Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of the amendment. Mr. Chairman. I think the gentlemans amendment is a good amendment. It is very straightforward. It simply says the Department of Defense and the military shall assist. and the word is "assist." no particular details to it. the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs in their efforts at antinarcotics. Mr. Chairman. I think that is extremely important. particularly with regard to the Customs question. In this bill what we are proposing to do is to. in essence. put into the hands of Customs the full force of the air control and surveillance that we want to have. not only at our direct border but also over the source country region and in the transit zone. in the sense that they would get 10 planes. specifically designed P3s with AWACStype radar on them. to be the eyes that can look down and survey the area of the waters. that before these planes that might be coming to the United States with drugs can get here in the air over the source countries of Colombia.
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