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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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FY2003 Budget Summary

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
(Dollars in thousands)

Perm. Pos.FTEAmount
2001 Actuals 1/
2,961
2,919
$329,335
2002 Appropriation
2,961
2,919
338,577
Adjustments to Base
        Increases (see p. 34)
...
...
8,780
2003 Current Services
2,961
2,919
347,357
        Program Improvements (detailed below)
66
33
14,774
2003 Request
3,027
2,952
362,131


2002 Appropriation2003 Current Services2003 RequestProgram Improvements
Comparison by activity and programPerm PosFTEAmountPerm PosFTEAmountPerm PosFTEAmountPerm PosFTEAmount
1. Drug Law Enforcement 
  Drug Enforcement Administration 
975
975
$108,923
975
975
$111,867
1,033
1,004
$117,917
58
29
$6,050
  Federal Bureau of Investigation 
775
775
102,047
775
775
104,615
775
775
104,615
...
...
...

Immigration & Naturalization Service 

117
117
15,987
117
117
16,345
117
117
16,345
...
...
...
  U.S. Marshals Service 
13
13
2,049
  13
13
2,109
13
13
2,109
...
...
...
   Subtotal 
1,880
1,880
229,006
1,880
1,880
234,936
1,938
1,909
240,986
58
29
6,050
2. Drug Intelligence 
  Drug Enforcement Administration
25
25
2,499
25
25
2,568
25
25
2,568
...
...
...
  Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
137
137
13,397
137
137
13,719
137
137
13,719
...
...
...
   Subtotal
162
162
15,896
162
162
16,287
162
162
16,287
...
...
...
3. Prosecutions
  U.S. Attorneys
887
847
89,623
887
847
91,993
887
847
91,993
...
...
...
  Criminal Division
10
10
1,328
10
10
1,354
18
14
2,078
8
4
724
  Tax Division
10
8
964
10
  8
982
10
8
982
...
...
...
   Subtotal
907
865
91,915
907
865
94,329
915
869
95,053
8
4
724
4. Administrative Support
  Executive Office 
12
12
1,760
12
12
1,805
12
12
1,805
...
...
...
  State and Local Overtime Program 
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
  8,000
...
...
8,000
  Subtotal 
12
12
1,760
12
12
1,805
12
12
9,805
...
...
8,000
TOTAL
2,961
2,919
338,577
2,961
2,919
347,357
3,027
2,952
362,131
66
33
14,774

Note: The positions and workyears reflected for this appropriation are reimbursable for the participating agencies and are provided here for illustrative purposes.

1/  FY 2001 actual obligations includes HIDTA transfers; they are not shown in 2002 or 2003 because final decisions on amounts have not been made.

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program

Program Description

OCDETF was created in 1982 to mount a comprehensive attack against high-level drug trafficking and related criminal enterprises, including large-scale money laundering organizations, in order to destroy and dismantle these criminal enterprises.  The OCDETF program combines the drug enforcement expertise of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), United States Marshals Service (USMS), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF), Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), United States Customs Service (USCS), and the United States Coast Guard Investigative Service (USCG-IS), with that of the 94 U.S. Attorneys, and the Department of Justice Criminal and Tax Divisions.  Since its inception, it has become the model for coordinated counterdrug efforts in federal law enforcement.  OCDETF investigations, by definition, are conducted by more than one investigative agency, one of which must be an OCDETF federal partner. 
 
The OCDETF program is the centerpiece of the Attorney General's drug strategy to reduce the availability of drugs. As the only task force with nationwide reach that combines the talent of experienced federal agents and prosecutors with support from state and local law enforcement, OCDETF is uniquely positioned to conduct multiple, coordinated investigations across the country to root out and eliminate all pieces of a drug organization.  Effective implementation of the Attorney General's drug strategy relies on targeting our largest drug supply networks by dismantling their entire infrastructure, from international supply through national transportation cells to regional and local distribution organizations.  The objective is to curtail the availability of drugs through the disruption and dismantlement of drug trafficking organizations, forfeiting illegal proceeds and destroying their economic underpinnings at the national and international levels.  
 
Program ImprovementsPerm PosFTEAmount
Special Operations Division Generated Wiretap Investigations
66
33
$14,774
The Department of Justice is requesting 66 positions (35 agents and 6 attorneys), 33 workyears, and $14,774,000 to enhance OCDETF's capability to conduct complex, multi-district investigations developed from Special Operations Division (SOD) intelligence and coordination, in order to target and dismantle our nation's most significant drug trafficking organizations.  The request includes: 1) 58 positions (35 agents) and $6,050,000 for critical DEA field office staffing in those areas of the country with the largest drug supply (e.g., Southwest Border, Florida, Caribbean) in order to conduct multi-district electronic surveillance investigations against the leadership level of OCDETF targets developed through SOD-intelligence; 2) 8 positions (6 attorneys) and $724,000 to establish an electronic surveillance tactical support group consisting of attorneys and paralegals that can be sent on short-term deployments to U.S. Attorney offices that require assistance in conducting electronic surveillance in OCDETF investigations; 3) $8,000,000 to provide resources to fund state and local overtime in order to pursue OCDETF wiretap investigations coordinated by SOD.  Currently, overtime funds for state and local overtime comes from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund (AFF).  However, due to consistently declining AFF receipts, OCDETF risks losing all state and local overtime funding in the next several years.
Total Program Improvements, Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement
66
33
14,774

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