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 112 STAT. 2681-703 PUBLIC LAW 105-277 —OCT. 21, 1998 Subtitle D—Enhanced International Law Enforcement Training SEC. 841. ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY TRAINING. (a) MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER.— Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Transportation and the Department of the Treasury for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the joint estabhshment, operation, and maintenance in San Juan, Puerto Rico, of a center for training law enforcement personnel of countries located in the Latin American and Caribbean regions in matters relating to maritime law enforcement, including customs-related ports management matters, as follows: (1) For each such fiscal year for funding by the Department of Transportation, $1,500,000. (2) For each such fiscal year for funding by the Department of the Treasury, $1,500,000. (b) UNITED STATES COAST GUARD INTERNATIONAL MARITIME TRAINING VESSEL. —Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Transportation for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of maritime training vessels in the total amount of $15,000,000 which shall be available for the following purposes: (1) For a vessel for international maritime training, which shall visit participating Latin American and Caribbean nations on a rotating schedule in order to provide law enforcement training and to perform maintenance on participating national assets. (2) For support of the United States Coast Guard Balsam Class Buoy Tender training vessel. SEC. 842. ENHANCED UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT INTER- NATIONAL TRAINING. (a) MEXICO. —Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for substantial exchanges for Mexican judges, prosecutors, and police, in the total amount of $2,000,000 for each such fiscal year. The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of State regarding such exchanges. (b) BRAZIL.—Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for enhanced support for the Brazilian Federal Police Training Center, in the total amount of $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year. The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of State regarding such enhanced support. (c) PANAMA. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Transportation for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for operation and maintenance, for locating and operating Coast Guard assets so as to strengthen the capability of the Coast Guard of Panama to patrol the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Panama for drug enforcement and interdiction activities, in the total amount of $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year. The Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the Secretgiry of State regarding the location and operation of such assets for such purposes.

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