[Senate Report 110-397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 831
110th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 110-397
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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2009
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June 23, 2008.--Ordered to be printed
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Ms. Mikulski, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 3182]
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 3182)
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, reports
favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.
Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2009
Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $60,100,709,000
Amount of 2008 appropriations........................... 53,734,969,000
Amount of 2009 budget estimate.......................... 55,929,033,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
2008 appropriations................................. +6,365,740,000
2009 budget estimate................................ +4,171,676,000
CONTENTS
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Purpose of the Bill.............................................. 3
Summary of the Bill.............................................. 3
Reprogrammings, Reorganizations, and Relocations................. 6
Congressional Budget Justifications.............................. 7
Electronic Government (E-Gov) Initiatives........................ 8
Noncareer Personnel Reductions-in-Force.......................... 8
Appropriations Liaisons.......................................... 8
Title I: Department of Commerce.................................. 9
Title II: Department of Justice.................................. 40
Title III: Science............................................... 87
Title IV:
Related Agencies:
Commission on Civil Rights............................... 108
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.................. 108
International Trade Commission........................... 109
Legal Services Corporation............................... 109
Marine Mammal Commission................................. 110
Office of the United States Trade Representative......... 111
State Justice Institute.................................. 111
Title V: General Provisions...................................... 112
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Sen-
ate............................................................ 114
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c) Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 116
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 117
Budgetary Impact of Bill......................................... 119
Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items............ 119
Purpose of the Bill
The bill provides funding for: (1) the Department of
Commerce and its bureaus, and administrations: the
International Trade Administration [ITA], the Bureau of
Industry and Security [BIS], the Economic Development
Administration [EDA], the Bureau of the Census, the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration [NTIA], the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [PTO], the National Institute
of Standards and Technology [NIST], and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]; (2) the Department of
Justice; (3) several independent science agencies: Office of
Science and Technology Policy [OSTP], the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration [NASA], the National Science
Foundation [NSF]; and (4) several related commissions and
agencies: the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission [EEOC], the International Trade
Commission [ITC], the Legal Services Corporation [LSC], the
Marine Mammal Commission, the U.S. Trade Representative [USTR],
and the State Justice Institute [SJI].
Summary of the Bill
The Committee recommends total discretionary appropriations
of $57,900,000,000 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
science, and related agencies for fiscal year 2009. This amount
is $4,216,676,000 above the President's budget request.
Security.--First and foremost, this bill protects our
Nation and our communities from terrorism and violent crime.
Counterterrorism.--The bill funds the Federal Bureau of
Investigation [FBI], our country's domestic counterterrorism
agency. The Committee recommendation fully supports the FBI's
lead role in securing domestic national security by
safeguarding the United States against weapons of mass
destruction, terrorist attacks, and internal espionage.
Accordingly, the recommendation supports initiatives totaling
$369,635,000 above the fiscal year 2008 level to improve
intelligence, including the addition of agents devoted to
counterterrorism efforts. Through the Committee's full support,
agents will be provided with the tools to improve intelligence
driven investigations and enhance human presence in
intelligence gathering.
A key FBI security mission is to prevent the use of weapons
of mass destruction on U.S. soil. The Committee supports this
effort by providing the full budget request of $123,114,000,
which is an increase of $30,055,000 above the fiscal year 2008
level to enhance the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate,
providing the FBI with significant resources to detect,
identify, and track individuals that post threats to the United
States. Further, the Committee fully supports the FBI in its
efforts to save potentially millions of lives by improving its
ability to dismantle dirty bombs through its Render Safe
program.
Fighting Violent Crime.--The Committee has been deeply
troubled by the President's budget proposals to reduce Federal
resources to fight, and to help State and local communities
fight, violent crime. In the budget request, the President once
again proposed dramatic cuts to funding for State and local law
enforcement. The Committee rejects this reduction, and instead,
recommends a total of $3,121,100,000 for State and local
enforcement, which is $2,048,000,000 above the President's
request. The Committee's recommendation includes $600,000,000
for Community Oriented Policing Services [COPS] and
$580,000,000 for Edward Byrne grants.
The Committee wishes to ensure that the Federal Bureau of
Investigations [FBI] have sufficient resources to support its
duel mission to fight both traditional crime and terrorism. The
Committee is pleased to note that the FBI does not propose to
reduced the number of special agents devoted to criminal
investigations, as has been proposed in prior years. The
Committee is concerned that the FBI lacks sufficient resources
to address emerging criminal investigation requirements,
including those to address violent crime and other crimes
against our most vulnerable individuals. Accordingly, the
Committee recommendation includes funding increases to support
25 additional special agents to investigate mortgage fraud and
31 additional agents to investigate predators who use the
Internet to exploit children.
Fighting Crimes Against Children.--The Committee has
provided substantial resources to protect our children from
predators. The recommendation includes $294,870,000 for
Department of Justice efforts to prevent, investigate, and
prosecute crimes against children. This recommendation fully
supports the critical Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety
Act, and includes $$48,000,000, which is $9,000,000 above the
President's budget request for new FBI agents dedicated to
fighting Internet crimes against children.
Competitiveness.--This bill makes critical investments in
scientific research and technology to improve America's
competitiveness. The Committee has followed the recommendations
of the National Academy of Sciences ``Rising Above the
Gathering Storm,'' making significant investments in our
science agencies that will pay dividends for our future.
Research.--The Committee recommends funding for research
that will create new products and processes that support job
creation. Specifically, the Committee recommends investing over
$809,499,000 in the National Institute of Standards and
Technology [NIST] for highly leveraged research that will
contribute to the development of new innovative products and
processes. The Committee also provides over $6,854,100,000 for
basic research through the National Science Foundation [NSF].
Education.--The ``Rising Above the Gathering Storm'' report
emphasized that the future of U.S. competitiveness rests on our
Nation's ability to train the next generation of scientists and
engineers. For this reason, the Committee has invested over
$790,410,000 in National Science Foundation [NSF] education and
training programs, a $64,810,000 increase above the fiscal year
2008 enacted level. This is a critical investment to ensure
that our Nation leads the world in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics from kindergarten to post graduate
levels.
Investing in an Innovation Friendly Government.--The bill
provides important funding to ensure that we have a Government
that protects our inventions. The Committee recommends the full
budget request of $2,074,773,000 for the Patent and Trademark
Office [PTO] to protect the intellectual property of our
inventors. In addition, the Committee has provided language to
allow the PTO to access up to $100,000,000 in additional fees
should they become available in fiscal year 2009. The Committee
has been troubled by the backlog of patent applications and the
time it takes to process them.
Climate Change.--The Commerce, Justice, and Science
appropriations bill protects our planning by funding the
science used to monitor and predict changes in Earth's climate.
Through the science conducted at the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this bill
funds over 80 percent of the Federal climate change science.
The Committee is extremely concerned that the President's
budget request does not fully address the looming loss of Earth
observation from satellites. Several satellites that provide
critical climate and weather information are on borrowed time.
For this reason, the Committee has recommended $1,400,000,000
for NASA's Earth science mission, including $150,000,000 for
new Earth science missions recommended by the National Academy
of Science to measure arctic ice and $630,000,000 for NASA
science to better understand how the Sun affects the Earth. In
addition, the Committee recommends $1,100,000,000 to fund our
next generation weather satellites, as well as $74,000,000 to
restore critical sensors, that are important to understanding
our plants climate.
Accountability and Oversight.--The Committee is extremely
concerned about the persistent pattern of cost overruns and
schedule slippages on major projects and missions carried out
by the agencies within this bill. In addition, recent reports
have exposed a culture within many agencies that exhibits a
lack of accountability and oversight of grant funding.
Therefore, the Committee has recommended two bill-wide
provisions to ensure greater oversight and fiscal
responsibility of taxpayer dollars. First, the bill requires
each agency to notify the Committee immediately upon
identification of program cost overruns greater than 10
percent. Second, a provision requires the Inspectors General of
the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the NASA, and NSF to
conduct reviews of grant and contract funds to ensure funds are
being spent appropriately.
Finally, the Committee intends to work with the Government
Accountability Office [GAO] to begin annual reviews of selected
large scale acquisition and construction projects.
Specifically, the Committee requests that GAO develop a plan
for ongoing reviews of such projects, with reports to the
Committee on a biannual basis. Agencies shall provide access to
all necessary data, as determined by GAO, in order for the
reviews to be completed and provided in a timely manner to the
Committee. The Committee believes that these project status
reports will be very valuable in identifying cost overrun and
schedule slippage problems early, so they can be addressed
immediately.
Reprogrammings, Reorganizations, and Relocations
Section 505 contained in the ``General Provisions'' of
title V provides procedures for the reprogramming of funds. To
reprogram is to change the use of funds from the specific
purposes provided for in the act and the accompanying report
or, in the absence of direction from the Committee on
Appropriations, from the specific purposes provided for in the
administration's budget request. Each title of the bill has
also traditionally included separate provisions that define
permissible transfers of resources between appropriation
accounts. These transfer authority provisions are also pursuant
to section 505, and were initiated in the early 1990's to
provide additional flexibility to the agencies under the
subcommittee's jurisdiction.
The Committee expects each department and agency to closely
follow the reprogramming procedures listed in section 505,
which are similar to provisions that applied in statute during
fiscal year 2008. These procedures apply to funds provided
under this act, or provided under previous appropriations acts
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury
available to the agencies funded by this act. Section 505
requires that the Committee on Appropriations be notified by
letter, at least 15 days prior to: Reprogramming of funds,
whether permanent or temporary, in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, between programs, projects or
activities. This provision is also applicable in cases where
several activities are involved with each receiving less than
$500,000. In addition, the Committee is to be notified of
reprogramming actions which are less than these amounts if such
actions would have the effect of committing the agency to
significant funding requirements in future years; increasing
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for
which funds have been previously denied or restricted by
Congress; creating new programs, offices, agencies or
commissions or substantially augmenting existing programs,
offices, agencies or commissions; relocating offices or
employees; reorganizing offices, programs, or activities.
The Committee also expects that any items that are subject
to interpretation will be reported. The Committee is concerned
that, in some instances, the departments or agencies funded
within this appropriations act are not adhering to the
Committee's reprogramming guidelines that are clearly set forth
in this report and in section 505 of the accompanying bill. The
Committee expects that each department and agency funded in the
bill will follow these notification policies precisely and will
not reallocate resources or reorganize activities prior to
submitting the required notifications to the Committee.
The reprogramming process is based on comity between the
Appropriations Committee and the executive branch. The
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations
bill provides specific program guidance throughout this report
and tables accompanying the bill. The process is intended to
provide flexibility to meet changing circumstances and
emergency requirements of agencies, if there is agreement
between the executive branch and the Congress that such a
change is warranted. Reprogramming procedures provide a means
to agree on adjustments, if necessary, during a fiscal year,
and to ensure that the Committee is kept apprised of instances
where nonappropriated resources are used to meet program
requirements, such as fee collections and unobligated balances
that were not considered in the development of the
appropriations legislation.
In the absence of comity and respect for the prerogatives
of the Appropriations Committees and Congress in general, the
Committee will have no choice but to include specific program
limitations and details legislatively. Under these
circumstances, programs, projects, and activities become
absolutes and the executive branch shall lose the ability to
propose changes in the use of appropriated funds through the
reprogramming process between programs, projects, and
activities without seeking some form of legislative action.
The Committee expects the executive branch departments to
manage their programs, projects and activities within the
levels appropriated. Reprogramming or transfer requests shall
be submitted only in the case of an unforeseen emergency or
situation that could not have been anticipated when formulating
the budget request for the current fiscal year. Further, the
Committee notes that when a department or agency submits a
reprogramming or transfer request to the Committees on
Appropriations, and does not receive identical responses from
the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the
department or agency seeking the reprogramming to reconcile the
differences between the two bodies before proceeding. If
reconciliation is not possible, the items in disagreement in
the reprogramming or transfer request shall be considered
unapproved.
Congressional Budget Justifications
The Committee directs that all departments and agencies
funded within this bill shall submit all of their fiscal year
2010 budget justifications concurrently with the official
submission of the administration's budget to Congress. Further,
all departments and agencies with classified programs are
directed to submit their classified budget justification
documents to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, through,
appropriate means at the same time the unclassified budget
justifications are transmitted.
These justifications shall include a sufficient level of
detailed data, exhibits and explanatory statements to support
the appropriations requests, including tables that outline each
agency programs, projects, and activities for fiscal years 2008
and 2009. The Committee directs the chief financial officer of
each department or agency under the subcommittees jurisdiction
to ensure that adequate justification is given to each
increase, decrease, staffing and function change proposed in
the fiscal year 2010 budget, particularly within the
departmental operations and management accounts.
The Committee is concerned that many of the budget
submissions are inadequate and necessitate multiple requests
for additional information. This process is inefficient and
unnecessarily delays access to information that is fundamental
to the work of the Committee. The Committee expects that the
fiscal year 2010 submission will include sufficient detail to
justify all programs, projects and activities contained in each
department, agency or commission budget request. Budget
justifications are prepared not for the use of the agencies,
but are the primary tool of the Committee to evaluate the
resource requirements and proposals requested by the
administration. The Committee expects all departments and
agencies covered under this act to consult with the Committee
on this issue prior to the submission of the fiscal year 2009
budget request and justification materials.
Electronic Government (E-Gov) Initiatives
The administration is seeking funds for various E-Gov
initiatives in the fiscal year 2009 budget requests for the
departments, agencies, and commissions receiving appropriations
in this act. In many cases, the development of information
technology [IT] systems for various E-Gov initiatives,
including the so-called ``lines of business'', is not being
funded in the budget of the managing agency of the initiative.
Instead, these cross-agency E-Gov initiatives are being funded
through ``fee-for-service'' assessments to agencies.
The Committee recommendation provides no funding for E-Gov
activities for fiscal year 2009. If the departments or agencies
determine that funds are necessary for these efforts, the
Committee will consider a reprogramming of existing resources
consistent with sections 505 and 515 of this act.
Noncareer Personnel Reductions-in-Force
The Committee directs departments or agencies funded in the
accompanying bill that are planning to conduct a reduction-in-
force [RIF] to notify the Committee in writing 30 days in
advance of the date of the proposed personnel action.
Appropriations Liaisons
The Committee prefers to channel the majority of its
inquiries and requests for information and assistance through
the budget offices or comptroller offices of the departments
and agencies which it oversees, but reserves the right to call
upon any individual or organization in any agency under its
jurisdiction.
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Committee recommends a total of $9,402,384,000 for the
Department of Commerce [DOC]. The recommendation is
$2,545,850,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level,
excluding supplemental appropriations, and $1,185,866,000 above
the budget request. On June 9, 2008, the Committee received a
budget amendment that requests an additional $546,000,000 for
the Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census to cover
increased costs of the 2010 Decennial Census due to
mismanagement of a key information technology contract. The
budget amendment proposes to reduce other agencies and bureaus
of the Department of Commerce by $111,000,000. The Office of
Management and Budget [OMB] transmitted the amendment too late
for it to receive serious consideration by the Committee;
therefore this report does not reflect the amended request.
The Committee recognizes that the Department has highly
diverse and specialized offices, research laboratories, and
applied technology programs, all staffed by extremely dedicated
people. Some of the Nation's top business analysts, technical
engineers and environmental researchers are employed by the
Department.
The Nation relies on DOC to maintain America's
competitiveness within today's foreign markets, and to promote
and expand our international trade agreements. Programs within
the Department continue to protect our businesses' intellectual
property and maintain a high level of technical standards. The
National Institute of Standards and Technology, in particular,
has consistently demonstrated over time the value of advancing
technical innovation while enhancing our economic security.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]
comprises about two-thirds of DOC's budget. It is the steward
of many of our marine resources, forecaster of our weather, and
surveyor of our coasts, among other responsibilities. The
Committee's budget recommendation of $4,445,921,000 supports
many of the Joint Ocean Commission's suggestions on improving
our Nation's ocean community.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $405,172,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 420,431,000
Committee recommendation................................ 420,431,000
The Committee recommendation provides $420,431,000. The
recommendation is $15,259,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The Committee recommendations, by function, are displayed
in the following table:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION FUNDING
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Manufacturing and Services............................ 48,592
Market Access and Compliance.......................... 42,332
Import Administration................................. 66,357
Trade Promotion and U.S. Foreign Commercial Services.. 237,739
Executive Direction................................... 25,411
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Total Direct Obligations........................ 420,431
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Offsetting Fee Collections.--The Committee recommendation
adopts the proposed increase of $1,439,000 for offsetting fee
collections. The Committee believes the fee estimate of
$9,439,000 is realistic and achievable.
The Committee recognizes the importance of Import
Administration's [IA] vigorous enforcement of the U.S.
antidumping [AD] and countervailing duty [CVD] laws in
safeguarding U.S. industries and jobs against injurious and
unfair foreign trade practices. IA is facing a substantially
expanding workload and recently decided to apply, for the first
time, the CVD law to China, a non-market economy. The Committee
includes bill and report language to require an additional
$3,814,000 in funding be provided to IA to fill vacant AD/CVD
case analyst positions that are currently unfunded. Staffing of
these unfunded positions in the AD/CVD Operations Enforcement
Offices is critical to the Department's ability to conduct AD/
CVD investigations, administrative reviews, sunset reviews,
changed circumstance reviews, other AD/CVD cases and unfair
subsidy practices in CVD cases as an essential element of the
effective administration of the AD/CVD laws. The Committee
recommends that funding provided herein also be utilized to
expand the size of AD/CVD verification teams and ensure that
new analysts receive on-site training in verification practices
and techniques.
The Committee notes that IA's absorption of $2,000,000 in
fees in recent years has eroded scarce resources that otherwise
would have been expended in conducting investigations and
reviews of AD/CVD cases. The Committee opposes the charging of
fees to U.S. industries filing AD/CVD petitions, and therefore,
believes that IA should not be charged for fees.
Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project.--The Committee continues
to recognize the importance of trade and investment
opportunities to the Appalachian Region, and it is encouraged
by the findings in reports that Appalachian firms could find
significant trade and investment opportunities, particularly in
the energy, hardwood, high technology, and transportation
sectors, in the Republic of Turkey and the surrounding region.
In this regard, the Committee supports the Appalachian-Turkish
Trade Project [ATTP], a project to promote opportunities to
expand trade, encourage business interests, stimulate foreign
studies, and build a lasting and mutually meaningful
relationship between Appalachian States and the Republic of
Turkey, as well as neighboring regions, such as in Greece. The
Committee commends the Commercial Service for its leadership
role in helping to implement the mission of the ATTP. The
Committee expects the Commercial Service to continue to be a
prominent ATTP sponsor.
World Trade Organization.--The Committee is aware of the
World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body's January 16,
2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset
Act. The Committee directs the Department of Commerce, in
consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative,
to continue to negotiate within the WTO to seek express
recognition of the existing right of WTO Members to distribute
monies collected from antidumping and countervailing duties.
The agency shall consult with and provide regular reports,
every 60 days, to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
In addition, the Committee directs that negotiations be
conducted within the WTO consistent with the negotiating
objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-
210, to maintain strong U.S. trade remedies laws, prevent
overreaching by WTO Panels and the WTO Appellate Body, and
prevent the creation of obligations never negotiated or agreed
to by the United States.
The Committee is aware that ITA reduced fees for export
promotion services and trade missions for 2005 hurricane-
affected companies. In light of the ongoing need to encourage
exporting and assist local businesses with their economic
recovery efforts, the Committee encourages ITA to find ways to
extend these fee reductions through fiscal year 2009 for
companies affected by hurricanes in the gulf region.
The Committee provides funding for the following
congressionally directed projects, and directs the
International Trade Administration to refrain from charging
administrative costs to these grants. The Committee expects
that International Trade Administration will provide
appropriate management and oversight of each grant.
Vermont Global Trade Partnership, to assist small business
to participate in trade missions--$400,000; and the National
Textile Center Auburn University to continue and enhance
research related to the textile industry--$1,000,000.
Bureau of Industry and Security
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $72,855,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 83,676,000
Committee recommendation................................ 83,676,000
The Committee recommendation provides $83,676,000. The
recommendation is $10,821,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The Bureau of Industry and Security [BIS] is the principal
agency involved in the development, implementation, and
enforcement of export controls for dual-use technologies. The
Export Enforcement Division detects, prevents, investigates,
and assists in the sanctioning of illegal dual-use exports.
Within the amount provided under this heading, $40,988,000
is for export administration, $36,838,000 is for export
enforcement, and $5,850,000 is for management and policy
coordination. These funds are provided to ensure BIS has the
necessary resources to reduce security threats, ensure
America's technological preeminence, and improve the recruiting
and retention of qualified personnel.
Economic Development Administration
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $279,932,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 132,800,000
Committee recommendation................................ 232,800,000
The Committee recommendation provides $232,800,000. The
recommendation is $47,132,000 below the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $100,000,000 above the budget request.
The Economic Development Administration [EDA] provides
grants to local governments and nonprofit agencies for public
works, planning, and other projects designed to facilitate
economic development. Funding amounts for the two
appropriations accounts under this heading are displayed below.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $249,100,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 100,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 200,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $200,000,000. The
recommendation is $49,100,000 below the fiscal year 2008 level
and $100,000,000 above the budget request. The Committee
expects EDA to use all available carryover and prior year
recoveries to the maximum extent possible.
The purpose of Economic Development Assistance Programs
[EDAP] is to stimulate employment and increase incomes in areas
that are characterized by underutilized resources which, if put
to productive use, can contribute to greater national
productivity and balanced national economic growth. The
structural economic problems of various geographic areas,
though having distinct characteristics, are interrelated. Thus,
an effective Federal economic development program must
transcend the conventional conceptions of urban and rural
development by addressing all geographic areas within a
framework of national priorities and resources.
The Committee is again disappointed by the administration's
request for the Economic Development Assistance Programs [EDAP]
especially given the ringing endorsement the administration
showed with its fiscal year 2007 proposal. The EDAP is a highly
leveraged program with a successful track record. The program's
performance measures consistently show that the EDAP
investments have attracted in private sector investment into
distressed communities and helped create jobs as a result of
these investments. Given these facts the Committee does not
agree to the requested reduction. While the Committee remains
very supportive of the EDAP it was unable to restore the
programs funding to the fiscal year 2008 level.
The Committee recommendation includes $105,800,000 for
public works grants (title I); $27,000,000 for planning
assistance; $9,400,000 for technical assistance; $500,000 for
research and evaluation; $15,000,000 for trade adjustment
assistance; and $42,300,000 for economic adjustment grants
(title IX).
A recent study provided for the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs found that 18 percent of recently discharged veterans
were unemployed, and, that of those finding employment, 1 out
of 4 earned less than $22,000. Economic development programs
such as the veteran business resource centers provide critical
tools to veterans wishing to re-enter and succeed in the
civilian workforce. The Committee recommends that of the funds
provided for Economic Development Assistance, $800,000 shall be
for veteran's resources centers as defined pursuant to section
33(f) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c(f)) and that
have been funded through grants from funds provided in the
Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies
appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006 (Public Law 109-108)
and the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution (Public
Law 110-5).
The Committee is aware of the exceptionally large
geographic area, Hawaii and the American Pacific, served by the
Hawaii Economic Development Administration office and
increasing demands for services in the area and recommends
increased staff support for this field office.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $30,832,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 32,800,000
Committee recommendation................................ 32,800,000
The Committee recommendation provides $32,800,000. The
recommendation is $1,968,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Committee continues to support EDA's regional offices
and reiterates its commitment to continuing the current
operational structure with the six regional offices in Atlanta,
Austin, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Seattle. The
Committee's recommendation fully funds the request for the
Salaries and Expenses appropriation which provides adequate
funding to begin filling vacancies within the regional offices.
The Committee again directs that vacancies within the regional
offices be filled prior to any vacancies within headquarters.
Minority Business Development Agency
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $28,623,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 29,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 29,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $29,000,000. The
recommendation is $377,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request. The increase provides
for inflationary adjustments and ensures that funds will be
available for the existing Native American Business Development
Centers.
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Economic and Statistical Analysis
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $81,075,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 90,621,000
Committee recommendation................................ 90,621,000
The Committee recommendation provides $90,621,000. The
recommendation is $9,546,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
Economic and Statistical Analysis [ESA] encompasses the
collection, tabulation, and publication of a wide variety of
economic, demographic, and social statistics and provides
support to the Secretary of Commerce and other Government
officials in interpreting the state of the economy and
developing economic policy. The Committee's recommendation
fully funds the Bureau of Economic Analysis [BEA] as this
bureau provides the most timely, relevant, and accurate
economic accounts data to promote a better understanding of the
U.S. economy.
Bureau of the Census
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,230,244,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 2,604,622,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,151,002,000
The Committee recommendation provides $3,151,002,000. The
recommendation is $1,920,758,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $546,380,000 above the budget request.
On June 9, 2008, the Committee received a budget amendment
that requests an additional $546,000,000 for the Department of
Commerce's Bureau of the Census to cover increased costs of the
2010 Decennial Census due to mismanagement of a key information
technology contract. The budget amendment proposes to reduce
other Agencies and Bureaus of the Department of Commerce by
$111,000,000. The Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
transmitted the amendment too late for it to receive serious
consideration by the Committee; therefore this report does not
reflect the amended request.
The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2009 budget is a
critical year for the Census Bureau as it begins initial
operations of the decennial census. Accordingly, the amounts
provided by the Committee to the Census Bureau are sufficient
for the activities that are critical to the agency, including
its primary function, the decennial census.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $202,838,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 238,740,000
Committee recommendation................................ 238,740,000
The Committee recommendation provides $238,740,000. The
recommendation is $35,902,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and is the same as the budget request. This
account provides for the salaries and expenses associated with
the statistical programs of the Bureau of the Census, including
measurement of the Nation's economy and the demographic
characteristics of the population. These programs are intended
to provide a broad base of economic, demographic, and social
information used for decision-making by governments, private
organizations, and individuals.
Within the funds provided the Committee has provided the
full increase of $8,118,000 to improve measurement of service
sector. This increase will provide economic policy makers with
more comprehensive and timely data on the service economy,
which now accounts for 55 percent of economic activity. In
addition, the Committee's recommendation provides $46,400,000
to ensure a full Survey of Income and Program Participation
[SIPP] sample of 45,000 households.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,027,406,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 2,365,882,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,912,262,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,912,262,000. The
recommendation is $1,884,856,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $546,380,000 above the budget request.
This account provides for the constitutionally mandated
decennial census and other programs which are cyclical in
nature. Additionally, individual surveys are conducted for
other Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis.
2010 Decennial Census.--The Committee recommendation fully
funds the amended request to return the 2010 census to a more
reliable paper-based operation. At the conclusion of the 2000
census, the Census Bureau embarked on a noble effort to
automate decennial census operations through the development
and procurement of a handheld device to be used by field
enumerators. The centerpiece of this effort is known as the
Field Data Collection Automation [FDCA] program. FDCA's goal
was to reduce life-cycle costs while improving the accuracy and
timeliness of data collection. To the Committee's
disappointment this effort was not successful, resulting in a
techno-Katrina--a fiscal disaster that many foresaw but were
unable to avoid. The current difficulties being encountered
involving the FDCA portion of the 2010 Census are not the
result of an unanticipated problem, but have been building for
several years.
After several recent reviews by independent entities, GAO,
and even the Census itself, the problem has been identified as
the delayed definition of systems requirements and management
of the FDCA award. Although the Census Bureau decided in 2004
to contract for handheld devices in order to increase
efficiency and accuracy of the 2010 census, it was not until
2006 that the Census awarded the contract for this activity. By
delaying the award, nearly 2 years of critical development time
for testing and evaluation were lost. As a result, the
Secretary of Commerce has decided to utilize the handheld
device units only for the Address Canvassing portion of the
2010 census and to rely on a paper-based operation for Non-
Response Follow-Up [NRFU]. This decision will result in a more
expensive 2010 census but at the same time will allow for more
predictability in remaining cost estimates.
The Committee has been informed that total life cycle costs
have increased by nearly $2,500,000,000 to approximately
$14,000,000,000. This has resulted in the need for an
additional fiscal year 2008 appropriation of $210,000,000 and
an amended budget request of $3,304,622,000 for fiscal year
2009. The Bush Administration's fiscal orthodoxy has forced the
Department of Commerce to propose unrealistic budget reductions
to offset the increased costs associated with this fiasco. The
Committee rejects the proposed offsets because the Committee
believes that programs that are conducting their mission in a
fiscally responsible manner should not be forced to suffer as
the result of incompetence of others. Many of the programs
identified for offsets already ``gave at the office'' and saw
their budgets reduced during the final negotiations over the
fiscal year 2008 appropriations process because of this
administration's unwillingness to compromise. The Committee
therefore will do the responsible thing and fund the increased
costs not through unrealistic cuts or gimmicks but rather by an
increase in funding and oversight.
The Committee adopts by reference report language that
accompanies the fiscal year 2008 supplemental appropriations
for the Census Bureau regarding the development and reporting
of milestones associated with the 2010 census.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $36,266,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 19,218,000
Committee recommendation................................ 59,218,000
The Committee recommendation provides $59,218,000. The
recommendation is $22,952,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $40,000,000 above the budget request.
Enhance 9-1-1.--The Committee is aware that the Digital
Television Transition and Public Safety Fund made $43,500,000
available in mandatory funding to implement the ENHANCE 911 Act
of 2004. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary to
coordinate the work of the National Telecommunication and
Information Administration [NTIA] on this critical program with
other relevant Federal agencies.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $17,466,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 19,218,000
Committee recommendation................................ 19,218,000
The Committee recommendation provides $19,218,000. The
recommendation is $1,752,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Committee retains language from previous years allowing
the Secretary of Commerce to collect reimbursements from other
Federal agencies for a portion of the cost of coordination of
spectrum management, analysis, and operations. The NTIA shall
submit a report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations no
later than June 1, 2009, detailing the collection of
reimbursements from other agencies related to spectrum
management, analyses, and research.
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING, AND CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $18,800,000
Budget estimate, 2009...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 20,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $20,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,200,000 above the fiscal year 2008 funding
level and $20,000,000 above the budget request. The Public
Telecommunications Facilities Planning and Construction [PTFPC]
program awards competitive grants that help public broadcasting
stations, State and local governments, Indian tribes, and
nonprofit organizations construct facilities to bring
educational and cultural programming to the American public
using broadcasting and nonbroadcasting telecommunications
technologies.
TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
Appropriations, 2008....................................................
Budget estimate, 2009...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ $20,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $20,000,000. The
Committee has reconstituted the Technology Opportunities
Program [TOP] to focus on expanding broadband deployment. The
Committee notes that the National Academies of Sciences report
``Rising above the Gathering Storm'' recommended that the
Federal Government should ensure ubiquitous broadband Internet
access. Several nations are well ahead of the United States in
providing broadband access for home, school, and business. That
capability can be expected to do as much to drive innovation,
the economy, and job creation in the 21st century as did access
to the telephone, interstate highways, and air travel in the
20th century. The Committee directs that funding be awarded
competitively for the construction of broadband networks and
services. The Committee directs NTIA to notify the Committee
within 120 days after enactment about the criteria to be used
to review and evaluate proposals. Funds shall not be available
for obligation until 30 days after the Committee is notified
about the criteria.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,915,000,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 2,074,773,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,074,773,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,074,773,000. The
recommendation is $159,273,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request, to be derived
from offsetting fee collections. The Committee agrees with the
recommendation to extend the fee increase for USPTO through the
end of fiscal year 2009. The Committee continues to provide
bill language to allow the USPTO to have fuller access to fees,
including $100,000,000 in fees collected above original
estimates.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] is
the central hub of an innovation friendly government. USPTO
examines patent applications, grants patent protection for
qualified inventions, and disseminates technological
information disclosed in patents. USPTO also examines trademark
applications and provides Federal registration to owners of
qualified trademarks. The USPTO is subject to the policy
direction of the Secretary of Commerce, but the agency has
independent control of its budget, expenditures, personnel,
procurement and other administrative and management functions.
Patent laws administered by the USPTO encourage invention,
innovation, and investment. The USPTO plays a critical role in
promoting the continued development of intellectual property of
the Nation. For established companies, new patents improve
competitiveness, increase productivity, help bring new products
and services to market, and create jobs.
Patent Pendency and Backlog.--The Committee remains
frustrated by the lack of progress toward reducing patent
pendency and the overall patent backlog. The Committee notes
that the Patent Office took 3 weeks not the 3 years to award
the patent for the invention of the telephone to Alexander
Graham Bell. During the early part of this decade the Committee
heard concerns about the redirection of patent filing fees and
has since provided the USPTO with full access to its fees since
2005. The subsequent years has seen the USPTO budget grow by
over $500,00,000, yet pendency and backlog grow worse. As such
the Committee has provided bill language to transfer funding to
the Office of Inspector General for the express purpose of
conducting continual audit engagements and oversight at the
USPTO.
USPTO Operations.--As a fee for service agency the USPTO
operates in a business like model. In an effort to identify
areas for improvement, the Committee directs the USPTO to adopt
the principles of the Baldrige National Quality Program. The
Baldrige Program represents the pinnacle of performance
excellence for American business. The Committee directs the
USPTO to work with the Baldrige Program to begin the process of
incorporating these principles and to report to the Committee
on a quarterly basis on progress made towards adoption.
Patent Examiners.--The Committee is deeply concerned with
the turnover in Patent examiners. Numerous reviews conducted by
the General Accountability Office [GAO] have shown that for
every two examiners hired one leaves the agency. Contrary to
the view of senior management, most examiners who left the
agency have cited the unreasonable work productivity goals as a
major reason for their departure. In order to meet their goals
many examiners have to work unpaid overtime or while on annual
leave. These goals which were first adopted in the 1970's have
not been updated to address the ever more complex technologies
that encompass today's patent applications. The unrealistic
goals are forcing junior examiners to leave which will have a
lasting impact on the agency. The loss of this ``seed corn''
will make it difficult to replace the productivity rates of
senior examiners when they subsequently retire. Therefore, the
Committee has restricted access to $10,000,000 of fees until
the Director begins a comprehensive reevaluation of the work
productivity goals for patent examiners.
Any deviations from the funding distribution provided for
in this act and in its accompanying statement, including
carryover balances, are subject to the standard reprogramming
procedures set forth in section 505 of this act. In addition,
60 days after the date of enactment of this act, the USPTO
shall submit to the Senate Committee on Appropriations a
spending plan for fiscal year 2009. This spending plan shall
incorporate all carryover balances from previous fiscal years,
and describe any changes to the patent or trademark fee
structure.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $755,847,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 638,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 813,499,000
The Committee recommendation provides $813,499,000. The
recommendation is $57,652,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $175,499,000 above the budget request.
The recommendation provides that up to $12,300,000 may be
transferred from the Scientific and Technical Research and
Services account to the Working Capital Fund, which the
National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] uses to
purchase equipment for its laboratories.
NIST is one of the oldest Federal labs and has a long
history of assisting with the Nation's industrial development.
Beginning in the early 1900s with electricity standards, to
assisting in the development of Standard Reference Material
[SRM] such as SRM 143 DJK/RCK, to modern day mammograms and
semiconductors, innumerable products and services rely in some
way on technology, measurement, and standards provided by the
National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST's mission
is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by
advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in
ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of
life. It carries out its mission in four complementary
programs.
A description of each NIST account and the corresponding
Committee recommendation follows in the subsequent three
headings.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $440,517,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 535,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 489,499,000
The Committee recommendation provides $489,499,000. The
recommendation is $48,982,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $45,501,000 below the budget request.
The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the
following table with specific increases described:
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES, DIRECT OBLIGATIONS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Laboratories and technical programs..................... 364,237
Strategic and Emerging Initiatives...................... 27,750
NIST Center for neutron research........................ 41,522
Center for nanoscale science technology................. 29,825
Baldridge National Quality Program...................... 8,522
Corporate Services...................................... 17,643
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Total STRS........................................ 489,499
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Innovation Investments.--The Committee recommendation
provides for $31,380,000 in new fiscal year 2009 initiatives.
Within the funding provided the Committee provides the
following increases: $6,000,000 for Nano-Environment Safety and
Health; $2,500,000 for Biosciences; $5,000,000 for Quantum
Information Sciences; $5,000,000 for calibration support of
climate change observation satellites; $380,000 for the Summer
Teachers Institute at NIST targeting 5th through 8th grade math
and science teachers; $3,250,000 for the National Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Program; and $9,250,000 for Strategic
Measurement Partnerships
Strategic Measurement Partnerships.--The Committee feels
strongly about the benefits of a robust measurements and
standards research program that pushes the frontiers of science
and helps lay the foundation for innovation. However, the
Committee is concerned that the insular culture of the NIST
laboratories prevents it from fully exploiting outside
partnerships which can provide needed expertise and help
accelerate measurement development. The Committee therefore has
included funding for a new Strategic Measurement Partnerships
[SMP] program to facilitate cost-shared collaborative research
partnerships and alliances with institutions of higher
education that are focused on developing next generation
measurements and standards. Funding for these partnerships will
be limited to 5 years in length with a second 5-year period
renewable at the option of NIST. Funding will support planning
and research. Research decisions utilizing these funds will be
made at the discretion of NIST and its partner. NIST is
directed to provide the Committee with an operational plan for
this program no later than 120 days after enactment.
Printed Electronics Study.--The Committee believes that
flexible, large area and printed electronics technology holds
great promise for the competitiveness of the United States.
NIST shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of
Sciences to undertake a study that examines the position of the
United States in flexible electronics relative to efforts in
other countries. The National Academies shall also consider the
particular technologies and commercial sectors to which
flexible electronics apply and the recommendations that must be
undertaken at a Federal level for a national initiative.
Office of Law Enforcement Standards [OLES].--The Committee
remains a strong supporter of OLES and views its activities as
an integral part efforts to support first responders.
Therefore, the Committee continues support for OLES and
provides $8,000,000 from ``Laboratories and technical
programs'' to support this critical work.
Fiscal Year 2009 Spend Plan.--The Committee is disappointed
that NIST did not adhere to direction contained in the fiscal
year 2008 Committee report to develop a new budget structure
for the fiscal year 2009 budget submission. In response, the
Committee directs NIST to submit a spend plan for the funding
provided for ``Laboratories and technical programs'' and for
Strategic and Emerging Initiatives no later than 45 days after
enactment. The budget structure for this spend plan shall
provide appropriation levels for each of the major laboratory
operating units.
The Committee provides funding within the amounts for
Strategic Measurement Partnerships for the following
congressionally directed projects, and directs the National
Institute of Standards and Technology to refrain from charging
administrative costs to these grants. The Committee expects
that the National Institute of Standards and Technology will
provide appropriate management and oversight of each grant.
New York Center for National Competitiveness in Nanoscale
Characterization--$1,000,000; UMBC/UMCP Ultrafast Dynamics for
Next-Generation Nanotechnology--$2,000,000.
Finally, additional funds of $12,300,000 are available for
transfer to the Working Capital Fund for equipment and other
purposes related to the STRS account.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $154,840,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 4,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 175,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $175,000,000. The
recommendation is $20,160,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $171,000,000 above the budget request.
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Programs [MEP].--The
Committee recommendation provides $110,000,000 to fund MEP
centers restoring the program to its traditional operating
level. MEP supports a network of locally run centers that
provide technical advice and consultative services to small
manufacturing companies in all 50 States and Puerto Rico. Many
of these firms lack the in-house technical knowledge and
experience to implement cutting edge technologies and cost
saving processes, which places them at risk from foreign
competition. Since its inception, MEP has consistently been the
program that small manufacturers could look to for assistance.
Technology Innovation Program [TIP].--The Committee
provides $65,000,000 to focus on developing innovative
technologies that will improve the competitiveness of our
nations. The Committee also provides bill language to allow TIP
immediate access to prior year recoveries. The Committee
recommendation will allow for approximately $40,000,000 in new
project funding.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $160,490,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 99,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 149,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $149,000,000. The
recommendation is $11,490,000 below the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $50,000,000 above the budget request.
The recommendation funds the highest priority safety,
capacity, maintenance, and repair projects at NIST.
JILA Expansion.--The Committee recommendation provides
$13,000,000 towards the expansion of the building located on
the University of Colorado's campus. The Committee is concerned
that the proposed project, which has an estimated budget of
$27,500,226, will require the Federal Government to pay over 80
percent of the total cost of construction. The Committee
appreciates the great research that has been conducted through
the JILA partnership, however it is unlikely that the Committee
will provide more than 50 percent toward the total cost of this
project unless it is convinced to do otherwise.
NIST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
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Committee
recommendations
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Boulder Building 1 Extension Project................. $43,538,000
NIST Child Care Center (Building 916)................ 6,000,000
JILA Expansion....................................... 13,000,000
Safety, Capacity, Major Modifications, and Repairs... 42,462,000
Congressionally Directed Projects.................... 44,000,000
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Total Direct Obligations, CRF.................. 149,000,000
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The Committee directs NIST to provide quarterly reports on
the status of all construction projects, and to provide an
accounting of projects.
The Committee provides funding for the following
congressionally directed projects, and directs the National
Institute of Standards and Technology to refrain from charging
administrative costs to these grants. The Committee expects
that the National Institute of Standards and Technology will
provide appropriate management and oversight of each grant.
University of Alabama for a Interdisciplinary Science and
Engineering Teaching and Research Center--$30,000,000;
Mississippi St. University for expansion of the Research,
Technology, and Economic Development Park--$6,500,000;
University of Mississippi Medical Center--$6,500,000;
University of Southern Mississippi for a Formulation Science
building--$1,000,000.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $3,896,484,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 4,103,913,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,445,921,000
The Committee recommendation provides $4,445,921,000 for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. Of
this amount, transfers total $82,000,000. The recommendation is
$549,437,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level,
excluding supplemental appropriations, and $342,008,000 above
the budget request.
The Committee has reviewed the U.S. Ocean Policy Report
Card for 2007 issued by the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative.
The report concludes that while State and regional initiatives
continue to move forward on ocean governance reform, the lack
of significant progress at the Federal level to commit adequate
funding and affect meaningful ocean policy reform hinders
national improvement. The report provides an overall grade of C
from a C- average in 2006.
The Committee agrees with this analysis and continues to be
frustrated by the administration's reluctance to put real
dollars towards all of NOAA's programs. During the conclusion
of the fiscal year 2008 appropriation cycle the Congress was
forced to make reluctant cuts to the budgets of many worthy
programs because of the President's unwillingness to
compromise. The result was that many of NOAA's programs that
help save lives and livelihoods were reduced. With this budget
the Committee notes that overall request is above the enacted
level from fiscal year 2008. However, once the increase for
NOAA's satellite programs is removed, the budget is once again
a disappointment, as it either cuts or stagnates programs that
are priorities to the ocean community. Therefore the Committee
has taken the Commission's recommendations into account in
developing this budget and has augmented the request where the
President has dangerously underfunded several programs.
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $2,856,277,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 2,831,253,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,051,911,000
The Committee recommendation provides $3,051,911,000. The
recommendation is $195,634,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and
$220,658,000 above the budget request.
