Speaker. we have a national crisis because of the breakdown of law enforcement at the local level. This agreement provides $75 million to strengthen our hand at the local level by providing funds for hiring additional assistant U.S. attorneys. deputy U.S. marshals. agents in the field for the Drug Enforcement Administration. FBI. and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. There are also adequate funds to initiate plans to acquire available military facilities for use as prisons. or. as proposed in H.R. 1591. Civilian Conservation Corpstype camps for drug offenders. Funds are also to be used for speeding up planning for not less than three prisons. Mr. Speaker. this agreement includes: Veterans programs ............. $1.193.818.000 Law enforcement at the local level ........................... 75.000.000 GUaranteed student loans. 892.428.000 Forest fire restoration ........ 341.669.000 Payments to States for foster care and adoption services ............................... 423.345.000 Food stamps ......................... 224.624.000 Trade adjustment assistance ..................................... 90.648.000 Migrp.tion and refugee assistance ............................... 125.000.000 International peaceieepI lng assistance ................ 125.000.000 Essential air services and many other important programs ............................ 6.600.000 It does not advance any pay dates for the Department of Veterans Affairs. NASA or EPA. May I say to my colleagues that this is largely due to the last minute further cuts in the 1989 budget resolution of $1.900.000.000 which affected our appropriations bills.
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