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 112 STAT. 2681-701 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (4) For procurement of 2 mobile x-ray machines, with operation and maintenance support. SEC. 824. MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES. Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhanced precursor chemical control projects, in the total amount of $500,000. SEC. 825. BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICA- TIONS OF OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL.—It is the sense of Congress that any individual serving in the position of assistant secretary in any department or agency of the Federal Government who has primary responsibility for international narcotics control and law enforcement, and the principal deputy of any such assistant secretary, shall have substantial professional qualifications in the fields of— (1) management; (2) Federal law enforcement or intelligence; and (3) foreign policy. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO DEFICIENCIES IN INTER- NATIONAL NARCOTICS ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.— It is the sense of Congress that the responsiveness and effectiveness of international narcotics assistance activities under the Department of State have been severely hampered due, in part, to the lack of law enforcement expertise by responsible personnel in the Department of State. Subtitle C—Enhanced Alternative Crop Development Support in Source Zone SEC. 831. ALTERNATIVE CROP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT. Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Agency for International Development for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for alternative development programs in the total amount of $180,000,000 which shall be available as follows: (1) In the Guaviare, Putumayo, and Caqueta regions in Colombia. (2) In the Ucayali, Apurimac, and Huallaga Valley regions in Peru. (3) In the Chapare and Yungas regions in Bolivia. SEC. 832. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE COUNTERDRUG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL. —There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, $23,000,000 to support the counternarcotics research efforts of the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Of that amount, funds are authorized as follows: (1) $5,000,000 shall be used for crop eradication technologies. (2) $2,000,000 shall be used for narcotics plant identification, chemistry, and biotechnology. (3) $1,000,000 shall be used for worldwide crop identification, detection tagging, and production estimation technology. (4) $5,000,000 shall be used for improving the disease resistance, yield, and economic competitiveness of commercial

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