The Committee provides funding for congressionally directed
projects listed within the obligation tables for: the National
Ocean Service; National Marine Fisheries Service; Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Weather Service; National
Environmental, Satellite Data, and Information Service; and
Program Support, and directs NOAA to refrain from charging
administrative costs to these grants. The Committee expects
that NOAA will provide appropriate management and oversight of
each grant.
NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
The Committee recommends $516,845,000 for the National
Ocean Service [NOS]. NOS programs provide scientific,
technical, and management expertise to promote safe navigation;
assess the health of coastal and marine resources; respond to
natural and human-induced threats; and preserve the coastal
ocean and global environments.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Navigation Services:
Mapping & Charting................................. 47,639
Hydrographic Research and Technology Development... 7,424
Electronic Navigational Charts..................... 6,128
Shoreline Mapping.................................. 2,424
Address Survey Backlog/Contracts................... 31,173
Geodesy............................................ 22,860
National Height Modernization...................... 2,541
Regional Geospatial Modeling Grants................ 8,000
Tide & Current Data................................ 31,337
Louisiana Geodetic Spatial Reference Center, LA.... 700
California Seafloor Mapping, CA.................... 1,500
Ordnace Reef UXO--Buoys, HI........................ 500
Extended Continental Shelf Mapping, AK............. 500
Geo-Spatial Analysis of Weather Phenomena and 500
Disaster Recovery, AL.............................
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Total, Navigation Services....................... 163,226
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Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment:
Ocean Assessment Program (OAP):
Integrated Ocean Observing System--Regional 30,000
Observatories.................................
NOAA IOOS...................................... 8,000
Coastal Services Centers....................... 20,254
Coastal Storms................................. 2,874
Ocean Health Initiative........................ 7,900
Coral Reef Programs............................ 28,000
Gulf Of Mexico Regional Collaboration.......... 5,000
Ocean Research Priorities Plan Implementation.. 6,000
Monitoring of Lake Erie Water Quality with 250
Remote Sensing, OH............................
Pacific Coastal Services Center, HI............ 4,500
Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative, HI............... 700
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Subtotal, Ocean Assessment Program (OAP)..... 113,478
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Response and Restoration:
Response and Restoration Base.................. 17,266
Estuary Restoration Program.................... 1,188
Marine Debris.................................. 4,000
Lake Pontchartrain Initiatives................. 250
Narragansett Bay and Little Narragansett Bay 1,000
Watershed Restoration, RI.....................
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Subtotal, Response and Restoration........... 23,704
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National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS):
NCCOS Headquarters............................. 3,800
HABs, Hypoxia and Regional Ecosystem External 18,000
Research......................................
Center for Coastal Environmental Health & 11,500
Biomedical Research...........................
Oxford Cooperative Lab......................... 5,000
Center for Sponsored Coastal Research.......... 2,700
Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment..... 5,000
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat 5,000
Research......................................
Marine Env. Health Research Lab--MEHRL......... 6,000
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Subtotal, National Centers for Coastal Ocean 57,000
Science.....................................
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Total, Ocean Resources Conservation and 194,182
Assessment..................................
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Ocean and Coastal Management:
CZM Grants......................................... 70,000
CZM Program Administration......................... 8,155
CZM Non-Point Implementation Grants................ 4,000
National Estuarine Research Reserve System......... 22,326
Marine Protected Areas............................. 2,128
Marine Sanctuary Program Base...................... 47,378
Hawaii Inst. of Marine Biology Coral Research, HI.. 2,000
Thunder Bay, NMS lease buydown, MI................. 1,000
Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory Commission, WA. 1,600
Lake Winnipesaukee Watershed Management Plan, NH... 100
City of Mobile National Maritime Museum of the Gulf 500
of Mexico, AL.....................................
Perdido Pass Inlet Management Study, AL............ 250
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Total, Ocean and Coastal Management.............. 159,437
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GRAND TOTAL NOS.................................. 516,845
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CZM Grants.--The Committee provides $70,000,000 for the CZM
grants program.
Integrated Ocean Observing System [IOOS].--The Committee
recommendation provides a total of $38,000,000 for the
Integrated Ocean Observation System, of which $8,000,000 is for
program administration and continued support for a testbed for
quantitatively evaluating the performance of new and existing
coastal technologies in the laboratory and under diverse
environmental conditions. $30,000,000 is provided entirely for
a competitive, regional ocean observing systems solicitation.
The Committee directs NOAA, as part of the IOOS 5-year
strategic plan, to develop a strategy for incorporating
observations systems from estuaries, bays and other near shore
waters as part of the IOOS regional network of observatories.
Tides and Currents Data.--The Committee has provided
$2,500,000 above the President's request to continue existing
support for operations and maintenance of Physical
Oceanographic Real-Time Systems [PORTS) as authorized by Public
Law 107-372.
Coral Reef Programs.--The funds provided include $737,000
for Coral Reef Monitoring as requested by the administration
under the NESDIS section. The Committee reiterates its
direction that NOAA consolidate agency-wide Coral Reef
activities under this one, NOS line item for future budget
requests.
Regional Geospatial Modeling Grants.--The Committee
provides $8,000,000 to continue funding for this competitive
program for researchers and resource managers to develop models
or geographic information systems using existing geodetic,
coastal remote sensing data, terrestrial gravity measurements
or other physical datasets.
NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
The Committee recommendation provides $777,267,000 for the
National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]. NMFS programs provide
for the management and conservation of the Nation's living
marine resources and their environment, including fish stocks,
marine mammals, and endangered species. Using science-based
conservation, management, and restoration activities, these
resources can benefit the Nation on a sustained basis. NMFS
seeks to build sustainable fisheries, recover protected
species, and sustain healthy coastal ecosystems and the
communities that depend on them.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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Marine Mammals, Marine Turtles, and Marine Protected
Species:
Protected Species Research and Management Programs. 34,766
Marine Mammal Protection (MMP)..................... 41,340
Other Protected Species............................ 8,257
Marine Turtles..................................... 10,003
Atlantic Salmon.................................... 6,000
Pacific Salmon (Salmon Management Activities)...... 62,879
Hawaiian Monk Seals, HI............................ 2,600
Hawaiian Sea Turtles, HI........................... 7,100
Ice Seal Research, AK.............................. 950
Marine Mammal Research--Alaska Sea Life Center, AK. 3,750
Steller Sea Lion Conservation & Co-Management, AK.. 210
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Total, Marine Mammals, Marine Turtles, and Marine 178,105
Protected Species...............................
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Fisheries Research and Management:
Fisheries Research and Management Programs......... 159,585
Expand Annual Stock Assessments--Improve Data 40,504
Collection........................................
Economics and Social Sciences Research............. 10,658
Salmon Management Activities....................... 24,381
Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions........ 27,289
Fisheries Statistics............................... 16,152
Fish Information Networks.......................... 22,013
Survey and Monitoring Projects..................... 23,270
Fisheries Oceanography............................. 995
American Fisheries Act............................. 5,351
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants............... 2,567
National Standard 8................................ 1,035
Reduce Fishing Impacts on Essential Fish Habitat 517
(EFH).............................................
Reducing Bycatch................................... 3,360
Product Quality and Safety......................... 7,127
Narraganset Bay Window Program, RI................. 1,000
Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Disaster Assistance, MD 20,000
and VA............................................
Maine Groundfish Industry Emergency Economic 300
Assistance, ME....................................
Gear Conversion Assistance, ME..................... 100
Hawaii Seafood Safety and Sustainability, HI....... 1,500
Alaska King Crab Research, AK...................... 1,000
Fishery Advisory Bodies, AK........................ 150
Florida Marine Replenishment Program, FL........... 200
Disease Reduction in Klamath River Salmon, OR...... 250
Scallop Fishery Assessment, MA..................... 1,000
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Total, Fisheries Research and Management......... 370,304
================
Enforcement and Observers:
Enforcement and Surveillance....................... 56,405
Observers/Training................................. 32,680
Pilot Red Snapper Observer Program, FL............. 1,000
----------------
Total, Enforcement and Observers/Training........ 90,085
================
Habitat Conservation & Restoration:
Sustainable Habitat Management..................... 20,952
Fisheries Habitat Restoration (Open Rivers & CBRP). 21,453
Port Aransas Nature Preserve, TX................... 300
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration, MD and VA....... 4,600
Alabama Oyster Restoration and Fishery Enhancement, 1,000
AL................................................
Merrimack River Fish Habitat Conservation, NH...... 100
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Total, Habitat Conservation & Restoration........ 48,405
================
Other Activities Supporting Fisheries:
Antarctic Research................................. 2,639
Aquaculture........................................ 4,052
Climate Regimes & Ecosystem Productivity........... 2,055
Computer Hardware and Software..................... 3,417
Cooperative Research............................... 11,455
Information Analyses & Dissemination............... 19,328
Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment & 842
Prediction Program (MarMap).......................
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)........... 8,211
NMFS Facilities Maintenance........................ 6,477
Other Projects..................................... 5,003
Southwest Fisheries Center......................... 1,000
Regional Studies--Chesapeake Bay Studies........... 3,500
Regional Studies--Southeast Area Monitoring & 5,098
Assessment Program (SEAMAP).......................
Regional Science and Operations--MSA Implementation 8,071
off Alaska........................................
Bering Sea Fishermen's Association, AK............. 190
Yukon River Drainage Association, AK............... 380
Gulf of Alaska Coastal Communities Coalition, AK... 150
Summer Flounder Initiative, NJ..................... 1,000
New England Multi-Species Survey, MA............... 3,000
Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction, MA & NH. 1,250
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management, AL........... 1,250
Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric 1,250
Research, HI......................................
Hawaii Fisheries Development, HI................... 750
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Total, Other Activities Supporting Fisheries..... 90,368
================
GRAND TOTAL NMFS................................. 777,267
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Fisheries Habitat Restoration.--The Committee provides no
more than $6,000,000 for the Open Rivers initiative and directs
that no State shall receive more that $500,000.
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration.--The Committee provides
$4,600,000 for oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay. Of
these funds, $2,600,000 is provided for oyster restoration in
the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay which shall be for
on-the-ground and in-the water restoration efforts. In
addition, $2,000,000 of these funds are for oyster restoration
in Virginia waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Funds shall not be
used for administrative costs, including banquets or salaries.
Regional Studies--Chesapeake Bay.--The Committee directs
NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office to develop, within 9 months after
enactment, a collaborative strategic research and assessment
program with the States of Maryland and Virginia. This program
will advance multiple species management by focusing on blue
crabs, oysters, other resource species. In developing this
program NOAA shall utilize the Sea Grant Programs from both
States.
Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Disaster Assistance.--The
Committee provides $20,000,000 to the States of Maryland and
Virginia for economic assistance to watermen and communities
impacted by recent restrictions on Chesapeake Bay blue crab
harvests.
Pacific Salmon Restoration.--The San Joaquin River
Restoration Settlement will restore California's second longest
river and help rebuild imperiled Pacific salmon runs. The
National Marine Fisheries Service is obligated, under the
Federal court order, to participate in the restoration planning
and settlement implementation along with other Federal
agencies. The Committee expects NMFS to identify and devote the
appropriate resources to this restoration effort and promptly
report back to the Committee on any developments. Continued
delay by the NMFS to participate in this effort could undermine
this important restoration effort.
NOAA OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
The Committee recommendation provides $403,413,000 for
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research [OAR]. OAR programs provide
the environmental research and technology needed to improve
NOAA weather, air quality warnings, forecasts, climate
predictions, and marine services. To accomplish these goals,
OAR supports a network of scientists in its Federal research
laboratories, universities, and joint institutes and
partnership programs.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Climate Research:
Laboratories & Cooperative Institutes.............. 55,576
Climate Observations & Services.................... 8,299
Competitive Research Program....................... 134,702
Climate Operations................................. 900
High Performance Computing Initiatives............. 14,028
Univ. of Tennessee--Atmospheric Science Research, 200
TN................................................
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Total, Climate Research.......................... 213,705
================
Weather & Air Quality Research Programs:
Laboratories & Cooperative Institutes.............. 53,089
U.S. Weather Research Program...................... 5,500
Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar... 2,972
Wind Hazards Reduction Program, IA................. 850
Redstone UAS Development for Weather and 1,000
Atmospheric Research, AL..........................
Flooding/Storm Surge Disaster Mitigation, MS....... 500
AIRMAP at Univ. of New Hampshire, NH............... 300
Coastal and Inland Hurricane Monitoring and 750
Protection Program, AL............................
Tornado and Hurricane Operations and Research, AL.. 1,000
Cooperative Inst. and Research Center for Southeast 1,500
Weather, AL.......................................
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Total, Weather & Air Quality Research............ 67,461
================
Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research:
Laboratories & Cooperative Institutes.............. 24,806
National Sea Grant College Program................. 57,100
Ocean Exploration & Research....................... 18,591
NOAA's Undersea Research Program................... 9,200
Aquatic Invasive Species Research.................. 988
Marine Aquaculture Research........................ 1,622
National Institute of Undersea Science and 5,000
Technology, MS....................................
National Sea Grant Law Center, MS.................. 750
Tropical Ecosystem Science and Technology (TEST), 850
MS................................................
Coastal Vulnerability to Climate Change Study, AK.. 940
New Hampshire Lakes Association Aquatic Weed 100
Control Program, NH...............................
Collaborative R&D Initiative for the Gulf of 1,000
Mexico, AL........................................
Lake Champlain Research Consortium, VT............. 350
Nanotoxicology: The Biological Response to 700
Nanoparticle Exposure, AL.........................
Lake Champlain Emerging Threats Initiative......... 250
----------------
Total, Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research..... 122,247
================
GRAND TOTAL, OAR................................. 403,413
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Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.--Of the funds
provided for Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes throughout
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the Committee provides
additional funding for NOAA to further its commitment to NOAA
Cooperative Institute for the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Analysis of Unmanned Aircraft Systems [UAS].--The Committee
supports NOAA's efforts to identify new technology platforms
for studying the Arctic. The Committee directs NOAA to dedicate
$1,000,000 from within the funds provided for Competitive
Research Program for the analysis of arctic UAS data.
National Sea Grant College Program.--The Committee is aware
that NOAA is in discussions to create a new stand alone sea
grant office on the gulf coast. To begin to cover the cost of
this new office the committee has provided an additional
$2,000,000 to support this effort.
Supercomputing.--NOAA has an important responsibility to
provide climate observations, research, and operational
forecast products to the Nation. As NOAA moves toward
establishing a National Climate Service, NOAA needs to expand
its climate computing capacity to perform critical climate
research and issue higher resolution regional climate
forecasts. The Committee encourages NOAA to expand its
partnership with the Department of Energy and the National
Science Foundation to provide supercomputing capacity to help
meet these needs.
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The Committee recommendation provides $847,943,000 for the
NOAA National Weather Service [NWS]. NWS programs provide
timely and accurate meteorologic, hydrologic, and oceanographic
warnings and forecasts to ensure the safety of the population,
mitigate property losses, and improve the economic productivity
of the Nation. NWS is also responsible for issuing operational
climate forecasts for the United States.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observations, Forecasts, and Communications:
Local Warnings and Forecasts:
Local Warnings and Forecasts Base.............. 601,876
Air Quality Forecasting........................ 5,445
Alaska Data Buoys.............................. 1,683
Sustain Cooperative Observer Network........... 1,871
National Mesonet Network....................... 11,000
NOAA Profiler Network.......................... 4,736
Pacific Island Compact......................... 3,515
Strengthen U.S. Tsunami Warning Network........ 23,196
Susquehanna River Basin Flood Warning System, 2,000
PA............................................
New England Weather Technology Initiative, NH.. 200
Hawaii Rain Gages for NWS Pacific Region HQ, HI 360
Western Kentucky Environmental Monitoring 700
Network, KY...................................
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Subtotal, Local Warnings and Forecasts....... 656,582
================
Operations and Research:
Advanced Hydrological Prediction Services.......... 6,037
Aviation Weather................................... 5,253
WFO Maintenance.................................... 7,316
Central Forecast Guidance (includes Hurricane 68,153
Center)...........................................
Joint Center for Hurricane Research, FL............ 250
Comprehensive Flood Evaluation Study, AL........... 700
Remote Infrasonic Monitoring of Natural Hazards, MS 1,500
and HI............................................
Regional Ensembling System for Atmospheric 1,500
Dispersion, MS....................................
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Subtotal, Operations and Research................ 90,709
================
Total, Observations, Forecasts, and 747,291
Communications..................................
================
Systems Operation & Maintenance:
NEXRAD............................................. 45,121
ASOS............................................... 9,657
Weather Radio Transmitters and Communications...... 2,297
AWIPS.............................................. 38,065
NWSTG Backup--CIP.................................. 5,512
----------------
Total, Systems Operation & Maintenance........... 100,652
================
GRAND TOTAL NWS.................................. 847,943
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Williston Radar.--The Committee is concerned about radar
coverage in the State of North Dakota and directs NOAA to
maintain staffing and operations at the Williston Radar site
through fiscal year 2009.
National Mesonet Network Grants.--Mesonet networks are
automated weather stations designed to observe mesoscale
phenomena such as thunderstorms, dry lines, squall lines, and
sea breezes. These phenomena can cause weather conditions in a
localized area to be significantly different from that dictated
by the ambient large-scale condition. These mesonet
observations are critical to understanding the process by which
these phenomena form, evolve, and dissipate assist
meteorologists in understanding them in order to improve
forecast skill.
The Committee notes NOAA's long interest, with support from
the National Research Council, in the development of a national
mesonet system that will serve as an integrated surface and
atmospheric observing system to improve near- and mid-term
weather forecasting for all regions of the country. The
Committee is aware that the National Research Council is
nearing completion of a study for NOAA, ``Developing Mesoscale
Meteorological Observational Capabilities to Meet Multiple
National Needs'' which will provide a framework for a full
scale national mesonet network.
For this reason the Committee has provided an additional
$11,000,000 for NOAA to competitively procure a national
mesonet. The Committee directs NOAA to utilize $5,000,000 of
these funds to maintain operations for existing mesonet network
observation agreements. NOAA may use 10 percent of the funds to
develop policies for operational and calibration requirements.
In addition the Committee has provided an additional $1,500,000
within the Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction
appropriation to support mesonet integration with the Advanced
Weather Interactive Processing System [AWIPS], as part of the
AWIPS Technology Infusion program.
The Committee expects NOAA to provide a written plan on how
it will accomplish this program no later than January 2, 2009
after enactment. This plan shall include a procurement strategy
which encompasses a timetable for submission of proposals, as
well as evaluation and selection criteria.
NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE
The Committee recommendation provides $177,900,000 for
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
[NESDIS]. NESDIS programs operate environmental polar-orbiting
and geostationary satellites and collect and archive global
environmental data and information for distribution to users in
commerce, industry, agriculture, science and engineering, the
general public, and Federal, State, and local agencies.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA & INFORMATION SERVICE OPERATIONS,
RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental Satellite Observing Systems:
Satellite Command and Control Base................. 38,729
NSOF Operations.................................... 7,652
Product Processing and Distribution................ 31,457
Product Development, Readiness & Application....... 20,415
Product Development, Readiness & Application (Ocean 3,930
Remote Sensing)...................................
Joint Center/Accelerate Use of Satellites.......... 3,294
Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing & Enforcement.. 1,285
Office of Space Commercialization.................. 634
Group on Earth Observations (GEO).................. 500
Ocean Surface Vector Winds Studies................. 3,000
----------------
Total, Environmental Satellite Observing Systems. 110,896
================
Data Centers & Information Services:
Archive, Access & Assessment....................... 35,526
KY................................................. 1,361
MD................................................. 6,088
NC................................................. 275
WV................................................. 1,434
Coastal Data Development........................... 4,559
Environmental Data Systems Modernization........... 9,511
Cooperative Institute for Remote Sensing 1,000
Applications, AL..................................
International Pacific Research Center, HI.......... 1,750
Regional Climate Centers, NE, IL, NY, NC, LA, NV... 3,000
Integrated Data and Environmental Applications 2,500
Center, HI........................................
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Total, NOAA's Data Centers & Information Services 67,004
================
GRAND TOTAL, NESDIS.............................. 177,900
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NOAA-WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT
The Committee recommendation provides $426,543,000 for
NOAA-wide program support. These programs provide for overall
NOAA management, including staffing of the Under Secretary's
office and services to NOAA and DOC field offices through the
regional Administrative Support Centers. These programs also
support NOAA's Education Office consistent with the
recommendations of the Ocean Commission. The Facilities
subactivity provides for repair and maintenance to existing
facilities; facilities planning and design; and environmental
compliance. The Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
provides aircraft and marine data acquisition, repair, and
maintenance of the existing fleet, planning of future
modernization, and technical and management support for NOAA-
wide activities through the NOAA Commissioned Corps.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
PROGRAM SUPPORT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corporate Services:
Under Secretary and Associate Offices Base......... 28,676
Facilities......................................... 24,297
NOAA Wide Corporate Services & Agency Management... 125,732
IT Security........................................ 2,050
DOC Working Capital Fund........................... 36,583
----------------
Total, Corporate Services........................ 217,338
================
NOAA Education Program:
Education Program/Initiative....................... 1,267
Competitive Educational Grants..................... 3,250
Educational Partnership Program/Minority Serving 15,334
Institutions (EPPMSI).............................
BWET Regional Programs............................. 9,700
Ocean Education Grants............................. 15,000
Narragansett Bay Marine Education (Save the Bay), 1,000
RI................................................
Science Education on the Tennessee-Tombigbee 375
Waterway, MS......................................
Hawaii Education Program, HI....................... 1,500
Base to Campus Conversion, ME...................... 500
Partnership to Advance Environmental Literacy, NY.. 250
Sea Grant Education Outreach, AL................... 500
----------------
Total, NOAA Education Program.................... 48,676
================
Marine Operations & Maintenance:
Marine Services.................................... 113,451
Fleet Planning and Maintenance..................... 17,034
Aviation Services.................................. 30,044
----------------
Total, Marine Operations & Maintenance........... 160,529
================
GRAND TOTAL, PS.................................. 426,543
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NOAA Education Program.--The Committee provides $48,676,000
for education programs, $32,148,000 above the budget request.
The Joint Ocean Commission continues to highlight the need for
ocean literacy and broaden young people's awareness of ocean
issues that affect their daily lives. NOAA has established a
successful track record of engaging all levels of the education
community to send a clear, consistent message on ocean science
using different media and methods tailored to individual
community needs.
Competitive Education Grants.--The Committee directs NOAA
to fund existing education agreements prior to soliciting
additional projects.
Ocean Education.--The Committee remains concerned about
NOAA's rate of progress regarding the Joint Ocean Commission
Initiative, particularly in the area of education. This
situation is further compounded by the fact that ocean has not
been included as part of the President's American
Competitiveness Initiative [ACI], which aims at funding science
to maintain our competitive edge. The Committee also believes
more needs to be done in the area of ocean literacy and the
environment, consistent with NOAA's education and conservation
mandates of 16 USC 1431 and 661. Much progress can be made
toward these mandates by leveraging informal education
partnerships regarding the ocean, specifically nonprofit
aquariums. These partnerships can get children interested in
careers in science, the foundation of ACI and a strong economy.
Traditionally, Federal programs have fallen short in
effectively providing funds which align to the operations and
activities of these important nonprofit institutions.
Therefore, the Committee has established a grant program
focused on aquariums in an effort to enhance awareness, improve
ocean literacy, and educate the public about the marine
environment.
BWET Regional Programs.--The Committee continues to believe
in the BWET program and has continued funding for this program.
The Committee applauds NOAA's effort to expand this program
beyond the original programs in California, Chesapeake Bay, and
Hawaii.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $979,207,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 1,238,660,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,258,010,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,258,010,000. The
recommendation is $278,803,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $19,350,000 above the budget request.
The Committee provides funding for congressionally directed
projects listed within the obligation table for the
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction appropriation and
directs NOAA to refrain from charging administrative costs to
these grants. The Committee expects that NOAA will provide
appropriate management and oversight of each grant.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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National Ocean Service:
Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Program (no 15,000
more than 3 percent admin.)......................
National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction & 6,890
Land Acquisition.................................
Marine Sanctuaries Construction/Acquisition....... 5,495
Northern Gulf Institute, MS....................... 4,500
Dauphin Island East End Coastline Restoration 750
Project, AL......................................
Real Time Satellite Data Receiving Station, DE.... 750
Thunder Bay NMS Exhibit and Telepresence, MI...... 500
Horn Point Laboratory, MD......................... 2,000
Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy system (CBIS), MD 500
Great Bay Partnership, NH......................... 3,000
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Total, National Ocean Service--PAC.............. 39,385
=================
National Marine Fisheries Service:
Center for Marine Education and Research, MS...... 1,500
Mississippi Center for Conservation and 1,600
Biodiversity, MS.................................
Center for Aquatic Resource Management, AL........ 1,500
-----------------
Total, National Marine Fisheries Service--PAC... 4,600
=================
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:
Research Supercomputing/CCRI...................... 10,379
Cooperative Institute and Research Center for 4,000
Southeast Weather, AL............................
Pell Library and Undersear Exploration Center-- 1,200
research equipment, RI...........................
-----------------
Total, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research--PAC.... 15,579
=================
National Weather Service:
Systems Acquisition:
ASOS.......................................... 1,635
AWIPS......................................... 20,564
NEXRAD........................................ 8,376
NWSTG Legacy Replacement...................... 1,195
Radiosonde Network Replacement................ 4,014
Weather and Climate Supercomputing............ 26,169
Cooperative Observer Network Modernization 3,734
(NERON)......................................
NOAA Profiler Network......................... 11,337
Complete and Sustain NOAA Weather Radio....... 9,730
Henderson County Weather Sirens, KY........... 110
NOAA West Coast Doppler Radar, WA............. 2,000
-----------------
Subtotal, NWS Systems Acquisition........... 88,804
=================
Construction:
WFO Construction.............................. 12,504
Center for Weather & Climate Prediction 4,100
(NCWCP)......................................
-----------------
Subtotal, NWS Construction.................. 16,604
=================
Total, National Weather Service--PAC........ 105,408
=================
NESDIS:
Systems Acquisition & Construction:
Geostationary Systems (GOES-N)................ 73,263
Geostationary Systems (GOES-R)................ 477,000
Polar Orbiting Systems (POES)................. 65,419
Polar Orbiting Systems (NPOESS)............... 287,985
EOS & Advanced Polar Data Processing, 990
Distribution & Archiving Systems.............
CIP--single point of failure.................. 2,772
Comprehensive Large Array Data Stewardship 6,476
System (CLASS)...............................
NPOESS Preparatory Data Exploration........... 2,455
Restoration of Climate Sensors................ 74,000
Satellite CDA Facility........................ 2,228
-----------------
Total, NESDIS--PAC................................ 992,588
=================
Program Support:
Construction:
Pacific Regional Facility..................... 60,250
Southwest Fisheries Science Center............ 15,000
Fairbanks, AK, CDA............................ 11,700
Fleet Modernization........................... ................
-----------------
Subtotal, Construction...................... 86,950
=================
OMAO Fleet Replacement:
FSV Calibration............................... 1,000
Hydro Survey Launch Construction.............. 2,400
Vessel Equip. & Tech Refresh.................. 1,000
Temporary Berthing for HENRY B. BIGELOW....... 1,000
Ship Acquisition, Conversion & Maintenance.... 10,040
-----------------
Subtotal, OMAO Fleet Replacement............ 15,440
=================
Total, Program Support--PAC................. 102,390
=================
Prior Year Recoveries................................. (2,000)
=================
GRAND TOTAL, PAC............................ 1,258,010
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Cooperative Weather and Research Center.--The Southeast
United States experiences more severe weather events, such as
hurricanes, tornados, lightning, flooding and severe droughts
than any other region of the country. Unfortunately, NOAA
dedicates few resources to respond and prepare for the severe
weather events in this area. Unlike other regions, the
Southeast does not possess the surveillance, research and
forecasting assets to study and predict these events. To begin
to remedy this disparity, the Committee has provided a total of
$5,500,000 ($1,500,000 ORF and $4,000,000 PAC) for the National
Weather Service to build a Cooperative Institute and Research
Center for Southeast Weather and Hydrology and to begin to
develop and acquire dual polar, phased array and multi
frequency Doppler Radars and passive radiometers to study
storms, improve rainfall estimates, and to begin to provide the
citizens of the Southeast with state-of-the-art weather
research and prediction capabilities.
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction [NCWCP].--
Based on revised information the Committee has fully funded the
request for the NCWCP building but has shifted $10,000,000 to
the operations, research, and facilities appropriation to more
accurately reflect that these funds will be used primarily for
rent, operations, and security of this facility.
Satellite Management.-- The Committee appreciates the fact
that NOAA has kept the Committee informed with regular status
reports on its two satellite programs. However, the Committee
remains concerned with both the GOES-R and NPOESS programs as
both entering critical phases of their respective developments.
In addition, there will soon be a void in senior management due
to the transition to the next administration. The Committee
notes that the Office of Inspector General's most recent
investigation determined that the Department of Commerce lacks
procedures for reporting and approving major deviations from
plans. Specifically, the Inspector General recommended that the
Department establish thresholds and procedures for reporting
and approving major deviations from GOES-R's capability, cost,
and schedule baseline, as well as enhancements to the baseline.
The Committee directs NOAA and the Department of Commerce to
implement this recommendation no later than October 1, 2008.
GOES-R.--The Committee has adopted by reference the
congressional reporting requirements that were included as a
Department of Commerce general provision in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2008.
Commercial Satellite Data.--The Committee commends NOAA for
its recent innovative and progressive actions to promote
development of commercial sources of weather and climate change
information. NOAA issued a formal solicitation in December 2007
entitled ``Commercial Solutions to meet space-based Earth and
space weather requirements of the United States Government.''
This was followed by an Industry Day in January 2008 entitled
``Seeking Commercial Capabilities to Address U.S. Government
Requirements for Satellite-based Observations.'' The Committee
agrees that NOAA should provide incentives and commitments to
commercial entities that can provide weather and climate change
data as a supplement to NOAA's two core satellite systems. The
Committee recognizes that such commercial sources may be low-
cost alternatives to traditional Government satellites. The
Committee directs the NOAA to provide a report to the Committee
no later than 120 days after enactment on actions that can be
taken to obtain space based environmental information from
commercial sources. The report should identify commercial
sources of data and what specific actions NOAA will take to
facilitate purchasing commercial environmental measurements
through purchase commitments or other contracting incentives.
Fuel Costs.--The Committee is aware the record fuel costs
are severely restricting NOAA's ability to conduct fishery
surveys. As such the Committee has provided an additional
$3,940,000 in ``Ship Acquisition, Conversion, and Maintenance''
to address this pressing need.
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY FUND
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $67,000,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 35,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 90,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $90,000,000 for the
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. The recommendation is
$23,000,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level and
$55,000,000 above the budget request.
DISASTER MITIGATION FUND
Appropriations, 2008....................................................
Budget estimate, 2009...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ $50,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $50,000,000 to help
alleviate the economic impacts associated with commercial
fishery failures, fishery resource disasters, and State and
Federal regulations. The Committee is aware of multiple
requests for fishery assistance. Specifically, the Committee is
aware of costs associated with reductions in fishing capacity
in New England, costs associated with gear modifications to
protect endangered species, as well as declared and pending
disasters for west coast salmon, Chesapeake Bay blue crab, and
gulf coast oysters. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Commerce to provide the Committee with a spend plan for the
allocation of these funds no later than 45 days after
enactment.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $3,000,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,000,000
The recommendation includes requested language allowing not
to exceed $3,000,000 collected pursuant to the Coastal Zone
Management Act to be transferred to the ``Operations, Research
and Facilities'' account to offset the costs of implementing
that act.
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $6,000,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000
Language is included that is identical to previous years.
OTHER
Departmental Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $44,294,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 61,083,000
Committee recommendation................................ 44,083,000
The Committee recommendation provides $44,083,000 for
Departmental Management Salaries and Expenses. The
recommendation is $211,000 below the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and $17,000,000 below the budget request.
Within Departmental Management, the Salaries and Expenses
account provides funding for the Secretary, Deputy Secretary,
and support staff. Responsibilities involve policy development
and implementation affecting United States and international
activities, as well as, establishing internal goals and
operations of the Department.
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program.--The Committee
disagrees with the administration's proposed cancellation of
the remaining unobligated subsidy balances associated with the
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program, and finds that funds
available under section 101(f) of the Emergency Steel Loan
Guarantee Act of 1999, as well as funds for salaries and
administrative expenses needed to administer the Emergency
Steel Loan Guarantee Program, that shall remain available until
expended.
HCHB RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $3,722,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 7,367,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,367,000
The Committee recommendation provides $7,367,000, which is
$3,645,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level and the
same as the budget request for the HCHB Renovation.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $22,020,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 24,766,000
Committee recommendation................................ 24,766,000
The Committee recommendation provides $24,766,000. The
recommendation is $2,746,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION COUNCIL
Appropriations, 2008....................................................
Budget estimate, 2009................................... $1,021,000
Committee recommendation................................................
The Committee recommendation provides for funding for the
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination
Council through a transfer from the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office.
General Provisions--Department of Commerce
Section 101 makes Commerce Department funds available for
advanced payments only upon certification of officials
designated by the Secretary that such payments are considered
to be in the public interest.
Section 102 makes appropriations for salaries and expenses
available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for
services, uniforms, and allowances as authorized by law.
Section 103 provides the authority to transfer funds
between Department of Commerce accounts and within NOAA
appropriations. The provision makes transfers subject to the
Committee's standard reprogramming procedures.
Section 104 provides that any cost resulting from personnel
actions shall be absorbed by the affected Department or Agency.
Section 105 prohibits the use of any appropriated funds to
trademark the phrase ``Last Best Place''.
Section 106 authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting safety
and health in the context of scientific and occupational diving
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Section 107 provides authority for the Secretary of
Commerce and Bureaus to collect and retain conference fees.
Section 108 extends Congressional notification requirements
for GOES-R Satellite program.
Section 109 provides authority for the Secretary of
Commerce to furnish certain services within the Herbert C.
Hoover Building.
Section 110 transfers prior year funding from the Fisheries
Finance Program into NOAA Operations, Research, and Facilities
Appropriation.
Section 111 amends the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act.
Section 112 provides authority for Secretary of Commerce to
negotiate or reevaluate international agreements related to
fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The Committee recommends a total of $25,778,555,000 for the
Department of Justice [DOJ]. The recommendation is
$2,186,639,000 above the fiscal year 2008 funding level,
excluding emergency supplemental appropriations, and
$2,689,640,000 above the budget request.
The Committee views the continual proposed elimination of
critical State and local law programs as misguided and
irresponsible. State and local law enforcement must have the
resources necessary to fight crime and assist the Federal
Government in the global war on terror. Repeated elimination of
these important funds calls into question the Department's
commitment to remain the Nation's premier law enforcement
agency.
Language is not included to rescind balances from the Crime
Victims Fund, as requested by the administration.
The Committee rejects the administration's request to
transfer the responsibilities of the Office of Government
Information Services [OGIS] to the Department of Justice. This
proposal contravenes the OPEN Government Act of 2007 (Public
Law 110-175). This law made significant overhauls to the
Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] to ensure openness in
government. The OPEN Government Act requires that the Office of
Government Information Services be located in the National
Archives and Records Administration and this request
contradicts this legislation.
Tribal Government Funding.--The Committee rejects the
administration's proposal to discontinue specific set-asides
for tribal COPS, correctional facility construction, tribal
courts, and juvenile justice programs. The Department of
Justice programs that have operated in past years are an
essential part of the public safety and justice regimes in
Indian Country. The Committee is concerned that the changes
proposed to these programs by the administration if implemented
would significantly affect the administration of justice in
Indian communities.
For the past several years, tribal leaders from across the
country have made public safety and justice in Indian country a
top priority, and have urged that adequate funding be provided
for law enforcement officers, strong judicial systems, and
detention facilities construction and staffing. The Committee
is not aware that the Department of Justice consulted with
tribal governments on this proposal which would essentially
require tribal law enforcement agencies to compete for funding
with State and local law enforcement agencies.
Agent Benefits.--The Committee is concerned with the
Department of Justice's neglect to address danger pay and
equalize virtue of locality pay for Foreign Service employees
that put their lives on the line every day to protect American
citizens. The Committee strongly believes that DOJ employees
serving abroad in appropriately designated areas should receive
the same pay, benefits, and compensation as other Foreign
Service employees from other agencies. The Committee is also
concerned about the continuing failure by the Department to
address the practice of penalizing employees stationed abroad
by denying them locality pay. This denial not only affects
their paychecks but has long term negative consequences on
their retirement calculations. The Committee directs the
Department to address this and any other potentially related
compensatory concerns immediately, and to submit a report to
the Senate Committee on Appropriations no later than 90 days
after the enactment of this bill which details what the
Department has done to address this inequity.
The Committee is disappointed that the budget for the
Department of Justice [DOJ] fails to articulate the resource
requirements of other agency and Department activities on DOJ.
The Committee requests the Government Accountability Office to
assess the ability of the executive branch to develop reliable
cost models that more accurately predict Department of Justice
resource requirements resulting from planned activities and
statutory requirements of other Departments and Agencies.
The Committee requests that the Government Accountability
Office review the costs to operate the Department of Justice's
data centers from fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2008,
and report its finding to the Committee no later than May 31,
2009.
United Financial Management System.--The Committee is
extremely disappointed in the Department's inability to request
appropriated funds for the Unified Financial Management System
[UFMS] and instead has relied on excess taxes of the bureaus'
operational appropriations accounts. If the Department believes
that this system is a priority, it needs to send a budget
amendment for fiscal year 2009 budget with appropriate offsets.
If the Department continues to rely on these types of budget
gimmicks in the future, the Committee will have no choice but
to rescind the Department's authority to tax the law
enforcement entities for which it has responsibility.
Budget Restructuring Proposals.--The Committee remains
concerned with the Department's repeated proposal to
consolidate existing decision-units. All accounts within the
DOJ, therefore, shall continue to use the fiscal year 2008
decision-units and account structures, unless otherwise
specified in prior years or in the following recommendation.
General Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $97,832,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 105,805,000
Committee recommendation................................ 85,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $85,000,000. The
recommendation is $12,832,000 below the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $20,805,000 below the budget request.
The ``General Administration'' account provides funding for
senior policy officials responsible for Departmental management
and policy development. The specific offices funded by this
account include: the immediate Office of the Attorney General;
the immediate Office of the Deputy Attorney General; the
immediate Office of the Associate Attorney General; Office of
Legal Policy; Office of Public Affairs; Office of Legislative
Affairs; Office of Professional Responsibility; Office of
Intergovernmental and Public Liaison; and the Justice
Management Division.
The following table compares the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level to the fiscal year 2009 budget estimate and the
Committee's recommendation for each office:
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal year
Fiscal year 2009 committee
2008 enacted recommendation
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Departmental Leadership:
Attorney General.................. $5,260 5,000
Deputy Attorney General........... 4,814 3,164
Office of Privacy and Civil 380 400
Liberties........................
Associate Attorney General........ 1,767 1,836
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Subtotal........................ 12,221 10,000
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Intergovernmental Relations and
External Affairs:
Public Affairs.................... 2,858 2,968
Legislative Affairs............... 3,598 3,734
Intergovernmental and Public 927 962
Liaison..........................
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Subtotal........................ 7,383 7,664
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Executive Support and Professional
Responsibility:
Legal Policy...................... 5,601 5,812
Professional Responsibility....... 5,801 6,020
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Subtotal........................ 11,402 11,832
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Justice Management Division........... 66,826 55,404
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Total........................... 97,832 85,000
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Supporting Law Enforcement.--The Committee notes the
Department's continual failures in fighting to protect the
jurisdictions of its law enforcement entities. Not only has the
Department lost every battle with the Office of Management and
Budget over funding for the FBI, BOP, USMS, ATF, DEA, and the
Detention Trustee, but it is now ceding its responsibilities in
the interagency clearance process to allow other agencies to
duplicate its statutory responsibilities. Under this lack of
leadership, bureaucrats don't suffer--agents, guards,
inspectors and those working in the field bear the brunt of
this incompetence. This sophistry is not only contributing to
the demise and undermining the foundations of the agencies
under the Department's jurisdiction, but it is jeopardizing the
safety of the American people. If funding is to continue for
the General Administration of the Department of Justice, the
Committee expects its leadership to vigorously support the law
enforcement entities for which it is responsible.
National Drug Intelligence Center [NDIC].--The Committee
does not agree to provide $19,500,000 to the Department of
Justice for the NDIC; this Center is outside of the
subcommittee's jurisdiction.
Departmental Offices.--The Committee has established
specific limitations for each individual program and policy
within the Departmental Offices. The accompanying bill includes
a provision authorizing a cumulative total of transfers of up
to 5 percent between each activity (Departmental Leadership;
Intergovernmental/External Affairs; Executive Support/
Professional Responsibility; and Justice Management Division)
and after 5 percent, the Department shall seek prior approval
from the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $85,540,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 93,868,000
Committee recommendation................................ 86,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $86,000,000. The
recommendation is $460,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and $7,868,000 below the budget request.
The Justice Information Sharing Technology [JIST] account
provides increased control to the Department Chief Information
Officer [DCIO] to ensure that investments in information
technology [IT] are well planned and aligned with the
Department's overall IT strategy and enterprise architecture.
JIST helps ensure that all DOJ components build systems that
are interoperable with shared components and not stove-piped
systems that become obsolete once operational. The Committee is
supportive of IT enhancements and the creation of systems that
work across agencies and Departments.
TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $74,260,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 121,651,000
Committee recommendation................................ 121,651,000
The Committee recommendation provides $121,651,000. The
recommendation is $47,391,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
This account centrally funds development, acquisition,
deployment, operation and maintenance of the Justice
Department's narrowband wireless communications network.
The Committee supports the President's request of
$25,000,000 within this account for the Integrated Wireless
Network [IWN]. The Committee is concerned that the tactical
radio communications systems of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives [ATF], Drug Enforcement Administration
[DEA], Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], and United States
Marshals Service [USMS] are obsolete and close to failure. IWN
is a critical modernization effort for reliable, secure
communications capability for handheld radios, surveillance
equipment, and airborne operations that will help law
enforcement agencies in their fight against drug crimes,
violent crimes and terrorist cells. The administration,
however, had failed to request adequate resources for this
program, which is estimated at over $1,200,000,000 over 6
years. The Committee requests that the Government
Accountability Office [GAO] conduct a study that reviews: (1)
the cost estimate and multi-year deployment plan for this
program; and (2) an evaluation of the cost savings of such an
integrated system as compared to legacy radio systems at the
Department of Justice. Further, should additional funding be
required for IWN in fiscal year 2009, the Committee will
consider a reprogramming within existing resources, consistent
with section 505 of this act.
The Committee supports the broadest possible use of IWN
across law enforcement agencies. However, the Department does
not have the budgetary resources to fund other agencies use of
the network. Should other agencies choose to use the network,
they should assume the full cost of their participation.
