Legal Activities

Legal Activities salaries and expenses, general legal activities For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the President’s initiative to combat violent crime, $41,476,000, to remain available until expended, to improve the effectiveness of the Department’s legal activities, to improve coordination between law enforcement programs in this country and other countries, to improve efforts in extradition of drug cartel kingpins and to improve Criminal Division efforts in Federal/State task forces. salaries and expenses, united states attorneys To continue efforts begun in fiscal year 1989 to improve the ability of the United States Attorneys to prosecute drug and other crime related offenses, $80,699,000, for new assistant United States Attorneys, for annualization of new attorney positions funded in fiscal year 1989, and for automation enhancements necessary to provide productivity and case management in the various United States Attorneys offices. salaries and expenses, united states marshals service For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the President’s initiative to combat violent crime, $23,819,000 to improve the ability of the United States Marshals Service to pursue and apprehend alleged major drug and organized crime figures, and to improve the security required for anti-drug and organized crime judicial proceedings. support of united states prisoners To fight the war on drugs, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended for enhancing the availability of jail space for unsentenced Federal prisoners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available under the Cooperative Agreement Program to obtain guaranteed housing for Federal prisoners in State and local detention facilities. 103 STAT. 1102 assets forfeiture fund To fight the war on drugs, $25,000,000 for awards for information in drug cases, purchase of evidence for drug violations, equipping conveyances for drug law enforcement, and other expenses as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1) (A)(ii), (B), (C), (F) and (G), as amended, to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.