The Justice Department believes it has permanent authorization for these programs. The committee believes that these Important programs should be subject to oversight by the legislative branch through the authorization process and thus should be considered as part of the overall DOJ authorization bill. In addition. the committees bill provides for funding over and above the Departments proposal by $350.2 million for the Federal prison system. $228.5 million for the Drug Enforcement Administration. $13.5 million for the Antitrust Division. and $24.4 million for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The committees bill also authorizes the appropriation of $500 million in funding for organized crime drug enforcement. This surpasses the $399.12 million proposed by the Department by approximately 25 percent.
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