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                                                  For Release on Delivery
                                                  Expected at 3:45 p.m. EDT

                                                  Thursday, July 8, 1971

                 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
                              STATEMENT OF
        ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
      BEFORE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE,
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                   ON
                    H.R. 8093, 6882 AND SIMILAR BILLS
                    DESIGNED TO PREVENT NARCOTIC DRUGS
               FROM UNLAWFULLY ENTERING THE UNITED STATES


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased to be here today, at the invitation of the Sub-

committee, to offer comments on H.R. 8093, 6882 and other similar

bills which reflect the concern in the Congress for more effective

means of countering the unlawful entry of narcotic drugs into the

United States.

     My comments are related primarily to the provisions of the bills

bearing directly upon the responsibilities of the Comptroller General,

and specifically to amend Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act

of 1961 to require that:

     (V)(l)The Comptroller General of the United States shall
     review and determine annually (A) the effectiveness of
     measures being taken by each foreign country to prevent
     narcotic drugs, partially or completely produced or pro-
     cessed in such country, from unlawfully entering the United
     States, and (B) whether that country has undertaken appro-
     priate measures to prevent any such narcotic drug from un-
     lawfully entering the United States. Not later than March 31
     of each year, the Comptroller General shall make a report to
     the Congress of his review and determinations for the pre-
     ceding calendar year.

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