Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report for FY2003 and California Implications -- February 27, 2003
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THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR FEDERAL POLICY RESEARCH 419 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20003 202-546-3700 Fax: 202-546-2390 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.calinst.org SPECIAL REPORT: Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report for FY2003 and California Implications -- February 27, 2003 CONTENTS: On February 12, 2003, congressional negotiators agreed to a Department of Justice .................2 $397.4 billion FY03 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report, H.J. Res. 2, which incorporates the eleven unfinished appropriations measures Department of Commerce ..............3 for non-military domestic spending into one package. After four months Department of the Interior ..............4 passing temporary stop-gap spending measures to maintain government Army Corps of Engineers ..............6 operations, the House passed the bill on February 13 by a vote of 338-83, after the Motion to Recommit failed by a largely party line vote of 193- Department of Energy .................8 226. The Senate passed the Conference Report on February 14. Department of Labor ..................8 The final funding level is about $11.5 billion more than the Department of Health and Human Services $385.9 billion limit the White House had imposed on Congress. In order ................................9 to offset additional spending for education and other programs, the bill Department of Education ............. 12 includes a 0.65 percent across-the-board spending cut. However, Head Department of Transportation ......... 15 Start, the Space Shuttle program, VA medical care, and the Women Infants and Children’s (WIC) program are exempted from the cut. Department of Agriculture ........... 20 The following updates the preliminary analysis that the Department of Veteran Affairs ........ 22 California Institute prepared on February 13, (See, Bulletin, Vol. 10, No, Department of Housing and Urban 3 (2/13/03), and summarizes some of the major provisions in the bill of Development ................... 22 particular concern to California. It represents a quick analysis of the National Aeronautics and Space Omnibus bill from a California perspective as prepared by the California Administration ................. 25 Institute. We apologize for any errors or omissions in our discussion of National Science Foundation .......... 26 these documents, and would appreciate any input/feedback on how to Environmental Protection Agency ...... 27 make improving corrections. The ordering of items does not mean to imply any relative importance. Institute of Museum and Library Services .............................. 29 This appropriations analysis is available on the California Institute web site at http://www.calinst.org/pubs/omn03c.htm and a Federal Emergency Management Administration ................. 29 printable version in Adobe Acrobat (“pdf”) format is available at http://www.calinst.org/pubs/omn03c.pdf . General Services Administration ....... 29 COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE APPROPRIATIONS Spending for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State are basically held at FY02 levels. Total funding for discretionary spending is set at $41.3 billion, compared to $41.4 billion in FY02 and the President’s request of $41.8 billion. California Institute Appropriations Special Report - FY2003 Omnibus Conference Report - February 27, 2003, Page 2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) will receive only $250 million in funding, as opposed to the $565 million appropriated in FY02. The program partially reimburses the states for the costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens. California receives almost 40 percent of the funding; in FY02 the State, county and local governments received $220.24 million in SCAAP funds. State & Local Law Enforcement and Byrne Grants A total of $2.065 billion is provided for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance. The Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program is level funded at $400 million, and Byrne grants are funded at $650,914,000, of which $150,914,000 is for discretionary grants. The Conference Report also stipulates that the following California programs be considered for Byrne Discretionary Grants: $200,000 for San Marcos for a community policing initiative;$1,500,000 for the City of Los Angeles for the Community Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program $1,000,000 to expand the Los Angeles Community Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program to the Hollenbeck division; $300,000 for the City of Norwalk for the Gang-Free Communities program; $500,000 for the Los Angeles Community Development Commission to expand its crime and safety program; 200,000 for the Solano County multi-jurisdictional response team. Bureau of Justice Assistance Within the amounts appropriated, the conferees expect BJA to examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal: $300,000 for the City of Arcadia for a regional public safety training facility; $500,000 for the Public Safety Academy in the Santa Clarita Valley; $1,250,000 for the San Diego County Sheriff ´s Department for automation infrastructure improvements; $250,000 for the Redlands Police Department for law enforcement technologies; $250,000 for the Riverside Police Department for technology enhancements; $200,000 for the Woodland Police Department for law enforcement equipment and technologies; $250,000 for the Orange County, Sheriff ´s Department of Santa Ana for mobile data terminals; $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles County Sheriff ´s office for a training equipment; $50,000 for the City of Rialto for anti-terrorist technology; $50,000 for the City of Rialto for anti-terrorist technology; $250,000 for the Los Angeles County Sheriff ´s Department for a mobile communications system; $250,000 for Orange County for Mobile Data Terminals; $111,000 for the San Louis County Sheriff ´s Department for law enforcement technologies; $1,000,000 for Placer County for public safety communications upgrades; $157,000 for the City of Rancho Cucamonga for an emergency communications program; $350,000 for the City of Upland communications and technology upgrades; $500,000 for the City of Roseville to improve communications among public safety agencies; $500,000 for Imperial County for the development of an inter-agency emergency communications system; $250,000 for the Los Angeles County Sheriff ´s Department for a mobile communications system; $250,000 for the City of Belmont $1.3 million for the San Joaquin Valley Rural Agricultural Crime Prevention Program; $200,000 for San Marcos for a community policing initiative; $1.5 million for the City of Los Angeles for the Community Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program; $1 million to expand the LA Community Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program to the Hollenbeck division; $500,000 to the LA Community Development Commission to expand its crime safety program; $200,000 for the Solano County multi-jurisdictional response team; California Institute Appropriations Special Report - FY2003 Omnibus Conference Report - February 27, 2003, Page 3 $80,000 to the Marysville police department for a mobile command center; and $180,000 for the Homeless Outreach Team in San Diego. $40 million is also provided for the Southwest Border Prosecution program under the Community Oriented Policing Services account. Office of Justice Programs Within the overall amounts recommended, the conferees expect OJP to examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations its intentions for each proposal: $500,000 for San Bernardino for an electronic crime report filing system; $1,000,000 for the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department for the SECURES gunshot detection system project; $500,000 for Ventura County for an integrated justice information system; and $250,000 for Sacramento County Sheriff ´s Department for records management and communications systems. Within the overall amounts recommended for the Crime Laboratory Improvement and DNA Backlog Elimination Programs, the OJP is instructed to examine each of the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, and submit a report to the Committees on its intentions for each of the following California proposals: $500,000 for the City of Whittier for forensic science equipment; $2,000,000 for the Department of Justice of the State of California for the Integrated Laboratory Information Management System; $250,000 for the Sacramento County Sheriff ´s Department to modernize its data infrastructure; $500,000 for the Anaheim Police Department for their School Gang Officers Division; $150,000 for the City of Rialto for the Police Activities League program; $500,000 for Orange County Fire F.R.I.E.N.D.S. program, to help reduce juvenile fire setting; $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles BEST youth program; $500,000 for the Elysian Valley United Community Services in Los Angeles for youth programs; and $100,000 for Fresno County for the Keep Kids in School program. Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration enforcement activities will receive $6.159 billion. The bill fully funds at $362 million the Entry Exit program to track the arrival and departure of non-U.S. citizens, and removes a funding prohibition on the National Crime Laboratory Improvement and DNA Backlogging Elimination programs. Additional funds of $57 million are also included to hire another 570 Border Patrol Agents, and