The Committee directs $500,000 to Washington State Patrol
to complete the IWN site at Mount Sumas, Washington.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $240,649,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 263,791,000
Committee recommendation................................ 268,791,000
The Committee recommendation provides $268,791,000. The
recommendation is $28,142,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $5,000,000 above the budget request.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review includes the
Board of Immigration Appeals, immigration judges, and
administrative law judges who decide through administrative
hearings whether to admit or exclude aliens seeking to enter
the country, and whether to deport or adjust the status of
aliens whose status has been challenged. This account also
funds the Office of the Pardon Attorney which receives,
investigates, and considers petitions for all forms of
executive clemency.
The Committee recommends an additional $5,000,000 above the
budget request for the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
The Committee is concerned about the growing immigration
problem and the Executive Office of Immigration Review's [EOIR]
ability to handle increasing caseloads and have provided
additional funds to address rising backlogs. The Committee
urges the Department to work with EOIR in developing a
strategic plan for expansion, which shall be submitted to the
Committee on Appropriations within 90 days of enactment.
The Committee is concerned that the Executive Office for
Immigration Review's has delayed implementation of its 22 new
Measures to Improve the Immigration Courts and the Board of
Immigration Appeals unveiled in 2007, which were mandated by
the former Attorney General on January 9, 2006. The Committee
therefore directs the agency to report within 30 days of
enactment of all steps taken to fully, effectively and
efficiently implement these measures including a timeline for
implementation.
In addition, the Committee provides $4,000,000 for Legal
Services Orientation Program [LOP]. The Committee is
disappointed that the Department of Justice failed to request
funding for this important program in their budget request. The
EOIR created the Legal Orientation Program in March 2003 but
have never requested direct funding to run this program and
instead have relied on Department of Homeland Security to fund
the program. Congress explicitly stated in 2007 that they
expected the Department of Justice to fund this program and not
the Department of Homeland Security. The Committee encourages
the Department of Justice to include the LOP in any future
budget requests submitted to Congress.
The LOP program informs detained aliens in immigration
removal proceedings about the immigration court process, how to
obtain legal representation or represent themselves and how to
determine if they are eligible for any immigration relief or
expedite the removal process.
A 2008 study conducted by the Vera Institute found that the
LOP participants move an average of 13 days faster through
immigration court, were more likely to appear for court
hearings than those who do not participate in the program and
that the LOP increases immigration court efficiency.
DETENTION TRUSTEE
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,225,920,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 1,295,319,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,295,319,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,295,319,000. The
recommendation is $69,399,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The Office of the Federal Detention Trustee account
provides oversight of detention management, and improvement and
coordination of detention activities to ensure that Federal
agencies involved in detention provide for the safe, secure,
and humane confinement of persons in the custody of the United
States.
The Committee is concerned about the Department's ability
to anticipate the true funding needs for this account,
particularly due to requirements associated with increased
immigration enforcement efforts. The Committee will consider
the use of existing resources should additional funding be
required, subject to section 505 of this act.
The Committee is concerned that the Department of Justice's
prisoner reimbursement agreement with the District of Columbia
is not consistent with requirements set forth in the National
Capital Revitalization Act of 1997. The Committee urges the
Department to work with the District of Columbia to review and
update the reimbursement agreement consistent with this act.
Should a new agreement require additional budgetary resources,
the Committee would expect a either a budget amendment or a
reprogramming request to be submitted consistent with section
505 of this act.
The Committee directs the Detention Trustee to report to
the Committee on a quarterly basis the number of individuals in
the detention trustee system, the projected number of
individuals, and the annualized costs that are associated with
them.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $70,603,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 75,681,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,681,000
The Committee recommendation provides $75,681,000. The
recommendation is $5,078,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
This account finances the activities of the Office of
Inspector General [IG] including audits, inspections,
investigations and other reviews of programs and operations of
the Department of Justice to promote economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and
abuse, as well as violations of ethical standards arising from
the conduct of Department employees in their numerous and
diverse activities.
The Committee continues to strongly support the IG's review
of investigative tools used by the Department of Justice,
including National Security Letters and USA PATRIOT Act section
215 business orders. In addition, the Committee supports the
IG's ongoing review of major information technology
acquisitions, such as the FBI's Sentinel case management
system.
United States Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $11,462,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 12,570,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,570,000
The Committee recommendation provides $12,570,000. The
recommendation is $1,108,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
The Commission is an independent body within the Department
of Justice which makes decisions regarding requests for parole
and supervision of Federal prisoners.
Legal Activities
GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $745,549,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 804,007,000
Committee recommendation................................ 804,007,000
The Committee recommendation provides $804,007,000. The
recommendation is $58,458,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
This appropriation funds the establishment of litigation
policy, conduct of litigation, and various other legal
responsibilities, through the Office of the Solicitor General,
the Tax Division, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division,
the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, the Civil
Rights Division, the Office of Legal Counsel, and Interpol.
The Committee remains concerned DOJ is not requesting
enough resources to keep litigation costs on pace with DHS
enforcement activities.
The Committee is concerned by the large number of suspected
human rights violators from foreign countries who have found
safe haven in the United States and directs the Criminal
Division to increase efforts to investigate and prosecute
serious human rights crimes committed by these foreign
nationals, including genocide, torture and war crimes and other
offenses committed by serious human rights violators. Within
available funds, the Committee directs that $1,800,000 be
allocated for an additional 10 attorneys, six analysts and
associated support personnel in the Criminal Division to
investigate and prosecute individuals who violate the Federal
laws on serious human rights crimes, including but not limited
to criminal statutes on genocide, torture and war crimes.
The Committee recommendations, by Division, are displayed
in the following table:
LEGAL DIVISIONS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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Office of the Solicitor General........................ 10,440
Tax Division........................................... 101,016
Criminal Division...................................... 164,061
Civil Division......................................... 270,431
Environment and Natural Resources Division............. 103,093
Office of Legal Counsel................................ 6,693
Civil Rights Division.................................. 123,151
Interpol USNCB......................................... 24,548
Office of Dispute Resolution........................... 574
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Total............................................ 804,007
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THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $6,833,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 7,833,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,833,000
The Committee recommendation provides a reimbursement of
$7,833,000 for legal costs. The recommendation is $1,000,000
above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level and equal to the
budget request.
This account covers Justice Department expenses associated
with litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine
Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660).
ANTITRUST DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $147,819,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 150,591,000
Committee recommendation................................ 150,591,000
The Committee recommendation provides $150,591,000. The
recommendation is $2,772,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
The Antitrust Division investigates potential violations of
Federal antitrust laws, represents the interests of the United
States in cases brought under these laws, acts on antitrust
cases before the Supreme Court, and reviews decisions of
regulatory commissions relating to antitrust law.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,754,822,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 1,831,336,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,831,336,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,831,336,000. The
recommendation is $76,514,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and equal to the budget request.
This account supports the Executive Office for U.S.
Attorneys and the 94 U.S. Attorneys headquarters offices
throughout the United States and its territories. The U.S.
Attorneys [USAs] serve as the principal litigators for the U.S.
Government for criminal and civil matters. As in past years,
the Committee directs the U.S. Attorneys to focus their efforts
on those crimes where the unique resources, expertise, or
jurisdiction of the Federal Government can be most effective.
The Committee expects that the resources provided be directed
to the highest priorities of the USAs.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $209,763,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 217,416,000
Committee recommendation................................ 217,416,000
The Committee recommendation provides $217,416,000. The
recommendation is $7,653,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
The United States Trustee Program, authorized by 28 U.S.C.
581 et seq., is the component of the Justice Department with
responsibility for protecting the integrity of the bankruptcy
system by overseeing case administration and litigation to
enforce the bankruptcy laws. In fiscal year 2009, the U.S.
Trustee Program will participate in an estimated 1.5 million
business and consumer bankruptcy case filings. To carry out its
duties in these cases under the Bankruptcy Code (title 11) and
title 28 of the United States Code, the U.S. Trustee Program is
organized into three levels: the Executive Office for United
States Trustees in Washington, DC; United States Trustees in 21
regions whose geographic jurisdiction is established by
statute; and 95 field offices, which cover 150 court sites and
280 other administrative hearing locations.
The Committee continues to support the use of data-enabled
forms, or ``smart forms'' for filing bankruptcy petitions and
schedules. The data-enabled technology was developed jointly by
the United States Trustee Program and the Administrative Office
of the Courts [AOUSC]. The Committee supports the mandatory use
of smart forms to further improve efficiencies in the
bankruptcy system.
The Committee notes that the Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs held four hearings during the 110th Congress, revealing
a longstanding public safety crisis on many reservations. One
source of the problem is that Federal laws limit the ability of
tribal governments to fight crime in their communities. Federal
laws and court decisions limit tribal police arrest authority,
prohibit tribal courts from trying non-Indians for reservation-
based crimes, and limit tribal court sentencing authority to 1
year imprisonment. As a result, tribal communities rely solely
on the United States to investigate and prosecute misdemeanors
involving non-Indians and all felonies committed on Indian
lands.
Despite this reliance, Department of Justice data shows a
27 percent decline in FBI investigative activity on Indian
lands in the past decade, and Federal Indian country
prosecutions have fallen 2 percent in the past 5 years. Over
the past 10 years, U.S. attorneys have declined to prosecute
approximately 62 percent of felony Indian country cases
nationally.
To address the public safety crisis in Indian country, the
Committee urges the Department to provide additional FBI agents
and Assistant U.S. Attorneys to investigate and prosecute
violent reservation crimes. The Committee also urges the
Attorney General to appoint tribal prosecutors and other
experts in Federal Indian law to serve as Special Assistant
U.S. Attorneys to prosecute reservation crimes.
FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,606,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 1,823,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,823,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,823,000. The
recommendation is $217,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and equal to the budget request. The recommendation fully
provides for the adjudication of claims against: Germany
relating to World War II; Cuba relating to the Castro regime;
and Iraq relating to the U.S.S. Stark incident and Desert
Shield/Storm.
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission settles claims of
American citizens arising from nationalization, expropriation,
or other takings of their properties and interests by foreign
governments.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $168,300,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 168,300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 168,300,000
The Committee recommendation provides $168,300,000. The
recommendation is equal to the fiscal year 2008 enacted level
and to the budget request.
This account provides for fees and expenses of witnesses
who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the
United States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses.
These funds are also used for mental competency examinations as
well as witness and informant protection.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $9,794,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 9,873,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,873,000
The Committee recommendation provides $9,873,000. The
recommendation is $79,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and commensurate with the budget request.
The Community Relations Service provides assistance to
communities and persons in the prevention and resolution of
disagreements relating to perceived discriminatory practices.
The Attorney General may submit a reprogramming to the
Committee for additional funding for conflict resolution and
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations
Service in accordance with reprogramming guidelines contained
within this act.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $20,990,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 20,990,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,990,000
The Committee recommendation provides $20,990,000. The
recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and to the budget request.
This account provides funds to supplement existing
resources to cover additional investigative expenses of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement
Administration, and U.S. Marshals Service, such as awards for
information, purchase of evidence, equipping of conveyances,
and investigative expenses leading to seizure. Funds for these
activities are provided from receipts deposited in the Assets
Forfeiture Fund resulting from the seizure and liquidation of
assets. Expenses related to the management and disposal of
assets are also provided from the Assets Forfeiture Fund by a
permanent indefinite appropriation.
United States Marshals Service
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $864,219,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 933,117,000
Committee recommendation................................ 968,117,000
The Committee recommendation provides $968,117,000. The
recommendation is $101,594,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level, and $35,000,000 above the budget request.
The core missions of the USMS include the apprehension of
fugitives, protection of the Federal judiciary, protection of
witnesses, execution of warrants and court orders, and the
custody and transportation of accused and unsentenced
prisoners.
Judicial and Courthouse Security.--The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $377,811,000 for judicial and courthouse
security. The recommendation is $20,469,000 above the fiscal
year 2008 funding level and identical to the budget request.
Southwest Border.--The Committee's recommendation provides
$12,746,000 and 52 Deputy U.S. Marshals, as requested by the
President to address the increasing workload along the
Southwest border. Additional Border Patrol agents have led to
an inevitable increase in illegal immigrant arrests which in
turn has increased the number of prisoners produced for Federal
court proceedings. Deputy U.S. Marshals are under tremendous
strain to protect Federal judges and prosecutors, transport
prisoners, and secure cellblock operations. The Committee
wishes to be kept informed of resource requirements of the USMS
due to increased immigration enforcement activities.
Regional Fugitive Task Forces.--The Committee
recommendation provides $31,952,000 for existing regional
fugitive task forces to include $14,585,000 for payroll
expenses and, $17,367,000 for the day-to-day operating expenses
for the six regional task forces.
The Committee recommends an additional $10,000,000 above
the budget request to establish new, or expand existing,
regional fugitive task forces. Distribution of these resources
should be based on the fugitive workload, giving emphasis to
the workload created by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and
Safety Act. Funding covers the cost of new Deputy U.S.
Marshals, computer specialists, intelligence analysts, and
administrative support positions, as well as the costs for
facilities, information technology, communications, tactical
gear, vehicles, and other start up costs.
Sexual Offender Apprehension.--The Committee recommendation
provides $25,000,000 for the USMS to enhance the USMS's ability
to carry out its responsibilities to implement and enforce the
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (Public Law 109-
248). The Committee is deeply concerned that the administration
has failed to request resources to carry out this act. To
fulfill its Adam Walsh Act responsibilities, the United States
Marshals Service requires funding to hire and equip at least
500 new Deputy Marshals over the next 3 to 5 years. The
Committee recommendation will enable the USMS to hire at least
100 additional Deputy U.S. Marshals and associated support
staff in fiscal year 2009. This funding will also help
establish the National Sex Offender Targeting Center, improve
the information technology backbone, and reinforce the agency's
infrastructure so that Deputy Marshals have timely, accurate
investigative information to track down and arrest those who
prey on our Nation's children.
The recommendation includes $2,304,000 for construction in
space controlled, occupied, or utilized by the USMS in United
States courthouses and Federal buildings, including but not
limited to the creation, renovation, and expansion of prisoner
movement areas, elevators, and other law enforcement and court
security support space. As in prior years, the Committee's
intent is to provide for all construction activity to support
the mission of the USMS in protection of the Federal judiciary
and other law enforcement activities.
The Committee is aware of the U.S. Marshals' efforts to
pilot state-of-the-art detection capabilities at multiple high-
threat courthouses around the country and applauds the agency's
plans to enhance courthouse security by acquiring proven
equipment, training, and procedures to facilitate the screening
and detection of evolving threats. Accordingly, the Committee
recommendation envisions an aggressive schedule for rollout of
detection technologies at pilot sites and the subsequent
fielding of detection systems if the pilot evaluations meet the
Marshals' expectations. Special consideration should be given
to those technologies that have been deployed and proven
effective by other agencies, such as the Transportation
Security Administration.
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $73,373,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 83,789,000
Committee recommendation................................ 83,789,000
The Committee recommendation provides $83,789,000. The
recommendation is $10,416,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and equal to the budget request.
The National Security Division [NSD] coordinates the
Department's national security and terrorism missions through
law enforcement investigations and prosecutions, and handling
counterespionage cases. The NSD works in coordination with the
FBI, the Intelligence Community, and U.S. Attorneys. Its
primary function is to prevent acts of terrorism and espionage
from being perpetrated in the United States by foreign powers.
Interagency Law Enforcement
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $497,935,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 531,581,000
Committee recommendation................................ 511,741,000
The Committee recommendation provides $511,741,000. The
recommendation is $13,806,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $19,840,000 below the budget request.
The Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Account funds
the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces [OCDETF].
This program was created in 1982 to ensure a coordinated,
multi-agency approach to identifying, disrupting and
dismantling those drug trafficking and money laundering
organizations primarily responsible for the Nation's illicit
drug supply. Through its nine regional task forces, this
program utilizes the seven Federal law enforcement agencies to
target major drug trafficking organizations and their financial
infrastructure. This account also funds the OCDETF Fusion
Center [OFC], an operational intelligence center combining the
analytical resources and intelligence information of the OCDETF
member agencies and others.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $6,493,489,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 7,065,140,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,085,140,000
The Committee recommendation provides $7,085,140,000. The
recommendation is $591,651,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $20,000,000 above the budget request.
Five-Year Budget.--The Committee understands that the FBI's
fiscal year 2009 budget request was originally formulated under
a 5-year budget development process, but is concerned that it
was not adopted by the administration. Implementation of a
multi-year budget planning approach has been urged by the
Committee in the past, as well as various external review
groups, such as the National Academy for Public Administration.
This approach will also allow the FBI to better participate in
the Intelligence Community budget process. The Committee
encourages the FBI to continue pursuing the 5-year budget with
the administration.
Cyber Initiative.--The Committee is concerned that the
threat of cyber-related foreign intelligence operations to the
United States is rapidly expanding. These cyber intrusions
present a national security threat and have compromised
thousands of computers on U.S. Government and private sector
networks. The FBI is in a unique position to counter cyber
threats as the only agency with the statutory authority,
expertise, and ability to combine counterterrorism,
counterintelligence, and criminal resources to neutralize,
mitigate, and disrupt illegal computer-supported operations
domestically. The Committee recognizes the FBI's efforts and
recommends the full request of $75,000,000 for this effort,
which includes an additional 211 positions and $38,648,000 to
further the FBI's investigatory, intelligence gathering, and
technological capabilities.
Work Force Study.--The Committee is extremely disappointed
that the FBI failed to comply with a requirement to complete a
workforce study within 60 days of enactment of the fiscal year
2008 act. As of June 2008, over 160 days after enactment of the
fiscal year 2008 act, the Committee had not yet received this
study. The Committee directs the FBI to provide this study
immediately and provide the Committee with information on the
cause of the unacceptable delay in fulfilling this reporting
requirement.
Workforce Distribution.--The Committee notes that the FBI's
staffing levels have increased since 2001 and will increase
again in fiscal year 2009. While the FBI has undergone a major
reorganization of its mission priorities, the Committee is
concerned that the Bureau has not adequately considered the
proper distribution of its staffing to field offices around the
country. As a result, staffing levels continue to vary
dramatically from State to State, both in terms of the
population of a State and the threats that exist within that
State. As the FBI considers the distribution of new agents
across the United States, the Committee encourages the FBI to
also consider the allocation of agents to field offices that
could alleviate disparities in the number of personnel between
field offices.
National Security.--The Committee recommends the full
request to support the FBI's critical national security efforts
to conduct investigations to prevent, disrupt and deter acts of
terrorism, and continue to strengthen working relationships
with other Federal, State and local partners. The Committee
recommendation includes $3,385,350,000 in base funding and
$369,635,000 in enhancements for national security initiatives,
including $235,483,000 for domain and operations, $88,502,000
for surveillance, $5,500,000 for technology, and $40,150,000
for to build partnerships and strengthen the FBI workforce.
Criminal Justice Information Services Division.--The
Committee recommendation provides $558,000,000 including fee
collections for the Criminal Justice Information Services
Division [CJIS], including $307,000,000 in appropriated funds
and $251,000,000 in user fees. As in previous years, under no
circumstances is the FBI to divert funding collected through
the CJIS user fee for any purpose other than CJIS, its
refreshment plan, or a subsequent modernization plan for the
current facility.
The Committee is concerned by the large number of suspected
human rights violators from foreign countries who have found
safe haven in the United States and directs the FBI to increase
efforts to investigate and support the criminal prosecution by
the Department of Justice of serious human rights crimes
committed by these foreign nationals, including genocide,
torture, war crimes and other offenses committed by serious
human rights violators. The Committee recommends, within
available funds, $1,500,000 for an additional ten agents and
associated support personnel at FBI headquarters to detect,
investigate, and support the criminal prosecution of
individuals who violate the Federal laws on serious human
rights crimes, including but not limited to criminal statutes
on genocide, torture and war crimes.
FBI Headquarters Building.--The Committee is concerned that
the limitations of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which has not
had any major structural improvements since it was opened in
1974, could affect the FBI's ability to fulfill its mission.
The building is inadequate for the current FBI Headquarters
workforce, causing dispersal of FBI staff in to over 16 annex
offices. The building also lacks adequate setback and other
security features, which puts FBI operations and personnel at
unacceptable risk. The Hoover Building does not meet the
Interagency Security Committee's criteria for a secure Federal
facility capable of handling intelligence and other sensitive
information. The Committee finds these conditions unacceptable
and directs the Government Accountability Office [GAO] to
review the Hoover Building and associated off-site locations,
and provide a analysis of the FBI's ability to fulfill its
mission and security requirements under the present
circumstances. The GAO study should also assess the benefits of
a consolidated Headquarters facility.
Critical Infrastructure.--The Committee is concerned that
insufficient operations practices and substandard maintenance
could result in systems failures and the unavailability of
time-sensitive data to agents in the field. The Committee urges
the Department of Justice to maintain and operate its critical
facilities and physical infrastructure at the highest standard,
consistent with industry best practices, to ensure that these
systems can perform critical functions for the FBI.
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement.--Within funds
provided, the Committee urges that the FBI to continue to make
the detection, investigation, and prosecution of domestic and
international intellectual property crimes an investigative
priority. The Committee also urges the FBI to continue field
office collaboration with the U.S. Attorneys' Computer Hacking
and Intellectual Property Rights units and to continue to
support the FBI Headquarters Intellectual Property Rights
program coordination with the Department of Justice's Criminal
Division's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section.
Innocent Images National Initiative [IINI].--The Committee
recommendation provides $9,000,000 above the budget request for
the Innocent Images National Initiative, for a total of
$47,475,000 to increase the number of agents investigating
Internet-related crimes against children by at least 30. The
Committee has provided this increase to address the critical
requirements for Federal law enforcement in attacking the
problem of child sexual exploitation and child victimization.
Mortgage Fraud.--The sub-prime mortgage crisis threatens
the Nation's economic security. Suspicious Activity Reports
filed by various financial institutions increased almost 200
percent within the last 3 years alone, and show no signs of
decreasing. This increase in mortgage fraud activity is greatly
straining the FBI's white-collar crime investigative
capabilities. Therefore, the Committee recommends an increase
of $10,000,000 and at least 25 agents to augment the current
positions conducting mortgage fraud investigations.
Safe Street Task Forces.--The Committee remains concerned
over the level of resources available for FBI criminal
investigations, especially at a time when violent crime trends
show signs of increasing in some localities and the continuing,
pervasive threat from criminal gangs and gang violence. While
most violent crime is a local crime problem, State and local
authorities often depend upon the FBI for investigative,
forensic, and technical assistance and leadership. The FBI's
task force approach to combating street crime and gang violence
is one of the successful strategies that contributed to
previous decreases in violent crimes. Accordingly, the
Committee urges the FBI, within available funds, to provide
$4,000,000 for an additional 20 agents to augment existing task
forces, and another $5,000,000 to add two additional task
forces dedicated to targeting violent crime and gang violence.
Construction Project Management.--The Committee recommends
an additional $1,000,000 in this account to address
construction project management and transitional workforce
expenses.
CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $164,200,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 42,991,000
Committee recommendation................................ 184,991,000
The Committee recommendation provides $184,991,000 for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] construction. The
recommendation is $20,791,000 above the fiscal year 2008
funding level and $142,000,000 above the budget request. Of
this amount, $33,191,000 shall be for sensitive compartmental
information facilities [SCIFs], $9,800,000 is for improvements
at the FBI Academy, and $50,000,000 shall be for the Terrorist
Explosives Device Analytical Center.
Drug Enforcement Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,857,569,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 1,936,584,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,954,384,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,954,384,000. The
recommendation is $96,815,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $17,800,000 above the budget request. The
recommendation provides $244,000,000 for Drug Enforcement
Administration's [DEA] Drug Diversion Control Fee Account.
The Drug Enforcement Agency's [DEA] mission is to enforce
the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United
States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of
the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those
organizations and principal members of organizations involved
in the growing, manufacturing, or distribution of controlled
substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the
United States; and to support non-enforcement programs aimed at
reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on
the domestic and international markets.
The Committee supports the DEA's efforts to develop
unmanned aerial systems [UAS] to provide narcotics surveillance
and interdiction. The use of UAS has potential to significantly
expand the DEA's ability to fight narcotics trafficking over
larger geographical areas without the need for a significantly
larger agent workforce or additional rated pilots. The
Committee recommendation provides $17,800,000 above the budge
request for the DEA to work in collaboration with the U.S. Army
to develop and acquire UAS for tactical drug interdiction
efforts.
Drugs on Public Lands.--The Committee is very concerned
that foreign drug-trafficking organizations are rapidly
increasing the amount of marijuana grown on our Nation's public
lands, creating unacceptable hazards to public safety and
significant natural resource damage. The Committee urges the
Drug Enforcement Administration to prioritize efforts to work
with Federal land management agencies, including the U.S.
Forest Service and National Park Service, and other State and
local law enforcement partners to aggressively and permanently
eradicate marijuana and other drug operations on public lands.
The Committee strongly encourages DEA to increase the
resources provided to investigate, apprehend and prosecute drug
trafficking on public lands and to target those resources to
areas with the highest concentration of trafficking activity.
The Committee encourages the DEA to continue to consult and
work with Alaskan State and local law enforcement agencies to
find ways to tackle the State's methamphetamine problem. The
Alaska problem is unique because the State's size and remote
areas that are optimal for methamphetamine production
laboratories.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $984,097,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 1,027,814,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,042,814,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,042,814,000. The
recommendation is $58,717,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $15,000,000 above the budget request.
The mission of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives [ATF] is to reduce violent crime, prevent
terrorism, and protect the public. ATF reduces the criminal use
of firearms and illegal firearms trafficking, and assists other
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in reducing
crime and violence. ATF investigates bombing and arson
incidents and provides for public safety by reducing the
criminal misuse of explosives, trafficking in explosives,
combating acts of arson and arson-for-profit schemes, and
removing safety hazards caused by improper and unsafe storage
of explosive materials. ATF enforces the Contraband Cigarette
Trafficking Act which addresses the diversion of cigarette
taxes often involving multi-million dollar trafficking plots,
some of which have been traced to international terrorists.
Violent Crime Impact Teams.--The Committee continues to
strongly support the ATF's Violent Crime Impact Team [VCIT]
initiative to pursue violent criminals and reduce the
occurrence of homicides and firearms-related violent crime
through the use of geographic targeting, proactive
investigation, and prosecution of those responsible. The VCITs
uses a multi-agency approach and work closely with State and
local law enforcement to identify, target, disrupt, arrest, and
prosecute violent criminals. The Committee recommendation
includes a $15,000,000 increase above the base budget of
approximately $45,000,000 to expand the staff level at the
existing VCITs to 10 agents per VCIT, and to add four new VCITs
in high crime areas.
Conversion of Records.--The Committee recognizes the need
for ATF to complete the conversion of tens of thousands of
existing Federal firearms dealer out-of-business records from
film to digital images at the ATF National Tracing Center
[NTC]. Once the out-of-business records are fully converted,
search time for these records will be reduced significantly.
The Committee urges the ATF to continue the conversion and
integration of these records.
National Integrated Ballistic Information Network.--The
Committee continues to support the National Integrated
Ballistic Information Network [NIBIN], including significant
investment made by State and local law enforcement partners to
build the current NIBIN database. The Committee believes ATF
should move expeditiously to ensure that ballistic-imaging
technology is routinely refreshed, upgraded, and deployed to
State and local law enforcement. The Committee urges ATF
prioritize upgrading and replacing aging ballistic imaging
equipment in its fiscal year 2009 operating budget and in
future budget requests. ATF should ensure upgrades and
replacements maximize and protect the resources invested by
State and local law enforcement.
Federal Prison System
The Committee recommendation provides a total of
$5,973,889,000 for the Federal Prison System, or Bureau of
Prisons [BOP]. The recommendation is $548,401,000 above the
fiscal year 2008 enacted level and $440,000,000 above the
budget request.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $5,050,440,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 5,435,754,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,435,754,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,435,754,000. The
recommendation is $385,314,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and equal to the budget request.
The Committee is disappointed that in recent years the
President's budget request for the Bureau of Prisons has
consistently underestimated inmate population growth rates,
medical costs inflation, and other fixed costs such as utility
expenses. The Committee is concerned that unreliable estimates
for these ``fixed costs'' could imperil safety at Federal
prisons by forcing personnel reductions that would increase
inmate-to-staff ratios to unacceptable levels. The Committee
directs the Administration to re-estimate its fixed costs and
prisoner population for fiscal year 2009 and provide the
Committee with those estimates no later than 60 days after
enactment of this act. Further, the Committee wishes to be
notified of the current staff-to-inmate ratios at all Federal
prisons on a monthly basis.
The Committee commends the BOP on its work to address and
prevent sexual misconduct. With funds provided in earlier
appropriations acts, the National Institute of Corrections has
made useful progress in providing training and technical
support to correctional systems throughout the country to
eliminate staff sexual misconduct with inmates, provide
training in investigating cases, and training the ``trainers''
in order that employees at every level will be more aware of,
and better prepared to deal with, these cases. The Committee
directs the BOP to continue these efforts and to report to the
Committee by March 31, 2009, on progress made in this area.
The recommendation shall be expended in the following
manner:
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inmate Care and Programs............................... 1,922,701
Institution Security and Administration................ 2,414,419
Contract Confinement................................... 897,468
Management and Administration.......................... 201,166
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Inmate Care and Programs.--This activity covers the costs
of all food, medical supplies, clothing, welfare services,
release clothing, transportation, gratuities, staff salaries
(including salaries of Health Resources and Services
Administration commissioned officers), and operational costs of
functions directly related to providing inmate care. This
decision unit also finances the costs of education and
vocational training, drug treatment, religious programs,
psychological services, and other inmate programs such as Life
Connections. This activity also covers costs associated with
regional and central office executive direction and management
support functions related to providing inmate care such as
medical and drug treatment program.
Institution Security and Administration.--This activity
covers costs associated with the maintenance of facilities and
institution security. This activity finances institution
maintenance, motor pool operations, powerhouse operations,
institution security and other administrative functions.
Finally, this activity covers costs associated with regional
and central office executive direction and management support
functions such as research and evaluation, systems support,
financial management, budget functions, safety, and legal
counsel.
Contract Confinement.--This activity provides for the
confinement of sentenced Federal offenders in Government-owned,
contractor-operated facilities contracts with State and local
facilities, the care of Federal prisoners in contract community
residential centers, and assistance by the National Institute
of Corrections to State and local corrections. This activity
also covers costs associated with management and oversight of
contract confinement functions.
Activations and Expansions.--The Committee expects BOP to
adhere to the activation schedule included in BOP's budget
submission. BOP shall notify the Senate Committee on
Appropriations of any deviations to this schedule.
Administrative Maximum United States Penitentiary.--The
Committee recognizes the importance of ensuring that the
Administrative Maximum United States Penitentiary [ADX], also
known as ``Supermax,'' has adequate funding to retain staff
levels necessary to provide strict oversight of prisoner
activities and communications; and to ensure the safety of
prison staff. Further, the facility has a pressing need to
upgrade its security infrastructure. The Committee urges the
Federal Bureau of Prisons to allocate funding necessary to
address these safety requirements.
National Institute of Corrections [NIC].--The Committee
rejects the proposal in the President's budget to eliminate the
National Institute of Corrections [NIC] from the Bureau of
Prisons [BOP]. This Committee notes that efforts of the NIC
contribute to cost efficiency and effectiveness is such areas
as design and operation of new jails, prisons, community
corrections programs, offender workforce development programs,
and offender classification and risk management. The Committee
urges the Department to continues operating the NIC within the
Bureau of Prisons, and, if necessary, to submit a reprogramming
proposal if sufficient funds are not available within the BOP
for this effort.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $372,720,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 95,807,000
Committee recommendation................................ 535,807,000
The Committee recommendation provides $535,807,000 for the
construction, modernization, maintenance, and repair of prison
and detention facilities housing Federal prisoners. The
recommendation is $163,087,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level, excluding emergency supplemental appropriations,
and $440,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendation provides for $70,627,000,
equal to the full budget request for modernization and repairs.
The Committee recommendation includes $440,000,000 for new
construction to enable the Bureau of Prisons to reduce the
backlog of new construction projects. This funding will help
decrease crowding throughout the Federal prison system. Also,
the Committee supports the provision of additional bedspace
capacity for female inmates at new facilities. This capacity
will significantly reduce crowding in this population, thereby
enhancing safety and security.
Within funds provided, the Committee recommendation
provides for site selection and development, environmental
assessment and feasibility, planning, and initial design work
to build an FCI in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Bill language is included clarifying that BOP may not
transfer ``Building and Facilities'' appropriations to cover
``Salaries and Expenses'' costs.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
(LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $2,328,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 2,328,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,328,000
The Committee recommendation provides a limitation on the
administrative expenses of $2,328,000 for the Federal Prison
Industries, Inc. The recommendation is equal to the 2008 fiscal
year funding level and equal to the budget request.
Office on Violence Against Women
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $400,000,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 280,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 415,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $415,000,000. The
recommendation is $15,000,000 above fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and $135,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee rejects the administration's proposal to
create a consolidated, competitive grant program for the
programs authorized in the Violence Against Women Act [VAWA],
because, if approved, these proven and successful programs
would cease to operate in the way that Congress intended. For
over 10 years, VAWA programs have supported community efforts
around the Nation to effectively respond to domestic violence,
sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. In the 109th
session, Congress unanimously passed a VAWA reauthorization
that continues successful programs and creates targeted new
programs to address gaps in prevention services, housing,
healthcare, criminal justice, and employment issues, and meet
the needs of youth, native women, communities of color, and
victims of sexual violence. These programs are designed to meet
specific needs and create collaborations between distinct
groups that can leverage their expertise and resources to
address different aspects of domestic and sexual violence. The
proposed competitive grant ignores the congressional intent
behind these programs and would lead to less effective and
potentially dangerous programming and disadvantage certain
applicants, such as those from rural areas. Congress is firmly
committed to ensuring that grantees have the necessary
knowledge and history of providing effective services to
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
and stalking in order to ensure that VAWA funding is used
wisely and well. Because of this, VAWA programs have many
specific requirements and protections to ensure that work with
law enforcement, child protective services, healthcare, and
other systems is being done effectively and the confidentiality
and safety of victims is maintained. The Committee believes
that it is important to fund individual VAWA programs as
authorized in order to meet distinct needs in the field and
strengthen the continuum of intervention and prevention
responses to victims, families, and communities.
The Committee acknowledges the often underlying connections
between domestic violence and a variety of related social ills
including youth violence, homelessness and substance abuse. The
Committee believes that the Violence Against Women Act programs
not only provide critical services to victims fleeing from
life-threatening violence but also addresses these costly
social problems.
Domestic violence impacts 1 in 4 American women over their
lifetimes and 15.5 million children are exposed to domestic
violence each year. Though the incidence of domestic violence
assaults and murders has been steadily decreasing, there is an
increase in demand for services due to improved criminal
justice response and heightened public awareness. The
Committee's funding recommendation reflects the long-term cost-
effectiveness of these services and the success in saving lives
and preventing future violence.
The Committee encourages the Department of Justice to work
together with the Office on Violence Against Women to address
the intersection of domestic violence and sexual assault with
crimes such as gang violence, child abuse and trafficking. This
collaboration would save money across sectors, by preventing
many of these crimes.
The most recent reauthorization of the Violence Against
Women Act included a new emphasis on prevention and early
intervention programs to stop violence before it began or
became life-threatening. The Committee included funding for
several evidence-based programs to prevent domestic and sexual
violence including providing services for children who have
been exposed to family violence and working with men and youth
to change attitudes that support or condone violence.
The table below displays the Committee recommendations for
the programs under this office.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Program recommendation
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STOP Grants............................................ 185,000
National Institute of Justice--R & D............... (1,880)
Transitional Housing Assistance.................... (17,390)
Grants to Encourage Arrest............................. 59,000
Rural Domestic Violence Assistance Grants.............. 42,000
Violence on College Campuses........................... 9,400
Civil Legal Assistance................................. 42,000
Sexual Assault Victims Services........................ 12,000
Elder Abuse Grant Program.............................. 4,500
Safe Havens Project.................................... 14,000
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims..... 6,580
CASA (Special Advocates)............................... 15,000
Training for Judicial Personnel........................ 2,820
Stalking Database...................................... 3,030
Court Training and Improvements........................ 2,820
Services for Children/Youth Exposed to Violence........ 2,770
Advocates for Youth/Services for Youth Victims......... 2,820
National Tribal Sex Offender Registry.................. 940
Research on Violence Against Indian Women.............. 940
Closed Circuit Television Grants....................... 940
Engaging Men and Youth in Prevention................... 2,500
Training Programs to Assist Probation and Parole 5,000
Officers..............................................
National Resource Center on Workplace Responses........ 940
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Total............................................ 415,000
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Native American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office.--The
Committee understands that Native American and Native Alaskan
women experience a higher rate of violence compared to any
other group in the United States. Alaska's forcible rape rate
is 2.5 times larger than the national average. Alaska holds the
highest rate in the United States of men murdering women. In
fiscal year 2005, over 6,000 incidents of domestic violence
were recorded. In response, in fiscal year 2005, a liaison
office was created to address abuse and violence towards women
in Alaska. The Committee includes $2,800,000 for the Native
American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office for their work in
Alaska. The Committee has provided $2,800,000 to the State of
Alaska for the purposes of combating sexual assault and
domestic violence. These funds may also be distributed to
nonprofit entities that provide services such as: a crisis
hotline, services to victims of sexual assault or domestic
violence in rural areas, and medical assistance to victims.
Within the funds appropriated, $183,800,000 is for general
formula grants to the States. The fiscal year 2009
recommendation will allow jurisdictions to implement mandatory
pro-arrest and prosecution policies to prevent, identify, and
respond to violent crimes against women, support coordination
of State victim services, assist Native victims in Indian
Country, and provide secure settings and specialized procedures
for visitation and exchange of children in families
experiencing domestic violence. The recommendation supports
increasing access to comprehensive legal services for victims,
providing short term housing assistance and support services
for domestic violence victims and education and training to end
violence against and abuse of women with disabilities.
Sexual Assault Services Act [SASA].--The Committee
recommendation provides $9,400,000 to begin a Federal program
that directly funds the needs of sexual assault victims. As
part of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, Congress
created the Sexual Assault Services Program [SASP] to address
gaps in services to sexual assault victims and their families.
While Congress has worked to ensure that crime controls are in
place to address sexual offenders, Congress also wants to
ensure that there is a dedicated stream of funding to provide a
broad range of services to male, female and child sexual
assault victims and their families through the well-established
and well-regarded system of community-based rape crisis centers
throughout the United States. These agencies' ability to serve
the needs of victims has been hampered by a significant lack of
resources. The Sexual Assault Services Program addresses this
lack of resources and meets the distinct need to strengthen the
continuum of intervention responses to sexual assault victims,
their families and the community.
Congress is firmly committed to ensuring that these rape
crisis centers have access to technical assistance, training
and support. SASP will provide such assistance through sexual
assault coalitions located in every state, territory and within
a number of Tribes.
In addition, in recognition of the specialized needs of
victims in Communities of Color, Congress established through
the Sexual Assault Services Program, specific funds so that
Communities of Color-led agencies with the necessary sexual
assault expertise can provide these services directly. Congress
has also ensured a set-aside for Indian tribes to enhance their
response to victims of sexual assault and increase
accountability to perpetrators within tribal communities.
Addressing Violence Against Native Women.--Recent research
has called attention to the dire needs of Indian tribes to
address violence against Native women. The lack of a tribal
order or protection and sex offender registry prevents Indian
tribes from accessing and sharing this life-saving information.
While American Indian women are victimized at more than double
the rate of any other population of women in the United States,
not a single comprehensive study of rates of violence has been
conducted. The Committee recognizes this and includes funding
for two programs to conduct research to help document the
extent and nature of violence against Native women and to
establish a tribal registry to enhance enforcement of tribal
protection orders and monitoring of sex offenders.
Services for Children and Youth.--As many as 10 million
children a year witness violence in the home, and according to
the Department of Justice girls and young women ages 16 to 24
experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence.
Recognizing the need to intervene early in this cycle of abuse
and prevent future violence, the Committee is funding two new
programs that support services for young people exposed to
violence in the home and teens experiencing violence in their
own relationships.
Office of Justice Programs
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $1,694,767,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 792,747,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,121,100,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,121,100,000 for
the Office of Justice Programs [OJP]. The recommendation is
$426,333,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level,
excluding emergency supplemental appropriations, and
$1,328,353,000 above the budget request. As in fiscal year
2008, the Office on Violence Against Women is funded under a
separate heading under this title.
The Committee continues to be extremely concerned with the
proposed merger of the Byrne Grant program and Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant program resulting in a significantly
reduced funding level. The Committee recommendation does not
adopt this consolidation and retains the account structure used
in previous fiscal years.
The Committee continues to be concerned by the Department's
continued endorsement of the National Motor Vehicle Title
Information System. The Committee feels that the funding and
administration of this program should be performed by a more
appropriate entity, instead of the Department of Justice.
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $196,184,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 134,647,000
Committee recommendation................................ 240,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $240,000,000. The
recommendation is $43,816,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $105,353,000 above the budget request.
The Justice Assistance program provides support to State
and local law enforcement. Funding in this account provides for
assistance in the form of research, evaluation, statistics,
regional information sharing, programs to assist the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and victim
notification assistance. In addition, funding is included for
the management and administration of all grants provided
through OJP. The Committee again rejects the Department's
proposed merger of all OJP programs under this heading and
instead has maintained the account structure contained in last
year's enacted legislation.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Program recommendation
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National Institute of Justice........................ 45,000
Law Enforcement and Corrections Tech Centers (15,000)
[LETC's]........................................
Office of Science and Technology [OST]........... (25,000)
Counterterrorism Research and Development........ (5,000)
Bureau of Justice Statistics......................... 40,000
State Automated Victim Notification System........... 15,000
Support Services for Victims......................... 10,000
Regional Information Sharing System [RISS]........... 50,000
Pegasus Nationwide............................... (12,000)
Missing and Exploited Children....................... 70,000
DNA/Forensics........................................ 5,000
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Total.......................................... 240,000
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National Institute of Justice [NIJ].--The Committee
recommendation provides $50,000,000 for the NIJ. NIJ's mission
is to advance scientific research, development, and evaluation
to advance the administration of justice and public safety. The
Committee directs that prior to the obligation of any funds,
NIJ submit a spend plan on how resources will be allocated.
NIJ Sole Sourcing.--The Committee is concerned about a
number of questionable sole-source contracts by the National
Institutes of Justice [NIJ]. NIJ has let sole-source contracts
to write the administration's underlying position papers for
some of the administration's most important initiatives that
relate to public safety and terrorism prevention. The Committee
strongly believes that there are numerous qualified and
objective entities that are competent to conduct studies on
matters related to law enforcement and that sole sourcing of
contracts to former employees and lobbyists who have clients
that could receive financial gain depending on the outcome of
the findings is not in the best interest. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Attorney General to provide to the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, no later than 90 days after the
enactment of this bill a plan to: (1) implement a process to
openly and competitively bid studies that ensure that taxpayers
monies are spent in an ethical and fair way; (2) that describes
the criteria that will be used to select these entities and
make the awards; (3) that provides for an oversight process
that will ensure future objectivity and fairness; (4)
establishes criteria for NIJ seminars and the selection of
participant speakers and invitees to those seminars.
