An Overview of
Federal Drug Control Programs
on the Southwest Border
United States Attorneys
Budget Summary
Fiscal Years 1990-1997
- Total U.S. Attorney budget authority increased 87 percent (from $563 million in FY 1990 to $1,062 million in FY 1997).
- The number of Attorney positions increased 14 percent nationwide and 80 percent in the southwest border region.
The FY 1997 base program includes $250.4 million, 2,327 FTEs and 2,384 positions in drug-related resources for U.S. Attorneys which supports Goal 5 of the National Drug Control Strategy through prosecution activities. This represents an increase of $11.8 million over the 1996 level.
Fiscal Year 1998
For FY 1998, the U.S. Attorneys are requesting 60 positions (38 attorneys), 30 FTE and $4.982 million to support the Southwest Border Initiative. The drug-related resource portion of this request amounts to 37 positions, 19 FTEs and $2.9 million to address the problem of drugs originating or shipped from Mexico. At the FY 1998 level of funding
- U.S. Attorneys' drug control budget will total $346 million, a six percent increase over FY 1997.
- U.S. Attorneys' funding for the Southwest border will total $33 million, a 14 percent increase over FY 1997. (Note: This means that three percent of the U.S. Attorneys' budget will be allocated for the Southwest border region.
- The number of U.S. Attorney positions will total 226, an increase of 20 percent over FY 1997. (Note: This means that about five percent of all U.S. Attorney positions will be located in the Southwest border region).
Source: United States Attorneys.
