PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-674 (6) shall appear before duly constituted committees and subcommittees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate to represent the drug policies of the executive branch; (7) shall notify any National Drug Control Program agency if its policies are not in compliance with the responsibilities of the agency under the National Drug Control Strategy, transmit a copy of each such notification to the President, and msdntain a copy of each such notification; (8) shall provide, by July 1 of each year, budget recommendations, including requests for specific initiatives that are consistent with the priorities of the President under the National Drug Control Strategy, to the heads of departments and agencies with responsibilities under the National Drug Control Program, which recommendations shall— (A) apply to the next budget yeai* scheduled for formulation under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and each of the 4 subsequent fiscal years; jmd (B) address funding priorities developed in the National Drug Control Strategy; (9) may serve as representative of the President in appearing before Congress on all issues relating to the National Drug Control Program; (10) shall, in any matter affecting national security interests, work in conjunction with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; (11) may serve as spokesperson of the Administration on drug issues; (12) shall ensure that no Federal funds appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall be expended for any study or contract relating to the legalization (for a medical use or any other use) of a substance listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substiances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) and take such actions as necessary tiD oppose any attempt to legalize the use of a substance (in any form) that— (A) is listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812); and (B) has not been approved for use for medical purposes by the Food and Drug Administration; (13) shall require each National Drug Control Program agency to submit to the Director on an annual basis (beginning in 1999) an evaluation of progress by the agency with respect to drug control program goals using the psrformance measures for the agency developed under section 706(c), including progress with respect to— (A) success in reducing domestic and foreign sources of illegal drugs; (B) success in protecting the borders of the United States (and in particular the Southwestern border of the United States) from penetration by illegal narcotics; (C) success in reducing violent crime associated with drug use in the United States; (D) success in reducing the negative health and social consequences of drug use in the United States; and (E) implementation of drug treatment and prevention programs in the United States and improvements in the adequacy and effectiveness of such pro^»rams;
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