Drug Interdiction Coordinator and Committee
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(a) United States Interdiction Coordinator
(1) In general
The Director shall designate or appoint an appointee in the Senior Executive Service or an appointee in a position at level 15 of the General Schedule (or equivalent) as the United States Interdiction Coordinator to perform the duties of that position described in paragraph (2) and such other duties as may be determined by the Director with respect to coordination of efforts to interdict illicit drugs from entering the United States.
(2) ResponsibilitiesThe United States Interdiction Coordinator shall be responsible to the Director for—
(A)
coordinating the interdiction activities of the National Drug Control Program agencies to ensure consistency with the National Drug Control Strategy;
(B)
on behalf of the Director, developing and issuing, on or before September 1 of each year and in accordance with paragraph (4), a National Interdiction Command and Control Plan to ensure the coordination and consistency described in subparagraph (A);
(C)
assessing the sufficiency of assets committed to illicit drug interdiction by the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies; and
(D)
advising the Director on the efforts of each National Drug Control Program agency to implement the National Interdiction Command and Control Plan.