HR 4786 · 100th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Insular Areas Drug Abuse Amendments of 1988
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: See H.R.5210.(1988-10-22)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Insular Areas Drug Abuse Amendments of 1988 - Amends the United States Insular Areas Drug Abuse Act of 1986 to add the Secretary of Education as a principal in administering such Act's enforcement and administration provisions. Applies such Act to substance abuse generally rather than limiting it solely to drug abuse. Replaces current authorizations with an authorization for FY 1989 and subsequent fiscal years for grants to the Governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico (amounts to remain available until expended), and Palau, to be spent in accordance with an approved plan. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide the Government of American Samoa with a vessel for narcotics enforcement and other law enforcement activities. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for a grant to the Government of Guam to be spent for drug abuse law enforcement equipment in accordance with an approved plan. Directs the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to station not fewer than four agents: (1) to an office in Guam who shall be assigned to the Micronesian region; and (2) in the Virgin Islands who shall be assigned to the easte…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
Cosponsors (3)
2 Democrats1 Republican