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[CITE: 21USC1901]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
             CHAPTER 24--INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
 
Sec. 1901. Findings and policy


(a) Findings

    Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) Presidential Decision Directive 42, issued on October 21, 
    1995, ordered agencies of the executive branch of the United States 
    Government to, inter alia, increase the priority and resources 
    devoted to the direct and immediate threat international crime 
    presents to national security, work more closely with other 
    governments to develop a global response to this threat, and use 
    aggressively and creatively all legal means available to combat 
    international crime.
        (2) Executive Order No. 12978 of October 21, 1995, provides for 
    the use of the authorities in the International Emergency Economic 
    Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to target and apply 
    sanctions to four international narcotics traffickers and their 
    organizations that operate from Colombia.
        (3) IEEPA was successfully applied to international narcotics 
    traffickers in Colombia and based on that successful case study, 
    Congress believes similar authorities should be applied worldwide.
        (4) There is a national emergency resulting from the activities 
    of international narcotics traffickers and their organizations that 
    threatens the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
    United States.

(b) Policy

    It shall be the policy of the United States to apply economic and 
other financial sanctions to significant foreign narcotics traffickers 
and their organizations worldwide to protect the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States from the threat 
described in subsection (a)(4) of this section.

(Pub. L. 106-120, title VIII, Sec. 802, Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1626.)

                       References in Text

    Executive Order No. 12978, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is Ex. 
Ord. No. 12978, Oct. 21, 1995, 60 F.R. 54579, which is set out as a note 
under section 1701 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
    The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(2), is title II of Pub. L. 95-223, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 
1626, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1701 
et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 1701 of Title 50 and Tables.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-120, title VIII, Sec. 811, Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1636, 
provided that: ``This title [see Short Title note set out below] shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 3, 1999].''


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 106-120, title VIII, Sec. 801, Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1626, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting this chapter and amending section 
1182 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality] may be cited as the `Foreign 
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act'.''
