CRIMECONTROL - Vol.35 - No.30 - Budget and anti-terror program highlights

Sep 29, 2026

CrimeControl issue dated July 27, 2001 compiles national and state-level updates on U.S. public safety and criminal justice. It highlights the Justice Department budget advance, including funding levels, FBI reforms, a monitor role, and proposals such as a Deputy Attorney General for combating domestic terrorism and an International Law Enforcement Training Academy in Mexico. The issue also covers court and community measures, including local policing programs, grant changes, and initiatives affecting youth, injuries, and crime reduction, plus a seaport security focus on threats like smuggling and terrorism.

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CRIMECONTROL

Congress Advances DOJ Budget, Sets Up Anti-Terror and Other New Programs

Seaports Are Easy Criminal Targets

July 27,2001 Vol.35,No.30 IN THIS ISSUE DOJ Budget Highlights……2Seaports Are Easy CriminalTargets,Coast Guard Says.…2Congress Revives BillsOn Racial Profilin.………2 NATIONAL Michigan Campus Police UseProgram To Improve Trust..3Connecticut City Uses TaskForce In Drug Crackdown...3Idaho Cadet Program HelpsTo Identify Recruits………3U.S.Ends Grants To PoliceFor Gun Buybacks…………3OJJDP Issues Six BulletinsOn At-Risk Youth……………4BJS Tracks InjuriesFrom Violent Crime…………4Local Officials Play RoleIn Crime Reduction………4 IN THE COURTS New Hampshire Allows JudgeTo Disclose Youth's Name.4 ACROSS THE STATES Arizona,California,Colorado 5Florida,Maine…………………6Michigan New Jersey……6Oklahoma,South Carolina…7Texas………………………7Virginia………………………8 # CRIMECONTROL Congress Advances DOJ Budget,SetsUp Anti-Terror,Other New Programs TheHouseandSenatearenagreement on a $21.5 billion budget for the Justice Department but vary on how the money should be spent. The Senate,for instance,wouldestablish an anti-terrorist unitheaded by a newly created DeputyAttorney General and several othernew programs. The House,HR 2500,H Rept.107-139,has approved the budgetfor the fiscal year that begins Oct.1.The Senate bill,S 1215,has clearedthe Appropriations Committee. Both bills maintain funding forthe COPS hiring program at cur-rent-year levels of $1 billion. Hiring grants from fiscal 2002funds would be reduced,but the re-covery of funds unused in earlieryears would allow the Justice De-partment to keep the program at fis-cal 2001 strength. The budget bills and a House-passed authorization bill,HR 2215,create a new position at the JusticeDepartment for a monitor to overseethe FBI. Attorney General John Ashcrofttook action earlier to allow the in-spector general to look into FBI is-sues without prior approval. The appropriations bills alsocall for major reforms of the FBI. Oigest making deepcutsintheagency's budget and consolidating its opera-tions to tighten management. The Justice authorization bill,which is the first Congress haspassed since 1979,establisheswithin the department a permanentViolence Against Women Officeaimed at strengthening the govern-ment's commitment to fighting do-mestic violence,sexual attacks andstalking. In addition,it requires the Jus-tice Department to report to Con-gress on use of the Carnivore e-mailsurveillance system. Although the FBI monitor hasgotten broad media attention,otherprovisions of the Justice budget willhave more far-reaching impact. The rise in terrorist threats fromforeign groups to domestic eco-terrorists and closer ties with Mex-ico spurred the Senate Appropria-tions Committee into new direc-tions. The Senate bill would create anInternational Law EnforcementTraining Academy in Mexico simi-lar to the International Law En-forcement Academies(ILEAs)inBudapest and Bangkok. U.S.law enforcement agencypersonnel would manage the facility Page 2 and conduct the courses,and in theprocess develop personal relation-ships with Mexican law enforce-ment personnel that would be in-valuable to future liaison and coop-erative international law enforce-ment activities. The Senate budget bill also di-rects the attorney general,in con-sultation and collaboration with thesecretary of state,to provide a re-port to Congress by May 12 on thefeasibility of establishing ILEA-Mexico. The Senate committee notedthat there is "considerable confusionover jurisdiction”of federal activi-ties to deal with domestic terrorism. "In order to improve coordina-tion and centralize the policy-making structure for domestic ter-rorism within the Department ofJustice,the Committee recommendsthe creation of a Deputy AttorneyGeneral for Combating DomesticTerrorism(DAG-CT),"says the re-port accompanying the budget bill. The Senate panel appropriated$23 million for the office and tofund equipment and make grants. Grants and equipment awardswould be made to federal agencies,state and local law enforcement. BUDGET H

FAQs

What is the main focus of this CrimeControl issue dated July 27, 2001?

It focuses on key U.S. criminal-justice updates, especially the Justice Department budget advances and related anti-terror and law-enforcement program changes.

Which Justice Department budget actions are highlighted?

The issue describes a $21.5 billion Justice Department budget agreement, funding for COPS, proposed FBI reforms, and creation of a monitor position to oversee the FBI.

What security threat is emphasized in the seaport section?

Seaports are described as vulnerable to drug smuggling, illegal immigration, cargo theft, and terrorist attacks, with calls for improved coordination and high-tech equipment.

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