DNA and Forensics Initiative.--The Committee recommends
$5,000,000 to assist with forensics and DNA. Within the amounts
provided, OJP shall transfer $1,000,000 to support the
continuation of the development of standards and standard
reference materials at the National Institute of Standards and
Technology [NIST] Office of Law Enforcement Standards [OLES],
to maintain quality and proficiency within Federal, State, and
local crime laboratory facilities.
The Committee remains committed to the use of DNA analysis
to exonerate the innocent, convict the guilty, and bring
justice to victims but is concerned about the costs that public
crime laboratories incur when they outsource analysis to
private laboratories. The funding provided by the Committee to
strengthen our criminal justice system by building capacity in
public crime labs should not wasted. The Committee understands
that the National Institute of Justice collects data on the
cost to outsource as a condition of the capacity grants and has
funded a program to analyze costs in the country's largest
public labs. The National Institute of Justice shall provide a
report to the Committee on the costs to outsource to private
labs 60 days after enactment.
NIJ Universities.--The Committee has become aware that
there is no Federal standard for colleges and universities that
relate to Forensic Science Education. The National Institute of
Justice conducted a panel on Forensics Science Education and as
a result, the Forensic Science Education Program Accreditation
Commission was created. However, after expending taxpayer
dollars NIJ has not created a Federal link between the
Department of Justice and the Commission, thus the necessary
universal standards have not been implemented as recommended by
the Department of Justice's own findings. Therefore, the
Committee directs the National Institute of Justice, within 60
days of enactment of this bill to create the Federal link
necessary to implement the recommended standards.
Office of Science and Technology [OS&T].--The Committee
continues to support the efforts of the leadership of the NIJ's
OS&T and the continuing partnership that OS&T has developed
with the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST].
To implement the mission of OS&T, the Committee recommends
$25,000,000 for OS&T.
Victim Notification.--The Committee recommendation provides
$15,000,000 for the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] to
continue the State Automated Victim Notification grant program
to allow States to join the National Victim Notification
Network. No funding may be utilized from within the Victims
Assistance Program for this initiative and funds provided under
this heading shall require a 50 percent match from State,
local, and private sources.
Suppport Services for Victims.--The Committee
recommendation provides $10,000,000 of which, $2,000,000 is for
support costs for Office of Victims of Crime management and
administration expenses.
Regional Information Sharing System.--The Committee
recommendation provides $50,000,000 for the Regional
Information Sharing System [RISS]. The Committee supports RISS
and its role in implementing the National Criminal Intelligence
Sharing Plan. The RISS program maintains six regionally based
information networks that provide for the automated exchange of
crime and terrorism information between Federal, State, and
local agencies. Of the funds provided, $12,000,000 is to
support Pegasus with first emphasis on rural and non-urban law
enforcement to enhance information technology capacity of
critical hometown support and security forces.
Missing Children Program.--The issue of child abduction and
exploitation today, is part of the national conscience due to
the numerous child pornography and missing children cases. OJP
works with law enforcement agencies to target, dismantle, and
prosecute predatory child molesters and those who traffic in
child pornography. The Committee continues to strongly support
the Missing and Exploited Children Program run by the BJA. The
Committee recommends $75,000,000 to continue to expand efforts
to protect the Nation's children, focusing on the areas of
locating missing children, and addressing the growing wave of
child sexual exploitation facilitated by the internet.
The funding recommendations for the Missing and Exploited
Children Program are displayed in the following table:
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Program recommendation
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children...... 30,000
Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center.............. 5,000
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force............. 30,000
Missing and Exploited Children Office................... 3,000
AMBER Alert............................................. 5,000
Management and Administration........................... 2,000
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Totals............................................ 75,000
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Management and Administration.--The Committee
recommendation provides that up to $35,000,000 of balances made
available as a result of prior year de-obligations may be
obligated for program management and administration, any
balances made available as a result of prior year de-
obligations in excess of $35,000,000 shall only be obligated in
accordance with section 505 of this act. In addition,
consistent with prior practice, reimbursable funding for
management and administration costs will be made available from
programs administered by OJP from the ``Community Oriented
Policing Services'' account. Remaining management and
administration funding will be made available from the
``Juvenile Justice Programs'' and the ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance'' accounts, and that these funds will be
transferred to and merged with the ``Justice Assistance''
account. The Committee directs that any action taken by OJP
relating to Circular A-76 shall be subject to the requirements
of section 505 of this act.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $908,136,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 404,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,387,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,387,000,000. The
recommendation is $478,864,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and
$983,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Program recommendation
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Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants............. 580,000
National Institute of Justice.................... (5,000)
SLATT Intelligence State and Local Training...... (2,000)
Byrne Discretionary Grants........................... 190,000
Byrne Competitive Grants............................. 40,000
Indian Assistance.................................... 30,000
Tribal Prison Construction....................... (15,000)
Indian Tribal Courts............................. (9,000)
Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse grants........ (6,000)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.............. 400,000
Southwest Border Prosecutor Program.............. (25,000)
Northern Border Prosecutor Program............... (10,000)
Southeast Border Prosecutor Program.............. (10,000)
Victims of Trafficking Grants........................ 10,000
State Prison Drug Treatment.......................... 10,000
Drug Courts.......................................... 30,000
Prescription Drug Monitoring......................... 3,000
Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution............... 5,000
National Prison Rape Elimination Commission...... (1,692)
Capital Litigation................................... 10,000
Missing Alzheimer's Patients Grants.................. 2,000
Mentally Ill Offender Act............................ 12,000
Second Chance Act.................................... 20,000
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Total.......................................... 1,387,000
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Capital Litigation.--The Committee recommendation provides
$10,000,000 for Capital Litigation Improvement Grants, as
authorized in the Justice For All Act. The Committee directs
that any grants provided for the Capital Litigation
Improvements, shall be provided pursuant to section 426 of the
Justice For All Act, Public Law 108-405.
SEARCH National Technical Assistance and Training
Program.--The Committee supports efforts to assist States, such
as West Virginia in the development and use of information
through criminal justice information systems to accelerate the
automation of their fingerprints identification processes and
criminal justice data identification processes so that State
and local law enforcement which are compatible with the FBI's
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants.--The Committee
recommendation provides $190,000,000 for discretionary grants
to help to improve the functioning of the criminal justice
system with an emphasis on drugs, violent crime, and serious
offenders. The Committee provides funding for the following
congressionally directed projects, and directs the Department
of Justice to refrain from charging administrative costs to
these grants. The Committee expects that the Department of
Justice will provide appropriate management and oversight of
each grant. Within the amounts appropriated for discretionary
grants OJP shall fund the following projects:
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Project Amount
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A Child is Missing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, to upgrade 100,000
telephony technology and satellite mapping systems to
assist in locating missing children in Kansas............
A Child is Missing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, to support A 100,000
Child is Missing efforts in South Dakota.................
A Child Is Missing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for law 100,000
enforcement assistance for missing and abducted children
in Idaho.................................................
Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource 500,000
Center, Washington, DC, to train judges in forensic
science and other technically complex areas of the law...
Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education, Birmingham, 400,000
AL, to continue a community oriented, interdisciplinary
team to design, implement and test solutions to the most
pressing problems of violence effecting families.........
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Montgomery, AL, 1,000,000
for forensics research and operations....................
Alabama Department of Public Safety, Montgomery, AL, for 500,000
law enforcement purposes.................................
Alaska Native Justice Center, Anchorage, AK, for funding 900,000
to provide attorney referrals, information and resources
to support Natives involved in legal issues..............
Allegheny County, Allegheny County, PA, for security 750,000
cameras and a threat viewer emergency management
visualization system.....................................
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, funds 750,000
for a statewide at-risk youth mentoring program involving
faith based organization, schools, and non-profit
entities.................................................
Boys Town, Las Vegas, NV, for expansion of services in Las 200,000
Vegas to assist at-risk girls and boys...................
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, CriMNet Program (MN 200,000
Department of Public Safety), St. Paul, MN, for the
statewide rollout of two major criminal justice
information integration services.........................
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office, Cape Girardeau, 1,000,000
MO, to provide funding for competitive grants to
sheriff's offices and multi-jurisdiction drug task forces
to address specifically methamphetamine production and
trafficking..............................................
CARITAS, Inc., Pawtucket, RI, for comprehensive case 200,000
management services for adolescents receiving substance
abuse treatment..........................................
Central Mountain Training Foundation, Canon City, CO, for 300,000
interoperable communications equipment procurement and
training.................................................
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Indian 750,000
Reservation, SD, for law enforcement, court operations,
prosecutors, the public defender's office, and detention
programs.................................................
City of Albuquerque Police Department, Albuquerque, NM, 200,000
for a family advocacy center supporting forensic training
and a crisis support team................................
City of Allentown, Allentown, PA, for an anti-youth gang 200,000
initiative in Allentown..................................
City of Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore, MD, to 1,100,000
reduce illegal gun trafficking and gun violence..........
City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, for gang prevention and 250,000
intervention training, project marketing, and outreach to
hotspots.................................................
City of Fernley, Nevada, Fernley, NV, for law enforcement 300,000
equipment................................................
City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, to decrease crime 500,000
and murders in Jacksonville..............................
City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, for copper wire theft 400,000
prevention efforts.......................................
City of Luverne, Luverne, AL, for police equipment........ 150,000
City of New Haven, New Haven, CT, to develop a prisoner 300,000
reentry initiative in collaboration with local law
enforcement and homeless, behavioral, physical health,
and family service providers.............................
City of Oakland, Oakland, CA, to recruit and hire 300,000
additional police officers from within the Oakland
community................................................
City of Richmond, Richmond, VA, to upgrade security at the 400,000
Courts Building..........................................
City of Saginaw Police Department, Saginaw, MI, to acquire 200,000
a gunshot locating system................................
City of Salem Police Department, Salem, OR, to create an 75,000
automated citation system................................
City of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, for a school- 500,000
based partnership to provide gang resistance education
and training.............................................
City of San Jose, San Jose, CA to assess the City's gang 250,000
intervention and prevention programs.....................
City of St. Paul, St. Paul, MN, to replace the warning 250,000
siren system that is used to warn the public about
tornadoes, terrorism, and hazardous material emergencies.
City of Stockton, Stockton, CA, to support the positions 200,000
of six youth gang outreach workers.......................
City of Trenton Police Department, Trenton, NJ, for a 200,000
gunshot locating system..................................
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, for a new records 500,000
management system........................................
City of York, York, PA, for a crime response and 300,000
coordination project.....................................
Clark County, Las Vegas, NV, to operate a therapeutic 500,000
foster care facility.....................................
Clark County, Clark County, KY, to purchase equipment, 90,000
including portable radios................................
Clearfield City, Clearfield City, UT, for technology to 200,000
combat gang activity.....................................
Community Renewal International, Shreveport, LA, to use a 100,000
CRI Model for neighborhood terrorism and disaster
preparedness.............................................
Coos County Sheriff's Office, Coquille, OR, for personnel 100,000
and operational costs....................................
Criminal Information Sharing Alliance, Folsom, CA, for a 400,000
law enforcement information sharing network in Texas.....
Criminal Justice Institute, University of Arkansas System, 1,000,000
Little Rock, AR, for a national training center for rural
law enforcement executives...............................
Dauphin County, Harrisburg, PA, for family group and at- 250,000
risk youth counseling....................................
Daviess County Sheriff's Department, Daviess County, KY, 180,000
to purchase mobile data terminals and other communication
equipment................................................
Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, NM, to implement a jail 180,000
diversion program........................................
Downriver Community Conference, Southgate, MI, for 500,000
equipment upgrades to improve public safety
interoperability among member communities................
Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium, 250,000
Centreville, MD, to maintain and expand the Eastern Shore
dropout prevention programs..............................
Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Newark, NJ, to expand 150,000
the program to more witnesses and victims................
Forrest County Court Team for Maltreated Infants and 150,000
Toddlers, Forrest Co., MS, to address the critical needs
of maltreated infants and toddlers through the
specialized Forrest County Court Team for Maltreated
Infants and Toddlers.....................................
Fort Belknap Indian Community, Fort Belknap, MT, for 300,000
additional staff, updated electronic data systems,
equipment and training to ensure quality judicial
services in the tribal court.............................
Genesee County, Genesee County, MI, for assistance for 100,000
those transitioning from prison..........................
Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, for a workforce 200,000
education and reentry program for the formerly
incarcerated.............................................
Grant Sawyer Center, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, for 200,000
Grant Sawyer Center at University of Nevada, Reno for
judicial education.......................................
Haymarket Center, Chicago, IL, for a workforce development 250,000
program for those with past criminal justice involvement,
substance abuse, and economic and employment instability.
Heartland Family Service, Council Bluffs, IA, for family 600,000
based treatment of drug-addicted mothers.................
Hennepin County, Hennepin County, MN, to facilitate the 250,000
sharing of juvenile records between criminal justice
agencies.................................................
Illinois Sheriff's Association, Springfield, IL, for law 250,000
enforcement and clean-up of meth production and abuse....
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indianapolis, 150,000
IN, to enhance public safety and increase patrol time on
the street...............................................
Inner Harbour for Children and Families, Douglasville, GA, 100,000
to advance neurofeedback treatment to help troubled
youths overcome deficits, avoid trouble, and become
highly functioning members of society....................
Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA, to 850,000
provide methamphetamine abuse treatment for inmates in
Polk, Scott and Story counties...........................
Iowa Legal Aid, Des Moines, IA, for continued 300,000
collaboration between the medical and legal communities
in servicing low-income Iowans...........................
Jackson Medical Mall, Jackson, MS, for prevention programs 400,000
for at-risk youth........................................
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, for emergency 1,000,000
responder software development...........................
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Birmingham, AL, for law 200,000
enforcement record integration...........................
John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, to expand a pilot 100,000
program that electronically tracks purchases of
methamphetamine precursors...............................
King County Sheriff's Office, Seattle, WA, for the School 350,000
Resource Officers Program................................
Kings County District Attorney's Office, Kings County, NY, 875,000
for the investigation and prosecution of deed theft,
mortgage fraud, and related real estate-based crimes.....
Latin America Youth Center, Langley Park, MD, to serve at 500,000
risk youth and promote gang prevention...................
Linn County, Albany, OR, to expand the Linn County 200,000
Dispatch and Emergency Operations Center to meet
increasing demands.......................................
Local Initiatives and Support Corporation-Community Saftey 750,000
Initiative, Jackson, MS, to promote strategic alliance
between community developers and law enforcement, which
will reduce crime and spur revitalization in troubled
neighborhoods............................................
Lorain Police Department, Lorain, OH, to purchase in-car 500,000
video cameras for law enforcement patrol vehi- cles.....
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Monterey Park, 300,000
CA, to upgrade an anti-gang data and analysis database...
Louisiana District Attorney's Association, Baton Rouge, 800,000
LA, to support an early intervention program for at-risk
elementary students......................................
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Indian Reservation, 500,000
SD, for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors,
public defenders office, and detention equipment and
operations...............................................
Luna County Sheriff's Department, Deming, NM, to address 375,000
border-related criminal activity.........................
Luzerne County Community College, Luzerne County, PA, for 150,000
training and equipment acquisition.......................
Madison County Commission, Huntsville, AL, for integrated 1,500,000
law enforcement records..................................
Marshall County Sheriff's Department, Marshall County, KY, 400,000
to purchase and upgrade law enforcement equipment........
McKinley County, Gallup, NM, for operations at a 200,000
comprehensive juvenile services center...................
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX, for 300,000
emergency communications equipment.......................
Menifee County Sheriff's Department, Menifee County, KY, 30,000
to purchase law enforcement technology equipment.........
Mercer County, Trenton, NJ, to provide a comprehensive 200,000
case management system for prisoners returning to the
community................................................
Metropolitan Crime Commission, New Orleans, LA, to 450,000
eliminate public corruption and reduce white collar crime
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for law 1,500,000
enforcement intelligence.................................
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for digital 2,500,000
forensic training........................................
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for training 1,000,000
and research.............................................
Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, Helena, 200,000
MT, for enhanced offender monitoring, tracking and
notification to ensure public safety.....................
Montana State University at Billings, Billings, MT, for an 200,000
academic program at the Montana Women's Prison that
offers inmates general education coursework toward
certificate or Associate degrees.........................
Multnomah County, Troutdale and Gresham, OR, to create a 275,000
position in the Multnomah County District Attorney's
Office to investigate and prosecute cases involving the
victimization and exploitation of the elderly............
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), Washington, 500,000
DC, for a national hotline that provides information and
services to crime victims................................
National Judicial College, Reno, NV, for judicial 800,000
education and scholarship of judges......................
Nevada Dept. of Public Safety, Carson City, NV, to assist 250,000
probationers with diagnosed substance abuse problems and
financial need in receiving treatment....................
New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, Concord, NH, to 750,000
combat street-level drug trafficking.....................
New Hampshire State Police, Concord, NH, to combat gang 1,500,000
and drug-related violence and crime......................
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, to develop 250,000
technology that would reduce accidental shootings, teen
suicides, unauthorized use of firearms by family members
and illegal secondary trade of weapons...................
New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts, Santa Fe, 400,000
NM, to continue drug court programs......................
North Carolina Sheriffs' Association, Raleigh, NC, for the 250,000
North Carolina Sheriffs' Association to equip a training
facility.................................................
Northern Regional Laboratory Group, Greeley, CO, to build 500,000
a full service crime lab in Northern Colorado............
Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, AR, for 500,000
a training center to reduce cases of child abuse and
improve support for victims of child abuse...............
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD, for law 750,000
enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, public
defenders office, and detention equipment and operations
on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.....................
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma City, OK, 150,000
to continue replacement of Oklahoma's aging communication
system...................................................
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Oklahoma City, OK, 100,000
for information-sharing within and between State and
local law enforcement agencies...........................
Oneida County District Attorney's Office, Utica, NY, for 215,000
an information-sharing database to analyze gang related
crime....................................................
Operation Our Town, Altoona, PA, for drug enforcement and 250,000
gang prevention programs.................................
Orlando Regional Healthcare, Orlando, FL, for operations 125,000
of the Sexual Trauma Recovery Center.....................
Our Children's Homestead, Rockford, IL, for the tutoring 200,000
of at-risk youth in the foster system....................
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Cumberland County, 250,000
PA, for a program that engages adults in reporting and
intervening in child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania........
Phoenix House, Providence, RI, to upgrade a clinical 1,000,000
management system........................................
Phoenix House Florida, Hillsborough County, FL, to upgrade 300,000
health record technology.................................
Providence Police Department, Providence, RI, for a 1,000,000
community-policing initiative to reduce drugs and drug-
related crime............................................
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 500,000
Washington, DC, for national anti-sexual assault programs
Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, Alexandria, LA, for 200,000
equipment and technology upgrades........................
Safe and Sound, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, for personnel and 600,000
after-school programs....................................
Safe Streets Campaign, Tacoma, WA, to implement 500,000
comprehensive gang prevention, intervention and
suppression strategies...................................
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, for crime 800,000
lab technologies.........................................
Sheriffs Youth Programs of Minnesota, Inver Grove Heights, 100,000
MN, to be used by the Sheriffs Youth Program to expand
programming at SYP's horse farm..........................
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, CA, to provide 1,000,000
sensitivity training to law enforcement when
investigating hate crimes and civil rights abuses........
South Royalton Legal Clinic at Vermont Law School, South 300,000
Royalton, VT, to provide legal aid to economically-
disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in Vermont......
St. Croix County District Attorney, Hudson, WI, for a 60,000
specialized methamphetamine prosecution unit.............
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Indian 250,000
Reservation, SD, for law enforcement, court operations,
prosecutors, the public defender's office, and detention
programs.................................................
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, for the training of VPSO's, 2,000,000
and the acquisition of emergency response and search and
rescue equipment for rural communities...................
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, for alcohol interdiction for 1,000,000
investigation and prosecution of bootlegging crimes as
part of a statewide effort to reduce Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome.................................................
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to support coordinator and 210,000
train law enforcement officers to teach drug abuse
resistance education.....................................
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to develop a network to allow 235,000
remote access to the criminal justice information, from a
single point of access, thus allowing law enforcement and
others Courts within the State to access court records...
Tallahassee Community College, Leon County, FL, to expand 200,000
intelligence training programs...........................
TEAM 2000 Community Development Corporation, Elizabeth, 300,000
NJ, to provide an integrated system of case management,
education, and job development services for ex-offenders
in the area..............................................
Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, for emergency 400,000
communications equipment.................................
Texas Team Focus, Morgan, TX, to establish a youth 350,000
mentoring program........................................
The Marcus Institute, Atlanta, GA, to provide remediation 100,000
for the potential consequences of childhood abuse and
neglect..................................................
The Providence Center, Providence, RI, to help address 500,000
barriers that incarcerated men and women face as they re-
enter their communities..................................
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 400,000
for law enforcement training purposes....................
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1,000,000
for forensic science technology..........................
The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulfport, MS, for 1,000,000
statewide public safety information sharing..............
The University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation 350,000
Center, Knoxville, TN, for training and technical
assistance under the Safe Streets Act....................
The Women's Sports Foundation, East Meadow, NY, to prevent 250,000
delinquency and promote well-being among young women by
involving them in physical activity......................
Town of Brantley, Brantley, AL, for law enforcement 75,000
equipment................................................
Troy University, Troy, AL, for forensics research and 350,000
operations...............................................
Uhlich Children's Advantage Network and YouthBuild Lake 250,000
County, Chicago, IL, for the expansion of a violence
prevention service network...............................
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, for 500,000
a mentoring program for at-risk youth to reduce truancy..
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, to equip the 150,000
University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Bureau
of Investigation Forensic Institution....................
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, for 500,000
community-based gun violence prevention and interven-
tion.....................................................
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, to develop 500,000
scientific, objective and reliable methods for detecting
physical child abuse.....................................
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, to expand the 150,000
regional biocontainment laboratory.......................
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, to University of 1,000,000
Memphis, Shelby County, the City of Memphis and the State
District Attorney General jointly working on combining
resources to deal with growing gang numbers and increased
violent crime............................................
University of Mississippi, University, MS, to provide 2,250,000
legal training for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and law
students and develops model programs and publications....
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, to continue to 750,000
advance law enforcement research and development.........
University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND, 300,000
for the recruitment and retention of American Indian law
students.................................................
University of South Carolina Law School, Columbia, SC, to 100,000
support efforts of its law clinics.......................
Vermont Department of Public Safety, Waterbury, VT to 1,000,000
combat increased illegal drug activities.................
Vermont State's Attorney's Office, Montpelier, VT, for the 100,000
Special Investigation Unit's task forces.................
Wasco County, Wasco County, OR, for relocation costs and 300,000
new equipment for a new interoperable 9-1-1 Emergency
Dispatch Center..........................................
West Valley City, West Valley City, UT, for a state-of-the 250,000
-art crime forensics lab.................................
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, to support a 4,000,000
forensic science initiative..............................
William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 500,000
Honolulu, HI, to support a collaborative effort of law
schools to provide cost-effective review of potentially
viable cases of wrongful convictions.....................
Winona State University, Winona, MN, to provide training, 700,000
technical assistance and publications to child protection
professionals............................................
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Madison, WI, to 1,200,000
support assistant district attorney positions in
Milwaukee County and other counties that are scheduled to
be laid off within the next year.........................
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, 200,000
Pittsburgh, PA, to provide a comprehensive range of
services for victims of domestic violence and their
children.................................................
Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley, Ottawa, IL, for 175,000
programming to assist troubled youth and their families..
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, to expand 300,000
services for victims of domestic violence................
Zero to Three, Des Moines, IA, for coordinated care for 300,000
abused and neglected infants and toddlers................
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Second Chance Act.--The Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-
199) is a comprehensive response to improve outcomes for people
released from prisons and jails and returning to our
communities. Each year, nearly 670,000 people are released from
State prisons and approximately 9 million are released from
jails. A 2002 study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics
estimated more than two-thirds of individuals released from
prisons in 1994 were rearrested for a new offense within 3
years and more than 50 percent returned for committing new
crimes or for violating their conditions of supervision. And at
least 95 percent of the individuals now in prison will be
released and will return to communities, often without
assistance or services.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of
Justice Statistics, an estimated 95 percent of all State
prisoners will be released--with one-half of these individuals
expected to return to prison within 3 years for the commission
of a new crime or violation of their conditions of release.
This cycle of recidivism not only compromises public safety,
but also increases taxpayer spending. A February 2007 report
from The Pew Charitable Trusts stated that if Federal, State,
and local policies and practices do not change, taxpayers are
expected to pay as much as $27,500,000,000 on prisons alone
from 2007 to 2011 on top of current corrections spending.
Adult and Juvenile Offender State and Local Reentry
Demonstration.--The Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-199)
reauthorizes the Adult and Juvenile Offender State and Local
Reentry Demonstration Projects (sec. 101) to help States and
communities test ways to reduce recidivism and address the
alarming recidivism rates nationwide. The Demonstration
Projects will provide grants to States and local governments
that may be used to promote the safe and successful
reintegration into the community of individuals who have been
incarcerated. The Committee recognizes that State and local
governments buckling under the pressure of unprecedented growth
in jail and prison populations and so provides $10,000,000 for
this important program to ensure public safety through
initiatives geared at returning offenders.
Mentoring Grants.--The Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-
199) authorizes the Prisoner Reentry Mentoring (sec. 211)
grants to allow community and faith-based groups to recruit,
train and match returning inmates with mentors. Having a mentor
often means the difference between success and failure for
inmates during their first, difficult days of transition from
incarceration to freedom. The grants to nonprofit organizations
may also be used for transitional services for re-integration
into the community.
Mentoring programs have been proven to significantly reduce
recidivism. The grants to nonprofit organizations for mentoring
and transitional services are a key element in reducing
recidivism rates nationwide. For this new initiative the
Committee recommendation provides $10,000,000.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $32,100,000
Budget estimate, 2009...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 25,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $25,000,000. The
recommendation is $7,100,000 below the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and $25,000,000 above the budget request.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $383,513,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 185,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 400,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $400,000,000. The
recommendation is $16,487,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $215,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
JUVENILE JUSTICE
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Part A--Management and Administration.................. 500
Part B--State Formula.................................. 74,500
Part E--Challenge Grants and Projects.................. 65,000
Youth Mentoring Grants................................. 80,000
Title V--Incentive Grants.............................. 65,000
Tribal Youth....................................... (15,000)
Gang Prevention.................................... (10,000)
Alcohol Prevention................................. (25,000)
Secure Our Schools Act................................. 10,000
Victims of Child Abuse Programs........................ 25,000
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant.................... 80,000
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Total............................................ 400,000
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The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any
deviation from the above plan.
Fairness and Objectivity in the Award of Competitive
Grants.--The Committee is deeply concerned about the
allegations that the Department steered fiscal year 2007
juvenile justice grants to favored recipients instead of
awarding them to deserving grantees who ranked more highly in a
peer-reviewed process. As noted previously, within 30 days of
enactment of this act, the Department is directed to provide a
full accounting of the process used in 2007, as well as, a
report on corrective measures taken to ensure fairness and
objectivity in the award of all future discretionary grants.
The Committee also directs the Inspector General to review the
2007 grant award process and report to Senate Committee on
Appropriations expeditiously.
Juvenile Justice Summary.--Established in 1974 and most
recently authorized in 2002 with bipartisan support, the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act [JJDPA]--
together with the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant [JABG]--
embodies a partnership between the Federal Government and the
U.S. States, territories and the District of Columbia to
protect children and youth in the juvenile and criminal justice
system, to effectively address high-risk and delinquent
behavior, and to improve community safety. Recent adolescent
brain development research demonstrating the importance of the
teen years in the establishment of an individual's ``executive
functions'' (decisionmaking, understanding consequences,
planning, and impulse control), coupled with strong data from
evaluations of effective prevention and intervention
approaches, reveal the critical importance of these Federal
investments in shaping the lives of millions of at-risk youth
and enhancing the safety of our neighborhoods.
Title II, Part B of the JJDPA: State Formula Grants
Program.--Through this program, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention [OJJDP] provides funds directly to
States, territories, and the District of Columbia to help them
to support increased availability of effective prevention and
intervention programs, to implement comprehensive State
juvenile justice plans based on detailed studies of needs in
their jurisdictions, as well as to implement juvenile justice
system improvements to achieve compliance with the core
requirements of the JJDPA. For example, State formula grants
have supported Multisystemic Therapy, shown to cut rates of
juvenile offender rearrests in half.
Title V of the JJPDA: Grants for Local Delinquency
Prevention Programs.--Commonly known as the Community
Prevention Grants Program, title V funds collaborative,
community-based delinquency prevention efforts to reach youth
in high-risk situations. For example, a study compared five
housing projects without community based programs to reach
youth to five receiving these programs. At the beginning, drug
activity and vandalism were the same. But by the time the study
ended, the projects without the programs had 50 percent more
vandalism and scored 37 percent worse on drug activity.
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant [JABG].--JABG provides
States and units of local government with funds to develop
programs to promote greater accountability in the juvenile
justice system, including building, expanding, and operating
juvenile facilities; training correctional personnel, hiring
additional judges, prosecutors, probation officers, and court-
appointed defenders; and funding pre-trial services for
juveniles. The purpose areas of JABG were expanded
significantly under the 2002 and 2005 reauthorizations to
provide for: graduated sanctions programs that include
counseling, restitution, community service, and supervised
probation; more substance abuse programs; mental health
screening and treatment; restorative justice programs; gang
prevention; anti-bullying initiatives; and offender re-entry
approaches.
Part G of the JJDPA: Juvenile Mentoring.--Juvenile
Mentoring enables communities to run high-quality mentoring
programs. For example, a study of a national juvenile mentoring
program found that those in the program were one-half as likely
to begin illegal drug use and nearly one-third less likely to
hit someone compared to those who were randomly assigned to a
waiting list.
Funding for OJJDP.--Authorized under title II, part A of
the JJDPA, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention [OJJDP], a component of the U.S. Department of
Justice's Office of Justice Programs, supports States and
communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective
and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to
improve the juvenile justice system in order to enhance public
safety, prevent delinquency, protect children and provide
treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of
juveniles and their families. OJJDP provides for training,
technical assistance, research, and evaluation to identify
``what works'' and to disseminate that information widely to
State and local program personnel.
Discretionary Grants.--The Committee recommendation
provides $65,000,000 for part E programs. The Committee
provides funding for the following congressionally directed
projects, and directs the Department of Justice to refrain from
charging administrative costs to these grants. The Committee
expects that the Department of Justice will provide appropriate
management and oversight of each grant. Within the amounts
provided, OJP shall fund the following proposals:
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Project Amount
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Alabama 4-H Foundation, Auburn, AL, for juvenile justice 500,000
prevention programs......................................
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Talladega, AL, for 150,000
youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs............
An Achievable Dream, Newport News, VA, to continue and 300,000
expand assistance programs for at-risk youth.............
Baptist Child and Family Services, San Antonio, TX, to 250,000
prevent juvenile delinquency.............................
Baton Rouge Bar Foundation, Baton Rouge, LA, for the 250,000
operations of a teen court with a peer jury trial system.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Louisiana, Lake Charles, LA, 200,000
to increase programming for at-risk children in
southwestern Louisiana...................................
Bolder Options, Minneapolis, MN, to continue Bolder 150,000
Options' unique model of one-on-one mentoring to reduce
truancy and raise academic standards of Twin Cities youth
Boys and Girls Club of Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 100,000
PA, for a mentoring-based gang prevention program........
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, to provide 1,000,000
crime prevention and outreach services to rural youth....
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Grand River in South Dakota, 150,000
McLaughlin, SD, to provide services and programming......
Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska, South Sioux City, NE, for 250,000
a treatment and services program to serve child and
teenaged victims of trauma...............................
Boys Town New England, Portsmouth, RI, to increase 161,000
services for at-risk girls and boys in the juvenile
justice system...........................................
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, Baltimore, MD, for youth 1,000,000
mentoring programs for at-risk children..................
Cherokee County Family Resource Center, Heflin, AL, for 100,000
youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs............
Children and Families First, Wilmington, DE, to provide 400,000
service intervention to girls ages 12-18.................
Chippewa Cree Tribe, Rocky Boy's Reservation, MT, to 250,000
restore a detention facility to house juvenile offenders,
provide in-house education and offer treatment services..
Citizenship Trust at American Village, Montgomery, AL, for 450,000
youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs............
City of Boston, Boston, MA, to implement a comprehensive 750,000
community-based youth crime reduction pro- gram.........
City of Brockton, Brockton, MA, for the expansion of after- 250,000
school programs designed to reduce youth crime..........
City of Chesapeake, Chesapeake, VA, for a gang deterrence 100,000
program..................................................
City of Jackson, Jackson, MS, for prevention programs for 250,000
at-risk teens............................................
City of Omaha, Omaha, NE, for the expansion of after 500,000
school educational programming...........................
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for the Youth 1,000,000
Violence Reduction Partnership...........................
City of South Salt Lake, South Salt Lake, UT, for after 100,000
school program expansions................................
County of Fresno, Fresno, CA, for a collaborative gang 300,000
prevention program.......................................
Friends of CASA of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, 375,000
for intervention and permanent placement for infants and
toddlers in the foster care system.......................
Generations, Inc., Camden, NJ, for services to assist 150,000
families and communities in reducing juvenile vio- lence
Girl Scouts USA, Baltimore, MD, for a youth mentoring 1,000,000
program for at-risk children of adult offenders..........
Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, 250,000
Philadelphia, PA, for the National Comprehensive Center
for Fathers for a mentoring-based, fatherhood initiative.
Jobs For Delaware Graduates, Inc., Dover, DE, to expand 1,353,000
services delivered to at-risk students in middle and high
school...................................................
Juvenile Justice Program for University of Alabama, 125,000
Tuscaloosa, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice
programs.................................................
Linking Learning to Life At-Risk Youth Training Program, 500,000
Burlington, VT, to prepare at-risk high school students
for successful employment and post-secondary education...
Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI, to continue the 350,000
operations of safe summer sites..........................
Morgan County System of Services, Decatur, AL, for youth 125,000
mentoring and juvenile justice programs..................
New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, Santa 300,000
Fe, NM, to implement a pilot juvenile crime prevention
program..................................................
Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID, to help reduce child neglect 150,000
and abuse at the Nez Perce Tribe.........................
Ogden School District, Ogden, UT, to assist in funding 150,000
district's after-school programs, addiction counseling,
and juvenile courts project..............................
OliveCrest, Las Vegas, NV, to expand therapeutic foster 200,000
care operations..........................................
Pawtucket Police Department, Pawtucket, RI, for youth 493,000
education programs designed to decrease truancy..........
Phoenix House, Dallas, TX, for residential substance abuse 250,000
treatment for adolescents................................
Police Athletic League of New Jersey, Freehold, NJ, to 250,000
coordinate a statewide after-school program with the goal
of deterring juvenile crime..............................
Reconcile New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, for a workforce 300,000
construction project to provide at-risk youth with the
skills for successful entry into the hospitality and
construction industries..................................
Rose Brooks Center, Kansas City, MO, to provide services 300,000
to victims of domestic violence and their child- ren....
Rosebud Boys and Girls Club, Mission, SD, for services, 100,000
programming, equipment and supplies......................
Save the Children, Westport, CT, for after-school and 500,000
summer literacy programs in Arkansas.....................
Sea Research Foundation, Inc., Mystic, CT, to expand 300,000
academic course offerings in science and technology to an
additional 100,000 students each year....................
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, ND, for equipment, 1,200,000
staffing, and operations of a youth detention center.....
Suffolk University, Boston, MA, for the development of 500,000
comprehensive juvenile justice programs aimed at reducing
recidivism...............................................
Team Focus, Inc., Mobile, AL, for youth mentoring and 600,000
juvenile justice programs................................
TuskMac CDC, Tuskegee, AL, for youth mentoring and 100,000
juvenile justice programs................................
Union Springs YMCA, Union Springs, AL, for youth mentoring 100,000
and juvenile justice programs............................
United Way of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA, for a 400,000
youth crime prevention and intervention initiative.......
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, to provide 350,000
planning, training and assistance to schools to help them
prevent and manage violence..............................
University of Delaware's Center for Drug and Alcohol 65,000
Studies, Newark, DE, to continue a statewide survey of
youth that provides estimates of student substance abuse,
crime and gambling.......................................
University of Montana, Missoula, MT, for teacher training, 400,000
curriculum development and awareness initiatives to
combat bullying as well as the development of emergency
protocol for school shootings............................
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, for youth 400,000
mentoring and domestic violence prevention programs......
Vermont Department of Children and Families, Waterbury, 700,000
VT, for state-wide at-risk youth assistance programs.....
Village of Richton Park, Richton Park, IL, for the 300,000
development of a youth intervention program..............
Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha, Omaha, NE, for a 300,000
comprehensive crime intervention program for vulnerable
women, infants, children, and teens......................
Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance, Madison, WI, for a 700,000
grant program to reduce disproportionate minority
juvenile contact.........................................
Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, for a coordinated, 300,000
evidence-based approach to serve at-risk youth in the
local community..........................................
YWCA Center for Families, Salt Lake City, UT, to provide 300,000
equipment for new Center for Families, which aims to end
domestic violence through prevention, intervention and
accountability...........................................
YWCA Columbus, Columbus, OH, to expand After-School 750,000
Programs for At-Risk Youth and Programs for Homeless
Families.................................................
YWCA Madison, Madison, WI, to expand a neighborhood and 500,000
school-based crime reduction program.....................
Zero to Three, Omaha, NE, to educate juvenile and family 150,000
court judges in early childhood development in order to
improve the child welfare system for maltreated infants
and toddlers.............................................
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Gang Prevention.--The Committee recommendation provides
$10,000,000 for this anti-gang education initiative.
Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.--Within the
funds provided in the At-Risk Children Program (title V), the
Committee provides $25,000,000 for grants to assist States in
enforcing underage drinking laws.
Secure Our Schools Act.--The Committee recommendation
provides $10,000,000 for expenses authorized by the Secure Our
Schools Act that support efforts to ensure school safety and
crime deterrence, coordinated with State and local law
enforcement agencies.
Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The Committee recommendation
provides $25,000,000 for the various programs authorized under
the Victims of Child Abuse Act [VOCA] (Public Law 101-647).
Within the funds provided, $10,000,000 shall be for Regional
Child Advocacy Centers Programs. The Regional Children's
Advocacy Centers [RCACs] were established through the Victims
of Child Abuse Act to provide information, consultation,
training, and technical assistance to communities, and to help
establish child-focused programs that facilitate and support
coordination among agencies responding to child abuse. The
RCACs and the National Children's Alliance [NCA] have
identified several joint initiatives which include: developing
centers in underserved areas; support and development of Tribal
CACs; constituent involvement; marketing; and public awareness.
In working on these initiatives, the RCACs have created
programs such as the National Training Academy, which trains
professionals and multi-disciplinary teams investigating child
abuse, and the telemedicine pilot project, which assists remote
areas in investigating child abuse.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $74,834,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 69,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 69,100,000
The Committee recommendation provides $69,100,000. The
recommendation is $5,734,000 below the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
This mandatory program provides a lump-sum death benefit
payment to eligible survivors of Federal, State, and local
public safety officers whose death was the direct and proximate
result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty.
Public Safety Officers Benefits.--The Committee directs the
Government Accountability Office [GAO] to provide an analysis
of, and recommendations to improve, Federal and State programs
to assist public safety officers and their survivors, who are
catastrophically injured or killed in the line of duty.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $587,233,000
Budget estimate, 2009...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 600,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $600,000,000. The
recommendation is $12,767,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $600,000,000 above the budget request.
Local law enforcement is not only essential to ensure the
safety of the public, but also plays a critical role in
preventing and responding to terrorist threats. Since its
creation, the Community Oriented Policing Services [COPS]
office has assisted State and local law enforcement agencies by
providing grants, training, and technical assistance that not
only ensure public safety from traditional crime, but also
better enables law enforcement officers to address the growing
threat from terrorist organizations.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Program recommendation
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Training and Technical Assistance...................... 6,000
COPS Hiring Grants..................................... 50,000
Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability........ 110,000
Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction................... 20,000
Meth Hot Spots......................................... 61,187
Bullet-Proof Vests..................................... 25,850
NIST/OLES.......................................... (1,880)
Tribal Law Enforcement................................. 15,040
Criminal Records Upgrade............................... 5,960
DNA Analysis Backlog Reduction/Crime Labs.............. 180,963
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog grants.................... (151,000)
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing grants (5,000)
DNA Training and Education......................... (6,000)
DNA R&D............................................ (5,000)
DNA Identification of Missing Person............... (3,000)
DNA Evidence Analysis Turn Around Time............. (10,983)
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science........................ 40,000
Child Sexual Predator Elimination/Sex Offender 55,000
Management............................................
Management and Administration.......................... 30,000
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Total............................................ 600,000
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Any deviations from the above plan are subject to the
reprogramming requirements of section 505.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS
Training and Technical Assistance.--The Committee
recommendation provides for $5,000 for COPS to provide Training
and Technical Assistance to assist agencies with developing
innovative community policing strategies through applied
research and evaluation initiatives.
Bullet-Proof Vests.--The Committee recommendation provides
$25,850,000 for COPS testing of bullet-proof vests. Of the
amount provided $5,000,000 is for the National Institute of
Standards and Technology's [NIST] Office of Law Enforcement
Standards [OLES] to continue supporting the ballistic and stab-
resistant material compliance testing programs, as well as for
other technical support related to public safety weapons and
protective systems.
Tribal Law Enforcement.--The Committee recommendation
provides $15,040,000 for tribal law enforcement efforts, which
is the same as the budget request. The recommendation combines
funds in this heading with funds previously appropriated under
State and Local Law Assistance. These funds may be used for
training, hiring equipment, court improvement projects, and
alcohol and substance abuse reduction programs.
The Committee notes the condition of certain Navajo Nation
detention and court facilities and urges the Department of
Justice to take action to address Navajo Nation detention and
court facilities in need of repair. The Navajo Nation, with a
population of 300,000, is the largest American Indian tribe,
and with a reservation larger than 25,000 square miles, Navajo
Nation public services are struggling to contain crime, which
has risen to levels many times higher than national averages.
Navajo Nation judicial services are also struggling to provide
adequate court facilities to accommodate the approximate 80,000
cases that are handled by the Navajo Nation Supreme Court,
eight judicial districts and peacemaker courts. Adequate
detention and court facilities are needed to address these
levels. The Department of Justice shall review the state of
existing detention and court facilities and the need for new
detention and court facilities on Navajo Nation land and not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this act
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations on
its findings regarding Navajo Nation detention and court
facilities and a description of actions that have been or will
be taken by the Department relating to such facilities.
Drug Courts.--The Committee recognizes that drug courts
greatly improve substance abuse treatment outcomes,
substantially reduce crime, and produce significant societal
benefits. The Committee notes that a new study funded by the
U.S. Department of Justice, conducted by The Urban Institute's
Justice Policy Center, ``To Treat or Not to Treat: Evidence on
the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved
Offenders,'' found that drug courts yield a substantial
reduction in crime and more than $1,000,000,000 of annual cost
savings. The Committee is concerned that the while the study
found that there are 1.47 million arrestees who are legally and
clinically eligible for Drug Court, only 55,000 are currently
served by the program. The committee supports the expansion of
drug courts in order to bring this the Drug Court Program to
scale and effectively address this population.
