From latzko@ns1.rutgers.edu Wed Feb 9 12:25:10 1994 Received: from demon.corp.portal.com (demon.corp.portal.com [156.151.1.10]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id MAA07305 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 1994 12:25:09 -0800 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by demon.corp.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id MAA03395 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 1994 12:24:20 -0800 Received: from ns1.rutgers.edu (ns1.rutgers.edu [128.6.21.6]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4-1.13) with SMTP id MAA25374 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 1994 12:25:05 -0800 Received: by ns1.rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.5/3.08) id AA21016; Wed, 9 Feb 94 15:19:30 EST Received: from motgate.mot.com by ns1.rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.5/3.08) id AA20994; Wed, 9 Feb 94 15:19:22 EST Received: from pobox.mot.com ([129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com with SMTP (5.67b/IDA-1.4.4/MOT-2.15 for ) id AA02297; Wed, 9 Feb 1994 14:19:13 -0600 Received: from fwarf05.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com by pobox.mot.com with SMTP (5.67b/IDA-1.4.4/MOT-2.15 for ) id AA25762; Wed, 9 Feb 1994 14:19:11 -0600 Received: by fwarf05.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (5.65a/msm-1.54) id AA16302; Wed, 9 Feb 94 14:17:36 -0600 From: ddavis@mailbox.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Devon Davis) Message-Id: <9402092017.AA16302@fwarf05.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com> Subject: Parts of Fed Budget To: firearms-politics@ns1.rutgers.edu Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 14:17:33 CST X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Status: RO > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The first duty of any government is to try to keep its citizens safe, > but clearly, too many Americans are not safe today. We no longer have > the freedom from fear for all our citizens that is essential to > security and prosperity. > > President Bill Clinton > August 1993 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Upgrading Gun Licensing Procedures > > The Administration is taking steps to ensure compliance with gun > dealer licensing requirements. The 1995 budget includes nearly $6 > million to fund a number of new initiatives to ensure that the > President's commitment is realized. First, over $2 million is > requested for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) to > obtain more information from dealer license applicants, including > fingerprints and photographic identification. This information will > help ensure that only authorized gun dealers receive licenses. > Second, over $2 million is requested to automate multiple handgun > sales reports and to enhance firearms enforcement databases. These > steps will increase BATF's ability to access additional databases to > trace firearms used in the commission of crimes. Third, over $1 > million is requested to automate the records of gun dealers who have > gone out of business, thereby expediting the tracing of firearms used > in illegal activities. > > In addition, the Administration will address the proliferation of > Federally licensed gun dealers. Currently, there are over 280,000 gun > dealers paying a license fee of $66 a year, though it costs the > taxpayer about $600 each year to award the license. Before the > President signed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, a license > had cost only $10 a year. As part of this budget, the President will > submit a legislative proposal that the licensing fee for Federal > firearms dealers be increased to $600 annually. This increase could > eliminate up to 200,000 gun dealers and will end the taxpayer > subsidization of the gun business. > > Improving Law Enforcement Technology > > The 1995 budget requests $93 million to support the FBI's Integrated > Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). IAFIS will be a > rapid response, paperless system that will receive and process > electronic fingerprint images, criminal histories, and related data on > convicted felons. The system will be a major new component of our > national law enforcement information system. This system, coupled with > the FBI's DNA identification program and improved wiretap technology, > will provide the Nation's law enforcement community with the most > effective law enforcement technology available. > > Targeting Juvenile Crime Through Prevention Strategies > > Violent juvenile crime has increased sharply during the last decade. > In response the 1995 budget proposes $172 million in grants to aid in > the prevention and reduction of juvenile crime and the treatment of > youthful offenders. This request is $69 million above 1994 levels and > builds upon strategies to strengthen the family, support core > community institutions in their work with youth, emphasize the > prevention of delinquency and gang-related activity, and control > violent youth. > > Passing Effective Crime Control Legislation > > Several important crime control initiatives are funded contingent > upon enactment of a strong crime bill, such as that passed by the > Senate. During the past year, the Administration has worked with the > Congress to develop a comprehensive crime bill that will provide much > needed relief in the fight against crime. The Senate bill includes a > number of initiatives strongly supported by the Administration, > including grants for community policing, boot camps and drug courts > for youthful and non-violent offenders, as well as drug treatment in > prisons and jails. The Administration also supports a ban on > semi-automatic firearms; limitations on access to handguns by > juveniles; and the creation of a crime control fund to pay for > eligible crime control initiatives. The Administration will continue > to work for the earliest possible passage of a crime bill. > > The Administration is specifically requesting that the fund support > the community policing initiative which would put 100,000 new police > officers on the street, the criminal records upgrade program > authorized in the Brady Bill, and several of the immigration control > initiatives described below. Allocation of the remaining spending > from the Fund will await final Congressional action on crime > legislation. Other types of activities that will be supported by the > Administration include programs like boot camps and drug courts, which > are described below. > > > Table 5-3. LAW ENFORCEMENT SPENDING BY AGENCY > > > (Discretionary budget authority; dollar amounts in billions) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dollar Percent > 1990 1993 1994 1995 Change: Change: > Actual Actual Enacted Proposed 1994 to 1994 to > 1995 1995 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Crime Control Fund....... ....... ....... ....... 2.4 +2.4 N/A > Bureau of Prisons........ 2.6 1.9 2.2 2.6 +0.4 +17% > Drug Enforcement > Administration.......... 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 +* +* > Federal Bureau of > Investigation........... 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 +0.1 +5% > Immigration and > Naturalization Service.. 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 +0.1 +9% > General Legal Activities. 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 +* +6% > U.S. Attorneys........... 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 +* +1% > U.S. Customs............. 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 +* +1% > Bureau of Alcohol, > Tobacco, and Firearms... 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 +* +2% > U.S. Secret Service...... 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 +* +2% > Judiciary................ 1.6 2.4 2.6 2.9 +0.3 +13% > All Other Law Enforcement 2.4 3.2 3.1 2.8 -0.2 -8% > ---------------------------------------------------- > Total Crime Control.... 12.4 14.6 15.1 18.3 +3.2 +21% > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *Less than $50 million. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Devon Davis ddavis@fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com "Texas (politics) a whole other country" "People will be hunting Democrats with dogs by the end of the century." Senator Phil Gramm, a Texas Republican, on what will happen if Clinton's proposals are instituted.