21 USC 2331 - Director of National Intelligence program on use of intelligence resources in efforts to sanction foreign opioid traffickers

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

§ 2331.

Director of National Intelligence program on use of intelligence resources in efforts to sanction foreign opioid traffickers

(a)

Program required

(1)

In general

(2)

Focus on illicit finance

To the extent practicable, efforts described in paragraph (1) shall—

(A)

take into account specific illicit finance risks related to narcotics trafficking; and

(B)

be developed in consultation with the Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, appropriate officials of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the Treasury, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and appropriate Federal law enforcement agencies.

(b)

Review of counternarcotics efforts of the intelligence community

(c)

Reports and briefings

(1)

Reports and briefings on program

(A)

Annual reports

(B)

Semiannual briefings

(2)

Report on review

Not later than 120 days after December 20, 2019, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and other relevant agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership—

(A)

a comprehensive description of the results of the review required by subsection (b); and

(B)

an assessment of whether—

(i)

the priorities described in that subsection are appropriate and sufficient in light of the number of lives lost in the United States each year due to use of illegal drugs; and

(ii)

any changes to such priorities are necessary.

(d)

Intelligence community defined

(Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXII, § 7231, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2273; Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6811(h), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3601.)

cite as: 21 USC 2331