S.Amdt. 2451

SA 2451. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1014. PRECURSOR CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION INITIATIVE.

(a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the
``Destruction Initiative for Stored Precursors Overseas and
Safe Enforcement Act'' or the ``DISPOSE Act''.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Beneficiary countries.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the term ``beneficiary countries'' means Colombia, Mexico,
and Peru.
(B) Updates.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, may add or
remove 1 or more countries from the list of beneficiary
countries under subparagraph (A) after providing written
notification of such changes to the appropriate congressional
committees.
(3) Listed chemical.--The term ``listed chemical'' has the
meaning given such term in section 102 of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
(c) Authorization.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General, may
carry out the ``Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative''
in beneficiary countries to achieve the purposes described in
paragraph (2).
(2) Purposes.--The purposes described in this paragraph
are--
(A) improving and increasing rates of seizure and
destruction of listed chemicals in beneficiary countries;
(B) alleviating the backlog of seized listed chemicals and
disposing the hazardous waste generated by illicit drug
trafficking in beneficiary countries in an environmentally
safe and effective manner;
(C) ensuring that seized listed chemicals are not
reintroduced into the illicit drug production stream within
beneficiary countries;
(D) freeing up storage space for future listed chemical
seizures within beneficiary countries; or
(E) reducing the negative environmental impact of listed
chemicals.
(d) Implementation Plan; Progress Updates.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of
Defense, shall submit an implementation plan to the
appropriate congressional committees that includes a timeline
and stated objectives for actions to be taken in beneficiary
countries in support of the Precursor Chemical Destruction
Initiative.
(2) Elements.--The implementation plan required under
paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) a multi-year strategy with a timeline, overview of
objectives, budgetary projections, and anticipated outcomes
for the region and for each beneficiary country;
(B) specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress
of the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative towards
accomplishing the outcomes referred to in subparagraph (A);
(C) a plan for the delineation of the roles to be carried
out by the Department of State, the Department of Justice,
the Department of Defense, and any other Federal department
or agency in carrying out the Precursor Chemical Destruction
Initiative; and
(D) a plan for addressing security and government
corruption and providing updates to the appropriate
congressional committees on the results of such efforts.
(3) Annual progress update.--Not later than 1 year after
the submission of the implementation plan pursuant to
paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Secretary of
State, in coordination with the Attorney General and the
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a written description of the results
achieved by the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative,
including--
(A) the implementation of the strategy and plans described
in paragraph (1);
(B) compliance with, and progress related to, meeting the
benchmarks referred to in paragraph (2)(B); and
(C) the type and quantity of listed chemicals destroyed by
each beneficiary country.
(e) Funding.--The Secretary of State shall use amounts
otherwise appropriated for International Narcotics Control
and Law Enforcement programs managed by the Department of
State to carry out this section.
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