DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The President’s 2009 Budget will:
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Counter the threat of terrorism;
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Enable Federal law enforcement to arrest and prosecute
Federal criminals;
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Support State and local law enforcement efforts to
combat violent crime in America’s communities;
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Fight criminal activity along the U.S. Southwest border;
and
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Support essential Federal detention and incarceration
programs.
Countering the Threat of Terrorism
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Bolsters the national security
functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). $7.1 billion for the FBI, including $361 million in enhancements
that will support FBI’s intelligence and counterterrorism programs,
improve surveillance capabilities, bolster response to weapons of
mass destruction, and protect the security of the Nation’s cyber
systems.
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Strengthens the Department's
National Security Division (NSD). $84 million in total
resources for NSD, to support intelligence operations to combat terrorism
and other threats to national security.
Arresting and Prosecuting Federal Criminals
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Combats identity theft and
financial fraud. $178 million for the FBI's financial
crime investigations, which have aided in strengthening cases leading
to arrest and prosecution by the U.S. Attorneys. In 2007, the U.S.
Attorneys charged 2,470 defendants under identify theft statutes and
charged 8,566 defendants for white collar fraud, including bank fraud
and embezzlement, as well as corporate, consumer, bankruptcy, securities,
tax, commodities and other fraud.
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Continues the fight against
obscenity and child pornography. $40 million for the FBI
to investigate sexual predators that will lead to prosecution and
conviction. The $36 million provided in 2007 for FBI investigations
of sexual predators enabled the U.S. Attorneys under the Attorney
General’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative to charge 2,218
defendants that year.
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Reduces procurement fraud
and tax crimes. $47 million for investigating and prosecuting promoters of tax, procurement,
and other corporate fraud.
Supporting State and Local Law Enforcement
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Funds the Violent Crime Reduction
Partnership Initiative. $200 million targeted to support
community-driven responses to increases in violent crime.
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Reforms the Byrne Public Safety
and Protection Program. $200 million for State and local
criminal justice needs, including Project Safe Neighborhoods, the
DNA Initiative, Prisoner Re-entry, and other priorities, to be funded
through competitive grants.
Fighting Criminal Activity on the U.S. Southwest Border
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Creates the Southwest Border
Enforcement Initiative. $100 million in new resources
to strategically focus Department of Justice law enforcement and prosecutorial
efforts on the U.S. Southwest border to combat violent crime, gun
smuggling, and illicit drug trafficking.
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Continues the fight against
illegal drugs. $2.2 billion for the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) and $532 million for the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement
Task Force (OCDETF) program. Together, DEA and OCDETF fight the spread
of illegal drugs and seek to dismantle and disrupt major drug trafficking
organizations.
Supporting Essential Federal Detention and Incarceration Programs
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Funds Federal detention and
incarceration programs. $5.5 billion for the Bureau of
Prisons and $1.3 billion for the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
(OFDT), to ensure that Federal criminals and those awaiting trial
or sentencing are safely and cost-effectively incarcerated and detained.
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Expands detention capacity.
$50 million in new resources to increase the number of
contract prison beds and $38 million to strengthen OFDT’s detention
resources along the Southwest border.
Major Savings and Reforms
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More than 70 State and local law enforcement assistance
programs representing over $2 billion in spending are proposed for
consolidation into four flexible and competitive grants. This will
eliminate earmarks and formulas and improve the ability
of States, localities, and Tribes to respond to increases in violent
crime by better targeting funds to key criminal justice priorities,
including:
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$200 million, Violent Crime Reduction Partnership;
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$200 million, Byrne Public Safety and Protection Program;
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$280 million, Violence Against Women Program; and
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$185 million, Child Safety and Juvenile Justice Program.
Since 2001, the Department of Justice has:
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Transformed the FBI to improve the Nation’s
ability to prevent and combat terrorism.
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Made more than $3 billion in investments in critical
crime-fighting initiatives, including Project Safe Neighborhoods and
the DNA Initiative, helping communities address violent crime.
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Provided more than $16 billion to DEA and OCDETF,
leading to the disruption or dismantlement of over 5,000 major drug
trafficking organizations.
Department of Justice
(In millions of dollars)
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2007 Actual |
Estimate |
2008 |
2009 |
Spending |
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Discretionary
Budget Authority: |
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Federal Bureau
of Investigation |
6,040 |
6,514 |
7,108 |
Drug Enforcement
Administration |
1,761 |
1,856 |
1,937 |
Federal Prison
System |
5,427 |
5,425 |
5,534 |
United States
Marshals Service |
819 |
851 |
933 |
Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives |
984 |
1,008 |
1,028 |
Detention Trustee |
1,226 |
1,081 |
1,295 |
United States
Attorneys |
1,656 |
1,748 |
1,831 |
General Legal
Activities |
677 |
736 |
804 |
National Security
Division |
67 |
73 |
84 |
Office of Justice
Programs, COPS, Office on Violence Against
Women |
2,687 |
2,314 |
813 |
Organized Crime
and Drug Enforcement Task Force |
497 |
497 |
532 |
All other |
778 |
587 |
392 |
Subtotal, Discretionary
budget authority |
22,619 |
22,690 |
22,291 |
Less Crime Victims’
Fund cancellation |
— |
— |
−2,024 |
Total, Discretionary
budget authority |
22,619 |
22,690 |
20,267 |
Memorandum: |
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Budget authority from enacted supplementals |
356 |
286 |
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Additional funding requirements |
— |
146 |
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Total, Discretionary
outlays |
22,335 |
23,019 |
23,426 |
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Total, Mandatory
outlays |
1,135 |
2,112 |
3,199 |
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Total, Outlays |
23,470 |
25,131 |
26,625 |
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