PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985
99 STAT. 751
Guard for fiscal year 1986 required to be maintained by section 3 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984 (Public Law 98557; 98 Stat. 2860). SEC. 1422. ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (a) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR ELEMENTS ASSISTING CIVILIAN
DRUG INTERDICTION.—(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1986 such sums as may be necessary for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of airborne surveillance, detection, and interdiction units in the Department of Defense. (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1986 such sums as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Directorate of the Department of Defense Task Force on Drug Law Enforcement. (b) COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COORDINATION.—A special operations headquarters element shall provide necessary command, control, and coordination of appropriate active or Reserve component special operations forces, combat rescue units, and other units for participation by such forces and units in drug law-enforcement assistance missions. (c) REPORT ON PLANS TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH CIVILIAN DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.—Not later than December 1, 1985,
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the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the manner in which the Department of Defense plans to obligate and expend funds appropriated or expected to be appropriated pursuant to the authorizations contained in this section. The report shall include a description of— (1) actions or proposed actions to establish, operate, and maintain reserve component forces, airborne surveillance, detection, and interdiction units, including— (A) actions or proposed actions to consolidate or establish, in a Special Operations Wing of thib Air Force (reserve or active component), command, control, and coordination of Air Force Special Operations aircraft (including aircraft assigned to the Special Operations Wing of the Regular Air Force on or before March 1, 1985); and (B) in the case of any such aircraft which are not to remain assigned to a Special Operation Wing of the Air Force, the disposition or planned disposition of those aircraft; (2) actions and proposed actions to use rotary-wing and fixedwing aircraft of the Department of Defense as well as other measures necessary to furnish (commensurate with military readiness and the provisions of chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code) optimal support to civilian law enforcement agen- lo USC 371 et cies; and seq. (3) actions and proposed actions to promote dual use between the reserve component forces and civilian law enforcement agencies of the Department of Defense aircraft and other Department of Defense resources made available to civilian law enforcement agencies for the purpose of carrying out drug interdiction missions.
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