Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

(a) Establishment There is authorized to be in the Department an Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs who shall be responsible to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs for matters pertaining to international narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement affairs, and such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time designate. (b) Responsibilities In addition to the responsibilities described under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to narcotics, transnational crime, and law enforcement affairs in the conduct of foreign policy by the Department, including, as appropriate, the following: (1) Leading the coordination of programs carried out by United States Government agencies abroad. (2) Overall supervision of policy and resources of international narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement activities. (3) Combating international narcotics production and trafficking, including by carrying out relevant delegated responsibilities under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (4) Strengthening foreign justice systems, including judicial and prosecutorial capacity, appeals systems, law enforcement agencies, prison systems, and the sharing of recovered assets, for the purposes of investigating, prosecuting, and litigating criminal cases related to illicit narcotics production and trafficking and transnational organized crime. (5) Training and equipping foreign police, border control, other government officials, and other civilian law enforcement authorities for anti-crime purposes, including ensuring that no foreign security unit or member of such unit shall receive such assistance from the United States Government absent appropriate vetting. (6) Combatting all forms of transnational organized crime, including human trafficking, illicit trafficking in arms and cultural property, migrant smuggling and facilitating illegal immigration for profit, corruption, money laundering, the illicit smuggling of bulk cash, other forms of illicit finance, the licit use of financial systems for malign purposes, and other new and emerging forms of crime. (7) Identifying and responding to global corruption in accordance with United States national security interests and foreign policy objectives, including strengthening the capacity of foreign government institutions responsible for addressing financial crimes. (8) Coordinating with the Office of National Drug Control Policy to ensure lessons learned from other Federal departments and agencies are available to the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Department. (9) Developing standard requirements for monitoring and evaluation of Bureau programs, including metrics for success that do not rely solely on the amounts of illegal drugs that are produced or seized. (10) Carrying out timely and substantive consultation with chiefs of mission and, as appropriate, the heads of other United States Government agencies to ensure effective coordination of all international narcotics and law enforcement programs carried out overseas by the Department and such other agencies. (11) In coordination with the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs, annually certifying in writing to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that United States enforcement personnel posted abroad whose activities are funded to any extent by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs are complying with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927). (12) Performing such other duties as the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs may from time to time designate.