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 100 STAT. 3207-65

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

(1) shall be construed to allow United States officers or employees to engage or participate in activities prohibited by this paragraph in a country with respect to which this paragraph applies. "(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not prohibit an officer or employee from taking direct action to protect life or safety if exigent circumstances arise which are unanticipated and which pose an immediate threat to United States officers or employees, officers or employees of a foreign government, or members of the public. "(4) With the agreement of a foreign country, paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply with respect to maritime law enforcement operations in the territorial sea of that country. "(5) No officer or employee of the United States may interrogate or be present during the interrogation of any United States person arrested in any foreign country with respect to narcotics control efforts without the written consent of such person. "(6) This subsection shall not apply to the activities of the United States Armed Forces in carrying out their responsibilities under applicable Status of Forces arrangements.". SEC. 2010. ISSUANCE OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS FOR DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AGENTS ABROAD. Reports.

The Congress commends the decision of the Secretary of State to issue diplomatic passports, rather than official passports, to officials and employees of the Drug Enforcement Administration who are assigned abroad. The Secretary shall report to the Congress before making any change in this policy. SEC. 2011. INFORMATION-SHARING SO THAT VISAS ARE DENIED TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

(a) NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The Congress is concerned that the executive branch has not established a comprehensive information system on all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the United States so that information may be communicated to the appropriate United States embassies, even though the establishment of such a system is required by section 132 of the 8 USC 1182 note. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Reports. (h) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—The executive branch shall act expeditiously to establish the comprehensive information system required by section 132 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, and submit to the Congress a report that the system has been established. SEC. 2012. CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR BOLIVIA.

(a) OPERATION BLAST FURNACE.—(1) It is the sense of the Congress that— (A) the Government of Bolivia's recent drug interdiction operations in cooperation with the United States (Operation Blast Furnace) evinced a determination to combat the growing power of the narcotics trade and narcotics traffickers; (B) the operation has had a dramatic effect on the coca trade in that country by dropping the price of coca below the cost of production; (C) as a result of this operation the coca trade has in the short '*'^' term been sharply constricted; (D) the restoration of non-coca dependent economic growth in Bolivia is crucial to the achievement of long-term progress in controlling illicit narcotics production; and.,.....

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