>S.2341 Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act (Introduced in U.S.
Senate)
>same bill is:
>
>H.R.4300 Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act (Introduced in the
House)
>following is section on military aid to Colombia:
>
>
> SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR COLOMBIA
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>(a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE- Funds are authorized to be appropriated for
the
>Department of State for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the
enhancement
>of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia , as follows:
>
> (1) For each such fiscal year for sustaining support of the
> helicopters and fixed wing fleet of the national police of
> Colombia , $6,000,000.
>
> (2) For the purchase of DC-3 transport aircraft for the
national
> police of Colombia , the total amount of $2,000,000.
>
> (3) For acquisition of concertina wire and tunneling detection
> systems at the La Picota prison of the national police of
> Colombia , the total amount of $1,250,000.
>
> (4) For the purchase of minigun systems for the national police
> of Colombia, the total amount of $6,000,000.
>
> (5) For the purchase of 6 UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters
> for the national police of Colombia, the total amount of
> $60,000,000 for procurement and an additional amount of
> $12,000,000 for each such fiscal year for operation,
maintenance,
> and training.
>
>
>(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE- Funds are authorized to be appropriated for
the
>Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the
>enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia, as
follows:
>
> (1) For procurement, Defense-wide, for upgrade of 50 UH-1H
> helicopters to the Huey II configuration equipped with miniguns
> for the use of the national police of Colombia, the total
amount
> of $70,000,000.
>
> (2) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance,
> Defense-wide, for forward deployment of 5 riverine operations
> maintenance platforms for the use of the Army of Colombia,
> $2,000,000.
>
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