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High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)
Budget Summary

Fiscal Years 1990-1997

Total HIDTA funding increased 460 percent ($25 million in FY 1990 to $140 million in FY 1997).

  • In FY 1997, about one percent of the National Drug Control Budget was allocated for the HIDTA program.

  • The FY 1997 base program includes $140.2 million for drug-related activities which support all five goals of the National Drug Control Strategy. Included in this funding is $23 million to establish five new HIDTAs.

  • One quarter of the FY 1997 HIDTA budget has been allocated to the Southwest border HIDTA.

Fiscal Year 1998

The total FY 1998 HIDTA request is $140.2 million. No program enhancements are being requested.

Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy

High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program

Funding By HIDTA ($ Millions)
Fiscal Years 1990-1997

HIDTA AREA
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
HOUSTON
3.3
10.6
11.9
11.6
11.5
10
9.6
9.5
LOS ANGELES
3.2
10.6
11.9
11.8
12.1
11.5
11.5
11.7
MIAMI
3.8
10.6
11.9
12.2
11.8
11.6
12.7
13.2
NEW YORK
4.0
10.6
11.9
12.4
12.5
11.6
9.9
11.0
SOUTHWEST BORDER
10.7
30.0
38.0
38.0
38.0
37.7
35.7
36.8
WASHINGTON/ BALTIMORE        
0.1
12.6
12.2
11.9
PUERTO-RICO/ U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS          
9.0
9.0
9.1
CHICAGO          
1.0
0.9
3.8
ATLANTA          
1.0
0.9
4.2
PHILADELPHIA / CAMDEN          
1.0
0.6
3.6
NORTHWEST              
3.0
GULF COAST              
6.0
LAKE COUNTY              
3.0
MIDWEST              
8.0
ROCKY MOUNTAIN              
3.0
SAN FRANCISCO (PENDING)              
1.0
DETROIT (PENDING)              
1.0
OTHER              
0.4
TOTAL
25.0
82.0
86.0
86.0
86.0
107.0
103.0
140.2

Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (Hidta) Program

Funding By Agency ($ Millions)
Fiscal Years 1990-1997

AGENCY
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Drug Enforcement Administration
8.5
9.8
14.4
13.1
13.3
15.0
14.6
20.5
Federal Bureau of Investigation
2.9
4.0
4.6
3.9
3.9
3.2
4.3
5.1
INS (Border Patrol)
3.2
6.9
7.0
5.9
4.3
3.0
2.4
2.6
U.S. Attorneys
0.3
2.6
4.3
6.3
5.2
13.5
4.2
9.5
U.S. Marshals
0.3
2.1
2.7
0.7
0.9
1.1
0.9
0.7
DEPT. OF JUSTICE-OTHER  
1.4
0.2
        
0.0
TOTAL DEPT. OF JUSTICE
15.2
26.8
33.2
29.9
27.6
35.8
26.4
38.4
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
1.1
1.4
1.9
1.7
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.7
U.S. Customs
6.9
15.2
9.4
12.8
10
7.0
6.8
5.8
IRS
1.3
4.2
3.0
4.4
2.9
1.6
2.0
1.3
Secret Service
0.3
1.2
0.3
  
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
0.2
  
0.2
0.1
0.2
  
0.1
0.1
TOTAL DEPT. OF TREASURY
9.8
22.0
14.8
19.0
14.5
10.1
10.6
9.2
Coast Guard  
0.2
0.1
0.1
      
0.1
National Park Service    
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
U.S. Probation        
0.2
  
0.2
0.1
Other Federal Agencies    
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.0
3.1
3.4
TOTAL OTHER  
0.2
0.9
0.4
0.4
0.1
3.4
3.7
TOTAL FEDERAL
25.0
49.0
48.9
49.3
42.5
46.0
40.4
51.3
STATE AND LOCAL  
33.0
37.1
36.7
43.6
61.0
62.6
86.8
TBD              
2.1
TOTAL
25.0
82.0
86.0
86.0
86.1
107.0
103.0
140.2

Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy

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