Statement of William J. Landers Before the House Subcommittee on Crime Committee on the Judiciary Concerning Implementation of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 on April 1, 1987

• NCJ Number: 106128
• Author(s): W J Landers
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Presentation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This speech describes the U.S. Justice Department's implementation of the grants program to the States for drug enforcement under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.

Abstract

The act authorizes the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to extend grants to State and local governments to enforce State and local laws similar to offenses in the Federal Controlled Substances Act. It also authorizes assistance for programs that improve the criminal justice processing and rehabilitation of drug offenders, that eradicate drug sources, and that focus on major drug offenders. The fiscal 1987 appropriate for the program is $225 million. The BJA has explained the program to the States, and on January 6, 1987, it announced the first awards of administrative funds to seven States and the District of Columbia, followed by 24 more awards by March 23, 1987. Regional workshops have been held by BJA to help States design enforcement strategies, and BJA expects to be receiving statewide strategies accompanied by applications for full funding from States that have received their administrative awards. On March 19, 1987, BJA published a final notice requesting proposals for discretionary grant programs, including a street sales enforcement program, an asset seizure and forfeiture program, and a 'crack' enforcement program. The Reagan administration has requested no funds for this grant program for fiscal 1988 due to a budget cutback effort. A listing of grants for administrative funds.