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Statement of William J Landers Before the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control Concerning Implementation of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 on March 4, 1987

NCJ Number
104711
Author(s)
W J Landers
Date Published
1987
Length
10 pages
Annotation
A Deputy Associate U.S. Attorney General describes the efforts of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to implement the Federal program of grants to States for drug enforcement and explains why the administration has requested no funds for this program for fiscal year 1988.
Abstract
The grants program arose from the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and provides seed money for programs involving enforcement, apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, detention, and rehabilitation of drug offenders; for eradication programs; for treatment programs; and for programs to focus on major drug offenders. BJA has rapidly disseminated information, issued guidelines, processed applications for administrative funds, held regional workshops, and asked more than 800 agencies to help establish priorities for discretionary grants. A competitive process will be used to award discretionary grants this spring. The Federal seed money will help State and local governments coordinate and improve their enforcement efforts, on which they can continue to build. Future Federal efforts in cooperation with State and local governments will operate through the Asset Forfeiture Program, in which the Federal Government, States, and localities equitably share the assets seized from drug dealers and others. Asset forfeiture sharing is estimated to be more than $30 million for fiscal year 1988.