DNA Turnaround Pilot.--The Committee recommends $10,983,000
to reduce the turn-around-time for the analysis of DNA
evidence. While the Committee continues to believe that
enhanced DNA laboratory capacity is critical to the ability of
crime laboratories to meet the increase demand for DNA testing
services, the Committee also believes crime labs and the
criminal justice system should benefit from that increased
capacity. More and more, the criminal justice system is
realizing the importance of collecting, preserving, and
submitting forensic evidence. This has resulted in sharp
increases in the submissions of DNA evidence to our public
crime labs. The Committee believes that innovative ideas and
programs are necessary to make an impact on the growing needs
of laboratories. The Committee proposes that a national model
be developed through a pilot program for our Nation's public
crime labs. Through improved efficiency and capacity of
laboratories; maximizing the effective utilization of DNA
technology; and re-engineering DNA processes using proven
automation and expert systems; crime labs will reach the goal
of a 30-day turn-around-time. The Department shall provide to
the Committee no later than 60 days after enactment a plan to
implement the pilot program to include details on establishing
a requirement for a diagnostic review of the lab as a condition
of the grant; reporting requirements on progress reached by
successful applicants over prior years; and development of a
public and password protected website reporting progress made
by the labs as part of the pilot program. Further, the
Committee requests the Department report on implementation of
the pilot program 180 days after grants are awarded to the
crime labs.
COPS Technology.--The Committee provides funding for the
following congressionally directed projects, and directs the
Department of Justice to refrain from charging administrative
costs to these grants. The Committee expects that the
Department of Justice will provide appropriate management and
oversight of each grant. Within the amounts provided, the COPS
program office shall fund the following projects:
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Project Amount
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Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC), 500,000
Montgomery, AL, for law enforcement data gathering and
dissemination............................................
Alabama--Tombigbee Regional Commission, Camden, AL, for 400,000
traffic safety technology and law enforcement equipment..
Arkansas State Police, Little Rock, AR, to implement an 200,000
interoperable system to provide an interactive picture of
law enforcement resources in route and at the scene of
critical incidents or natural disasters..................
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, 100,000
Poplar, MT, for the operation of a 9-1-1 call center.....
Baltimore County, Baltimore County, MD, for technology 1,500,000
upgrades.................................................
Berkeley Township Police Department, Bayville, NJ, for a 500,000
comprehensive video security system......................
Caddo Parish District Attorney, NW Louisiana, LA, to equip 200,000
a sexual predator task force.............................
Calhoun County Sheriff, Anniston, AL, for law enforcement 350,000
data gathering and dissemination.........................
Calvert County, Calvert County, MD, to purchase equipment. 500,000
Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, for improvement of 500,000
campus security..........................................
Center for Technology Commercialization, Westborough, MA, 750,000
for the continued development of law enforcement
technology and training programs.........................
Cherry Hill Township, Cherry Hill, NJ, for law enforcement 250,000
communications...........................................
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Indian 250,000
Reservation, SD, for upgrades and maintenance to the 9-1-
1 system.................................................
City of Allentown, Allentown, PA, for security camera 400,000
acquisition and installation.............................
City of Astoria, Astoria, OR, to enhance public safety 325,000
radio systems............................................
City of Bayonne, Bayonne, NJ, to purchase equipment for a 600,000
new centralized command and control operations center....
City of Billings, Billings, MT, to purchase digital video 269,000
cameras, a tactical blanket system and a tactical armored
security vehicle.........................................
City of Brewton, Escambia, AL, for equipment and 200,000
technology upgrades......................................
City of Burien, Burien, WA, for emergency communications 150,000
upgrades.................................................
City of Calera, Calera, AL, for equipment and technology 250,000
upgrades.................................................
City of Camden, Camden, NJ, for the purchase of equipment 1,000,000
to more effectively fight crime..........................
City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, to implement 800 MHz 200,000
radios for non-public safety agencies....................
City of Dothan, Dothan, AL, for equipment and technology 300,000
upgrades.................................................
City of Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR, to purchase, 500,000
install and implement a simulcast radio system...........
City of Flint, Flint, MI, for in-car computers and in-car 500,000
cameras..................................................
City of Flora, Flora, MS, for equipment upgrades and 250,000
improvements for the police department...................
City of Gadsden, Gadsden, AL, for equipment and technology 250,000
upgrades.................................................
City of Greenville Police Department, Greenville, SC, for 150,000
mobile data terminals....................................
City of Gulf Shores, Gulf Shores, AL, for equipment and 350,000
technology upgrades......................................
City of Hartford, Hartford, CT, to purchase first 300,000
responder and emergency equipment for a new municipal
public safety complex....................................
City of Hartford, Hartford, CT, for equipment at a new 750,000
public safety complex....................................
City of Houston, Houston, TX, for interoperability........ 125,000
City of Inglewood Police Department, Inglewood, CA, to 500,000
upgrade the Inglewood Police Department's radio system...
City of Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, for integrated emergency 125,000
resources................................................
City of Jackson, Jackson, MS, for crime fighting 750,000
technology...............................................
City of Kalispell, Kalispell, MT, to create a public 750,000
safety training and testing facility for first responders
City of Kaysville, Kaysville, UT, for police station 100,000
equipment................................................
City of Kenosha Police Department, Kenosha, WI, for 100,000
technology upgrades......................................
City of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, for law enforcement 130,000
equipment................................................
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, to upgrade 500,000
an 800 MHz communications network and complete its
conversion to a digital system...........................
City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, to expand the City 500,000
of Los Angeles mass notification system..................
City of Medford, Medford, OR, to provide for the merging 700,000
of two existing 9-1-1 dispatch centers into one facility.
City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL, to improve the 400,000
ability to process and store photographic evidence for
investigations and emergencies...........................
City of Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee, WI, to 650,000
install a gunshot location system for high crime areas...
City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, for the purchase of 300,000
car cameras and mobile data centers for police officers..
City of Missoula, Missoula, MT, for a new police 300,000
headquarters.............................................
City of Modesto, Modesto, CA, for law enforcement 500,000
communications equipment.................................
City of Montgomery and Montgomery County, Montgomery, AL, 650,000
for equipment and technology upgrades....................
City of Newark Police Department, Newark, DE, for the 115,420
purchase of video surveillance cameras in the downtown
area.....................................................
City of North Las Vegas Police Department, North Las 300,000
Vegas, NV, for a records management system...............
City of Oakland, Oakland, CA, to provide law enforcement 500,000
equipment................................................
City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, for deployment of 250,000
security cameras in 15 different business districts......
City of Prattville, Prattville, AL, for equipment and 400,000
technology upgrades......................................
City of Radford, Radford, VA, for the transition into a 250,000
new police department facility...........................
City of Sioux City, Sioux City, IA, for meth related 100,000
training.................................................
City of South Jordan, South Jordan, UT, for high-speed 150,000
wireless hotspots for police to transfer data and share
information..............................................
City of Spokane, Spokane, WA, for new law enforcement 500,000
technology...............................................
City of Stamford, Stamford, CT, to purchase critical 300,000
console equipment for a new emergency communications
platform.................................................
City of Williamsport, Williamsport, PA, for a wireless 450,000
digital video surveillance system........................
City of Yonkers Police Department, Yonkers, NY, to reduce 250,000
non-emergency 9-1-1 calls through the creation of a new
public hotline...........................................
City of York, York, PA, for security camera acquisition 200,000
and installation.........................................
Clarion County, Clarion County, PA, for an interoperable 500,000
communications initiative................................
Cobb County Office of Economic Development, Cobb County, 100,000
GA, for public safety first responder regional
communications interoperability..........................
Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, Denver, CO, for 400,000
an electronic state-wide law enforcement information-
sharing network..........................................
Delaware State University, Dover, DE, to test and evaluate 2,000,000
a mobile crime scene and evidence tracking application...
Delta County, Delta County, MI, for the installation of 176,000
laptop computers in police patrol vehicles...............
East Baton Rouge Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, to 100,000
upgrade law enforcement technologies.....................
East Bay Regional Communications System Authority, Dublin, 500,000
CA, to create an interoperable communications system.....
Franklin County Emergency Services Alliance, Franklin 500,000
County, PA, for an interoperable communications
initiative...............................................
Gallatin County Commission, Bozeman, MT, to construct a 500,000
facility, update emergency response technology, and
ensure the protection of citizens and regional assets....
Goodhue County Sheriff's Office, Red Wing, MN, to purchase 750,000
800 MHz user end radios for all public safety officials
in Goodhue County........................................
Goodwater Police Department, Goodwater, AL, for equipment 50,000
and technology upgrades..................................
Harford County, Harford County, MD, for technology 365,000
upgrades.................................................
Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, Honolulu, HI, to 1,500,000
integrate state and local law enforcement databases for
better access at all levels of the justice system........
Henderson Nevada Police Department, Henderson, NV, to 500,000
purchase a tactical robot and equip a law enforcement
training facility........................................
Hot Springs Police Department, Hot Springs, AR, to equip 512,000
police vehicles with mobile data terminals and enable
their access to local, state and federal databases.......
Idaho State Police, Meridian, ID, for the Criminal 355,000
Information Sharing Alliance Network to improve
coordinated information sharing between participating
state law enforcement agencies...........................
Ingham County Law Enforcement Technology Upgrades, Mason, 500,000
MI, for equipment upgrades...............................
Itasca County, Grand Rapids, MN, for the implementation of 300,000
a new 800 MHz public safety radio system.................
Johnson County, Franklin, IN, to upgrade the public safety 850,000
communications system in Johnson County, Indiana.........
Johnson County Government, Olathe, KS, to provide a 150,000
unified radio communication system for Johnson County
officials and local jurisdictions within the county......
Kanawha County Commission, Charleston, WV, for Kanawha 1,000,000
County to purchase mobile and portable interoperable
radios...................................................
Kansas Adjutant General's Office, Topeka, KS, to establish 250,000
a secure database that connects law enforcement and
emergency management personnel to private sector
resources needed in a catastrophic event................
Lafayette Police Department, Lafayette, LA, for 200,000
interoperable communication..............................
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Las Vegas, NV, 750,000
for a Total Containment Vessel and other law enforcement
equipment................................................
Lenoir Police Department, Lenoir, NC, for law enforcement 200,000
communications technology................................
Macomb County, Macomb County, MI, to establish an 500,000
emergency operations center..............................
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, for a highly advanced 5,000,000
state-of-the-art DNA laboratory..........................
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, to support a training 825,000
initiative for personnel in the area of computer crime
investigations...........................................
Mason and Oceana Counties, Pentwater, MI, to operate a 300,000
joint 9-1-1 emergency communications center..............
Missoula County, Missoula, MT, to build a public safety 750,000
operations and training center...........................
Mobile County Commission, Mobile, AL, for equipment and 650,000
technology upgrades......................................
Moorhead Public Service, Moorhead, MN, to be used by 100,000
Moorhead Public Service to increase Internet speeds for
police patrol cars and fire vehicles in order to push
real-time video surveillance and GIS mapping into the
vehicles.................................................
New Orleans Police Foundation, New Orleans, LA, for law 500,000
enforcement technology integration and information
sharing..................................................
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Raleigh, NC, 100,000
for firearms and ballistics analysis equipment...........
Northwest Citizens Patrol, Baltimore, MD, for information 150,000
technology system upgrades and support person- nel......
Oakland County Sheriff, Oakland County, MI, to upgrade a 200,000
biometric identification enhancement project.............
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD, for 250,000
upgrades and maintenance to the tribal 9-1-1 sys- tem...
Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, Paterson, NJ, for a 200,000
regional fiber optic network and the construction of a
countywide interoperable communications network..........
Pleasant Grove Police Department, Pleasant Grove, UT, for 200,000
police department's wireless network.....................
Rockland County Office of Fire & Emergency Services, 250,000
Pomona, NY, for a countywide interoperable public safety
communications system....................................
Roseville Police Department, Macomb County, MI, to 150,000
consolidate police, fire and emergency medical service
dispatch functions into one entity.......................
Russellville Police Department, Russellville, Logan 125,000
County, KY, to purchase mobile data terminals and other
communications equipment.................................
Southern Kansas Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT, Cowley, 150,000
Greenwood, Montgomery, and Sumner Counties, KS, for the
implementation of the Law Enforcement Visual Intelligence
Tool for four Kansas counties............................
Springfield Police Department, Springfield, VT, for 200,000
equipment upgrades.......................................
St. Albans City Police Department, St. Albans, VT, to 100,000
purchase equipment.......................................
St. Clair County, St. Clair County, MI, to complete an 800 250,000
MHz communications system................................
St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, Duluth, MN, The 300,000
requested funds would be used by St. Louis County
Sheriff's Department to develop a regional
interoperability mobile data system that will link
multiple responders to incident details with secure
communications...........................................
State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for the phased build-out 500,000
of a statewide interoperable communications system for
first responders.........................................
Talladega County Commission, Talladega, AL, for radio 100,000
upgrades.................................................
The City of Beech Grove, Beech Grove, IN, to enhance 100,000
public safety with in-car cameras and at hot spots in the
City to provide real-time feeds to the police command
center...................................................
The City of Shelbyville, Shelbyville, IN, to complete the 900,000
interoperable wireless public safety communications
system for first responders in Shelbyville, IN...........
The Courage To Speak Foundation, Inc., Norwalk, CT, to 950,000
expand, develop and evaluate substance abuse prevention
programs.................................................
The Delaware State Police Department, Dover, DE, for 100,000
preliminary engineering assessments before message
switcher upgrades........................................
The Delaware State Police Department, Dover, DE, for the 500,000
purchase and installation of in-car cameras and related
equipment................................................
The Delaware State Police Department, Dover, DE, for the 250,000
purchase of a mobile gunshot locator system..............
The New Castle County Police Department, New Castle, DE, 200,000
for a program to increase the efficiency and
effectiveness of license plate scanning technology for
law enforcement..........................................
Town of Anderson, Anderson, AL, for equipment and 50,000
technology upgrades......................................
Town of Enfield, Enfield, CT, for interoperability 75,000
communication upgrades and expert consultation...........
Town of Enfield, Enfield, CT, to evaluate the local 75,000
emergency communications system and identify areas in
need of improvement......................................
Town of Kearny, Kearny, NJ, for the purchase and 200,000
installation of a webcam buffer zone monitoring system to
specifically monitor the Kuehne chemical plant and CSX
rail yards...............................................
Town of Secaucus, Secaucus, NJ, for interoperable law 100,000
enforcement communications...............................
Town of Somerville, Somerville, AL, for equipment and 65,000
technology upgrades......................................
University of Colorado, Denver, CO, to establish a 100,000
forensics center.........................................
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, for forensics 250,000
research and operations..................................
Upper Peninsula 15 County Consortium, Upper Peninsula, MI, 500,000
for equipment to complete a statewide 800 MHz radio
system...................................................
Vermont Department of Public Safety, Waterbury, VT, to 506,000
improve and increase the interoperability of statewide
radio communications systems.............................
Vermont Department of Public Safety, Waterbury, VT, for 500,000
the purchase of mobile computing units and necessary
support staff for police vehicles........................
Vermont State Police, Waterbury, VT, for a statewide 250,000
digital in-car camera system, an automated vehicle
locator system and a replacement scanner.................
Vermont Supreme Court, Court Administrator's Office, 250,000
Montpelier, VT, for a judiciary case management and
electronic filing system.................................
Vernon Police Department, Vernon, CT, for police in-car 60,000
video recording systems..................................
Virginia State Police, Wytheville, VA, to support the 250,000
Virginia State Police Southwest Virginia Drug Task Forces
in their efforts to stop methamphetamine and drug-related
crimes...................................................
Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Washoe, NV, to equip a DNA 800,000
analysis lab and process DNA samples.....................
Wells County Sheriff's Office, Bluffton Police Department, 100,000
Bluffton 9-1-1 Dispatch Center, Ossian Police Department,
Wells County, IN, to enhance interoperability between
Wells County, the City of Bluffton and the Town of Ossian
police and sheriff departments...........................
West Virginia Sheriffs' Association, Charleston, WV, to 3,400,000
purchase visualization technology........................
Will County, Will County, IL, for integrated criminal 300,000
justice information systems..............................
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Technology Program.--The Committee recommendation provides
$110,000,000 for the COPS Law Enforcement Technology Program.
Within the funds provided, $5,000,000 shall be transferred to
NIST to continue the efforts of the Office of Law Enforcement
Standards [OLES] in developing a comprehensive suite of minimum
standards for law enforcement communications. In addition,
these funds should be used to support the development and
implementation of a compliance assessment program to ensure
that communications equipment purchased through this grant
program is compliant, where applicable with existing standards.
Interoperable Standards.--The Committee is pleased that
significant progress has been made in the issuance of standards
to specify the required functionality for the Project 25 Inter-
RF-Subsystem Interface [ISSI], Console Interface, and Fixed
Station Interface for land mobile radio systems. The Committee
directs that funds provided to OLES for standards development
under this section should be used to complete the remaining
aspects of these interfaces, including conformance and
interoperability test standards for each of the interfaces. In
addition, funds should be used to begin the development of
standards for emerging technologies such as VoIP applications
for public safety operations.
Methamphetamine Hot Spots.--The Committee recommendation
provides $61,187,000 to State and local law enforcement
programs to combat methamphetamine production and distribution,
to target drug ``hot spots,'' and to remove and dispose of
hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs. The
Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 to reimburse the
Drug Enforcement Administration for assistance to State and
local law enforcement for proper removal and disposal of
hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs and to
initiate container programs. The Committee recommendation also
includes $10,000,000 for a competitive grant program for
community-based efforts to educate the public about emerging
drug threats through research-based prevention methods or to
enhance the ability of a community to prevent or reduce drug
abuse, including thorough training, education, and technical
assistance.
The Committee provides funding for the following
congressionally directed projects, and directs the Department
of Justice to refrain from charging administrative costs to
these grants. The Committee expects that the Department of
Justice will provide appropriate management and oversight of
each grant. Within the amounts provided for methamphetamine hot
spots, the COPS program office shall fund the following
proposals:
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Alabama District Attorney's Association, Montgomery, AL, 1,100,000
to combat the methamphetamine problem and educated
citizens of its dangers..................................
Arkansas State Police, Little Rock, AR, to certify and 500,000
equip officers assigned to investigate, seize, dismantle,
and direct the clean-up of clandestine methamphetamine
labs.....................................................
Carson City, Carson City, NV, for efforts in combating 300,000
methamphetamine in Northern Nevada.......................
City of Montrose, Montrose, CO, for communications and 150,000
safety equipment to assist a drug task force and for an
educational outreach program.............................
City of Rochester, Rochester, NY, to intensify patrols, 675,000
improve the tracking of narcotics shipments, provide
technical support and enhance local crime prevention
programs for at-risk youth...............................
Clackamas County, Oregon City, OR, to continue the 100,000
operations of the Clackamas County Meth Enforcement Team.
Criminal Justice Institute, University of Arkansas System, 500,000
Little Rock, AR, to continue providing methamphetamine-
focused courses for the Arkansas law enforcement
community................................................
Heartland Family Service, Omaha, NE, for the 100,000
Methamphetamine Treatment Program for Omaha, NE..........
Idaho Meth Project, Boise, ID, for the Idaho Meth Project 300,000
will support a statewide effort to combat the use of meth
Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, Des Moines, IA, for an 750,000
electronic database to assist efforts to enforce limits
on sales of pseudoephedrine..............................
Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, Des Moines, IA, for a 500,000
multi-tier interdiction initiative to combat drug
distribution networks....................................
Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, Des Moines, IA, for 600,000
coordinated regional meth investigations.................
Marion County, all cities throughout Marion County, OR, 400,000
for programs targeted at reducing the potential and
actual effects of meth on children.......................
Minot State University, Minot, ND, for methamphetamine 500,000
research and public education............................
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Jackson, MS, to combat 1,500,000
methamphetamines.........................................
Montana Meth Project, Missoula, MT, to prevent the use of 1,000,000
methamphetamines and the related social problems,
especially among teenagers...............................
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, 100,000
for a study that addresses the clean-up and risks of
former methamphetamine laboratories and smokehouses pose
to people, including children............................
Nebraska Meth Project, Lincoln, NE, to support a campaign 500,000
to significantly reduce the prevalence of methamphetamine
use in Nebraska..........................................
New Mexico Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, to implement 500,000
a state-wide anti-methamphetamine campaign...............
Orange County Government, Orlando, FL, to remediate 100,000
environmental dangers of methamphetamine labs in Orange
County...................................................
Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, WA, for an information 1,200,000
clearinghouse and technical training center to aid in the
fight against methamphetamine............................
Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, WA, for an anti- 1,000,000
methamphetamine initiative...............................
Rockdale County Sheriff's Office, Rockdale County, GA, to 50,000
identify, seize, and clean up clandestine methamphetamine
drug labs and assist in the eradication of meth use......
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Indian Reservation, SD, for 850,000
law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, the
public defenders office and detention programs...........
State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, for a statewide meth 1,000,000
eradication program......................................
Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, Chattanooga, TN, for 1,250,000
a statewide program that supports law enforcement,
training, intelligence and public awareness in dealing
with meth and meth cleanup...............................
The Colorado Meth Project, Denver, CO, for an anti- 500,000
methamphetamine campaign.................................
The Wyoming Meth Project, Casper, WY, for fighting the 75,000
methamphetamine problem..................................
The Wyoming Meth Project, Cheyenne, WY, to reduce youth 100,000
meth use.................................................
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, to implement a 600,000
project to improve Nebraska's community corrections and
methamphetamine abuse treatment services.................
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, to address the need 75,000
for transitional services for recovering addicts in
Wyoming..................................................
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, to address gaps in 50,000
substance abuse treatment and transitional services in
the State................................................
Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for the 1,000,000
continuation of a statewide anti-methamphetamine
initiative...............................................
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DNA Backlog/Crime Log Improvement.--The Committee
recommends $180,963,000 to strengthen and improve the current
Federal and State DNA collection and analysis systems that can
be used to accelerate the prosecution of the guilty while
simultaneously protecting the innocent from wrongful
prosecution.
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science.--The Committee
recommendation provides $40,000,000 for the Paul Coverdell
Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants. Coverdell grants are
intended to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic
science and medical examiner services, including services
provided by laboratories operated by states and those operated
by units of local government. Coverdell grants provide
flexibility to State and local crime labs by allowing them to
obtain funds to address their most critical needs.
Child Sexual Predator Elimination.--The Committee
recommendation provides $55,000,000 for a new national
initiative to provide grants to State and local governments to
locate, arrest and prosecute sexual predators. The Committee
recommends the appointment of an Assistant U.S. Attorney in
each judicial district as a coordinator to prepare a
comprehensive, district-wide strategy in consultation with
social services providers and partners from Federal, State and
local law enforcement agencies. The Committee directs the COPS
office to coordinate with the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children in developing a program that includes
detection, apprehension, and prosecution of sex offenders who
victimize children. The Committee believes it is essential to
build specialized units in law enforcement agencies across the
country to attack this problem in a concerted, coordinated
manner. The grants should assist State and local law
enforcement entities to specifically focus on sexual predators
who fail to register, child sexual exploitation and sex
offenders who prey upon children. These predator units should
be created in a manner that is geographically balanced and
levels itself to testing the model in various settings; and in
major urban police departments, State law enforcement agencies,
smaller jurisdictions, and regional groupings of agencies. The
Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation
of Children Today Act of 2003, Public Law 108-21 authorized
grants for Sex Offender Apprehension Programs.
General Provisions--Department of Justice
The Committee recommends the following general provisions:
Section 201 limits the amount of funding the Attorney
General can use for official reception and representation.
Section 202 prohibits the use of funds in this title to pay
for an abortion except where the life of the mother would be in
danger.
Section 203 prohibits the use of funds in this title to
require a person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
Section 204 requires female prisoners to be escorted when
off prison grounds.
Section 205 allows the Department of Justice, subject to
the Committee's reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5
percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the
amount that can be transferred into any one appropriation. The
provision also prohibits transfers of funds from the Bureau of
Prisons Buildings and Facilities account unless the President
certifies that such a transfer is necessary to the national
security interests of the United States and also subjects any
such transfers to section 505 of this act.
Section 206 provides authority for a personnel management
demonstration project.
Section 207 provides authority for the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to use confiscated funds
during undercover operations.
Section 208 limits the placement of maximum or high
security prisoners to appropriately secure facilities.
Section 209 restricts Federal prisoner access to certain
amenities.
Section 210 sets obligation and expenditure requirements
for the FBI's information technology programs.
Section 211 requires the availability of appropriations for
obligations beyond the current fiscal year to comply with
reprogramming procedures.
Section 212 prohibits the use of funds to plan for, begin,
continue, finish, process, or approve a public-private
competition under OMB Circular A-76 for work performed by
employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of the Federal Prison
Industries, Incorporated.
Section 213 prohibits U.S. attorneys from simultaneously
holding multiple jobs outside of the scope of a U.S. attorney's
professional duties.
Section 214 requires the Government Accountability Office
to certify the FBI is using a performance management baseline
that complies with OMB standards.
Section 215 requires the Government Accountability Office
to certify that the FBI has met certain standards to control
costs related to computer acquisitions.
Section 216 requires that the Attorney General shall submit
quarterly reports to the Inspector General of the Department of
Justice regarding the costs and contracting proceeding relating
to each conference held by the Department of Justice during
fiscal year 2009 for which the costs to the Government more
than $20,000.
TITLE III
SCIENCE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $5,184,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 5,303,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,184,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,184,000. The
recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and $119,000 below the budget request.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP] was
created by the National Science and Technology Policy,
Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-282)
and coordinates science and technology policy for the White
House. OSTP provides scientific and technological information,
analysis, and advice for the President and for the executive
branch; participates in formulation, coordination, and
implementation of national and international policies and
programs that involve science and technology; maintains and
promotes the health and vitality of the U.S. science and
technology infrastructure; reviews and analyzes, with the
Office of Management and Budget, the research and development
budgets for all Federal agencies; and coordinates research and
development efforts of the Federal Government to maximize the
return on the public's investment in science and technology and
to ensure Federal resources are used efficiently and
appropriately.
Next Generation Radar.--OSTP is directed to convene a
series of meetings over the next 6 months in order to
coordinate the research and development of the next generation
of ground based radar. The meetings should be attended by NOAA,
NSF, NASA and any other Federal agencies that will benefit from
a coordinated approach to fulfilling the needs of the country.
By coordinating the Federal efforts, costs for future
procurements will be reduced because redundant efforts will be
eliminated. No later than 9 months after enactment, OSTP shall
provide a report to the Committee on the results of the
meetings and a plan that can move forward in future year budget
requests.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $17,329,400,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 17,614,200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 17,814,000,000
The Committee's recommendation provides $17,814,000,000 for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]. The
recommendation is $504,600,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level, and $199,800,000 above the budget request.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was
established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
(Public Law 85-568) to conduct space and aeronautical research
and development and to conduct flight activities for peaceful
purposes. NASA's unique mission of exploration, discovery, and
innovation is intended to preserve the United States' role as
both a leader in world aviation and as the pre-eminent space-
faring nation. It is NASA's mission to: advance human
exploration, use, and development of space; advance and
communicate scientific knowledge and understanding of the
Earth, the solar system and the universe; and research,
develop, verify, and transfer advanced aeronautics and space
technologies.
NASA's vision for space exploration maps out an aggressive
role for the United States in manned space exploration.
However, the potential costs are substantial and will likely be
very difficult to maintain at the current estimated funding
levels. In addition, the Committee feels strongly that NASA
must show its commitment to those human spaceflight activities
already underway. The Shuttle program and the construction of
the International Space Station [ISS] continue to be the
primary focus of the Nation's manned space flight activities.
Nevertheless, the replacements for the Space Shuttle's manned
and heavy lift capabilities must also be considered as part of
any plan for continued human access to space but not to the
detriment of existing obligations.
The Committee is concerned that NASA will neglect areas
that only tangentially benefit, or do not fit within, the
exploration vision. The Committee believes that NASA must work
diligently to balance existing programs and priorities with its
plans for the future. Counterbalancing future priorities
against current programs places existing research and expertise
in jeopardy and risks squandering significant Federal
investments that may be essential to the exploration vision.
In addition, the Committee is concerned that the strong,
balanced science program that has served the Nation so
successfully for many years is being left behind rather than
being nurtured and sustained. That science program has been
based on a set of carefully crafted scientific strategies that
are founded on scientific and technical merit, relevance to
overall national needs, and broad consultation with the
scientific community.
The Committee has chosen to articulate the funding levels
of programs within the account structure for NASA in the form
of tables. Major mission and program funding is listed within
the tables and, if necessary, supplemented with explanatory
report language.
SCIENCE
Appropriations, 2008.................................... (\1\)
Budget estimate, 2009................................... $4,441,519,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,522,884,000
\1\The fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act directed NASA to
modify the agency's fiscal year 2009 appropriations account structure.
This act reflects the new structure. For comparability purposes,
$4,706,178,000 was allocated for such activities in fiscal year 2008.
The Science account encompasses four lines of study: Earth
Science, Planetary Science, Heliophysics, and Astrophysics.
This funding seeks to answer fundamental questions concerning
the ways in which Earth's climate is changing; the comparison
of Earth with other planets in the solar system and around
other stars; the connections between the Sun and Earth; and the
origin and evolution of planetary systems, the galaxy, and the
universe, including the origin and distribution of life in the
universe. These objectives are achieved through robotic flight
missions, ground-based scientific research and data analysis,
and the development of new technologies for future missions.
SCIENCE
[In thousands of dollars]
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recommendation
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Earth Science:
Earth Science Research............................ 380,554
Research and Analysis......................... 245,669
Computing and Management...................... 104,913
Airborne Science.............................. 31,771
Near Earth Object Observations................ 3,701
Earth Systematic Missions......................... 741,813
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)........ 125,841
Glory Mission................................. 46,772
Landsat Data Continuity Mission............... 139,380
NPOESS Preparatory Project.................... 94,410
Decadal Survey Missions....................... 150,000
Ocean Surface Topography Mission.............. 8,040
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 177,370
Earth System Science Pathfinder................... 81,692
Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)............. 23,227
Aquarius...................................... 29,102
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 29,363
Earth Science Multi-Mission Operations............ 140,519
Earth Science Technology.......................... 46,087
Advanced Technology Initiatives............... 8,325
Instrument Incubator.......................... 25,866
Advanced Info Systems Technology.............. 11,896
Applied Sciences Pathways......................... 48,839
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Subtotal, Earth Science......................... 1,439,504
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Planetary Science:
Planetary Science Research........................ 270,810
Planetary Science Research and Analysis....... 142,381
Lunar Science Research........................ 105,000
Operating Missions and Analysis............... 19,529
Education and Directorate Management.......... 3,900
Discovery......................................... 246,966
GRAIL......................................... 122,383
Moon Mineralogy Mapper........................ 2,701
Discovery Future.............................. 50,448
Discovery Research............................ 18,816
Operating Missions and Data Analysis.......... 52,618
New Frontiers..................................... 263,930
Juno.......................................... 244,959
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 18,971
Mars Exploration.................................. 463,194
2009 Mars Science Lab......................... 300,000
Mars Scout (2013)............................. 6,697
Mars Research and Analysis.................... 24,938
Operating Missions and Data Analysis.......... 131,559
Outer Planets..................................... 101,089
Technology........................................ 64,927
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Subtotal, Planetary Science..................... 1,410,916
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Astrophysics:
Astrophysics Research............................. 152,291
Astrophysics Research and Analysis............ 61,377
Balloon Project............................... 24,607
Operating Missions and Data Analysis.......... 66,307
Cosmic Origins.................................... 707,543
Hubble Space Telescope........................ 165,000
James Webb Space Telescope.................... 395,000
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared 72,823
Astronomy....................................
SIRTF/Spitzer................................. 71,720
Astrophysics Future Missions.................. 3,000
Physics of the Cosmos............................. 157,037
Gamma-ray Large Space Telescope (GLAST)....... 23,155
Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM).............. 8,500
Herschel...................................... 27,152
Planck........................................ 9,444
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 88,786
Exoplanet Exploration............................. 48,105
Kepler........................................ 25,193
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 22,912
Astrophysics Explorer............................. 119,127
Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer........... 65,222
NuStar........................................ 30,000
Operating Missions and Data Analysis.......... 23,905
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Subtotal, Astrophysics...................... 1,184,103
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Heliophysics:
Heliophysics Research............................. 198,794
Heliophysics Research and Analysis............ 33,922
Sounding Rockets.............................. 45,100
ACE........................................... 4,020
Operating Missions and Data Analysis.......... 71,452
Research Range................................ 32,300
GSFC Building Support......................... 12,000
Living with a Star................................ 252,389
Solar Dynamics Observatory.................... 24,051
Radiation Belt Storm Probes................... 165,000
Solar Probe................................... 18,000
Balloon Array for Radiation................... 944
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 44,394
Solar Terrestrial Probes.......................... 136,590
Magnetospheric Multiscale..................... 108,100
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 28,490
Heliophysics Explorer Program..................... 41,291
Interstellar Boundary Explorer................ 9,490
Other Missions and Data Analysis.............. 37,301
New Millennium.................................... 4,297
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Subtotal, Heliophysics...................... 633,361
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Reallocation of prior year unobligated balances....... (156,000)
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TOTAL, SCIENCE.................................. 4,522,884
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Earth Science.--Earth science is a critical part of the
balanced space program long advocated by this Committee. NASA
Earth science missions are central to our ability to monitor
and provide warnings about climate, weather, and other hazards.
To that end, the Committee provides a programmatic increase of
$47,000,000 above the budget request, for a total of
$150,000,000, to accelerate the Earth science decadal missions
in development. The agency is directed to ensure that these
missions include the full complement of data collection
capabilities as recommended by the National Academies' Earth
science decadal report. The Committee strongly supports the
acceleration of the ICE-Sat II mission to ensure launch no
later than 2013 as recommended by the National Academies. The
Committee notes that ICE-Sat II will be critical to our
continued monitoring of the Antarctica and Greenland ice
sheets.
The Committee continues to expect NASA's Earth science
portfolio to have a continuous mixture of small-, medium-, and
observatory-class Earth science missions that guarantee regular
and recurring flight opportunities for the Earth science
community.
Landsat Data Continuity Mission [LDCM].--The Committee
supports the development and flight of a thermal infra-red
sensor [TIRS] to maintain continuity of the critical
measurements made by this Landsat sensor for scientific
research and water management applications. The Committee urges
NASA to initiate development of TIRS within available funds,
and to identify the earliest and least expensive development
approach and flight opportunity for the TIRS. NASA should
report back to the Committee on this development approach no
later than October 31, 2008.
Stennis Space Center [SSC].--The recommendation includes an
increase of $15,000,000 above the budget request for the NASA
Earth Science Applications Program for the Earth Applications
program managed through Stennis Space Center. This funding
increase shall only be used to support new competitively
selected applications projects to be selected during fiscal
year 2009. These projects will integrate the results of NASA's
Earth observing systems and Earth system models (using
observations and predictions) into decision support tools to
serve applications of national priority including, but not
limited to: homeland security; coastal management; agriculture
efficiency; and water and disaster management.
Heliophysics.--Within funds provided to advance scientific
knowledge of the Sun's impact on the Earth, the Committee
provides the full budget requirements of $165,000,000 for the
Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission and $108,100,000 for the
Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, as well as $18,000,000 for
the Solar Probe Mission. The Committee notes that the Solar
Probe mission is the highest priority recommendation of the
National Academies' heliophysics decadal report, and therefore
strongly urges the Agency to work to achieve a launch no later
than 2015.
Planetary Science.--Within funds provided to advance
scientific knowledge of our solar system, the Committee
provides the full budget requirement $463,194,000 for the Mars
rovers and related science. The Committee is deeply troubled by
the cost overruns on the Mars Science Lab, and directs NASA to
report no later than October 31, 2008 on the management and
accountability actions taken to ensure that costs do not
continue to grow.
Lunar Landers.--The Committee is pleased that NASA has
chosen to continue its previously planned robotic lunar lander
mission. This mission was selected by NASA in 2005 and is now a
pathfinder for an anticipated network of small lunar science
landers and orbiters based on requirements of the Science
Mission Directorate's expanded Lunar Science Program. The first
two mini-landers are planned to be launched together in the
2013-2014 timeframe to initiate a geophysical sensor network
across the Moon. NASA anticipates that the missions selected
and managed by the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program Office will
transition this small lunar lander effort to the Lunar Science
Program, managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, in the
Science Mission Directorate no later than fiscal year 2010. In
anticipation of this action, the Committee provides $10,000,000
for the selected lunar lander mission, as requested by NASA.
Astrophysics.--Within funds provided to advance scientific
knowledge of the origins of the Universe, the Committee
provides the full budget requirements of $165,000,000 for the
Hubble Space Telescope and $395,000,000 for the James Webb
Space Telescope. The Committee also provides the full budget
request of $8,500,000 for the Joint Dark Energy Mission [JDEM]
and continues to support development of the JDEM through full
and open competition with project management residing at the
appropriate NASA center.
Wallops Flight Facility [WFF].--The Committee has long
advocated that the WFF is an important national asset that can
be better utilized by focusing on emerging technologies that
meet national needs and NASA priorities. The Committee
therefore provides programmatic increases of: $11,000,000 for
advanced technology development of small satellites and
unmanned aerial systems [UAS] that have the potential of
lowering the costs of space and Earth science missions
consistent with the goals of venture class missions recommended
by the National Academies' Earth science decadal report; and
$14,000,000 to improve launch pad infrastructure.
Reallocation of Funds.--The Committee has included a
reallocation of fiscal year 2008 funds in the amount of
$145,000,000 to ensure the full 2009 budget requirements for
programs and activities adjusted as a result of NASA's May 30,
2008 reprogramming request. NASA shall report on this
reallocation no later than 30 days after enactment of this act.
AERONAUTICS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... (\1\)
Budget estimate, 2009................................... $446,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 500,000,000
\1\The fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act directed NASA to
modify the agency's fiscal year 2009 appropriations account structure.
This act reflects the new structure. For comparability purposes,
$511,706,000 was allocated for such activities in fiscal year 2008.
The Aeronautics account funds research in key areas related
to the development of advanced aircraft technologies and
systems, including those related to aircraft safety,
environmental compatibility, and fuel efficiency; and research
that supports the Next Generation Air Transportation System in
partnership with the Joint Planning and Development Office.
AERONAUTICS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Aviation Safety........................................ 75,000
Airspace Systems....................................... 90,000
Fundamental Aeronautics................................ 250,000
Aeronautics Test Program............................... 85,000
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TOTAL, AERONAUTICS............................... 500,000
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The Committee is concerned with the steady decline in the
aeronautics research and technology request. Even more
alarming, NASA's budget projections indicate that this trend
will continue. The Committee is committed to the research NASA
conducts in aeronautics, and to the benefits, both in terms of
safety and economics, that will be made available to the public
through NASA-led research.
The Committee notes that NASA plans to carry over
approximately $50,000,000 in unobligated fiscal year 2008
aeronautics research funds, therefore the Committee's
recommendation provides NASA with a total of $550,000,000 in
resources for aeronautics research in fiscal year 2009.
EXPLORATION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... (\1\)
Budget estimate, 2009................................... $3,500,469,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,530,490,000
\1\The fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act directed NASA to
modify the agency's fiscal year 2009 appropriations account structure.
This act reflects the new structure. For comparability purposes,
$3,143,083,000 was allocated for such activities in fiscal year 2008.
The Exploration account funds the capabilities required to
develop, demonstrate, and deploy the transportation, life
support, and surface systems that will enable sustained human
and robotic exploration of the Moon and beyond.
EXPLORATION
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Constellation Systems:
Constellation Systems Program...................... 2,905,129
Program Integration and Operations............. 748,178
Crew Exploration Vehicle....................... 1,101,436
Crew Launch Vehicle............................ 1,018,515
Cargo Launch Vehicle........................... 37,000
Commercial Crew and Cargo COTS..................... 173,045
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Subtotal, Constellation Systems.................. 3,078,174
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Advanced Capabilities:
Human Research Program............................. 151,883
ISS Medical Project............................ 19,945
Research Infusion Projects..................... 131,938
Exploration Technology Development................. 244,099
ISS Research................................... 24,783
Technology Infusion Projects................... 219,316
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.................... 56,334
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program Management..... 16,380
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter................... 39,954
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Subtotal, Advanced Capabilities.............. 452,316
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TOTAL, EXPLORATION........................... 3,530,490
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Ares I and Orion.--The Committee provides the full budget
request of $1,101,436,000 for Ares I, the new Crew Launch
Vehicle, and $1,018,515,000 for Orion, the Crew Exploration
Vehicle.
Ares V.--The Committee is supportive of the funding levels
for the next exploration vehicle, but is also concerned that
the heavy lift component, Ares V, is not receiving adequate
support. The unmanned Ares V is critical to the plan for
extending our Nation's space program beyond low Earth orbit. In
order to define requirements for design, as well as improve
research and development work for a systems requirement review,
the Committee provides a programmatic increase of $30,021,000
for these activities, for a total of $37,000,000. The
definition of requirements and the research and development
work that will be done early on in this critical program will
help lower risk and future program costs. These additional
funds will allow NASA to achieve its goal of furthering space
exploration from beyond low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond.
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.--The Committee provides
$56,300,000 for the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program [LPRP]. The
Committee believes that the program, management offices, and
missions associated with LPRP are essential to the success of
the manned missions to the Moon. Within these funds,
$16,400,000 shall be for the LPRP management office and
$39,954,000 shall be for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The
Committee reiterates that the management office associated with
LPRP shall be directly involved in the planning and oversight
of future lunar robotic missions, integrating lunar data from
NASA and other international missions, oversee technology
development, support the Lunar Architecture Team, and lead
NASA's public outreach and education activities for
understanding the lunar environment.
SPACE OPERATIONS
Appropriations, 2008.................................... (\1\)
Budget estimate, 2009................................... $5,774,710,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,774,710,000
\1\The fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act directed NASA to
modify the agency's fiscal year 2009 appropriations account structure.
This act reflects the new structure. For comparability purposes,
$5,526,157,000 was allocated for such activities in fiscal year 2008.
The Space Operations account funds the Space Shuttle, the
International Space Station, and the supporting functions
required to conduct operations in space. The Space Shuttle has
been the workhorse for human spaceflight for 27 years. The
International Space Station is a complex of research
laboratories in low Earth orbit in which American, Russian,
Canadian, European, and Japanese astronauts are conducting
unique scientific and technological investigations in a
microgravity environment.
SPACE OPERATIONS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Space Shuttle.......................................... 2,981,724
Program Integration................................ 489,618
Flight and Ground Operations....................... 1,031,220
Flight Hardware.................................... 1,460,886
International Space Station............................ 2,060,162
ISS Operations..................................... 1,755,362
ISS Cargo Crew Services............................ 304,800
Space and Flight Support (SFS)......................... 732,824
Space Communications and Navigation................ 582,923
Space Communications Networks.................. 363,521
Space Communications Support................... 65,402
TDRS Replenishment............................. 154,000
Launch Services.................................... 99,558
Rocket Propulsion Testing.......................... 41,772
Crew Health & Safety............................... 8,571
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TOTAL, SPACE OPERATIONS.......................... 5,774,710
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Space Shuttle.--The Committee provides the full budget
request of $2,981,724,000 for the Space Shuttle. The Committee
remains concerned about the serious impact of Space Shuttle
transition and retirement on the workforce at NASA facilities,
and directs NASA to submit a plan to maximize utilization of
enhanced use-lease authority for all facilities, as well as
possible partnerships with other Federal agencies, that will
assist NASA in maintaining its skilled workforce. NASA should
submit this plan no later than 90 days after enactment of this
act.
