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 112 STAT. 2681-681 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (A) require the National Drug Control Program agencies to submit to the Director not later than February 1 of each year a detailed accounting of all funds expended by the agencies for National Drug Control Program activities during the previous fiscal year, and require such accounting to be authenticated by the Inspector General for each agency prior to submission to the Director; and (B) submit to Congress not later than April 1 of each year the information submitted to the Director under subparagraph (A). 21 USC 1705. SEC. 706. DEVELOPMENT, SUBMISSION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY. (a) TIMING, CONTENTS, AND PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY.— (1) TIMING.— Not later than February 1, 1999, the President shall submit to Congress a National Drug Control Strategy, which shall set forth a comprehensive plan, covering a period of not more than 5 years, for reducing drug abuse and the consequences of drug abuse in the United States, by limiting the availability of and reducing the demand for illegal drugs. (2) CONTENTS. — (A) IN GENERAL.— The National Drug Control Strategy submitted under paragraph (1) shall include— (i) comprehensive, research-based, long-range, quantifiable, goals for reducing drug abuse and the consequences of drug abuse in the United States; (ii) annual, quantifiable, and measurable objectives and specific targets to accomplish long-term quantifiable goals that the Director determines may be achieved during each year of the period beginning on the date on which the National Drug Control Strategy is submitted; (iii) 5-year projections for program and budget priorities; and (iv) a review of international. State, local, and private sector drug control activities to ensure that the United States pursues well-coordinated and effective drug control at all levels of government. (B) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. —Any contents of the National Drug Control Strategy that involves information properly classified under criteria established by an Executive order shall be presented to Congress separately from the rest of the National Drug Control Strategy. (3) PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION. — (A) CONSULTATION. — In developing and effectively implementing the National Drug Control Strategy, the Director— (i) shall consult with— (I) the heads of the National Drug Control Program agencies; (II) Congress; (III) State and local officials; (IV) private citizens and organizations with experience and expertise in demand reduction; (V) private citizens and organizations with experience and expertise in supply reduction; and

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