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 100 STAT. 3207-67

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

agents, including the refusal of permission to such agents engaged in interdiction of aerial smuggling into the United States to pursue suspected aerial smugglers a reasonable distance into the airspace of the requested country; and (2) describing for each country listed under paragraph (1) the activities and identities of officials whose activities caused such country to be so listed. Banks and (b) RESTRICTIONS.—No United States assistance may be furnished banking. to any country listed under subsection (a)(1), and the United States representative to any multilateral development bank shall vote to oppose any loan or other use of the funds of such bank for the benefit of any country listed under subsection (a)(1), unless the President certifies to the Congress that— (1) overriding vital national interests require the provision of such assistance; (2) such assistance would improve the prospects for cooperation with such country in halting the flow of illegal drugs; and (3) the government of such country has made bona fide efforts to investigate and prosecute appropriate charges for any crime described in subsection (a)(1)(C) which may have been committed in such country. (c) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—The restrictions contained in subsection (b) are in addition to the restrictions contained in section Ante, p. 3207-61. 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law. (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the terms "major illicit drug producing country", "major drug-transit country", and "United States assistance" have the same meaning as is given to Ante, p. 3207-63. those terms by section 481(i) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. SEC. 2014. COMBATING NARCOTERRORISM.

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(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that the increased cooperation and collaboration between narcotics traffickers and terrorist groups constitutes a serious threat to United States national security interests and to the political stability of numerous other countries, particularly in Latin America. (b) IMPROVED CAPABILITY FOR RESPONDING TO NARCOTERRORISM.—

The President shall take concrete steps to improve the capability of the executive branch— .H '.i \C,!;,»pi (1) to collect information concerning the links between narcotics traffickers and the acts of terrorism abroad, and f (2) to develop an effective and coordinated means for responding to the threat which those links pose. President of U.S. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Reports. President shall report to the Congress on the steps taken pursuant to this subsection. (c) ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE PROGRAM.—Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 1987 to carry out section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346c; relating to the administration of justice program), funds may be used to provide to Colombia or other countries in the region such assistance as they may request for protection of judicial or other officials who are targets of narcoterrorist attacks. (d) REWARD CONCERNING JORGE LUIS OCHOA VASQUEZ.—It is

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sense of the Congress that the authority of section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), as amended by section 502(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and

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