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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 20, 2001
Afghanistan Illegal Drug Eradication Act - Prohibits U.S. assistance for Afghanistan unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that the national Government of Afghanistan: (1) does not engage in the cultivation of poppies or drug trafficking or otherwise facilitate the cultivation, production, transportation, or distribution of illegal drugs; (2) has destroyed all illegal drugs held in storage at locations owned, operated, controlled, or seized by the Government; and (3) has established and is implementing appropriate institutional mechanisms to prohibit the cultivation, production, transportation, and distribution of illegal drugs, including appropriate enforcement mechanisms.Prohibits assistance for an individual or entity in Afghanistan that cultivates, produces, transports, or distributes illegal drugs. Requires any officer or employee of a U.S. department or agency to report any knowledge of facts or circumstances that reasonably indicate that any individual or entity in Afghanistan that receives U.S. assistance is involved in any such activity to the Attorney General and the Inspector General or head of the department or agency involved.
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Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] · D–CA
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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