Chairman. this program has come to be known as the "COPTION" program. "COPS" with a local option. It also provides $525 million for the Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Grants. very popular with our local officials. $500 million for the TruthinSentencing Grants for State prison construction. to help States lock away violent criminals. a brand new program. and other programs providing more than $3 billion in resources to State and local communities to aid in their fight against crime. The bill also provides major new funding initiatives for immigration. antiterrorism and Federal law enforcement. For enforcing our Nations immigration laws. the bill provides $2.3 billion. an increase of $730 million. including a $378 million increase for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to hire 3.000 more employees. It means 1.000 more Border Patrol agents and 400 more inspectors on the border. and doing that with no new border fee as the administration has proposed. It means over 1.450 more investigators and detention and deportation personnel to locate. apprehend and remove illegal aliens from the United States. Spending on Federal law enforcement and the Judiciary will increase by 4 percent. up $438 million. including funds to sustain the 750 DEA and FBI agents we restored in fiscal year 1995. and $236 million to provide 1.100 staff to activate 10 new and expanded prisons scheduled to open in 1996. In addition. the bill provides $243 million for antiterrorism resources requested by the President in a budget amendment submitted just last Monday.
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