Space Station.--The Committee provides the full budget
request of $2,060,162,000 for the Space Station.
Science Experiments in Microgravity.--The Committee notes
that experiments in a microgravity environment hold much
promise for the development of vaccines against infectious
diseases, and directs NASA to submit a plan no later than
October 1, 2008, to ensure immediate access of these and other
potentially life-saving experiments to a microgravity
environment.
EDUCATION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... (\1\)
Budget estimate, 2009................................... $115,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 130,012,000
\1\The fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act directed NASA to
modify the agency's fiscal year 2009 appropriations account structure.
This act reflects the new structure. For comparability purposes,
$146,776,000 was allocated for such activities in fiscal year 2008.
The Education account funds science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics education activities to educate
and inspire our next generation of explorers and innovators.
EDUCATION
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Elementary and Secondary Education..................... 30,000
E-Education............................................ 5,000
MUREP.................................................. 28,000
Higher Education....................................... 9,000
EPSCoR................................................. 8,280
NASA Space Grant....................................... 28,732
Informal Education..................................... 1,000
Science Museums and Planetarium Grants................. 10,000
NASA Visitor Centers................................... 10,000
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TOTAL, EDUCATION................................. 130,012
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Classroom of the Future.--The Committee has provided the
full budget request of $2,300,000 for the Classroom of the
Future, which focuses on educational research, curriculum
design, teacher development and educational outreach in the
STEM disciplines.
Museums, Science Centers, and Planetariums.--The Committee
recommends $10,000,000 for a competitive grant program as
authorized by section 616 of Public Law 109-155.
Educational Activities at NASA Centers.--The Committee
provides $10,000,000 for the development of educational
activities at NASA's centers and direct NASA to distribute this
amount in equal $1,000,000 increments to each center's official
visitor center for the development of educational activities in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including
exhibits.
CROSS-AGENCY SUPPORT
Appropriations, 2008.................................... (\1\)
Budget estimate, 2009................................... $3,299,902,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,320,404,000
\1\The fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act directed NASA to
modify the agency's fiscal year 2009 appropriations account structure.
This act reflects the new structure. For comparability purposes,
$3,242,900,000 was allocated for such activities in fiscal year 2008.
The Cross-Agency Support account funds Agency management,
including headquarters and each of the nine NASA field centers,
as well as the design and execution of non-programmatic
Construction of Facilities and Environmental Compliance and
Restoration activities.
CROSS-AGENCY SUPPORT
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Center Management and Operations....................... 2,026,486
Facility Services.................................. 480,000
Environmental Management........................... 28,316
Institutional Administration....................... 585,000
Safety and Mission Assurance....................... 43,527
SMA Technical Authority............................ 25,378
Science & Engineering.............................. 206,387
Center Investments Account......................... 81,322
Test Services...................................... 16,905
Information Services............................... 255,747
Security Program................................... 110,787
Other Personnel Costs.............................. 76,118
Technical Excellence............................... 116,999
Agency Management and Operations....................... 905,253
Agency Management...................................... 390,000
Safety and Mission Success............................. 163,428
Safety and Mission Assurance....................... 42,942
Chief Engineer..................................... 87,027
Chief Health and Medical Officer................... 4,112
Independent Verification and Validation............ 29,347
Agency IT Services (AITS).............................. 156,095
IT Management...................................... 24,168
Applications....................................... 61,370
Infrastructure..................................... 70,557
Innovative Partnerships Program........................ 167,730
Small Business Innovative Research................. 117,857
Small Business Technology Transfer Research........ 14,143
Partnership Development............................ 24,096
SBIR-STTR--Program Support......................... 9,134
FAST............................................... 1,000
Investment Seed Fund............................... 1,000
Innovation Transfusion............................. 500
Strategic Capabilities Assets Program.................. 28,000
Simulators......................................... 11,500
Thermal Vacuum Chambers............................ 7,209
Arc Jets........................................... 9,291
Institutional Investments.............................. 308,665
Institutional Construction of Facilities........... 233,901
Environmental Compliance and Restoration........... 74,764
Congressionally Directed Projects...................... 80,000
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TOTAL, CROSS-AGENCY SUPPORT...................... 3,320,404
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Censorship of Scientific Information.--The Committee
continues to be concerned that there is openness in
communication of federally supported science results.
Government scientists must be able to research and report their
findings to the public without fear of censorship or
intimidation, and American taxpayers have the right to know the
facts. A recent Inspector General report found that NASA
officials acted ``in a manner that reduced, marginalized, and
mischaracterized the scientific information'' about climate
change. The Committee directs NASA to immediately implement all
of the recommendations contained in the IG report to ensure
that NASA's policies and practices protect openness in
reporting of scientific information. The Agency shall report to
the Committee on this issue no later than October 31, 2008.
Independent Verification and Validation [IV&V) Program.--
Within the amounts provided for cross-agency support, the
Committee recommends the full budget request of $31,100,000 for
NASA's IV&V Program.
National Technology Transfer Center [NTTC].--Within the
funds provided for Innovative Partnership Programs, the
Committee provides $4,000,000 for the continued operations of
the NASA NTTC.
Ames Security Fence.--The Committee is aware of the need to
construct a new perimeter fence to increase security for the
research center while allowing for certain public access. The
Committee provides $1,500,000 for this effort within the funds
provided for institutional investments.
Marshall Security Gates.--The Committee is aware of the
need for upgrading the security gates that provide access to
Marshall Space Flight Center. The Committee provides $1,500,000
for this effort within the funds provided for institutional
investments.
Congressionally Directed Projects.--The Committee provides
funding for the following congressionally directed projects,
directs NASA to refrain from charging administrative costs to
these grants, and expects that NASA will provide appropriate
management and oversight of each grant:
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Project Amount
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A partnership of Coppin State University, Towson 1,000,000
University, and University of Maryland Biotechnology
Institute, MD, to increase the number and quality of
science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers
in the region's public schools...........................
Alabama A&M University Research Institute, Madison, AL, 500,000
for high temperature materials research..................
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, to develop a 500,000
focused research and development initiative on large area
flexible solar cell modules..............................
Burlington Technical Center, Burlington, VT, to upgrade 1,000,000
and improve the post-secondary aviation program..........
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, for 350,000
recruitment and retention for an aerospace engineering
academic program.........................................
Charles County Public Schools, Charles County, MD, for a 500,000
digital classroom project................................
Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium, for a 3,000,000
partnership of Morgan State University, University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, and Bowie State University, MD,
for continued aviation safety research and development...
Discovery Center Museum, Rockford, IL, for science 300,000
education for rural and underserved children.............
Flight Research Training Center, Roswell, NM, to continue 250,000
development and operation of the Flight Research Training
Center...................................................
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mobile, AL, for 500,000
educational exhibits.....................................
Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, for the 2,000,000
promotion of astronomy in Hawaii.........................
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, for research and 500,000
development of nanomaterials.............................
Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, Houston, TX, to 500,000
create a virtual space community for stu- dents.........
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for robotic 750,000
exploration and Lunar material utilization...............
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for material 750,000
and structural evaluations for composites................
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for the 550,000
development of the sensor technologies and integration
algorithms necessary for on-orbit assembly and other AR&D
missions.................................................
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for remote 500,000
engine health and maintenance diagnosis..................
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for the 400,000
Virtual Learning Magnet for Space Science and Math
program as outlined in the Gathering Storm Report and
NASA will make any award for this program on a
competitive basis........................................
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to develop a 500,000
cost effective nuclear power system to support the long-
range objectives of NASA.................................
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for a multi- 500,000
propellant plume diagnostic testbed......................
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to support 500,000
the ongoing technology maturation program for liquid
oxygen/liquid methane propulsion.........................
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for missions 475,000
systems recording, archival and retrieval................
McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL, for education and 400,000
science literacy programs................................
Michigan Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, for aerospace 1,000,000
research on joining tubular support structures at low
cost and high reliability................................
Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative, South Boston, VA, for 2,000,000
the counties of Accomack and Northampton for broadband
deployment...............................................
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for research 625,000
and development of advanced technologies that represent
departures from current manufacturing methods............
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, for a collaborative 200,000
distance science and technology education program........
National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, MD, to 600,000
develop and apply assistive technology approaches and
techniques that enhance participation of blind youth in
STEM education...........................................
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, for a program 200,000
to improve K-12 science, engineering, math, and aerospace
education................................................
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA, 500,000
for a regenerative therapy delivery initiative...........
Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, to encourage 400,000
children to go into science and technology through skills-
based learning exhibits..................................
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, 500,000
for enhancement of K-12 teaching and learning of
sciences, math, and technology among schools, teachers,
and students.............................................
Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL, for high 750,000
temperature materials....................................
Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT, to provide technical 500,000
support to the satellite sensor calibration team for the
Global Climate Observing System..........................
St. Louis Community College BioBench and Training 500,000
Facility, St. Louis, MO, to provide specialized career
and technical training to students for work in the life
sciences.................................................
Teach for America, New York, NY, to engage teachers in 2,500,000
science, technology, engineering and mathe- matics......
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, to develop new 500,000
robotic technologies.....................................
The Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation, Bear, DE, to 500,000
create a community model for formal and informal Earth
and space education......................................
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, for an interactive platform 500,000
for education of astronomy, space, and planetary science.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund, New York, NY, to recruit 2,200,000
minority students who will pursue careers in the sciences
University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, for 700,000
optical system...........................................
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, for 1,000,000
a public-private partnership promoting innovation in the
fields of biotechnology, information technology, and
nanotechnology...........................................
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, to research 750,000
factors that hinder the wound healing process............
University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, for 1,000,000
the Advanced Study Institute for Environmental Prediction
to study climate impacts and adaptation in the Mid-
Atlantic region..........................................
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for remote sensing, 3,000,000
geospatial, space and aviation legal research, materials,
education, and outreach..................................
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, to help make 3,000,000
data received from NASA satellite images more easily
accessible to the public.................................
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, to create a 950,000
national institute to improve science, technology,
engineering and mathematics education by focusing on
young children...........................................
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, for composite 200,000
materials lab............................................
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, for the Complex 500,000
Systems Center for Informed Decision-Making and Design to
develop intelligent systems design and adaptive robotics.
U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, for museum 500,000
exhibits.................................................
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 140,000
for the Institute for Regenerative Medicine..............
West Virginia State University, Institute, WV, for a 2,000,000
science, engineering, mathematics and aerospace academy
(SEMAA)..................................................
Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV, to expand an 3,000,000
electronic medical records system adapted from the
military's award-winning HEALTHeFORCES program...........
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, to continue the 250,000
development and operation of the National Center for
Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP) located at the
National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).........
Xavier University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, for 1,000,000
science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $32,600,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 35,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 35,500,000
The Committee recommendation provides the full budget
request of $35,500,000 for the Office of Inspector General
[IG]. The recommendation is $2,900,000 above the fiscal year
2008 enacted level. The Office is responsible for promoting
efficiency and preventing and detecting crime, fraud, waste,
and mismanagement.
Costs of Conferences.--The Committee continues to be
interested in costs related to conferences, travel, and
meetings funded by NASA. As part of Public Law 110-161, the
Committee directed the Inspector general to review costs and
contracting procedures when the combined cost to the Government
was in excess of $20,000. NASA was also directed to report to
the Committee a report for all travel related to conferences
attended, or sponsored, by NASA and its employees. The
Committee directs NASA and the NASA Inspector General to follow
the direction given in Public Law 110-161 for fiscal year 2009.
The quarterly review of costs for conferences, meetings, and
related travel should include recommendations by the Inspector
General on how to make such spending more cost effective, and
an assessment on the implementation of any recommendations.
NASA and the Inspector General shall provide a report to the
Committee for these activities on October 1, 2009.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Committee includes bill language regarding the
availability of funds for construction of facilities,
environmental compliance and restoration activities, and
certain prizes. The Committee also includes bill language
regarding: transfers of funds between accounts, reductions in
forces, and the availability of expired funds.
Appropriations Liaisons.--The Committee would like to
reiterate its preference to channel the majority of its
inquiries and requests for information and assistance through
the budget offices or comptroller offices of the departments
and agencies which it oversees, but reserves the right to call
upon any individual or organization within any agency under its
jurisdiction in order to effectively accomplish the work of the
Committee.
Budget Justifications.--The Committee continues to be
disappointed in the lack of detail provided in NASA's fiscal
year 2009 congressional budget justification document. Budget
justifications are critical to the Committee's ability to make
informed decisions concerning the administration's funding
requests and must be submitted in a format with the greatest
level of detail possible. NASA has made an incremental change
in providing additional details in their budget justification,
but the agency has not complied fully with the direction in
Public Law 110-161 which specifically asked for funding levels
by directorate, theme, program, project, and activity. NASA has
yet to disclose such data in its budget material provided to
the Committee as prescribed in the law, and the Committee
insists that NASA comply with the law in future budget
submissions.
For fiscal year 2009 and each year thereafter, the
Committee directs NASA to include the out-year budget impacts
in all reprogramming requests. Future operating plans,
reprogramming requests, and all budget resubmissions also shall
include a separate accounting of all program/mission reserves
and impacts on estimated carry over funds.
Reprogrammings.--In previous years, NASA has chosen to make
major programmatic decisions through comprehensive operating
plans. While such changes are allowed, it is the view of the
Committee that this should not be a regular occurrence.
Instead, after an initial operating plan has been submitted,
individual reprogramming letters should be utilized for minor
adjustments in programs as they arise and only in exceptional
circumstances should comprehensive measures be taken. Any
reprogramming or operating plan request submitted to the
Committee shall contain a detailed explanation of where each
adjustment of funds is proposed to be taken from and the exact
destination of those funds. This direction has not been
followed in the past and NASA has only provided summary
information that does not adequately detail item by item
destinations of funds. Funding provided to NASA for its
activities are not fungible amounts for NASA to use as it sees
fit unless changes are approved by this Committee through the
appropriate justification in each request. Funding provided to
NASA shall not be arbitrarily allocated with vague references
to large operating plans. NASA should follow the example of
every other agency under the jurisdiction of this subcommittee
in following reprogramming direction and execution.
Contract Costs.--The Committee is concerned that NASA has
not utilized independent cost verification early in the process
of estimating costs for its programs and missions, or in
assessing the appropriate funding levels of sole-source
contracts. In allocating resources for current and future
needs, effective cost estimation is crucial. NASA is directed
to incorporate independent cost verification as part of the
process by which contracts are selected and monitored.
Utilization of independent cost verification shall be used as a
guide for assessing when costs have exceeded expectations and
to help identify projects for termination. NASA shall report to
the Committee of its plans and progress in implementing this
directive within 60 days of enactment.
Once again the Committee directs NASA that it shall notify,
in writing, the Committee 30 days prior to allocating funds,
modifying, or extending existing contracts that are in excess
of 15 percent of the original contract value. Within this
notification NASA shall also justify the additional expenditure
of funds, and NASA shall identify the source of any necessary
additional funds. It is absolutely critical that NASA be able
to control the costs of its activities. The Committee notes
with interest that it has received no such notifications over
the past 2 years. Therefore, the Committee directs NASA to
provide the Committee a report, no later than 45 days after
enactment, providing the original baseline amount and schedule
for all current programs with a life cycle cost of $100,000,000
or more, as well as the current baseline amount, confidence
level, and schedule for the same programs.
The Committee reiterates the bill-wide direction of annual
reviews by GAO. NASA shall provide access to all necessary
data, as determined by GAO, in order for the reviews to be
completed and provided in a timely manner to the Committee. As
these reviews will be recurring, NASA shall provide appropriate
office space for GAO staff to conduct their reviews.
National Science Foundation
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $6,065,000,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 6,854,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,854,100,000
The Committee recommendation provides $6,854,100,000. The
recommendation is $789,100,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The National Science Foundation [NSF] was established as an
independent agency by the National Science Foundation Act of
1950 (Public Law 81-507) and is authorized to support research
and education programs that promote the progress of science and
engineering in the United States. The Foundation supports
research and education in all major scientific and engineering
disciplines through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts,
and other forms of assistance in all parts of the United
States. The Foundation also supports unique, large-scale
research facilities and international facilities.
NSF is the principal Federal agency charged with promoting
science and engineering education from pre-kindergarten through
career development. This helps ensure that the United States
has world-class scientists, mathematicians and engineers, and
well-prepared citizens for today and the future. In today's
global economy, continued progress in science and engineering
and the transfer of the knowledge developed is vital if the
United States is to maintain its competitiveness. NSF is at the
leading edge of the research and discoveries that will create
the jobs and technologies of the future.
The Committee reiterates its long-standing requirement that
NSF request reprogrammings when initiating new programs or
activities or reorganizing components. The Committee expects to
be notified of reprogramming actions which involve less than
the above-mentioned amount if such actions would have the
effect of changing the agency's funding requirements in future
years, or if programs or projects specifically cited in the
Committee's reports are affected.
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $4,821,474,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 5,593,990,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,593,990,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,593,990,000. The
recommendation is $772,516,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The Research and Related Activities appropriation addresses
the Foundation's three strategic goals: people--developing a
diverse, internationally competitive and globally engaged
workforce of scientists, engineers, and well-prepared citizens;
ideas--enabling discovery across the frontiers of science and
engineering, connected to learning, innovation, and service to
society; and tools--providing broadly accessible, state-of-the-
art science and engineering facilities and shared research and
education tools. Research activities will contribute to the
achievement of these outcomes through expansion of the
knowledge base; integration of research and education;
stimulation of knowledge transfer among academia and public and
private sectors; and international activities, and will bring
the perspectives of many disciplines to bear on complex
problems important to the Nation. The Foundation's discipline-
oriented Research and Related Activities account include:
Biological Sciences; Computer and Information Science and
Engineering; Engineering; Geosciences; Mathematical and
Physical Sciences; Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences;
U.S. Polar Research Programs; U.S. Antarctica Logistical
Support Activities; and Integrative Activities.
The Committee recommendation provides significant increases
for investments to advance the frontiers of research and
education in science and engineering. The recommendation
provides a nearly 14 percent increase over the fiscal year 2008
enacted level. The Congress conveyed its clear determination to
build on America's success as a world leader in discovery and
innovation through the passage of the America COMPETES Act last
year. The Committee's fiscal year 2008 recommendation for NSF
was to have been the first phase of delivering on the promises
and policies outlined by this landmark legislation.
Unfortunately, as the fiscal year 2008 appropriation cycle
progressed, it was clear that the administration was unwilling
to compromise with the Congress. This intransigence forced the
Congress to reluctantly reduce the proposed increases for NSF
in order to avoid devastating consequences to other domestic
programs.
The Committee's fiscal year 2009 recommendation renews its
commitment to Federal long-term basic research that has the
potential to be transformative to our economy and our way of
life. As such, the recommendation provides the full funding
requested for the four major cross-foundation investments of
Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation, Science and Engineering
Beyond Moore's Law, Adaptive Systems Technology, and Dynamics
of Water Processes in the Environment. Each of these programs
aim to have a transformative impact across science and
engineering, especially in areas of national priority first
outlined by the National Academies Report ``Rising Above the
Gathering Storm.''
Science and Technology Policy Institute.--The Committee is
concerned about the strength of the Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research [EPSCoR] program, and its
effectiveness in reaching its goals of building a broad,
nationwide university research base. EPSCoR was established
within NSF in 1979 in order to focus on those States that have
historically received lesser amounts of Federal research and
development funding. In addition, since the establishment of
EPSCoR at NSF, EPSCoR programs have been instituted within
NASA, the Departments of Agriculture and Energy; the
Environmental Protection Agency; the National Institutes of
Health; and other Federal agencies. Over time many States have
been added to these EPSCoR programs, but not a single State has
yet to graduate. The Committee directs the Science and
Technology Policy Institute [STPI] to conduct a review of the
EPSCoR program in all Federal agencies with the funding
provided to STPI in the fiscal year 2009 budget request. As
part of this review, STPI should include recommendations as to
how the program could be made more effective; a review of what
policies are in place to ensure States are made aware of
graduation thresholds, and whether bridge programs should be
instituted to enable success and make certain that graduating
States do not simply slide back into the EPSCoR program at a
later date; recommendations should be provided as to what the
proper criteria should be for graduation; and also to address
the relative effectiveness within EPSCoR of the Research
Infrastructure Grants versus cost sharing. This report shall be
provided to the Committee on Appropriations no later than May
15, 2009.
Improved Science in the U.S. Antarctic Program [USAP].--The
Committee notes the substantial investment in the development
and construction of critical infrastructure for operations in
the Antarctic over the last decade. As renewed attention is now
paid to this region of the world because of the effect of
climate change upon it, the Committee believes that the USAP's
logistical support activities should now focus on guaranteeing
the maximum scientific utilization of these renewed assets. For
this reason, the Committees on Appropriation, in their joint
April 15 letter in response to the fiscal year 2008 operating
plan, directed NSF to prepare a plan within 60 days ``on
diversifying logistical support activities to provide enhanced
delivery of technology solutions in support of science based
activities in the Antarctic, including information and research
on global climate change.'' Regrettably, just 2 weeks after the
Committee's letter to the Foundation was sent, the NSF issued a
statement of objectives for the upcoming Antarctic logistics
acquisition which made no mention of this directive. The
Committee is troubled by this glaring omission and believes it
to be inconsistent with the agency's own upcoming 10-year
agency-wide plan which makes high speed capacity to transmit
data a priority. As a result, the Committee fully expects any
final selection criteria related to a competitive logistics
procurement to include as a key measure of evaluation the
ability to provide a path for innovative technology insertion
to guarantee high speed communication of data to scientists, as
well as demonstrated experience in supporting Federal programs
whose primary objective includes scientific research and
dissemination of data. Such an evaluation should include
factors such as: technology based logistics and supply chain
methods; the ability to coordinate and integrate Polar Program
stakeholders to promote optimal research data acquisition and
delivery methods; and the capacity to expand research
activities in remote locations for the purpose of collecting,
evaluating, promoting, and disseminating new information
related to major climate global systems and changes to them.
Mathematical Science Research Institutes.--The Committee
recommendation provides an additional $3,000,000 above the
request to establish a mathematical institute devoted to the
identification and development of mathematical talent and to
advance mathematical topics critical to the national interest.
Astronomical Sciences.--The Committee recommendation
provides $252,510,000 for Astronomical Sciences. The $2,500,000
increase above the request is specifically provided for the
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope project in order to fund
the design work requested, and denied, in a separate account.
The Committee expects all design work, from any Major Research
project to be funded out of this account.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory.--The Committee
recommendation provides the full budget request of $49,790,000.
This level of funding will provide adequate funding for
operations of the Green Bank Observatory with its now
operational radio telescope, science center, and associated
student dormitory.
EPSCoR.--The Committee recommendation provides $125,000,000
for EPSCoR, which has the mission to strengthen research and
education throughout the United States and to avoid undue
concentration of such research and education. This is
$10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level and
$11,500,000 above the request.
Plant Genome Research Program.--The Committee recommends
$101,220,000 for the Plant Genome Research Program. The
Committee remains a strong supporter of this important program
due to its potential impact on improving economically
significant crops. The Committee also recognizes its vast
potential in combating hunger in poor countries.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $220,740,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 147,510,000
Committee recommendation................................ 152,010,000
The Committee recommendation provides $152,010,000. The
recommendation is $68,730,000 below the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $4,500,000 above the budget request.
The major research equipment and facilities construction
appropriation supports the acquisition, procurement,
construction, and commissioning of unique national research
platforms and facilities as well as major research equipment.
Projects supported by this appropriation will push the
boundaries of technology and offer significant expansion of
opportunities, often in new directions, for the science and
engineering community. Preliminary design and development
activities, on-going operations, and maintenance costs of the
facilities are provided through the research and related
activities appropriation account.
The Committee recommendation includes funding at the
requested level for the following three ongoing projects: the
Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
[AdvLIGO]; the Atacama Large Millimeter Array [ALMA]; and the
IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope [ATST].--The Committee
recommendation provides a total of $9,500,000 for the ATST. The
Committee having denied, without prejudice, the proposed
statute change related to late-stage design work in the MREFC
appropriation account, has provided $2,500,000 for ATST design
work in the budget of Astronomical Sciences within the Research
and Related Activities appropriation account. The Committee is,
however, pleased to see the ATST's inclusion in NSF's request
for this account and provides $7,000,000 for the project. The
Committee is very interested in the success of the ATST project
and expects regular updates on the progress of the project from
NSF.
Alaska Regional Research Vehicle [ARRV].--The Committee
remains supportive of the ARRV project and has been assured
that the construction of the AARV remains a top priority to NSF
within the MREFC appropriation account. The Committee expects
NSF to request the remaining funds necessary to complete
construction of the AARV after the successful completion of a
final design review for the vessel.
Ocean Observatories Initiative [OOI].--The Committee
remains supportive of the OOI project which will provide
scientists with a unique opportunity to study multiple,
interrelated processes over timescales ranging from seconds to
decades. The Committee understands NSF decision for not
requesting funding in fiscal year 2009 but expects NSF to seek
funding for this valuable project once the project's cost is
accurately determined at the Final Design Review.
Proposed Statute Change.--The requested statute change for
the MREFC appropriation account to include late-stage design
work is denied at this time, without prejudice. As the NSF
budget justification itself notes, ``The use of MREFC funding
for design and other preconstruction activities is a principal
focus of ongoing reviews of NSF's MREFC processes by NSF
management and the NSB'' and it would be imprudent of the
Committee to make such a change until those reviews are
completed and presented to the Committee for consideration.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $725,600,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 790,410,000
Committee recommendation................................ 790,410,000
The Committee recommendation provides $790,410,000. The
recommendation is $64,810,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The education and human resources appropriation supports a
comprehensive set of programs across all levels of education in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics [STEM]. The
appropriation supports activities that unite school districts
with institutions of higher learning to improve precollege
education. Other precollege activities include the development
of the next generation of precollege STEM education leaders;
instructional materials; and the STEM instructional workforce.
Undergraduate activities support curriculum, laboratory, and
instructional improvement; expand the STEM talent pool; attract
STEM participants to teaching; augment advanced technological
education at 2-year colleges; and develop dissemination tools.
Graduate support is directed to research and teaching
fellowships and traineeships and instructional workforce
improvement by linking precollege systems with higher
education. Programs also seek to broaden the participation of
groups underrepresented in the STEM enterprise, build State and
regional capacity to compete successfully for research funding,
and promote informal science education. Ongoing evaluation
efforts and research on learning strengthen the base for these
programs.
The Committee strongly encourages NSF to continue support
for undergraduate science and engineering education. At a time
when enrollment in STEM fields of study continues to decline,
it is important that NSF use its position to support students
working towards degrees in these areas.
Creating a strong science and engineering workforce for the
future is vital to maintaining the Nation's competitive edge.
As the recent National Academies Report ``Above the Gathering
Storm,'' and before that, the Hart-Rudman report on ``Road Map
for National Security: Imperative for Change'' so
illustratively point out--the future of U.S. competitiveness
rests on our ability to train the next generation of scientists
and engineers.
Robert Noyce Fellowship Program.--Encourages talented
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
undergraduates and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and
science teachers through scholarships and stipends. The
Committee recommendation provides a total of $55,000,000 for
the Noyce program of which $45,000,000 shall be for activities
authorized by section 10A of the National Science Foundation
Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-1a).
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $281,790,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 305,560,000
Committee recommendation................................ 300,560,000
The Committee recommendation provides $300,560,000. The
recommendation is $18,770,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $4,500,000 below the budget request.
The salaries and expenses appropriation provides funds for
staff salaries, benefits, travel, training, rent, advisory and
assistance services, communications and utilities expenses,
supplies, equipment, and other operating expenses necessary for
management of the National Science Foundation's [NSF] research
and education activities.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $3,969,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 4,030,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,030,000
The Committee recommendation provides $4,030,000. The
recommendation is $61,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The National Science Board is the governing body of the
National Science Foundation. The Board is composed of 24
members, appointed by the President and confirmed by the
Senate. The Board is also charged with serving as an
independent adviser to the President and Congress on policy
matters related to science and engineering research and
education.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $11,427,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 13,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 13,100,000
The Committee recommendation provides $13,100,000. The
recommendation is $1,673,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Office of Inspector General appropriation provides
audit and investigation functions to identify and correct
deficiencies that could create potential instances of fraud,
waste, or mismanagement.
The funds provided will allow the OIG to further its
efforts in several priority areas that pose the greatest risk
to the agency: financial management, acquisition, information
technology, human capital, award administration, awardee
financial accountability and compliance, and the management of
agency programs and projects.
TITLE IV
RELATED AGENCIES
Commission on Civil Rights
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $8,460,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 8,800,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,800,000
The Committee recommendation provides $8,800,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights. The
recommendation is $340,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and is the same as the budget request.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $329,300,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 341,925,000
Committee recommendation................................ 341,925,000
The Committee recommendation provides $341,925,000. The
recommendation is $12,625,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and is the same as the budget request.
The Committee remains concerned at rising of backlog
charges of employment discrimination at the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission [EEOC]. The Committee is disturbed that
this issue has not been addressed in a systematic or strategic
manner. The Committee is concerned that there is a lack of
leadership and will at the EEOC to adequately address this
problem and it could affect the ability of EEOC to meets is
mission and mandate to promote equal opportunity at the
workplace.
A recent GAO study conducted at the request of the
Committee, found that not only is the EEOC's workload
increasing but that the EEOC has not taken any actions to
identify best practices for prioritizing and investigation
charges. GAO found that over the past 4 years EEOC's private
sector workload has increased by 10 percent and found that
multiple factors contribute to the growing workload including
growth of new charges and a decline in investigative staff. The
GAO study concluded that if EEOC cannot keep pace with its
growing private sector workload its mission and mandate to
promote equal opportunity in the workplace could be
compromised. The Committee directs the EEOC to report to the
Committee on the steps the EEOC is taking to make sure its
mission and mandate is not compromised.
The Committee is also concerned with EEOC lagging in
filling frontline staff including investigators. Many of these
FTE positions have remained unfilled for over 1 year despite
increased need and growing backlog. The Committee further
directs EEOC to submit a plan within 60 days of enactment of
this act to the Committee outlining what steps the EEOC is
taking to filling those positions, reasons for the delay in
filling these positions and how these delays can be prevented
in the future.
The GAO study also found that EEOC has not taken the
necessary steps to fully address future workforce needs in
their draft Strategic Workforce Plan. Specifically, EEOC's
workforce planning has not been approached strategically or
systematically. The EEOC has not based workforce planning on
mission needs, customer expectations workload or current
workforce. The study concluded that EEOC could better address
its growing caseload if it made better use of strategic
planning than it is currently doing.
The Committee directs the EEOC to implement the GAO
recommendations and report back to the Committee 60 days within
enactment of this act on how the EEOC is implementing GAO
recommendations.
International Trade Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $68,400,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 73,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $75,000,000. The
recommendation is $6,600,000 above the fiscal year 2008 level
and $1,400,000 above the budget request.
The ITC is an independent, quasi-judicial agency
responsible for conducting trade-related investigations,
providing Congress and the President with independent technical
advice relating to United States international trade policy.
The increased funding will allow the Commission to address
pressing hiring needs in the area of intellectual property
caseload.
Legal Services Corporation
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $350,490,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 311,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 390,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $390,000,000. The
recommendation is $39,510,000 above the fiscal year 2008
enacted level and $79,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendation provides $369,000,000 for
basic field programs, to be used for competitively awarded
grants and contracts, $13,000,000 for management and
administration, $3,800,000 for client self-help and information
technology, $3,200,000 for the Office of the Inspector General
and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance.
The Committee notes that the recent national foreclosure
crisis has significantly impacted the Legal Services
Corporation [LSC] ability to serve its client base. LSC has
seen a dramatic increase in the number of individuals seeking
assistance with housing and predatory lending matters. In 2007
alone, LSC turned away 250,000 housing cases because they did
not have the resources they needed to address this increased
need. The Committee also recognizes that substantive legal
tools are part of the best defense against the threat of
mounting foreclosures.
Therefore, within the available funds provided to the Legal
Services Corporation $30,000,000 shall be directed to provide
legal assistance related to home ownership preservation, home
foreclosure prevention, and tenancy associated with home
foreclosure. The Committee also directs that LSC shall give
priority in awarding grants to eligible entities and
individuals that provide legal assistance in the 100
metropolitan statistical areas (as defined by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget) with the highest
foreclosure rates.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Committee recommendation continues the administrative
provisions contained in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act
(Public Law 105-119) regarding operation of this program to
provide basic legal services to disadvantaged individuals and
the restrictions on the use of Legal Services Corporation [LSC]
funds.
Grantees must agree not to engage in litigation and related
activities with respect to a variety of matters including: (1)
redistricting; (2) class action suits; (3) representation of
illegal aliens; (4) political activities; (5) collection of
attorney fees; (6) abortion; (7) prisoner litigation; (8)
welfare reform; (9) representation of charged drug dealers
during eviction proceedings; and (10) solicitation of clients.
The exception to the restrictions occurs in a case where there
is imminent threat of physical harm to the client or
prospective client remains in place.
The manner in which the LSC grantees are audited through
contracts with certified public accountants for financial and
compliance audits are continued, along with the provisions on
recompetition and debarment.
The Committee recognizes that the Legal Service Corporation
[LSC] current percentage locality pay represents reasonable
compensation for LSC officers and employees. The Committee
expects that any locality pay will continue to be paid at that
percentage.
Marine Mammal Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $2,820,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 2,400,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,400,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,400,000. The
recommendation is $420,000 below the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals provide oversight and
recommend actions on domestic and international topics to
advance policies and provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act. The Commission provides precise, up-to-date scientific
information to Congress on issues related to the safety of
marine mammals.
Office of the United States Trade Representative
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $44,120,000
Budget estimate, 2009................................... 46,272,000
Committee recommendation................................ 46,272,000
The Committee recommendation provides $46,272,000 for the
Office of the United States Trade Representative [USTR]. The
recommendation is $2,152,000 above the fiscal year 2008 level
and the same as the budget request.
The USTR is responsible for developing and leading
international negotiations for the United States on policies
regarding international trade, direct investment, and
commodities. Its areas of responsibility include all matters
relating to the World Trade Organization, trade, commodity, and
direct investment matters dealt with by certain international
institutions; industrial, agricultural and services trade
policy; and trade-related protection of intellectual property
and the environment.
The Committee directs the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative to report to the Committee on the status of U.S.
equipment industry access to the European Community's [EC]
Galileo program and European markets for related goods and
services no later than April 1, 2009 in order to assess EC
compliance with the 2004 United States-EU Agreement on GPS-
Galileo Cooperation.
World Trade Organization.--The Committee is aware of the
World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body's January 16,
2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset
Act (Public Law 106-387). The Committee directs USTR, in
consultation with the Department of Commerce, to continue to
negotiate within the WTO to seek express recognition of the
existing right of WTO members to distribute monies collected
from antidumping and countervailing duties. The agency shall
consult with and provide regular reports to the Senate
Committee on Appropriations on this matter every 60 days upon
enactment of this act.
In addition, the Committee directs that negotiations be
conducted within the WTO consistent with the negotiating
objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-
210, to maintain strong U.S. trade remedies laws, prevent
overreaching by WTO Panels and the WTO Appellate Body, and
prevent the creation of obligations never negotiated or agreed
to by the United States.
State Justice Institute
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2008.................................... $3,760,000
Budget estimate, 2009...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 5,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,240,000 above the fiscal year 2008 enacted
level. The budget request did not include funding for this
account.
The Institute was created in 1984 to further the
development and adoption of improved judicial administration in
State courts.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee recommends the following general provisions
for the departments, agencies and commissions funded in the
accompanying bill. All of these provisions have been included
in previous acts.
Section 501 prohibits the use of appropriations for certain
publicity and propaganda purposes.
Section 502 prohibits any appropriations contained in this
act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year unless expressly provided.
Section 503 limits funds for certain consulting purposes.
Section 504 provides that should any provision of the act
be held to be invalid, the remainder of the act would not be
affected.
Section 505 stipulates the policy by which funding
available to the agencies funded under this act may be
reprogrammed for other purposes.
Section 506 prohibits funds in the bill from being used to
implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] similar to proposed
guidelines covering harassment based on religion published by
the EEOC in October 1993.
Section 507 provides for a penalty for persons found to
have falsely mislabeled products.
Section 508 requires agencies to provide quarterly reports
to the Appropriations Committees regarding unobligated
balances.
Section 509 requires agencies and departments funded in
this act to absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing or
consolidation within the amounts provided to the agency or
department.
Section 510 limits funds for the sale or export of tobacco
or tobacco products.
Section 511 prohibits user fees for background checks
conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993,
and prohibits implementation of a background check system which
does not require or result in destruction of certain
information.
Section 512 stipulates obligation of receipts available
under the Crime Victims Fund.
Section 513 prohibits the use of Department of Justice
funds for programs that discriminate against, denigrate, or
otherwise undermine the religious beliefs of students
participating in such programs.
Section 514 limits transfers of funds between agencies.
Section 515 provides that funding for E-government
initiatives are subject to reprogramming guidelines established
by this act.
Section 516 specifies requirements for certain firearms
tracing studies.
Section 517 requires the Inspectors General of the
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and
the Legal Services Corporation to conduct reviews of activities
funded in this act; prohibits the use of funds for certain
banquets and conferences; and requires certifications regarding
conflicts of interest.
Section 518 prohibits funds to issue certain patents.
Section 519 prohibits the use of funds to support or
justify the use of torture.
Section 520 limits funds pertaining to certain activities
related to the export of firearms.
Section 521 limits funds to process permits to import
certain products.
Section 522 prohibiting funds to include certain language
in new trade agreements.
Section 523 prohibits funds to authorize a national
security letter in contravention of the statutes authorizing
the FBI to issue national security letters.
Section 524 requires notification to the Committees in the
event of cost overruns.
Section 525 limits reprogrammings and transfers after June
30 to extraordinary circumstances.
Section 526 authorizes funds appropriated for intelligence
activities for the Department of Justice during fiscal year
2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2009.
Section 527 directs that the Departments, agencies, and
commissions funded under this act, shall establish and maintain
on the homepages of their Internet websites a link to their
Offices of Inspectors General and a method by which individuals
may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse.
Section 528 prohibits funds to enter into a contract in an
amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of
such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee has
filed certain Federal tax returns.
Section 529 prohibits the use of funds in a manner that is
inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective of the
United States with respect to trade remedy laws.
Section 530 prohibits the use of funds to purchase first
class or premium airline travel in contravention of current
regulations.
Section 531 prohibits the use of funds to send or otherwise
pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a Federal
department or agency at any single conference occurring outside
the United States.
(RESCISSIONS)
Section 532 specifies rescissions of prior appropriations.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify
items of appropriation not made to carry out the provisions of
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
The Committee recommends funding for the following programs
or activities that currently lack an authorization for fiscal
year 2009, either in whole or in part, and therefore fall under
this rule:
Department of Commerce:
Economic Development Administration
International Trade Administration
Bureau of Industry and Security
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Department of Justice:
General Legal Activities
Vaccine Injury Compensation
Office of Justice Programs
Justice Assistance Programs
National Institute of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Regional Information Sharing System
Crime Victims Fund Management and Administration
Juvenile Justice Programs
Juvenile Justice Programs
Part A--Coordination of Federal Efforts--Management
Part B--State Formula--Delinquency Prevention
Part E--Challenge Grants--Demonstration Projects
Youth Mentoring Program
Tribal Youth
Gang Prevention
Victims of Child Abuse Programs
Community Oriented Policing Services
COPS Hiring Program
Tribal Law Enforcement
COPS Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability
Criminal Records Upgrade
DNA Backlog Reduction/Crime Labs
Training and Technical Assistance
State and Local Law Enforcement
Byrne Public Safety and Protection Program
Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program [JAG]
State and Local Antiterrorism Training [SLATT]
Discretionary Grants
Prescription Drug Monitoring
Indian Programs
Tribal Courts
Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Indian Prison Grants
Drug Courts
Science:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Related Agencies:
Commission on Civil Rights
International Trade Commission
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation
Marine Mammal Commission
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 19, 2008,
the Committee ordered reported an original bill (S. 3182)
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2009, subject to amendment and subject to
the budget allocations, and authorized the chairman of the
committee or the chairman of the subcommittee to offer the text
of the Senate-reported bill as a committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute to the House companion measure, by a
recorded vote of 29-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
Mr. Johnson
Ms. Landrieu
Mr. Reed
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Brownback
Mr. Allard
Mr. Alexander
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of the rule XXVI requires that Committee
reports on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any
statute or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the
statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and
(b) a comparative print of that part of the bill or joint
resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part
thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through
type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate
typographical devices the omissions and insertions which would
be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form
recommended by the Committee.''
In compliance with this rule, the following changes in
existing law proposed to be made by this bill are shown as
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 56A--PACIFIC SALMON FISHING
* * * * * * *
Sec. 3645. Northern Boundary and Transboundary Rivers Restoration and
Enhancement Fund and Southern Boundary Restoration
and Enhancement fund
(a) Northern Fund and Southern Fund
* * * * * * *
(d) Authorization of appropriations
(1) Pacific Salmon Treaty
* * * * * * *
(2) Pacific coastal salmon recovery
(A) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon stock
enhancement, and salmon research, including the
construction of salmon research and related facilities,
there is authorized to be appropriated for each of
fiscal years[1] 2005, $90,000,000 to the States of
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and
California. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this
subparagraph shall be made available as direct
payments. The State of Alaska may allocate a portion of
any funds it receives under this subsection to eligible
activities outside Alaska.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER XII-M--MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR
* * * * * * *
Sec. 3796ll. Program authorized
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(f) Matching funds
(1) In general
The portion of the costs of a program provided by a
grant under subsection (a) of this section--
(A) may not exceed 50 percent; and
(B) shall equal 50 percent, if--
(i) such grant is to a unit of
local government with fewer than
100,000 residents;
(ii) the Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance determines that the
quantity of vests to be purchased with
such grant is reasonable; and
(iii) such portion does not cause
such grant to violate the requirements
of subsection (e) of this section.
(2) Indian assistance
Any funds appropriated by Congress for the
activities of any agency of an Indian tribal government
or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing law
enforcement functions on any Indian lands may be used
to provide the non-Federal share of a matching
requirement funded under this subsection.
(3) Waiver.--The Director may waive in whole or in
part, the requirement of paragraph (1) in the case of
fiscal hardship, as determined by the Director.
