consequences of illicit drug use in the United States.
(C) Annual quantifiable and measurable objectives and specific targets to accomplish long-term quantifiable goals that the Director determines may be achieved during each year beginning on the date on which the National Drug Control Strategy is submitted.
(D) A 5-year projection for the National Drug Control Program and budget priorities.
(E) A review of international, State, local, and private sector drug control activities to ensure that the United States pursues coordinated and effective drug control at all levels of government.
(F) A description of how each goal established under subparagraph (B) will be achieved, including for each goal—(i) a list of each relevant National Drug Control Program agency and each such agency’s related programs, activities, and available assets and the role of each such program, activity, and asset in achieving such goal;
(ii) a list of relevant stakeholders and each such stakeholder’s role in achieving such goal;
(iii) an estimate of Federal funding and other resources needed to achieve such goal;
(iv) a list of each existing or new coordinating mechanism needed to achieve such goal; and
(v) a description of the Office’s role in facilitating the achievement of such goal.
(G) For each year covered by the Strategy, a performance evaluation plan for each goal established under subparagraph (B) for each National Drug Control Program agency, including—(i) specific performance measures for each National Drug Control Program agency;
(ii) annual and, to the extent practicable, quarterly objectives and targets for each performance measure; and
(iii) an estimate of Federal funding and other resources needed to achieve each performance objective and target.
(H) A list identifying existing data sources or a description of data collection needed to evaluate performance, including a description of how the Director will obtain such data.
(I) A list of any anticipated challenges to achieving the National Drug Control Strategy goals and planned actions to address such challenges.
(J) A description of how each goal established under subparagraph (B) was determined, including—(i) a description of each required consultation and a description of how such consultation was incorporated; and
(ii) data, research, or other information used to inform the determination to establish the goal.
(K) A description of the current prevalence of illicit drug use in the United States, including both the availability of illicit drugs and the prevalence of substance use disorders.
(L) Such other statistical data and information as the Director considers appropriate to demonstrate and assess trends relating to illicit drug use, the effects and consequences of illicit drug use (including the effects on children), supply reduction, demand reduction, drug-related law enforcement, and the implementation of the National Drug Control Strategy.
(M) A systematic plan for increasing data collection to enable real time surveillance of drug control threats, developing analysis and monitoring capabilities, and identifying and addressing policy questions related to the National Drug Control Strategy and Program, which shall include—(i) a list of policy-relevant questions for which the Director and each National Drug Control Program agency intends to develop evidence to support the National Drug Control Program and Strategy;
(ii) a list of data the Director and each National Drug Control Program agency intends to collect, use, or acquire to facilitate the use of evidence in drug control policymaking and monitoring;
(iii) a list of methods and analytical approaches that may be used to develop evidence to support the National Drug Control Program and Strategy and related policy;
(iv) a list of any challenges to developing evidence to support policymaking, including any barriers to accessing, collecting, or using relevant data;
(v) a description of the steps the Director and the head of each National Drug Control Program agency will take to effectuate the plan; and
(vi) any other relevant information as determined by the Director.
(N) A plan to expand treatment of substance use disorders, which shall—(i) identify unmet needs for treatment for substance use disorders and a strategy for closing the gap between available and needed treatment;
(ii) describe the specific roles and responsibilities of the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies for implementing the plan;
(iii) identify the specific resources required to enable the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies to implement that strategy; and
(iv) identify the resources, including private sources, required to eliminate the unmet need for evidence-based substance use disorder treatment.
(3) Additional strategies(A) In generalThe Director shall include in the National Drug Control Strategy the additional strategies described under this paragraph and shall comply with the following:(i) Provide a copy of the additional strategies to the appropriate congressional committees and to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
(ii) Issue the additional strategies in consultation with the head of each relevant National Drug Control Program agency, any relevant official of a State, local, or Tribal government, and the government of other relevant countries.
(iii) Not change any existing agency authority or construe any strategy described under this paragraph to amend or modify any law governing interagency relationship but may include recommendations about changes to such authority or law.
(iv) Present separately from the rest of any strategy described under this paragraph any information classified under criteria established by an Executive order, or whose public disclosure, as determined by the Director or the head of any relevant National Drug Control Program agency, would be detrimental to the law enforcement or national security activities of any Federal, State, local, or Tribal agency.
(B) Requirement for Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy(i) PurposesThe Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall—(I) set forth the Government’s strategy for preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the international border between the United States and Mexico, including through ports of entry and between ports of entry on that border;(II) state the specific roles and responsibilities of the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies for implementing that strategy; and(III) identify the specific resources required to enable the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies to implement that strategy.
(ii) Specific span related to drug tunnels between the United States and MexicoThe Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall include—(I) a strategy to end the construction and use of tunnels and subterranean passages that cross the international border between the United States and Mexico for the purpose of illegal trafficking of drugs across such border; and(II) recommendations for criminal penalties for persons who construct or use such a tunnel or subterranean passage for such a purpose.
(C) Requirement for Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy(i) PurposesThe Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall—(I) set forth the strategy of the Federal Government for preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the international border between the United States and Canada, including through ports of entry and between ports of entry on the border;(II) state the specific roles and responsibilities of each relevant National Drug Control Program agency for implementing the strategy;(III) identify the specific resources required to enable the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies to implement the strategy;(IV) be designed to promote, and not hinder, legitimate trade and travel; and(V) reflect the unique nature of small communities along the international border between the United States and Canada, ongoing cooperation and coordination with Canadian law,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
enforcement authorities, and variations in the volumes of vehicles and pedestrians crossing through ports of entry along the international border between the United States and Canada. (ii) Specific span related to cross-border Indian reservationsThe Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy shall include—(I) a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of drugs to or through Indian reservations on or near the international border between the United States and Canada; and(II) recommendations for additional assistance, if any, needed by Tribal law enforcement agencies relating to the strategy, including an evaluation of Federal technical and financial assistance, infrastructure capacity building, and interoperability deficiencies.