Harold Rogers: “Yet, little William sits on that exciting threshold--filled with great opportunity and hope.”

H.R. 3421 provides an additional $616,282,000 in funding, after scorekeeping adjustments.

$140,000,000 for the COPS program--$117,500,000 for hiring, $10,000,000 for community prosecutors; and $12,500,000 for management and administration.

There were also a number of language provisions that changed.

I rise to explain the Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary portion of H.R. 3194, making consolidated appropriations for fiscal year 2000.