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 112--VICTIM COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE
* * * * * * *
Sec. 10603. Crime victim assistance
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(c) * * *
(1) * * *
* * * * * * *
(3) * * *
* * * * * * *
(A) * * *
* * * * * * *
(E) use funds made available to the Director under
this subsection--
(i) for fellowships and clinical
internships and for grants under subparagraphs
(1)(A) and (B), pursuant to rules or guidelines
that generally establish a publicly-announced,
competitive process; and
(ii) to carry out programs of training and
special workshops for the presentation and
dissemination of information resulting from
demonstrations, surveys, and special projects.
* * * * * * *
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of budget totals for 2009:
Subcommittee on Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies:
Mandatory............................................... 221 221 224 \1\224
Discretionary........................................... 57,900 57,900 NA \1\57,235
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2009.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\37,256
2010.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 15,095
2011.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 4,532
2012.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 2,149
2013 and future years................................... ........... ........... ........... 1,010
Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA 1,190 NA -70
2009.......................................................
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
DISCLOSURE OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS
The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the
purse. The Committee believes strongly that Congress should
make the decisions on how to allocate the people's money.
As defined in Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the
Senate, the term ``congressional directed spending item'' means
a provision or report language included primarily at the
request of a Senator, providing, authorizing, or recommending a
specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit
authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan,
loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure
with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality
or congressional district, other than through a statutory or
administrative, formula-driven, or competitive award process.
For each item, a Member is required to provide a
certification that neither the Member nor the Senator's
immediate family has a pecuniary interest in such
congressionally directed spending item. Such certifications are
available to the public on the website of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations (www.appropriations.senate.gov/senators.cfm).
Following is a list of congressionally directed spending
items included in the Senate recommendation discussed in this
report, along with the name of each Senator who submitted a
request to the Committee of jurisdiction for each item so
identified. Neither the Committee recommendation nor this
report contains any limited tax benefits or limited tariff
benefits as defined in rule XLIV.
EARMARKS
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DOC--ITA........................ Auburn University, Auburn, AL, for novel polymeric material research at Auburn University............... $1,000,000 Shelby
DOC--ITA........................ State of Vermont Department of Commerce and Community Development, Montpelier, VT, to assist small 400,000 Leahy
businesses to participate in trade missions.
DOC--NIST....................... Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for construction for a research and technology park....... 6,500,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOC--NIST....................... The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, for developing a biotechnology research park. 6,500,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOC--NIST....................... The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, to create, develop, and commercialize new 1,000,000 Cochran, Wicker
technology for advanced materials.
DOC--NIST....................... University at Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Albany, NY, for a nanoscale 1,000,000 Schumer
fabrication and measurement project.
DOC--NIST....................... University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, for an interdisciplinary science and engineering teaching and 30,000,000 Shelby
research corri- dor.
DOC--NIST....................... University of Maryland, Baltimore County and College Park, College Park, MD, for ultrafast dynamics for 2,000,000 Mikulski, Cardin
next generation nanotechnology research and development.
DOC--NOAA....................... Acadia Partners for Science and Learning, Winter Harbor, ME, for natural science research and education. 500,000 Snowe, Collins
DOC--NOAA....................... Alaska Sea Grant, Fairbanks, AK, for research on stock enhancement for rehabilitation of depleted king 1,000,000 Stevens
crab stocks in Alaska.
DOC--NOAA....................... Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK, for pinniped research, marine mammal rescue, and Resurrection Bay 3,750,000 Stevens
salmon enhancement.
DOC--NOAA....................... American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, for a partnership to advance environmental literacy 250,000 Schumer
through public education and research.
DOC--NOAA....................... Auburn University, Auburn, AL, for research............................................................. 1,500,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... Baldwin County Commission, Bay Minette, AL, to fund a flood evaluation study............................ 700,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... Bering Sea Fishermen's Assoc., Anchorage, AK, for salmon research and restoration projects in Western 190,000 Stevens
Alaska and interior river systems and ongoing marine productivity research.
DOC--NOAA....................... Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, to monitor cyanobacteria blooms in the Great Lakes... 250,000 Voinovich, Brown
DOC--NOAA....................... City of Dauphin Island, Dauphin Island, AL, for shoreline restoration................................... 750,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... City of Mobile, AL, Mobile, AL, for NOAA museum exhibits................................................ 500,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... City of Mobile, Mobile, AL, for public education........................................................ 500,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... City of Orange Beach, Orange Beach, AL, for study of Perdido Pass Inlet................................. 250,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... City of Port Aransas, Port Aransas, TX, to preserve endangered wetlands and help stop severe erosion in 300,000 Hutchison
Port Aransas and along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.
DOC--NOAA....................... Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Mobile, AL, for fish management................................................. 1,250,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Leon County, FL, to collect accurate, reliable data on red snapper 1,000,000 Bill Nelson
catch, bycatch and mortality.
DOC--NOAA....................... Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership, Portsmouth, NH, for continued protection and acquisition of 3,000,000 Gregg, Sununu
critical habitats and lands around Great Bay.
DOC--NOAA....................... Gulf of Alaska Coastal Communities Coalition, Anchorage, AK, for the organization to serve as an 150,000 Stevens
advocate for small boat community-based fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska.
DOC--NOAA....................... Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, Kennebunk, ME, to provide economic relef to Maine lobstermen.......... 100,000 Snowe, Collins
DOC--NOAA....................... Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, to support monitoring and research 700,000 Inouye
activities on Hawaii coral reefs.
DOC--NOAA....................... Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, HI, for research in the Hawaiian 2,000,000 Inouye, Akaka
Archipelago to guide ecosystem based management.
DOC--NOAA....................... Henderson County Fiscal Court, Henderson County, KY, to purchase severe weather warning sirens in 110,000 McConnell, Bunning
populated areas of Henderson County, where no systems currently exist.
DOC--NOAA....................... Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, Orange County, FL, to maintain the diminished domestic fish stock... 200,000 Bill Nelson, Martinez
DOC--NOAA....................... Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Gulfport, MS, to complete construction of a facility dedicated to 1,500,000 Cochran
rehabilitating, conservation, and education on marine mammals with a focus on dolphins.
DOC--NOAA....................... International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, to conduct systematic and 1,750,000 Inouye, Akaka
reliable climatographic research of the Pacific region.
DOC--NOAA....................... Iowa State University, Ames, IA, for a research initiative to improve understanding of surface winds and 850,000 Harkin, Grassley
their damaging effects.
DOC--NOAA....................... Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, to establish dispersion forecasting modeling for the Gulf Coast 1,500,000 Cochran, Wicker
Region.
DOC--NOAA....................... Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, to conduct 1,250,000 Inouye
research on open ocean fisheries in the Pacific Ocean.
DOC--NOAA....................... Lakes Region Planning Commission, Meredith, NH, to continue efforts to develop a comprehensive watershed 100,000 Gregg
management plan for Lake Winnipesaukee.
DOC--NOAA....................... Louisiana State University A&M, Baton Rouge, LA, to provide more information for a geodetic reference 700,000 Landrieu
system to aid land planning in Louisiana.
DOC--NOAA....................... Maine Department of Marine Resources, Augusta, ME, for the Maine groundfish industry in the form of 300,000 Snowe, Collins
Emergency Economic Assistance.
DOC--NOAA....................... Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute, New Bedford, MA, for continued research into the New England 1,000,000 Kennedy, Kerry
scallop fishery, to promote sustainability.
DOC--NOAA....................... Mississippi Center for Conservation and Biodiversity, Jackson, MS, for construction of a research 1,600,000 Cochran
facility.
DOC--NOAA....................... Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, to more effectively link local, State, regional, and 4,500,000 Cochran, Wicker
national organizations concerned with Northern Gulf wetlands issues and management.
DOC--NOAA....................... Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS, provide quality scientific, inquiry-based learning for 375,000 Cochran
grades K-12 in-service and pre-service teachers.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Anchorage, AK, to enhance research on ice seal populations... 950,000 Stevens
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, for the sustainable use of Pacific pelagic 1,500,000 Inouye
fishery resources and the production of healthy, safe domestic seafood.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, for the NOAA Pacific Services Center to meet 4,500,000 Inouye
the coastal management needs of Pacific Island communities.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, for the deployment of two oceanographic buoys 500,000 Inouye
to monitor ocean currents near Ordnance Reef.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, for the conservation and recovery of endangered 7,100,000 Inouye
Hawaiian sea turtle populations.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, for the conservation and recovery of the 2,600,000 Inouye, Akaka
critically endangered monk seal population and conservation of Pacific cetaceans.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, to create and implement an integrated system- 1,500,000 Inouye
wide ocean science education program piloted in Hawaii's schools.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, to help the Integrated Data and Environmental 2,500,000 Inouye
Applications Center meet critical regional needs for ocean, climate, and ecosystem information.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Ocean Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, to develop a program to map the seafloor 1,500,000 Feinstein, Boxer
of California's coastal waters, inland bays and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
DOC--NOAA....................... National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD, for a Doppler radar station in Washington State............ 2,000,000 Murray, Cantwell
DOC--NOAA....................... New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, for research of environmentally sensitive gear technologies designed 1,250,000 Kennedy, Kerry, Sununu
to reduce bycatch.
DOC--NOAA....................... New Hampshire Lakes Association, Concord, NH, to prevent the spread of exotic aquatic weeds, such as 100,000 Gregg
milfoil and others, in NH lakes.
DOC--NOAA....................... NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, Annapolis, MD, for a network of environmental observation platforms......... 500,000 Mikulski, Cardin, Warner
DOC--NOAA....................... NOAA National Weather Service Pacific Region Headquarters, Honolulu County, HI, to purchase, install, 360,000 Akaka
and maintain rain gages.
DOC--NOAA....................... NOAA, Huntsville, AL, for NOAA UAS research with the Army............................................... 1,000,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... Oceanic Institute, Waimanalo, HI, for research to make marine finfish culture technologies economically 750,000 Inouye
viable for commercial operation.
DOC--NOAA....................... Oregon State University (in collaboration with University of California-Davis, Humboldt State 250,000 Smith, Wyden
University, Klamath River tribal agencies and the USFWS), Corvallis, OR, to reduce disease in salmon on
the Klamath River.
DOC--NOAA....................... Partnership for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Science, Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ, to address the most urgent 1,000,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
scientific problems limiting successful management of summer flounder in the Mid-Atlantic region.
DOC--NOAA....................... Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, for continued weather technology and observation at Plymouth 200,000 Gregg
State University.
DOC--NOAA....................... Regional Climate Centers, Reno, NV; Chapel Hill, NC; Baton Rouge, LA; Ithaca, NY; Champaign, IL; 3,000,000 Reid, Ben Nelson, Schumer, Ensign
Lincoln, NE; Funding for climate research at nationwide sites.
DOC--NOAA....................... Rhode Island Coastal Resource Management Council, Wakefield, RI, for the development of a comprehensive 1,000,000 Reed
habitat restoration and protection plan for Narragansett Bay and nearby water bodies.
DOC--NOAA....................... Save the Bay, Providence, RI, for a middle-school youth program to study, cleanup, and preserve 1,000,000 Reed, Whitehouse
Narragansett Bay.
DOC--NOAA....................... School for Marine Science and Technology, New Bedford, MA, for continued research and development of new 3,000,000 Kennedy, Kerry
methods to protect, preserve, and improve the health of multi-species fisheries in New England.
DOC--NOAA....................... Sea Otter & Steller Sea Lion Commission, Anchorage, AK, to support an ongoing research program with 210,000 Stevens
local communities for sea lion conservation and management.
DOC--NOAA....................... Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Concord, NH, to continue a program to proactively 100,000 Gregg, Sununu
conserve undeveloped river frontage and upland watershed.
DOC--NOAA....................... State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to support private industry participation in two international fishery 150,000 Stevens
advisory groups.
DOC--NOAA....................... State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, to conduct priority research and provide science support for the 250,000 Vitter
restoration of the Pontchartrain Basin through the Pontchartrain Restoration Act (PRA) of 2000, the
Coast Wetland Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) of 1990, and the Federal/State Coast
2050 Initiative.
DOC--NOAA....................... States of Maryland and Virginia, to aid watermen in the Chesapeake Bay with new work opportunities, 20,000,000 Mikulski, Warner, Cardin, Webb
including but not limited to aquaculture, restoration and research.
DOC--NOAA....................... States of Maryland and Virginia, to restore oyster habitat and plant disease free oysters in 4,600,000 Mikulski, Warner, Cardin, Webb
scientifically selected sites throughout the Chesapeake Bay.
DOC--NOAA....................... Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Harrisburg, PA, for operations and maintenance of a flood forecast 2,000,000 Mikulski
and warning system.
DOC--NOAA....................... The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, for nanotoxicology research.................... 700,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, to build decision support tools related to 500,000 Cochran, Wicker
flooding and/or storm surge that provide a 3D visualization for emergency management officials to plan,
train, and coordinate relief efforts.
DOC--NOAA....................... Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary, Alpena, MI, for exhibits and telepresence technology...................... 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOC--NOAA....................... Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary, Alpena, MI, for the lease for the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center.... 1,000,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, for cooperative institute.......................... 1,000,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, for weather research in the Gulf of Mexico......... 1,000,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, for weather research in the Gulf of Mexico....................... 5,500,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, for advanced submarine surveys to establish new U.S. claims for 500,000 Stevens
seabed resources.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, for research on coastal vulnerability to climate change............ 940,000 Stevens
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Delaware, Dover, DE, for a real-time satellite receiving station.......................... 750,000 Biden, Carper
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD, to rebuild the Horn Point 2,000,000 Mikulski
laboratory.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL, to improve and expedite hurricane forecasts through rapid 250,000 Bill Nelson, Martinez
transition of results to NOAA operations.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for a research project on the public safety applications of 1,500,000 Cochran, Inouye, Wicker
infrasound.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for training, education and research............................. 850,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOC--NOAA....................... Sea Grant Law Center, Oxford, MS, to integrate biotechnology and undersea technology development with 750,000 Cochran, Wicker
cutting edge research for the advancement of marine science.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, to integrate biotechnology and undersea technology development 5,000,000 Cochran, Wicker
with cutting edge research for the advancement of marine science and discovering new products from the
sea.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, for continued weather and air quality research................. 300,000 Gregg
DOC--NOAA....................... University of North Alabama, Florence, AL, for geospatial analysis...................................... 500,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, for assessing the water quality, ecology, fish, and fisheries 1,000,000 Reed, Whitehouse
of Narragansett Bay.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, for equipment for the Pell Library and Undersea Exploration 1,200,000 Reed, Whitehouse
Center.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, for hurricane monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico................. 750,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, for oyster rehabilitation...................................... 1,000,000 Shelby
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Tennessee Space Institute--Atmospheric Science Research, Tullahoma, TN, for airborne 200,000 Alexander
science research to enhance understanding of global warming, pollution, and climate change.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, for researching, targeting, understanding and mitigating invasive 250,000 Leahy
species, toxic blue algae and new contaminants of concern.
DOC--NOAA....................... University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, for research on water quality, ecosystem health and the transport 350,000 Leahy
of pollu- tants.
DOC--NOAA....................... Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation--Not for Profit, Huntsville, AL, for research Gulf Coast 1,000,000 Shelby
research.
DOC--NOAA....................... Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA, for citizen-driven environmental protection........ 1,600,000 Murray, Cantwell
DOC--NOAA....................... Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, to complete the development of a monitoring system that 700,000 McConnell
will collect real-time weather observations through a statewide grid of stations in Kentucky.
DOC--NOAA....................... Yukon River Drainage Fisheries, Anchorage, AK, to continue monitoring, research, and educational efforts 380,000 Stevens
for subsistence and commercial fisheries along the Yukon River.
DOJ--Byrne...................... A Child Is Missing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for law enforcement assistance for missing and abducted 100,000 Crapo
children in Kan- sas.
DOJ--Byrne...................... A Child is Missing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, to support A Child is Missing efforts in South Dakota.......... 100,000 Thune
DOJ--Byrne...................... A Child is Missing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, to upgrade telephony technology and satellited mapping systems 100,000 Roberts
to assist in locating missing children in Idaho.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center, Washington, DC, to train judges in 500,000 Mikulski
forensic science and other technically complex areas of the law.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education, Birmingham, AL, to continue a community oriented, 400,000 Shelby
interdisciplinary team to design, implement and test solutions to the most pressing problems of
violence effecting families.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Montgomery, AL, for forensics research and operations.......... 1,000,000 Shelby
DOJ--Byrne...................... Alabama Department of Public Safety, Montgomery, AL, for law enforcement purposes....................... 500,000 Shelby
DOJ--Byrne...................... Alaska Native Justice Center, Anchorage, AK, for funding to provide attorney referrals, information and 900,000 Stevens
resources to support Natives involved in legal issues.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Allegheny County, Allegheny County, PA, for security cameras and a threat viewer emergency management 750,000 Specter
visualization system.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, funds for a statewide at-risk youth mentoring program 750,000 Stevens
involving faith based organization, schools, and non-profit entities.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Boys Town, Las Vegas, NV, for expansion of services in Las Vegas to assist at-risk girls and boys....... 200,000 Reid, Ensign
DOJ--Byrne...................... Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, CriMNet Program (MN Department of Public Safety), St. Paul, MN, for the 200,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
statewide rollout of two major criminal justice information integration services.
DOJ--Byrne...................... CARITAS, Inc., Pawtucket, RI, for comprehensive case management services for adolescents receiving 200,000 Reed
substance abuse treatment.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Central Mountain Training Foundation, Canon City, CO, for interoperable communications equipment 300,000 Salazar
procurement and training.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, SD, for law enforcement, court 750,000 Johnson
operations, prosecutors, the public defender's office, and detention programs.
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Albuquerque Police Department, Albuquerque, NM, for a family advocacy center supporting forensic 200,000 Bingaman
training and a crisis support team.
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Allentown, Allentown, PA, for an anti-youth gang initiative in Allentown........................ 200,000 Casey
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore, MD, to reduce illegal gun trafficking and gun violence.. 1,100,000 Mikulski, Cardin
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, for gang prevention and intervention training, project marketing, and 250,000 Dole
outreach to hotspots.
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Fernley, Nevada, Fernley, NV, for law enforcement equipment..................................... 300,000 Reid, Ensign
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, to decrease crime and murders in Jacksonville................... 500,000 Martinez
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, for copper wire theft prevention efforts.............................. 400,000 Reid
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Luverne, Luverne, AL, for police equipment...................................................... 150,000 Shelby
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of New Haven, New Haven, CT, to develop a prisoner reentry initiative in collaboration with local 300,000 Dodd, Lieberman
law enforcement and homeless, behavioral, physical health, and family service providers.
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Oakland, Oakland, CA, to recruit and hire additional police officers from within the Oakland 300,000 Boxer
community.
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Richmond, Richmond, VA, to upgrade security at the Courts Building.............................. 400,000 Warner, Webb
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Saginaw Police Department, Saginaw, MI, to acquire a gunshot locating system.................... 200,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Salem Police Department, Salem, OR, to create an automated citation system...................... 75,000 Smith, Wyden
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of San Jose, San Jose, CA, to assess the city's gang intervention and preventions programs......... 250,000 Feinstein
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, for a school-based partnership to provide gang resistance 500,000 Boxer
education and training.
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of St. Paul, St. Paul, MN, to replace the warning siren system that is used to warn the public 250,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
about tornadoes, terrorism, and hazardous material emergencies..
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Stockton, Stockton, CA, to support the positions of six youth gang outreach workers............. 200,000 Boxer
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Trenton Police Department, Trenton, NJ, for a gunshot locating system........................... 200,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, for a new records management system................................... 500,000 Murray, Cantwell
DOJ--Byrne...................... City of York, York, PA, for a crime response and coordination project................................... 300,000 Casey
DOJ--Byrne...................... Clark County Sheriff's Department, Clark County, KY, to purchase equipment, including portable radios... 90,000 McConnell
DOJ--Byrne...................... Clark County, Las Vegas, NV, to operate a therapeutic foster care facility.............................. 500,000 Reid
DOJ--Byrne...................... Clearfield City, Clearfield City, UT, for technology to combat gang activity............................ 200,000 Bennett, Hatch
DOJ--Byrne...................... Community Renewal International, Shreveport, LA, to use a CRI Model for neighborhood terrorism and 100,000 Landrieu, Vitter
disaster preparedness.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Coos County Sheriff's Office, Coquille, OR, for personnel and operational costs......................... 100,000 Wyden
DOJ--Byrne...................... Criminal Information Sharing Alliance, Folsom, CA, for a law enforcement information sharing network in 400,000 Hutchison
Texas.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Criminal Justice Institute, University of Arkansas System, Little Rock, AR, for a national training 1,000,000 Pryor, Lincoln
center for rural law enforcement executives.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Dauphin County, Harrisburg, PA, for family group and at-risk youth counseling........................... 250,000 Specter
DOJ--Byrne...................... Daviess County Sheriff's Department, Daviess County, KY, to purchase mobile data terminals and other 180,000 McConnell
communication equipment.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, NM, to implement a jail diversion program.................................. 180,000 Bingaman
DOJ--Byrne...................... Downriver Community Conference, Southgate, MI, for equipment upgrades to improve public safety 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
interoperability among member communities.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium, Centreville, MD, to maintain and expand the Eastern 250,000 Cardin
Shore dropout prevention programs.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Newark, NJ, to expand the program to more witnesses and victims....... 150,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
DOJ--Byrne...................... Forrest County Court Team for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers, Forrest Co., MS, to address the critical 150,000 Cochran, Wicker
needs of maltreated infants and toddlers through the specialized Forrest County Court Team for
Maltreated Infants and Toddlers.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Fort Belknap Indian Community, Fort Belknap, MT, for additional staff, updated electronic data systems, 300,000 Baucus, Tester
equipment and training to ensure quality judicial services in the tribal court.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Genesee County, Genesee County, MI, for assistance for those transitioning from prison.................. 100,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Byrne...................... Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, for a workforce education and reentry program for the 200,000 Landrieu
formerly incarcerated.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Grant Sawyer Center, University of Reno, NV, for Grant Sawyer Center at University of Nevada, Reno, for 200,000 Reid
judicial education.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Haymarket Center, Chicago, IL, for a workforce development program for those with past criminal justice 250,000 Durbin
involvement, substance abuse, and economic and employment instability.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Heartland Family Service, Council Bluffs, IA, for family based treatment of drug-addicted mothers....... 600,000 Harkin, Grassley
DOJ--Byrne...................... Hennepin County, Hennepin County, MN, to facilitate the sharing of juvenile records between criminal 250,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
justice agen- cies.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Illinois Sheriff's Association, Springfield, IL, for law enforcement and clean-up of meth production and 250,000 Durbin
abuse.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indianapolis, IN, to enhance public safety and increase 150,000 Lugar
patrol time on the street.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Inner Harbour for Children and Families, Douglasville, GA, to advance neurofeedback treatment to help 100,000 Isakson, Chambliss
troubled youths overcome deficits, avoid trouble, and become highly functioning members of society.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA, to provide methamphetamine abuse treatment for inmates 850,000 Harkin, Grassley
in Polk, Scott, and Story counties.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Iowa Legal Aid, Des Moines, IA, for continued collaboration between the medical and legal communities in 300,000 Harkin
servicing low-income Iowans.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Jackson Medical Mall, Jackson, MS, for prevention programs for at-risk youth............................ 400,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOJ--Byrne...................... Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, for emergency responder software development..................... 1,000,000 Cochran
DOJ--Byrne...................... Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Birmingham, AL, for law enforcement record integration............... 200,000 Shelby
DOJ--Byrne...................... John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, to expand a pilot program that electronically tracks purchases 100,000 Durbin
of methamphetamine precursors.
DOJ--Byrne...................... King County Sheriff's Office, Seattle, WA, for the School Resource Officers Program..................... 350,000 Murray
DOJ--Byrne...................... Kings County District Attorney's Office, Kings County, NY, for the investigation and prosecution of deed 875,000 Schumer
theft, mortgage fraud, and related real estate-based crimes.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Latin America Youth Center, Langley Park, MD, to serve at risk youth and promote gang prevention........ 500,000 Mikulski
DOJ--Byrne...................... Local Initiatives and Support Corporation-Community Saftey Initiative, Jackson, MS, to promote strategic 750,000 Cochran
alliance between community developers and law enforcement, which will reduce crime and spur
revitalization in troubled neighborhoods.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Lorain Police Department, Lorain, OH, to purchase in-car video cameras for law enforcement patrol 500,000 Brown
vehicles.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Monterey Park, CA, to upgrade an anti-gang data and analysis 300,000 Feinstein
database.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Louisiana District Attorney's Association, Baton Rouge, LA, to support an early intervention program for 800,000 Landrieu, Vitter
at-risk elementary students.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Indian Reservation, SD, for law enforcement, court operations, 500,000 Johnson
prosecutors, public defenders office, and detention equipment and operations.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Luna County Sheriff's Department, Deming, NM, to address border-related criminal activity............... 375,000 Bingaman
DOJ--Byrne...................... Luzerne County Community College, Luzerne County, PA, for training and equipment acquisition............ 150,000 Specter
DOJ--Byrne...................... Madison County Commission, Huntsville, AL, for integrated law enforcement records....................... 1,500,000 Shelby
DOJ--Byrne...................... Marshall County Sheriff's Department, Marshall County, KY, to purchase and upgrade law enforcement 400,000 McConnell
equipment.
DOJ--Byrne...................... McKinley County, Gallup, NM, for operations at a comprehensive juvenile services center................. 200,000 Bingaman
DOJ--Byrne...................... Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX, for emergency communications equipment................. 300,000 Hutchison
DOJ--Byrne...................... Menifee County Sheriff's Department, Menifee County, KY, to purchase law enforcement technology 30,000 McConnell
equipment.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Mercer County, Trenton, NJ, to provide a comprehensive case management system for prisoners returning to 200,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
the community.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Metropolitan Crime Commission, New Orleans, LA, to eliminate public corruption and reduce white collar 450,000 Vitter
crime.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for digital forensic training............................. 2,500,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOJ--Byrne...................... Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for law enforcement intelligence.......................... 1,500,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOJ--Byrne...................... Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for training and research................................. 1,000,000 Cochran
DOJ--Byrne...................... Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, Helena, MT, for enhanced offender monitoring, tracking 200,000 Baucus, Tester
and notification to ensure public safety.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Montana State University at Billings, Billings, MT, for an academic program at the Montana Women's 200,000 Baucus, Tester
Prison that offers inmates general education coursework toward certificate or Associate degrees.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Multnomah County, Troutdale and Gresham, OR, to create a position in the Multnomah County District 275,000 Smith, Wyden
Attorney's Office to investigate and prosecute cases involving the victimization and exploitation of
the elderly.
DOJ--Byrne...................... National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), Washington, DC, for a national hotline that provides 500,000 Mikulski, Shelby
information and services to crime victims.
DOJ--Byrne...................... National Judicial College, Reno, NV, for judicial education and scholarship of judges................... 800,000 Reid, Ensign
DOJ--Byrne...................... Nevada Dept. of Public Safety, Carson City, NV, to assist probationers with diagnosed substance abuse 250,000 Reid
problems and financial need in receiving treatment.
DOJ--Byrne...................... New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, Concord, NH, to combat street-level drug trafficking........... 750,000 Gregg
DOJ--Byrne...................... New Hampshire State Police, Concord, NH, to combat gang and drug-related violence and crime............. 1,500,000 Gregg
DOJ--Byrne...................... New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, to develop technology to reduce accidental shootings, 250,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
teen suicides, unauthorized use of firearms by family members, and illegal secondary trade of weapons.
DOJ--Byrne...................... New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts, Santa Fe, NM, to continue drug court programs........... 400,000 Bingaman
DOJ--Byrne...................... North Carolina Sheriffs' Association, Raleigh, NC, for the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association to equip 250,000 Dole
a training facility.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Northern Regional Laboratory Group, Greeley, CO, to build a full service crime lab in Northern Colorado. 500,000 Allard, Salazar
DOJ--Byrne...................... Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, AR, for a training center to reduce cases of child 500,000 Pryor, Lincoln
abuse and improve support for victims of child abuse.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD, for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, 750,000 Johnson, Thune
public defenders office, and detention equipment and operations on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma City, OK, to continue replacement of Oklahoma's aging 150,000 Inhofe
communication system.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Oklahoma City, OK, for information-sharing within and between 100,000 Inhofe
State and local law enforcement agencies.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Oneida County District Attorney's Office, Utica, NY, for an information-sharing database to analyze gang 215,000 Schumer
related crime.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Operation Our Town, Altoona, PA, for drug enforcement and gang prevention programs...................... 250,000 Specter
DOJ--Byrne...................... Orlando Regional Healthcare, Orlando, FL, for operations of the Sexual Trauma Recovery Center........... 125,000 Martinez
DOJ--Byrne...................... Our Children's Homestead, Rockford, IL, for the tutoring of at-risk youth in the foster system.......... 200,000 Durbin
DOJ--Byrne...................... Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Cumberland County, PA, for a program that engages adults in 250,000 Casey
reporting and intervening in child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Phoenix House Florida, Hillsborough County, FL, to upgrade health record technology..................... 300,000 Bill Nelson
DOJ--Byrne...................... Phoenix House, Providence, RI, to upgrade a clinical management system.................................. 1,000,000 Reed, Whitehouse
DOJ--Byrne...................... Providence Police Department, Providence, RI, for a community-policing initiative to reduce drugs and 1,000,000 Reed, Whitehouse
drug-related crime.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), Washington, DC, for national anti-sexual assault 500,000 Mikulski, Shelby
programs.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, Alexandria, LA, for equipment and technology upgrades.................. 200,000 Vitter
DOJ--Byrne...................... Safe and Sound, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, for personnel and after-school programs............................ 600,000 Kohl
DOJ--Byrne...................... Safe Streets Campaign, Tacoma, WA, to implement comprehensive gang prevention, intervention and 500,000 Cantwell, Murray
suppression strategies.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, for crime lab technologies................................ 800,000 Hutchison, Cornyn
DOJ--Byrne...................... Sheriffs Youth Programs of Minnesota, Inver Grove Heights, MN, to be used by the Sheriffs Youth Program 100,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
to expand programming at SYP's horse farm.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, CA, to provide sensitivity training to law enforcement when 1,000,000 Mikulski, Shelby
investigating hate crimes and civil rights abuses.
DOJ--Byrne...................... South Royalton Legal Clinic at Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, to provide legal aid to 300,000 Leahy
economically disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in Vermont.
DOJ--Byrne...................... St. Croix County District Attorney, Hudson, WI, for a specialized methamphetamine prosecution unit...... 60,000 Kohl
DOJ--Byrne...................... Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, SD, for law enforcement, court operations, 250,000 Johnson, Thune
prosecutors, the public defender's office, and detention programs.
DOJ--Byrne...................... State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, for alcohol interdiction for investigation and prosecution of bootlegging 1,000,000 Stevens
crimes as part of a statewide effort to reduce Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
DOJ--Byrne...................... State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, for the training of VPSO's, and the acquisition of emergency response and 2,000,000 Stevens
search and rescue equipment for rural communities.
DOJ--Byrne...................... State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to develop a network to allow remote access to the criminal justice 235,000 Stevens
information, from a single point of access, thus allowing law enforcement and others Courts within the
State to access court records.
DOJ--Byrne...................... State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to support coordinator and train law enforcement officers to teach drug 210,000 Stevens
abuse resistance education.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Tallahassee Community College, Leon County, FL, to expand intelligence training programs................ 200,000 Bill Nelson
DOJ--Byrne...................... TEAM 2000 Community Development Corporation, Elizabeth, NJ, to provide an integrated system of case 300,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
management, education, and job development services for ex-offenders in the area.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, for emergency communications equipment............................... 400,000 Hutchison
DOJ--Byrne...................... Texas Team Focus, Morgan, TX, to establish a youth mentoring program.................................... 350,000 Hutchison
DOJ--Byrne...................... The Marcus Institute, Atlanta, GA, to provide remediation for the potential consequences of childhood 100,000 Isakson, Chambliss
abuse and neglect.
DOJ--Byrne...................... The Providence Center, Providence, RI, to help address barriers that incarcerated men and women face as 500,000 Reed, Whitehouse
they re-enter their communities.
DOJ--Byrne...................... The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulfport, MS, for statewide public safety information sharing... 1,000,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOJ--Byrne...................... The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for forensic science technology................ 1,000,000 Cochran
DOJ--Byrne...................... The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for law enforcement training purposes.......... 400,000 Cochran
DOJ--Byrne...................... The University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center, Knoxville, TN, for training and technical 350,000 Alexander
assistance under the Safe Streets Act.
DOJ--Byrne...................... The Women's Sports Foundation, East Meadow, NY, to prevent delinquency and promote wellbeing among young 250,000 Cantwell
women by involving them in physical activity.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Town of Brantley, Brantley, AL, for law enforcement equipment........................................... 75,000 Shelby
DOJ--Byrne...................... Troy University, Troy, AL, for forensics research and operations........................................ 350,000 Shelby, Sessions
DOJ--Byrne...................... Uhlich Children's Advantage Network and YouthBuild Lake County, Chicago, IL, for the expansion of a 250,000 Durbin
violence prevention service network.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, for a mentoring program for at-risk youth to 500,000 Mikulski, Cardin
reduce truancy.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, to equip the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma 150,000 Inhofe
State Bureau of Investigation Forensic Institution.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, for community-based gun violence prevention and 500,000 Durbin
intervention.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, to develop scientific, objective and reliable methods for 500,000 McConnell
detecting physical child abuse.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, to expand the regional biocontainment laboratory.............. 150,000 Bunning
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, to University of Memphis, Shelby County, the City of Memphis and the 1,000,000 Alexander, Corker
State District Attorney General jointly working on combining resources to deal with growing gang
numbers and increased violent crime.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of Mississippi, University, MS, to provide legal training for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, 2,250,000 Cochran, Wicker
and law students and develops model programs and publications.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, to continue to advance law enforcement research and development 750,000 Gregg
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND, for the recruitment and retention of American 300,000 Dorgan, Conrad
Indian law students.
DOJ--Byrne...................... University of South Carolina Law School, Columbia, SC, to support efforts of its law clinics............ 100,000 Graham
DOJ--Byrne...................... Vermont Department of Public Safety, Waterbury, VT, to combat increased illegal drug activities......... 1,000,000 Leahy
DOJ--Byrne...................... Vermont State's Attorney's Office, Montpelier, VT, for the Special Investigation Unit's task forces..... 100,000 Sanders
DOJ--Byrne...................... Wasco County, Wasco County, OR, for relocation costs and new equipment for a new interoperable 9-1-1 300,000 Smith, Wyden
Emergency Dispatch Center.
DOJ--Byrne...................... West Valley City, West Valley City, UT, for a state-of-the -art crime forensics lab..................... 250,000 Bennett, Hatch
DOJ--Byrne...................... West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, to support a forensic science initiative...................... 4,000,000 Byrd
DOJ--Byrne...................... William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, to support a collaborative 500,000 Akaka
effort of law schools to provide cost-effective review of potentially viable cases of wrongful
convictions.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Winona State University, Winona, MN, to provide training, technical assistance and publications to child 700,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
protection professionals.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Wisconsin Department of Administration, Madison, WI, to support assistant district attorney positions in 1,200,000 Kohl
Milwaukee County and other counties that are scheduled to be laid off within the next year.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, to provide a comprehensive range of 200,000 Casey
services for victims of domestic violence and their children.
DOJ--Byrne...................... Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley, Ottawa, IL, for programming to assist troubled youth and their 175,000 Durbin
families.
DOJ--Byrne...................... YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, to expand services for victims of domestic violence......... 300,000 Voinovich, Brown
DOJ--Byrne...................... Zero to Three, Des Moines, IA, for coordinated care for abused and neglected infants and toddlers....... 300,000 Harkin, Grassley
DOJ--IWN........................ Washington State Patrol, Mt. Sumas, WA, to complete IWN site at Mt. Sumas, WA........................... 500,000 Murray
DOJ--Juv Just................... Alabama 4-H Foundation, Auburn, AL, for juvenile justice prevention programs............................ 500,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Talladega, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs.. 150,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... An Achievable Dream, Newport News, VA, to continue and expand assistance programs for at-risk youth..... 300,000 Warner, Webb
DOJ--Juv Just................... Baptist Child and Family Services, San Antonio, TX, to prevent juvenile delinquency..................... 250,000 Hutchison
DOJ--Juv Just................... Baton Rouge Bar Foundation, Baton Rouge, LA, for the operations of a teen court with a peer jury trial 250,000 Landrieu
system.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Big Brothers Big Sisters of Louisiana, Lake Charles, LA, to increase programming for at-risk children in 200,000 Landrieu
southwestern Louisiana.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Bolder Options, Minneapolis, MN, to continue Bolder Options' unique model of one-on-one mentoring to 150,000 Coleman
reduce truancy and raise academic standards of Twin Cities youth.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Boys and Girls Club of Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for a mentoring-based gang prevention 100,000 Specter
program.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, to provide crime prevention and outreach services to rural 1,000,000 Inouye
youth.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Boys and Girls Clubs of the Grand River in South Dakota, McLaughlin, SD, to provide services and 150,000 Johnson
programming.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska, South Sioux City, NE, for a treatment and services program to serve 250,000 Ben Nelson
child and teenaged victims of trauma.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Boys Town New England, Portsmouth, RI, to increase services for at-risk girls and boys in the juvenile 161,000 Reed, Whitehouse
justice sys- tem.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, Baltimore, MD, for youth mentoring programs for at-risk children............ 1,000,000 Mikulski, Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... Cherokee County Family Resource Center, Heflin, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs... 100,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... Children and Families First, Wilmington, DE, to provide service intervention to girls ages 12-18........ 400,000 Biden, Carper
DOJ--Juv Just................... Chippewa Cree Tribe, Rocky Boy's Reservation, MT, to restore a detention facility to house juvenile 250,000 Baucus, Tester
offenders, provide in-house education and offer treatment services.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Citizenship Trust at American Village, Montgomery, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs 450,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... City of Boston, Boston, MA, to implement a comprehensive community-based youth crime reduction program.. 750,000 Kennedy, Kerry
DOJ--Juv Just................... City of Brockton, Brockton, MA, for the expansion of after-school programs designed to reduce youth 250,000 Kennedy, Kerry
crime.
DOJ--Juv Just................... City of Chesapeake, Chesapeake, VA, for a gang deterrence program....................................... 100,000 Warner, Webb
DOJ--Juv Just................... City of Jackson, Jackson, MS, for prevention programs for at-risk teens................................. 250,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOJ--Juv Just................... City of Omaha, Omaha, NE, for the expansion of after school educational programming..................... 500,000 Ben Nelson
DOJ--Juv Just................... City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for the Youth Violence Reduction Partnership.................... 1,000,000 Specter
DOJ--Juv Just................... City of South Salt Lake, South Salt Lake, UT, for after school program expansions....................... 100,000 Bennett, Hatch
DOJ--Juv Just................... County of Fresno, Fresno, CA, for a collaborative gang prevention program............................... 300,000 Boxer
DOJ--Juv Just................... Friends of CASA of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, for intervention and permanent placement for 375,000 Boxer
infants and toddlers in the foster care system.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Generations, Inc., Camden, NJ, for services to assist families and communities in reducing juvenile 150,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
violence.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Girl Scouts USA, Baltimore, MD, for a youth mentoring program for at-risk children of adult offenders... 1,000,000 Mikulski, Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, Philadelphia, PA, for the National Comprehensive Center 250,000 Specter
for Fathers for a mentoring-based, fatherhood initiative.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Jobs For Delaware Graduates, Inc., Dover, DE, to expand services delivered to at-risk students in middle 1,353,000 Biden, Carper
and high school.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Juvenile Justice Program for University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile 125,000 Shelby
justice programs.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Linking Learning to Life At-Risk Youth Training Program, Burlington, VT, to prepare at-risk high school 500,000 Leahy
students for successful employment and post-secondary education.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI, to continue the operations of safe summer sites................ 350,000 Kohl
DOJ--Juv Just................... Morgan County System of Services, Decatur, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs........ 125,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, Santa Fe, NM, to implement a pilot juvenile crime 300,000 Bingaman
prevention program.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID, to help reduce child neglect and abuse at the Nez Perce Tribe.............. 100,000 Craig, Crapo
DOJ--Juv Just................... OliveCrest, Las Vegas, NV, to expand therapeutic foster care operations................................. 200,000 Reid
DOJ--Juv Just................... Pawtucket Police Department, Pawtucket, RI, for youth education programs designed to decrease truancy... 493,000 Reed, Whitehouse
DOJ--Juv Just................... Phoenix House, Dallas, TX, for residential substance abuse treatment for adolescents.................... 250,000 Hutchison
DOJ--Juv Just................... Police Athletic League of New Jersey, Freehold, NJ, to coordinate a statewide after-school program with 250,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
the goal of deterring juvenile crime.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Reconcile New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, for a workforce construction project to provide at-risk youth 300,000 Landrieu
with the skills for successful entry into the hospitality and construction industries.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Rose Brooks Center, Kansas City, MO, to provide services to victims of domestic violence and their 300,000 Bond
children.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Rosebud Boys and Girls Club, Mission, SD, for services, programming, equipment and supplies............. 100,000 Johnson
DOJ--Juv Just................... Save the Children, Westport, CT, for after-school and summer literacy programs in Arkansas.............. 500,000 Pryor, Lincoln
DOJ--Juv Just................... Sea Research Foundation, Inc., Mystic, CT, to expand academic course offerings in science and technology 300,000 Dodd, Lieberman
to an additional 100,000 students each year.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, ND, for equipment, staffing, and for operations of a youth 1,200,000 Dorgan, Conrad
detention center.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Suffolk University, Boston, MA, for the development of comprehensive juvenile justice programs aimed at 500,000 Kennedy, Kerry
reducing recidivism.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Team Focus, Inc., Mobile, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs......................... 600,000 Shelby, Sessions
DOJ--Juv Just................... TuskMac CDC, Tuskegee, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs............................ 100,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... Union Springs YMCA, Union Springs, AL, for youth mentoring and juvenile justice programs................ 100,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... United Way of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA, for a youth crime prevention and intervention 400,000 Specter
initatiative.
DOJ--Juv Just................... University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, to provide planning, training and assistance to schools 350,000 Salazar
to help them prevent and manage violence.
DOJ--Juv Just................... University of Delaware's Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Newark, DE, to continue a statewide survey 65,000 Biden, Carper
of youth that provides estimates of student substance abuse, crime and gambling.
DOJ--Juv Just................... University of Montana, Missoula, MT, for teacher training, curriculum development and awareness 400,000 Baucus, Tester
initiatives to combat bullying as well as the development of emergency protocol for school shootings.
DOJ--Juv Just................... University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, for youth mentoring and domestic violence prevention programs.. 400,000 Shelby
DOJ--Juv Just................... Vermont Department of Children and Families, Waterbury, VT, for state-wide at-risk youth assistance 700,000 Sanders
programs.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Village of Richton Park, Richton Park, IL, for the development of a youth intervention program.......... 300,000 Durbin
DOJ--Juv Just................... Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha, Omaha, NE, for a comprehensive crime intervention program for 300,000 Ben Nelson, Hagel
vulnerable women, infants, children, and teens.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance, Madison, WI, for a grant program to reduce disproportionate 700,000 Kohl
minority juvenile contact.
DOJ--Juv Just................... Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, for a coordinated, evidence-based approach to serve at-risk 300,000 Brown
youth in the local community.
