Speech #940094655

The committee recommends for fiscal year 1976 $2.083.387.000. This is $43.464.000 less than the total appropriated for 1975 and $32.510.000 below the budget estimate for 1976. Under the item. "Immigration and Naturalization Service." we have included in this bill $208 million. an increase of $26.680.000 over the 1975 appropriation. This amount will permit INS to employ 750 additional people. as requested in the budget. for the alien documentation project. improving the border patrol capability. detention and deportation. reducing adjudication backlogs. improving records response. and reducing the naturalization backlog. The amount also includes funds requested for a study of the illegal alien population. research and development. automation of the master index. detention and border facilities. and interior repatriation. Under the "Federal Prison System." the bill contains $230.635.000 for fiscal year 1976. This is an increase of $8.345.000 more than the total appropriation for 1975.