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      "date": "2002-02-13",
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      "title": "Appropriations for FY2002: Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies",
      "summary": "This report tracks action by the 107th Congress on FY2002 appropriations for the Departments\nof\nCommerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and other related agencies (often referred to as CJS\nappropriations). President Bush's FY2002 budget request totals $40.81 billion, about one billion\ndollars (2.6%) above the FY2001 total. The House agreed to $41.46 billion, the committee total,\nand passed the bill ( H.R. 2500 ) on July 18th. The Senate Appropriations Committee\nrecommended a total of $41.53 billion ( S. 1215 ). The Senate passed its version of\n H.R. 2500 , as amended, on September 13, 2001. Conferees met on November 8th and\nagreed to a total funding level of $39.3 billion. Conferees also agreed to file the conference report\non the following day. Continuing resolutions have kept the government running into the new fiscal\nyear:  H.J.Res. 65  ( P.L. 107-44 ) expired October 16th,  H.J.Res. 68  ( P.L.\n107-48 ) expired October 23rd,  H.J.Res. 69  ( P.L. 107-53 ) expired October 31st,\n H.J.Res. 70  ( P.L. 107-58 ) expired November 16th, and H.J.Res. 74 expired December\n7, 2001. The bill was signed into law ( P.L. 107-77 ) on November 28th, prior to the expiration of the\ncontinuing resolution.\n   Department of Justice.  The FY2002 request was $21.11 billion, less than 1%\n above the\nFY2001 enacted level. Key issues included: addressing terrorism, reducing gun crimes through\nenforcement of existing laws; combating drug abuse; funding for community policing programs\nunder the Office of Justice Programs; restructuring the Immigration and Naturalization Service,\nreducing pending immigration and naturalization caseloads, and increasing border enforcement. \nCongress passed $21.7 billion for this agency.\n   Department of Commerce.  The FY2002 request was $5.1 billion, 2% below the\n FY2001\nfunding level. Congress debated such issues as funding for: NOAA's next-generation weather\nsatellites, local economic development activities, and the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP)\ngrants. The enacted FY2002 budget for Commerce totals $5.4 billion.\n   Department of State . The FY2002 request was $7.5 billion, nearly 14% above the\n FY2001\nenacted level. The Department had three top priorities in its FY2002 budget: hiring about 600 new\nstaff in Foreign and Civil Service, as well as security professionals; continuing increases in embassy\nsecurity; and more than doubling its current funds for information technology improvements\nworldwide. Congress passed $7.4 billion.\n     The Judiciary . The FY2002 request was $4.9 billion, 14.5%\n above the FY2001 funding level. \nThe Judiciary request included funds for cost-of-living salary increases for federal judges and\njustices, as well as $117 million for the first major renovation of the Supreme Court building since\nits opening in 1935. Congress approved $4.61 billion, an 8.4% increase over FY2001, including\n$37.5 million for the Supreme Court building and $8.6 million for a cost-of-living pay adjustment\nfor judges and justices.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Domestic Social Policy",
    "Economic Policy",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Intelligence and National Security",
    "National Defense"
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