Drug Czar Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1998

Drug Czar Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1998 - Amends Federal law to expand the responsibilities of the Director of National Drug Control Policy to include: (1) establishing Federal policies, objectives, goals, priorities, and performance measures for the National Drug Control Program, and for each Program agency, which shall include targets for reducing the levels of overall unlawful drug use, adolescent unlawful drug use, and drug-related emergency room incidents to January 19, 1993 levels; (2) requiring the submission of specified reports from Program agencies; (3) making recommendations to Program agency heads on the implementation of Federal counter-drug programs; (4) taking actions to oppose any attempt to legalize the use of a substance in any form that is listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act and that has not been approved for medical use by the Food and Drug Administration; and (5) ensuring that drug prevention and drug treatment research and information is effectively disseminated by Program agencies to State and local governments and nongovernmental entities involved in demand reduction. States that certain surveys of drug use among young people in the United States shall not be prohibited under any law. (Sec. 4) Expands the powers of the Director, to include: (1) requiring the heads of Program agencies to provide the Director with statistics, studies, reports, and any other information regarding Federal control of drug abuse; and (2) making recommendations to the National Drug Control Center on the specific projects that the Director determines will enhance the effectiveness of the National Drug Control Strategy. (Sec. 5) Revises National Drug Control Strategy requirements to include: (1) comprehensive, research-based, specific, long-range goals and performance measures (including specific annual targets expressed in terms of precise percentages) for reducing drug abuse and the consequences of drug abuse in the United States; (2) four-year projections for Program priorities, including budget priorities; and (3) the review of international, Federal, and private sector drug control activities (currently, State and local drug control activities). Revises requirements for the assessment of the reduction of drug availability by certain measurements. Sets forth requirements with respect to the establishment of performance measures by the Director. (Sec. 7) Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Office of Drug Control Policy until September 30, 1999. (Sec. 8) Directs the Director to submit a report to the Congress including: (1) proposed goals, targets, performance measures and specific initiatives with respect to the Program, including the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program; and (2) proposals to coordinate the efforts of all Program agencies.