DOJ--Juv Just................... YWCA Center for Families, Salt Lake City, UT, to provide equipment for new Center for Families, which 300,000 Bennett
aims to end domestic violence through prevention, intervention and accountability.
DOJ--Juv Just................... YWCA Columbus, Columbus, OH, to expand After-School Programs for At-Risk Youth and Programs for Homeless 750,000 Voinovich, Brown
Families.
DOJ--Juv Just................... YWCA Madison, Madison, WI, to expand a neighborhood and school-based crime reduction program............ 500,000 Kohl
DOJ--Juv Just................... Zero to Three, Omaha, NE, to educate juvenile and family court judges in early childhood development in 150,000 Ben Nelson, Hagel
order to improve the child welfare system for maltreated infants and toddlers.
DOJ--Meth....................... Alabama District Attorney's Association, Montgomery, AL, to combat the methamphetamine problem and 1,100,000 Shelby, Sessions
educated citizens of its dangers.
DOJ--Meth....................... Arkansas State Police, Little Rock, AR, to certify and equip officers assigned to investigate, seize, 500,000 Pryor, Lincoln
dismantle, and direct the clean-up of clandestine methamphetamine labs.
DOJ--Meth....................... Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office, Cape Girardeau, MO, to provide funding for competitive grants to 1,000,000 Bond
sheriff's offices and multi-jurisdiction drug task forces to address specifically methamphetamine
production and trafficking.
DOJ--Meth....................... Carson City, Carson City, NV, for efforts in combating methamphetamine in Northern Nevada............... 300,000 Reid, Ensign
DOJ--Meth....................... City of Montrose, Montrose, CO, for communications and safety equipment to assist a drug task force and 150,000 Salazar
for an educational outreach program.
DOJ--Meth....................... City of Rochester, Rochester, NY, to intensify patrols, improve the tracking of narcotics shipments, 675,000 Schumer
provide technical support and enhance local crime prevention programs for at-risk youth.
DOJ--Meth....................... Clackamas County, Oregon City, OR, to continue the operations of the Clackamas County Meth Enforcement 100,000 Smith, Wyden
Team.
DOJ--Meth....................... Criminal Justice Institute, University of Arkansas System, Little Rock, AR, to continue providing 500,000 Pryor, Lincoln
methamphetamine-focused courses for the Arkansas law enforcement community.
DOJ--Meth....................... Heartland Family Service, Omaha, NE, for the Methamphetamine Treatment Program for Omaha, NE............ 100,000 Ben Nelson, Hagel
DOJ--Meth....................... Idaho Meth Project, Boise, ID, for the Idaho Meth Project will support a statewide effort to combat the 300,000 Craig, Crapo
use of meth.
DOJ--Meth....................... Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, Des Moines, IA, for a multi-tier interdiction initiative to combat 500,000 Harkin, Grassley
drug distribution networks.
DOJ--Meth....................... Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, Des Moines, IA, for an electronic database to assist efforts to 750,000 Harkin, Grassley
enforce limits on sales of pseudoephedrine.
DOJ--Meth....................... Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, Des Moines, IA, for coordinated regional meth investigations........ 600,000 Harkin, Grassley
DOJ--Meth....................... Minot State University, Minot, ND, for methamphetamine research and public education.................... 500,000 Dorgan, Conrad
DOJ--Meth....................... Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Jackson, MS, to combat methamphetamines................................ 1,500,000 Cochran
DOJ--Meth....................... Montana Meth Project, Missoula, MT, to prevent the use of methamphetamines and the related social 1,000,000 Baucus, Tester
problems, especially among teenagers.
DOJ--Meth....................... National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, for a study that addresses the clean-up and 100,000 Allard, Salazar
risks of former methamphetamine laboratories and smokehouses pose to people, including children.
DOJ--Meth....................... Nebraska Meth Project, Lincoln, NE, to support a campaign to significantly reduce the prevalence of 500,000 Ben Nelson
methamphetamine use in Nebraska.
DOJ--Meth....................... New Mexico Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, to implement a state-wide anti-methamphetamine campaign... 500,000 Bingaman
DOJ--Meth....................... Orange County Government, Orlando, FL, to remediate environmental dangers of methamphetamine labs in 100,000 Martinez
Orange County.
DOJ--Meth....................... Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, WA, for an anti-methamphetamine initiative.............................. 1,000,000 Murray, Cantwell
DOJ--Meth....................... Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, WA, for an information clearinghouse and technical training center to 1,200,000 Murray
aid in the fight against methamphetamine.
DOJ--Meth....................... Rockdale County Sheriff's Office, Rockdale County, GA, to identify, seize, and clean up clandestine 50,000 Chambliss, Isakson
methamphetamine drug labs and assist in the eradication of meth use.
DOJ--Meth....................... Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Indian Reservation, SD, for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, 850,000 Johnson, Thune
the public defenders office and detention programs.
DOJ--Meth....................... State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, for a statewide meth eradication program............................. 1,000,000 Domenici
DOJ--Meth....................... Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, Chattanooga, TN, for a statewide program that supports law 1,250,000 Alexander, Corker
enforcement, training, intelligence and public awareness in dealing with meth and meth cleanup.
DOJ--Meth....................... The Colorado Meth Project, Denver, CO, for an anti-methamphetamine campaign............................. 500,000 Salazar
DOJ--Meth....................... The Wyoming Meth Project, Casper, WY, for fighting the methamphetamine problem.......................... 75,000 Enzi, Barrasso
DOJ--Meth....................... The Wyoming Meth Project, Cheyenne, WY, to reduce youth meth use........................................ 100,000 Barasso
DOJ--Meth....................... University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, to implement a project to improve Nebraska's community 600,000 Ben Nelson, Hagel
corrections and methamphetamine abuse treatment services.
DOJ--Meth....................... University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, to address gaps in substance abuse treatment and transitional 50,000 Barasso
services in the State.
DOJ--Meth....................... University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, to address the need for transitional services for recovering addicts 75,000 Enzi, Barrasso
in Wyoming.
DOJ--Meth....................... Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for the continuation of a statewide anti-methamphetamine 1,000,000 Kohl
initiative.
DOJ--Tech....................... Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC), Montgomery, AL, for law enforcement data gathering 500,000 Shelby
and dissemination.
DOJ--Tech....................... Arkansas State Police, Little Rock, AR, to implement an interoperable system to provide an interactive 200,000 Pryor, Lincoln
picture of law enforcement resources in route and at the scene of critical incidents or natural
disasters.
DOJ--Tech....................... Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, MT, for the operation of a 9-1-1 call 100,000 Baucus, Tester
center.
DOJ--Tech....................... Baltimore County, Baltimore County, MD, for technology upgrades......................................... 1,500,000 Mikulski
DOJ--Tech....................... Berkeley Township Police Department, Bayville, NJ, for a comprehensive video security system............ 500,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
DOJ--Tech....................... Caddo Parish District Attorney, NW Louisiana, LA, to equip a sexual predator task force................. 200,000 Vitter
DOJ--Tech....................... Calhoun County Sheriff, Anniston, AL, for law enforcement data gathering and dissemination.............. 350,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... Calvert County, Calvert County, MD, to purchase equipment............................................... 500,000 Mikulski
DOJ--Tech....................... Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, for improvement of campus security................................... 500,000 Landrieu, Vitter
DOJ--Tech....................... Center for Technology Commercialization, Westborough, MA, for the continued development of law 750,000 Kennedy, Kerry
enforcement technology and training programs.
DOJ--Tech....................... Cherry Hill Township, Cherry Hill, NJ, for law enforcement communications............................... 250,000 Menendez, Lautenberg
DOJ--Tech....................... Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, SD, for upgrades and maintenance to the 9- 250,000 Johnson
1-1 system.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Allentown, Allentown, PA, for security camera acquisition and installation...................... 400,000 Specter
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Astoria, Astoria, OR, to enhance public safety radio systems.................................... 325,000 Smith, Wyden
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Bayonne, Bayonne, NJ, to purchase equipment for a new centralized command and control operations 600,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
center.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Billings, Billings, MT, to purchase digital video cameras, a tactical blanket system and a 269,000 Baucus, Tester
tactical armored security vehicle.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Brewton, Escambia, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades.................................... 200,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Burien, Burien, WA, for emergency communications upgrades....................................... 150,000 Murray
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Calera, Calera, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades....................................... 250,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... Alabama--Tombigbee Regional Commission, Camden, AL, for traffic safety technology and law enforcement 400,000 Shelby
equipment.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Camden, Camden, NJ, for the purchase of equipment to more effectively fight crime............... 1,000,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, to implement 800MHz radios for non-public safety agencies........... 200,000 Voinovich, Brown
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Dothan, Dothan, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades....................................... 300,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR, to purchase, install and implement a simulcast radio system..... 500,000 Pryor, Lincoln
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Flint, Flint, MI, for in-car computers and in-car cameras....................................... 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Flora, Flora, MS, for equipment upgrades and improvements for the police department............. 250,000 Cochran
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Gadsden, Gadsden, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades..................................... 250,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Greenville Police Department, Greenville, SC, for mobile data terminals......................... 150,000 Graham
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Gulf Shores, Gulf Shores, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades............................. 350,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Hartford, Hartford, CT, for equipment at a new public safety complex............................ 750,000 Lieberman, Dodd
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Hartford, Hartford, CT, to purchase first responder and emergency equipment for a new municipal 300,000 Dodd, Lieberman
public safety complex.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Houston, Houston, TX, for interoperability...................................................... 125,000 Cornyn
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Inglewood Police Department, Inglewood, CA, to upgrade the Inglewood Police Department's radio 500,000 Boxer
system.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, for integrated emergency resources.................................... 125,000 Grassley
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Jackson, Jackson, MS, for crime fighting technology............................................. 750,000 Cochran, Wicker
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Kalispell, Kalispell, MT, to create a public safety training and testing facility for first 750,000 Baucus, Tester
responders.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Kaysville, Kaysville, UT, for police station equipment.......................................... 100,000 Bennett, Hatch
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Kenosha Police Department, Kenosha, WI, for technology upgrades................................. 100,000 Kohl
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, for law enforcement equipment............................................. 130,000 Hagel
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, to upgrade an 800 MHz communications network and 500,000 Pryor, Lincoln
complete its conversion to a digital system.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, to expand the City of Los Angeles mass notification system........ 500,000 Feinstein
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Medford, Medford, OR, to provide for the merging of two existing 9-1-1 dispatch centers into one 700,000 Smith, Wyden
facility.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL, to improve the ability to process and store photographic evidence 400,000 Bill Nelson
for investigations and emergencies.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee, WI, to install a gunshot location system for high crime 650,000 Kohl
areas.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, for the purchase of car cameras and mobile data centers for police 300,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
officers.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Missoula, Missoula, MT, for a new police headquarters........................................... 300,000 Baucus, Tester
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Modesto, Modesto, CA, for law enforcement communications equipment.............................. 500,000 Feinstein
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Montgomery and Montgomery County, Montgomery, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades......... 650,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Newark Police Department, Newark, DE, for the purchase of video surveillance cameras in the 115,420 Biden, Carper
downtown area.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of North Las Vegas Police Department, N. Las Vegas, NV, for a records management system............ 300,000 Reid
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Oakland, Oakland, CA, to provide law enforcement equipment...................................... 500,000 Feinstein, Boxer
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, for deployment of security cameras in 15 different business 250,000 Casey
districts.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Prattville, Prattville, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades............................... 400,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Radford, Radford, VA, for the transition into a new police department facility.................. 250,000 Warner, Webb
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Seattle, Seattle, WA, for a multi-agency database accessible to police officers in the field.... 500,000 Murray
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Sioux City, Sioux City, IA, for meth related training........................................... 100,000 Grassley
DOJ--Tech....................... City of South Jordan, South Jordan, UT, for high-speed wireless hotspots for police to transfer data and 150,000 Bennett, Hatch
share information.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Spokane, Spokane, WA, for new law enforcement technology........................................ 500,000 Murray, Cantwell
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Stamford, Stamford, CT, to purchase critical console equipment for a new emergency 300,000 Dodd, Lieberman
communications plat- form.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Williamsport, Williamsport, PA, for a wireless digital video surveillance system................ 450,000 Specter, Casey
DOJ--Tech....................... City of Yonkers Police Department, Yonkers, NY, to reduce non-emergency 9-1-1 calls through the creation 250,000 Schumer
of a new public hotline.
DOJ--Tech....................... City of York, York, PA, for security camera acquisition and installation................................ 200,000 Specter
DOJ--Tech....................... Clarion County, Clarion County, PA, for an interoperable communications initiative...................... 500,000 Specter
DOJ--Tech....................... Cobb County Office of Economic Development, Cobb County, GA, for public safety first responder regional 100,000 Chambliss
communications interoperability.
DOJ--Tech....................... Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, Denver, CO, for an electronic state-wide law enforcement 400,000 Salazar
information-sharing network.
DOJ--Tech....................... Delaware State University, Dover, DE, to test and evaluate a mobile crime scene and evidence tracking 2,000,000 Biden, Carper
application.
DOJ--Tech....................... Delta County, Delta County, MI, for the installation of laptop computers in police patrol vehicles...... 176,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Tech....................... East Baton Rouge Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, to upgrade law enforcement technologies........... 100,000 Landrieu, Vitter
DOJ--Tech....................... East Bay Regional Communications System Authority, Dublin, CA, to create an interoperable communications 500,000 Feinstein, Boxer
sys- tem.
DOJ--Tech....................... Franklin County Emergency Services Alliance, Franklin County, PA, for an interoperable communications 500,000 Specter
initiative.
DOJ--Tech....................... Gallatin County Commission, Bozeman, MT, to construct a facility, update emergency response technology, 500,000 Baucus, Tester
and ensure the protection of citizens and regional assets.
DOJ--Tech....................... Goodhue County Sheriff's Office, Red Wing, MN, to purchase 800 MHz user end radios for all public safety 750,000 Klobuchar
officials in Goodhue County.
DOJ--Tech....................... Goodwater Police Department, Goodwater, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades....................... 50,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... Harford County, Harford County, MD, for technology upgrades............................................. 365,000 Mikulski
DOJ--Tech....................... Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, Honolulu, HI, to integrate State and local law enforcement 1,500,000 Inouye
databases for better access at all levels of the justice system.
DOJ--Tech....................... Henderson Nevada Police Department, Henderson, NV, to purchase a tactical robot and equip a law 500,000 Reid
enforcement training facility.
DOJ--Tech....................... Hot Springs Police Department, Hot Springs, AR, to equip police vehicles with mobile data terminals and 512,000 Pryor, Lincoln
enable their access to local, State and Federal databases.
DOJ--Tech....................... Idaho State Police, Meridian, ID, for the Criminal Information Sharing Alliance Network to improve 355,000 Craig, Crapo
coordinated information sharing between participating State law enforcement agencies.
DOJ--Tech....................... Ingham County Law Enforcement Technology Upgrades, Mason, MI, for equipment upgrades.................... 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Tech....................... Itasca County, Grand Rapids, MN, for the implementation of a new 800 MHz public safety radio system..... 300,000 Klobuchar
DOJ--Tech....................... Johnson County Government, Olathe, KS, to provide a unified radio communication system for Johnson 150,000 Roberts
County officials and local jurisdictions within the county.
DOJ--Tech....................... Johnson County, Franklin, IN, to upgrade the public safety communications system in Johnson County, 850,000 Lugar, Bayh
Indiana.
DOJ--Tech....................... Kanawha County Commission, Charleston, WV, for Kanawha County to purchase mobile and portable 1,000,000 Byrd
interoperable radios.
DOJ--Tech....................... Kansas Adjutant General's Office, Topeka, KS, to establish a secure database that connects law 250,000 Roberts
enforcement and emergency management personnel to private sector resources needed in a catastrophic
event.
DOJ--Tech....................... Lafayette Police Department, Lafayette, LA, for interoperable communication............................. 200,000 Vitter, Landrieu
DOJ--Tech....................... Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Las Vegas, NV, for a Total Containment Vessel and other law 750,000 Reid
enforcement equipment.
DOJ--Tech....................... Lenoir Police Department, Lenoir, NC, for law enforcement communications technology..................... 200,000 Dole
DOJ--Tech....................... Macomb County, Macomb County, MI, to establish an emergency operations center........................... 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Tech....................... Marshall University, Huntington, WV, for a highly advanced state-of-the-art DNA laboratory.............. 5,000,000 Byrd
DOJ--Tech....................... Marshall University, Huntington, WV, to support a training initiative for personnel in the area of 825,000 Byrd
computer crime investigations.
DOJ--Tech....................... Mason and Oceana Counties, Pentwater, MI, to operate a joint 9-1-1 emergency communications center...... 300,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Tech....................... Missoula County, Missoula, MT, to build a public safety operations and training center.................. 750,000 Baucus, Tester
DOJ--Tech....................... Mobile County Commission, Mobile, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades............................. 650,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... New Orleans Police Foundation, New Orleans, LA, for law enforcement technology integration and 500,000 Landrieu, Vitter
information shar- ing.
DOJ--Tech....................... North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Raleigh, NC, for firearms and ballistics analysis 100,000 Dole
equipment.
DOJ--Tech....................... Northwest Citizens Patrol, Baltimore, MD, for information technology system upgrades and support 150,000 Cardin
personnel.
DOJ--Tech....................... Oakland County Sheriff, Oakland County, MI, to upgrade a biometric identification enhancement project... 200,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Tech....................... Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD, for upgrades and maintenance to the tribal 9-1-1 system. 250,000 Johnson, Thune
DOJ--Tech....................... Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, Paterson, NJ, for a regional fiber optic network and the 200,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
construction of a countywide interoperable communications network.
DOJ--Tech....................... Pleasant Grove Police Department, Pleasant Grove, UT, for police department's wireless network.......... 200,000 Bennett, Hatch
DOJ--Tech....................... Rockland County Office of Fire & Emergency Services, Pomona, NY, for a countywide interoperable public 250,000 Schumer
safety communications system.
DOJ--Tech....................... Roseville Police Department, Macomb County, MI, to consolidate police, fire and emergency medical 150,000 Levin, Stabenow
service dispatch functions into one entity.
DOJ--Tech....................... Russellville Police Department, Russellville, Logan County, KY, to purchase mobile data terminals and 125,000 McConnell
other communications equipment.
DOJ--Tech....................... Southern Kansas Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT, Cowley, Greenwood, Montgomery, and Sumner Counties, KS, for 150,000 Brownback
the implementation of the Law Enforcement Visual Intelligence Tool for four Kansas counties.
DOJ--Tech....................... Springfield Police Department, Springfield, VT, for equipment upgrades.................................. 200,000 Sanders
DOJ--Tech....................... St. Albans City Police Department, St. Albans, VT, to purchase equipment................................ 100,000 Sanders
DOJ--Tech....................... St. Clair County, St. Clair County, MI, to complete an 800 MHz communications system.................... 250,000 Levin, Stabenow
DOJ--Tech....................... State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for the phased build-out of a statewide interoperable communications 500,000 Cardin, Mikulski
system for first responders.
DOJ--Tech....................... Talladega County Commission, Talladega, AL, for radio upgrades.......................................... 100,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... The City of Beech Grove, Beech Grove, IN, to enhance public safety with in-car cameras and at hot spots 100,000 Lugar
in the City to provide real-time feeds to the police command center.
DOJ--Tech....................... The City of Shelbyville, Shelbyville, IN, to complete the interoperable wireless public safety 900,000 Lugar, Bayh
communications system for first responders in Shelbyville, IN.
DOJ--Tech....................... The Courage To Speak Foundation, Inc., Norwalk, CT, to expand, develop and evaluate substance abuse 950,000 Dodd
prevention programs.
DOJ--Tech....................... The Delaware State Police Department, Dover, DE, for preliminary engineering assessments before message 100,000 Biden, Carper
switcher upgrades.
DOJ--Tech....................... The Delaware State Police Department, Dover, De, for the purchase of a mobile gunshot locator system.... 250,000 Biden, Carper
DOJ--Tech....................... The Delaware State Police Department, Dover, DE, for the purchase and installation of in-car cameras and 500,000 Biden, Carper
related equipment.
DOJ--Tech....................... The New Castle County Police Department, New Castle, DE, for a program to increase the efficiency and 200,000 Biden, Carper
effectiveness of license plate scanning technology for law enforcement.
DOJ--Tech....................... Town of Anderson, Anderson, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades................................... 50,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... Town of Enfield, Enfield, CT, for interoperability communication upgrades and expert consultation....... 75,000 Lieberman, Dodd
DOJ--Tech....................... Town of Enfield, Enfield, CT, to evaluate the local emergency communications system and identify areas 75,000 Dodd, Lieberman
in need of improvement.
DOJ--Tech....................... Town of Kearny, Kearny, NJ, for the purchase and installation of a webcam buffer zone monitoring system 200,000 Menendez, Lautenberg
to specifically monitor the Kuehne chemical plant and CSX rail yards.
DOJ--Tech....................... Town of Secaucus, Secaucus, NJ, for interoperable law enforcement communications........................ 100,000 Menendez, Lautenberg
DOJ--Tech....................... Town of Somerville, Somerville, AL, for equipment and technology upgrades............................... 65,000 Shelby
DOJ--Tech....................... University of Colorado, Denver, CO, to establish a forensics center..................................... 100,000 Allard
DOJ--Tech....................... University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, for forensics research and operations......................... 250,000 Reed, Whitehouse
DOJ--Tech....................... Upper Peninsula 15 County Consortium, Upper Peninsula, MI, for equipment to complete a statewide 800 MHz 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
radio system.
DOJ--Tech....................... Vermont Department of Public Safety, Waterbury, VT, for the purchase of mobile computing units and 500,000 Leahy
necessary support staff for police vehicles.
DOJ--Tech....................... Vermont Department of Public Safety, Waterbury, VT, to improve and increase the interoperability of 506,000 Sanders
statewide radio communications systems.
DOJ--Tech....................... Vermont State Police, Waterbury, VT, for a statewide digital in-car camera system, an automated vehicle 250,000 Sanders
locator system and a replacement scanner.
DOJ--Tech....................... Vermont Supreme Court, Court Administrator's Office, Montpelier, VT, for a judiciary case management and 250,000 Leahy
electronic filing system.
DOJ--Tech....................... Vernon Police Department, Vernon, CT, for police in-car video recording systems......................... 60,000 Lieberman
DOJ--Tech....................... Virginia State Police, Wytheville, VA, to support the Virginia State Police Southwest Virginia Drug Task 250,000 Warner, Webb
Forces in their efforts to stop methamphetamine and drug-related crimes.
DOJ--Tech....................... Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Washoe, NV, to equip a DNA analysis lab and process DNA samples......... 800,000 Reid, Ensign
DOJ--Tech....................... Wells County Sheriff's Office, Bluffton Police Department, Bluffton 9-1-1 Dispatch Center, Ossian Police 100,000 Lugar
Department, Wells County, IN, to enhance interoperability between Wells County, the City of Bluffton
and the Town of Ossian police and sheriff departments.
DOJ--Tech....................... West Virginia Sheriffs' Association, Charleston, WV, to purchase visualization technology............... 3,400,000 Byrd
DOJ--Tech....................... Will County, Will County, IL, for integrated criminal justice information systems....................... 300,000 Durbin
DOJ--VAWA....................... State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, for sexual assault/domestic violence education, victim assistance, and 2,500,000 Stevens
prosecution.
NASA............................ A partnership of Coppin State University, Towson University, and University of Maryland Biotechnology 1,000,000 Mikulski, Cardin
Institute, MD, to increase the number and quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics
teachers in the region's public schools.
NASA............................ Alabama A & M University Research Institute, Madison, AL, for high temperature materials research....... 500,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, to develop a focused research and development initiative on large 500,000 Schumer
area flexible solar cell modules.
NASA............................ Burlington Technical Center, Burlington, VT, to upgrade and improve the post-secondary aviation program. 1,000,000 Leahy
NASA............................ Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, for recruitment and retention for an aerospace 350,000 Dodd, Lieberman
engineering academic program.
NASA............................ Charles County Public Schools, Charles County, MD, for a digital classroom project...................... 500,000 Mikulski
NASA............................ Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium, for a partnership of Morgan State University, 3,000,000 Mikulski, Cardin
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Bowie State University, MD, for continued aviation safety
research and development.
NASA............................ Discovery Center Museum, Rockford, IL, for science education for rural and under-served children........ 300,000 Durbin
NASA............................ Flight Research Training Center, Roswell, NM, to continue development and operation of the Flight 250,000 Domenici
Research Training Center.
NASA............................ Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mobile, AL, for educational exhibits............................... 500,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, for the promotion of astronomy in Hawaii................... 2,000,000 Inouye
NASA............................ Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, for research and development of nanomaterials......................... 500,000 Specter
NASA............................ Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, Houston, TX, to create a virtual space community for students. 500,000 Hutchison
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for a multi-propellant plume diagnostic testbed........... 500,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for material and structural evaluations for composites.... 750,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for missions systems recording, archival and retrieval.... 475,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for remote engine health and maintenance diagnosis........ 500,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for robotic exploration and Lunar material utilization.... 750,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for the development of the sensor technologies and 550,000 Shelby
integration algorithms necessary for on-orbit assembly and other AR&D missions.
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, for the Virtual Learning Magnet for Space Science and Math 400,000 Alexander
program as outlined in the Gathering Storm Report and NASA will make any award for this program on a
competitive basis.
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to develop a cost effective nuclear power system to 500,000 Shelby
support the long-range objectives of NASA.
NASA............................ Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to support the ongoing technology maturation program for 500,000 Shelby
liquid oxygen/liquid methane propulsion.
NASA............................ McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL, for education and science literacy programs...................... 400,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Michigan Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, for aerospace research on joining tubular support structures 1,000,000 Levin, Stabenow
at low cost and high reliability.
NASA............................ Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative, South Boston, VA, for the counties of Accomack and Northampton for 2,000,000 Warner, Webb
broadband deployment.
NASA............................ Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, for research and development of advanced technologies that 625,000 Cochran
represent departures from current manufacturing methods.
NASA............................ Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, for a collaborative distance science and technology education 200,000 Tester
program.
NASA............................ National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, MD, to develop and apply assistive technology approaches 600,000 Mikulski, Cardin
and techniques that enhance participation of blind youth in STEM education.
NASA............................ New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, for a program to improve K-12 science, engineering, math, 200,000 Bingaman
and aerospace education.
NASA............................ Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA, for a regenerative therapy delivery initiative 500,000 Specter
NASA............................ Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, to encourage children to go into science and technology through 400,000 Harkin
skills-based learning exhibits.
NASA............................ Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, for enhancement of K-12 teaching and learning 500,000 Bond
of sciences, math, and technology among schools, teachers, and students.
NASA............................ Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL, for high temperature materials............................. 750,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT, to provide technical support to the satellite sensor calibration 500,000 Bennett
team for the Global Climate Observing System.
NASA............................ St. Louis Community College BioBench and Training Facility, St. Louis, MO, to provide specialized career 500,000 Bond
and technical training to students for work in the life sciences.
NASA............................ Teach for America, New York, NY, to engage teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 2,000,000 Mikulski
NASA............................ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, to develop new robotic technologies.......................... 500,000 Hutchison
NASA............................ The Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation, Bear, DE, to create a community model for formal and 500,000 Biden, Carper
informal earth and space education.
NASA............................ The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, for an interactive platform for education of astronomy, space, and 500,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
planetary science.
NASA............................ Thurgood Marshall College Fund, New York, NY, to recruit minority students who will pursue careers in 2,200,000 Cochran, Landrieu, Voinovich,
the sciences. Wicker
NASA............................ University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, for optical system................................. 700,000 Shelby
NASA............................ University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, for a public-private partnership promoting 1,000,000 Feinstein
innovation in the fields of biotechnology, information technology, and nanotechnology.
NASA............................ University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, to research factors that hinder the wound healing process..... 750,000 McConnell
NASA............................ University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, for the Advanced Study Institute for 1,000,000 Mikulski, Cardin
Environmental Prediction to study climate impacts and adaptation in the Mid-Atlantic region.
NASA............................ University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for remote sensing, geospatial, space and aviation legal 3,000,000 Cochran, Wicker
research, materials, education, and outreach.
NASA............................ University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, to help make data received from NASA satellite images more 3,000,000 Dorgan, Conrad
easily accessible to the public.
NASA............................ University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, to create a national institute to improve science, 950,000 Harkin, Grassley
technology, engineering and mathematics education by focusing on young children.
NASA............................ University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, for composite materials lab.................................... 200,000 Shelby
NASA............................ University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, for the Complex Systems Center for Informed Decision-Making and 500,000 Leahy
Design to develop intelligent systems design and adaptive robotics.
NASA............................ U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, for museum exhibits....................................... 500,000 Shelby
NASA............................ Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, for the Institute for Regenerative Medicine.. 140,000 Dole
NASA............................ West Virginia State University, Institute, WV, for a science, engineering, mathematics and aerospace 2,000,000 Byrd
academy (SEMAA).
NASA............................ Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV, to expand an electronic medical records system adapted from 3,000,000 Byrd
the military's award-winning HEALTHeFORCES program.
NASA............................ Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, to continue the development and operation of the National Center 250,000 Brownback
for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP) located at the National Institute for Aviation Research
(NIAR).
NASA............................ Xavier University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, for science, technology, engineering and mathematics 1,000,000 Landrieu
programs.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2009
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation
compared with (+ or ^)
Item 2008 Budget estimate Committee ---------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 2008
appropriation Budget estimate
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Operations and administration...................................... 413,172 429,870 429,870 +16,698 ...............
Offsetting fee collections......................................... -8,000 -9,439 -9,439 -1,439 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... 405,172 420,431 420,431 +15,259 ...............
Bureau of Industry and Security
Operations and administration...................................... 59,228 68,909 68,909 +9,681 ...............
CWC enforcement.................................................... 13,627 14,767 14,767 +1,140 ...............
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Total, Bureau of Industry and Security....................... 72,855 83,676 83,676 +10,821 ...............
Economic Development Administration
Economic development assistance programs........................... 249,100 100,000 200,000 -49,100 +100,000
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 30,832 32,800 32,800 +1,968 ...............
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Total, Economic Development Administration................... 279,932 132,800 232,800 -47,132 +100,000
Minority business development...................................... 28,623 29,000 29,000 +377 ...............
Economic and Statistical Analysis.................................. 81,075 90,621 90,621 +9,546 ...............
Bureau of the Census
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 202,838 238,740 238,740 +35,902 ...............
Periodic censuses and programs..................................... 1,027,406 2,365,882 2,912,262 +1,884,856 +546,380
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Total, Bureau of the Census.................................. 1,230,244 2,604,622 3,151,002 +1,920,758 +546,380
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 17,466 19,218 19,218 +1,752 ...............
Public telecommunications facilities, planning, and construction... 18,800 ............... 20,000 +1,200 +20,000
Technology opportunities program................................... ............... ............... 20,000 +20,000 +20,000
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Total, National Telecommunications and Information 36,266 19,218 59,218 +22,952 +40,000
Administration..............................................
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Current year fee funding........................................... 1,915,500 2,074,773 2,074,773 +159,273 ...............
Offsetting fee collections......................................... -1,915,500 -2,074,773 -2,074,773 -159,273 ...............
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Total, Patent and Trademark Office........................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Scientific and technical research and services..................... 440,517 535,000 489,499 +48,982 -45,501
(Transfer out)................................................. (-6,580) (-12,300) (-12,300) (-5,720) ...............
Manufacturing extension partnerships/Industrial technology services 154,840 4,000 175,000 +20,160 +171,000
Manufacturing Extension Partnerships........................... (89,640) (4,000) (110,000) (+20,360) (+106,000)
Technology Innovation Program.................................. (65,200) ............... (65,000) (-200) (+65,000)
Construction of research facilities................................ 160,490 99,000 149,000 -11,490 +50,000
Working capital fund (by transfer)................................. (6,580) (12,300) (12,300) (+5,720) ...............
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Total, National Institute of Standards and Technology........ 755,847 638,000 813,499 +57,652 +175,499
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, research, and facilities............................... 2,856,277 2,831,253 3,051,911 +195,634 +220,658
(by transfer).................................................. (77,000) (79,000) (79,000) (+2,000) ...............
Promote and Develop Fund (transfer out)........................ (-77,000) (-79,000) (-79,000) (-2,000) ...............
Coastal zone management transfer............................... 3,000 3,000 3,000 ............... ...............
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Subtotal................................................... 2,859,277 2,834,253 3,054,911 +195,634 +220,658
Procurement, acquisition, and construction......................... 979,207 1,238,660 1,258,010 +278,803 +19,350
Pacific coastal salmon recovery.................................... 67,000 35,000 90,000 +23,000 +55,000
Fisheries disaster mitigation fund................................. ............... ............... 50,000 +50,000 +50,000
Coastal zone management fund....................................... -3,000 -3,000 -3,000 ............... ...............
Fisheries finance program account.................................. -6,000 -1,000 -4,000 +2,000 -3,000
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Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....... 3,896,484 4,103,913 4,445,921 +549,437 +342,008
Departmental Management
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 44,294 61,083 44,083 -211 -17,000
Herbert C. Hoover Building renovation and modernization............ 3,722 7,367 7,367 +3,645 ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................ 22,020 24,766 24,766 +2,746 ...............
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council ............... 1,021 ............... ............... -1,021
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Total, Departmental Management............................... 70,036 94,237 76,216 +6,180 -18,021
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Total, title I, Department of Commerce....................... 6,856,534 8,216,518 9,402,384 +2,545,850 +1,185,866
Appropriations........................................... (6,856,534) (8,216,518) (9,402,384) (+2,545,850) (+1,185,866)
(By transfer)............................................ (83,580) (91,300) (91,300) (+7,720) ...............
(Transfer out)........................................... (-83,580) (-91,300) (-91,300) (-7,720) ...............
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TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 97,832 105,805 85,000 -12,832 -20,805
Justice information sharing technology............................. 85,540 93,868 86,000 +460 -7,868
Tactical law enforcement wireless communications................... 74,260 121,651 121,651 +47,391 ...............
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Total, General Administration................................ 257,632 321,324 292,651 +35,019 -28,673
Administrative review and appeals.................................. 232,649 263,791 268,791 +36,142 +5,000
Transfer from immigration examinations fee account............. ............... -4,000 -4,000 -4,000 ...............
Administrative expenses (emergency)............................ 8,000 ............... ............... -8,000 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... 240,649 259,791 264,791 +24,142 +5,000
Detention trustee.................................................. 1,225,920 1,295,319 1,295,319 +69,399 ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................ 70,603 75,681 75,681 +5,078 ...............
United States Parole Commission
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 11,462 12,570 12,570 +1,108 ...............
Legal Activities
Salaries and expenses, general legal activities.................... 735,549 804,007 804,007 +68,458 ...............
Salaries and expenses (emergency).............................. 10,000 ............... ............... -10,000 ...............
Vaccine injury compensation trust fund............................. 6,833 7,833 7,833 +1,000 ...............
Antitrust Division, salaries and expenses.......................... 147,819 150,591 150,591 +2,772 ...............
Offsetting fee collections--current year....................... -139,000 -150,591 -150,591 -11,591 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... 8,819 ............... ............... -8,819 ...............
United States Attorneys, salaries and expenses..................... 1,747,822 1,831,336 1,831,336 +83,514 ...............
Salaries and expenses (emergency).............................. 7,000 ............... ............... -7,000 ...............
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Total, U.S. Attorneys, salaries and expenses................. 1,754,822 1,831,336 1,831,336 +76,514 ...............
United States Trustee System Fund.................................. 209,763 217,416 217,416 +7,653 ...............
Offsetting fee collections..................................... -184,000 -160,000 -160,000 +24,000 ...............
Interest on U.S. securities.................................... -5,000 -5,000 -5,000 ............... ...............
Prior year unobligated balances................................ -20,000 ............... ............... +20,000 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... 763 52,416 52,416 +51,653 ...............
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission............................... 1,606 1,823 1,823 +217 ...............
Fees and expenses of witnesses..................................... 168,300 168,300 168,300 ............... ...............
Salaries and expenses, Community Relations Service................. 9,794 9,873 9,873 +79 ...............
Assets forfeiture fund............................................. 20,990 20,990 20,990 ............... ...............
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Total, Legal Activities........................................ 2,717,476 2,896,578 2,896,578 +179,102 ...............
United States Marshals Service
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 849,219 933,117 968,117 +118,898 +35,000
Construction................................................... ............... (2,304) (2,304) (+2,304) ...............
Salaries and expenses (emergency).............................. 15,000 ............... ............... -15,000 ...............
Construction....................................................... 2,304 ............... ............... -2,304 ...............
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Total, United States Marshals Service.......................... 866,523 933,117 968,117 +101,594 +35,000
National Security Division
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 73,373 83,789 83,789 +10,416 ...............
Interagency Law Enforcement
Interagency crime and drug enforcement............................. 497,935 531,581 511,741 +13,806 -19,840
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 4,041,370 4,339,690 4,359,690 +318,320 +20,000
Salaries and expenses (emergency).............................. 143,539 ............... ............... -143,539 ...............
Counterintelligence and national security.......................... 2,308,580 2,725,450 2,725,450 +416,870 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... 6,493,489 7,065,140 7,085,140 +591,651 +20,000
Construction....................................................... 164,200 42,991 184,991 +20,791 +142,000
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Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation......................... 6,657,689 7,108,131 7,270,131 +612,442 +162,000
Drug Enforcement Administration
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 2,094,818 2,180,584 2,198,384 +103,566 +17,800
Salaries and expenses (emergency).............................. 2,000 ............... ............... -2,000 ...............
Diversion control fund......................................... -239,249 -244,000 -244,000 -4,751 ...............
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Total, Drug Enforcement Administration....................... 1,857,569 1,936,584 1,954,384 +96,815 +17,800
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 984,097 1,027,814 1,042,814 +58,717 +15,000
Construction....................................................... 23,500 ............... ............... -23,500 ...............
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Total, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.. 1,007,597 1,027,814 1,042,814 +35,217 +15,000
Federal Prison System
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 5,050,440 5,435,754 5,435,754 +385,314 ...............
Buildings and facilities........................................... 372,720 95,807 535,807 +163,087 +440,000
Federal Prison Industries, incorporated (limitation on 2,328 2,328 2,328 ............... ...............
administrative expenses)..........................................
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Total, Federal Prison System................................. 5,425,488 5,533,889 5,973,889 +548,401 +440,000
State and Local Law Enforcement Activities
Office of Violence Against Women: Prevention and prosecution 400,000 280,000 415,000 +15,000 +135,000
programs
Office of Justice Programs:
Justice assistance............................................. 196,184 134,647 240,000 +43,816 +105,353
State and local law enforcement assistance..................... 908,136 404,000 1,387,000 +478,864 +983,000
Presidential convention security (emergency)............... 100,000 ............... ............... -100,000 ...............
Weed and seed program fund..................................... 32,100 ............... 25,000 -7,100 +25,000
Juvenile justice programs...................................... 383,513 185,000 400,000 +16,487 +215,000
Public safety officers benefits:
Death benefits................................................. 66,000 60,000 60,000 -6,000 ...............
Disability and education benefits.............................. 8,834 9,100 9,100 +266 ...............
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Subtotal..................................................... 74,834 69,100 69,100 -5,734 ...............
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Subtotal, Office of Justice Programs......................... 1,694,767 792,747 2,121,100 +426,333 +1,328,353
Community Oriented Policing Services............................... 587,233 ............... 600,000 +12,767 +600,000
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Total, State and local law enforcement activities............ 2,682,000 1,072,747 3,136,100 +454,100 +2,063,353
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Total, title II, Department of Justice....................... 23,591,916 23,088,915 25,778,555 +2,186,639 +2,689,640
Appropriations........................................... (23,306,377) (23,088,915) (25,778,555) (+2,472,178) (+2,689,640)
Emergency appropriations................................. (285,539) ............... ............... (-285,539) ...............
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TITLE III--SCIENCE
Executive Office of the President
Office of Science and Technology Policy............................ 5,184 5,303 5,184 ............... -119
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science............................................................ ............... 4,441,519 4,522,884 +4,522,884 +81,365
Aeronautics........................................................ ............... 446,500 500,000 +500,000 +53,500
Exploration........................................................ ............... 3,500,469 3,530,490 +3,530,490 +30,021
Space operations................................................... ............... 5,774,710 5,774,710 +5,774,710 ...............
Education.......................................................... ............... 115,600 130,012 +130,012 +14,412
Cross-agency support............................................... ............... 3,299,902 3,320,404 +3,320,404 +20,502
Science, aeronautics and exploration............................... 10,543,100 ............... ............... -10,543,100 ...............
Exploration capabilities........................................... 6,733,700 ............... ............... -6,733,700 ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................ 32,600 35,500 35,500 +2,900 ...............
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Total, National Aeronautics and Space Administration......... 17,309,400 17,614,200 17,814,000 +504,600 +199,800
National Science Foundation
Research and related activities (non-defense)...................... 4,754,474 5,526,990 5,526,990 +772,516 ...............
Defense function............................................... 67,000 67,000 67,000 ............... ...............
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Subtotal..................................................... 4,821,474 5,593,990 5,593,990 +772,516 ...............
Major research equipment and facilities construction............... 220,740 147,510 152,010 -68,730 +4,500
Education and human resources...................................... 725,600 790,410 790,410 +64,810 ...............
Agency operations and award management............................. 281,790 305,060 300,560 +18,770 -4,500
National Science Board............................................. 3,969 4,030 4,030 +61 ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................ 11,427 13,100 13,100 +1,673 ...............
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Total, National Science Foundation........................... 6,065,000 6,854,100 6,854,100 +789,100 ...............
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Total, title III, Science.................................... 23,379,584 24,473,603 24,673,284 +1,293,700 +199,681
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TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
Commission on Civil Rights......................................... 8,460 8,800 8,800 +340 ...............
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission............................ 329,300 341,925 341,925 +12,625 ...............
International Trade Commission..................................... 68,400 73,600 75,000 +6,600 +1,400
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation.......................... 350,490 311,000 390,000 +39,510 +79,000
Marine Mammal Commission........................................... 2,820 2,400 2,400 -420 ...............
National Veterans Business Development Corporation................. 1,410 ............... ............... -1,410 ...............
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative............................ 44,120 46,272 46,272 +2,152 ...............
State Justice Institute............................................ 3,760 ............... 5,000 +1,240 +5,000
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Total, title IV, Related agencies............................ 808,760 783,997 869,397 +60,637 +85,400
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TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rescissions........................................................ -901,825 -634,000 -622,911 +278,914 +11,089
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Total, title V, General Provisions........................... -901,825 -634,000 -622,911 +278,914 +11,089
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Grand total........................................................ 53,734,969 55,929,033 60,100,709 +6,365,740 +4,171,676
Appropriations..................................................... (54,351,255) (56,563,033) (60,723,620) (+6,372,365) (+4,160,587)
Emergency appropriations........................................... (285,539) ............... ............... (-285,539) ...............
Rescissions........................................................ (-901,825) (-634,000) (-622,911) (+278,914) (+11,089)
(By transfer)...................................................... (83,580) (91,300) (91,300) (+7,720) ...............
(Transfer out)..................................................... (-83,580) (-91,300) (-91,300) (-7,720) ...............
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