Mr. Chairman. H.R. 7542 contains three provisions for the transfer of appropriations from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to other divisions of the Department of Justice. Specifically. $6.400.000 is transferred to the FBI. $3.000.000 is transferred to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. and $1.300.000 is transferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration. This constitutes a total of $10.700.000. These provisions in H.R. 7542 are part of a concerted effort which is apparently underway to completely undermine the LEAA program. This effort climaxed with the revised budget request submitted by the administration in April. virtually eliminates the entire grant program. In addition to the attack on 1980 LEAA grant funds contained in this bill. the Department of Justice has also announced plans to transfer an additional $15.000.000 from LEAA through the reprograming mechanism to finance "other critical needs of the Department." I submit that the LEAA program is in itself one of the most critical needs of the Department of Justice.
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