A bill to provide additional enforcement authority for the Forest Service to deal with the production of controlled substances on the national forest system, and for other purposes.
National Forest System Drug Enforcement and Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986 to provide additional law enforcement authority for the Forest Service in dealing with Controlled Substances Act violations by: (1) removing the limitation on the number of Service personnel who may exercise specified law enforcement powers; and (2) permitting the exercise of such powers by Service personnel outside the boundaries of the National Forest System.
Grants the Service authority, with respect to the specified law enforcement powers, to: (1) coordinate investigations and enforcement activities and prepare national and regional strategy plans in coordination with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (2) cooperate with the Attorney General in carrying out the seizure and forfeiture provisions of the Controlled Substances Act as such activities relate to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances within the System.
Establishes criminal penalties for polluting Federal lands while manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled substance.
Became Public Law No: 100-690.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.
Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
See H.R.5210.
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