Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/3555

 120 STAT. 3524

PUBLIC LAW 109–469—DEC. 29, 2006

‘‘(C) law enforcement intelligence and predictive data from the Drug Enforcement Administration showing patterns and trends in abuse, trafficking, and transportation in methamphetamine and listed chemicals. ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION.—Before the Director awards any funds to a high intensity drug trafficking area, the Director shall certify that the law enforcement entities participating in that HIDTA are providing laboratory seizure data to the national clandestine laboratory database at the El Paso Intelligence Center. ‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy to carry out this section— ‘‘(1) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; ‘‘(2) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; ‘‘(3) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; ‘‘(4) $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and ‘‘(5) $280,000,000 for each of fiscal year 2011.’’. Dawson Family Community Protection Act. 21 USC 1701 note. Carnell Dawson. Angela Dawson. 21 USC 1706 note.

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SEC. 302. FUNDING FOR CERTAIN HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Dawson Family Community Protection Act’’. (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: (1) In the early morning hours of October 16, 2002, the home of Carnell and Angela Dawson was firebombed in apparent retaliation for Mrs. Dawson’s notification to police about persistent drug distribution activity in their East Baltimore City neighborhood. (2) The arson claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson and their 5 young children, aged 9 to 14. (3) The horrific murder of the Dawson family is a stark example of domestic narco-terrorism. (4) In all phases of counternarcotics law enforcement— from prevention to investigation to prosecution to reentry— the voluntary cooperation of ordinary citizens is a critical component. (5) Voluntary cooperation is difficult for law enforcement officials to obtain when citizens feel that cooperation carries the risk of violent retaliation by illegal drug trafficking organizations and their affiliates. (6) Public confidence that law enforcement is doing all it can to make communities safe is a prerequisite for voluntary cooperation among people who may be subject to intimidation or reprisal (or both). (7) Witness protection programs are insufficient on their own to provide security because many individuals and families who strive every day to make distressed neighborhoods livable for their children, other relatives, and neighbors will resist or refuse offers of relocation by local, State, and Federal prosecutorial agencies and because, moreover, the continued presence of strong individuals and families is critical to preserving and strengthening the social fabric in such communities. (8) Where (as in certain sections of Baltimore City) interstate trafficking of illegal drugs has severe ancillary local consequences within areas designated as high intensity drug trafficking areas, it is important that supplementary High Intensity

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