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(a) In general Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, and in coordination with other agencies of the Department of Justice, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, shall structure the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (in this section, referred to as Task Forces) to combat transnational organized crime and to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics in the United States by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to enforcement. (b) Covered agency For the purpose of subsection (a), the following are covered agencies: (1) Department of the Treasury. (2) Department of Homeland Security. (3) U.S. Postal Service. (4) Department of Labor. (5) Department of State. (c) Report (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, in conjunction with the head of each covered agency, shall submit a joint report on the successes of the Task Forces to— (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; (E) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Classification and public release The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) submitted in unclassified form, to the greatest extent possible, with a classified annex only if necessary; and (B) in the case of the unclassified portion of the report, posted on the public website of the Department of Justice and each covered agency included in the Task Forces. (d) Sunset This Act shall have no force or effect after January 20, 2029. (e) Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces described In this Act, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces refers to the task forces established by and under the direction of the Attorney General and announced on October 14, 1982, in the Remarks Announcing Federal Initiatives Against Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime.