The President did not request funding in fiscal year 1992 for assistance to State and local drug control agencies for antidrug initiatives in designated high intensity drug trafficking areas. The committee bill recognizes the burdens placed on State and local law enforcement. particularly in the five areas where drug trafficking continues at staggering levels. and includes $35 million to continue direct assistance to State and local drug control agencies in the designated HIDTA areas. The bill also contains $23 million for counterdrug research and development activities to give Federal law enforcement agencies better tools to battle the drug war. $10 million to fund 10 demonstration treatment projects for substanceabusing women to take their children to certified residential centers for drug treatment services. $28 million for an additional 200 IRS special agents to conduct money laundering and other drug investigations. $10 million for an additional 100 border patrol agents for drug enforcement on the United StatesMexico border. and $5 million for a West African counterdrug task force to stem the increased heroin drug tide in the United States. All of these activities are vital to maintaining an aggressive attack on drug trafficking and drug use and are all vital components of the national drug control strategy. For the General Services Administration. the bill funds a series of new courthouses throughout the country to meet the expanding requirements of the judiciary.
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