The violent crime reduction trust fund. moreover. will be increased by some $1.6 billion. While the conference bill does not provide federal law enforcement with as much money as I might otherwise want it to. it nevertheless represents an enormous commitment to fund core federal law enforcement programs. For example. the conference report provides the Immigration and Naturalization Service with nearly $2.6 billion. This represents a 23.5percent Increase over fiscal year 1995 enacted levels. The conference agreement provides funds for 800 new Border Patrol agents and 160 new support personnel. If you look at this chart. the Department of Justice budget authority between 1990 and 1996. you can see that it is going up dramatically from around $8V4 billion up to almost $16 billion. It has almost doubled in the last 6 years. So we are spending an awful lot of money. and I think doing it in the right way. The bill also increases. by some 1.400 positions. personnel dedicated to apprehending. locating. and deporting illegal aliens. The FBI receives over $2.5 billion. a 9.8percent increase over 1995 enacted levels. Additionally. construction funds are provided to renovate the FBI Command Center. to modernize the FBI Training Academy for use by Federal.
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