Establishment of the Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative

(a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative program to assist beneficiary countries with the following: (1) Improving and increasing the rates at which listed chemicals are seized and destroyed. (2) Alleviating the backlog of— (A) listed chemicals to be destroyed; and (B) hazardous waste, generated by illicit drug trafficking, to be disposed of in an environmentally safe and effective manner. (3) Ensuring that seized listed chemicals are not reintroduced into illicit drug production streams. (4) Freeing up storage space for seized listed chemicals. (5) Reducing the environmental impact of listed chemicals and associated waste. (6) Promoting international law enforcement efforts, such as international training and interoperable systems and other shared equipment. (7) Improving the capability of, and infrastructure necessary for, law enforcement to seize and destroy listed chemicals. (b) Implementation plan (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan explaining the manner in which the Secretary will implement the Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative program established in subsection (a). (2) Components The implementation plan required under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A timeline for when assistance to beneficiary countries will begin. (B) A 5-year strategy for each beneficiary country that includes a timeline, budgetary projections, anticipated outcomes, and an overview of objectives. (C) Specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress beneficiary countries make towards achieving the outcomes listed under subsection (a). (D) The roles and responsibilities of each relevant Secretary, their respective department, and any other Federal department or agency in carrying out the Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative program. (E) A plan to address security vulnerabilities and corruption risks, that directly impede the seizure, storage, and destruction of listed chemicals, in each beneficiary country. (F) A plan to update the appropriate congressional committees on the results of the Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative program. (G) An itemized list, for each beneficiary country, of the law enforcement capabilities the Secretary determines— (i) are necessary within the beneficiary country to achieve the outcomes listed under subsection (a); (ii) are not offered by law enforcement in the beneficiary country; and (iii) that law enforcement in the beneficiary country are capable of offering. (H) An itemized list, for each beneficiary country, of the law enforcement capabilities the Secretary determines— (i) are necessary within the beneficiary country to achieve the outcomes listed under subsection (a); (ii) are not offered by law enforcement in the beneficiary country; (iii) that law enforcement in the beneficiary country are not capable of offering; and (iv) that the United States is capable of offering to law enforcement in the beneficiary country. (3) Annual progress report Not later than 1 year after the date on which the implementation plan is required to be submitted under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the results of the Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative program from the previous fiscal year, including— (A) the progress of each beneficiary country participating in such program towards achieving the outcomes listed under subsection (a); (B) with respect to each beneficiary country participating in such program, compliance with, and progress toward, meeting the benchmarks listed for each such country in the implementation plan; and (C) the type and quantity of listed chemicals destroyed by each beneficiary country participating in such program from the previous fiscal year.