Endnotes

1 The Department of Justice (DOJ) Authorization Act for FY 2003 (Public Law 107–273), signed into law on November 2, 2002, revises and renames the program and places it under Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. The new provisions take effect in FY 2004.

2 The DOJ Authorization Act for FY 1998 (Public Law 105–119) first appropriated funds for the JAIBG program, which was described in Title III of H.R. 3, passed by the House of Representatives in May 1997.

3 The amount authorized by Congress is not the same as the amount actually appropriated. Congress appropriated $250 million in FY 1998 and FY 1999, $237,945,000 in FY 2000, $249,450,000 in FY 2001 and FY 2002, and $190,000,000 in FY 2003.

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