Andrea Joy Campbell: “I rise in support of the Treasury- general government conference report that Chairman Dorgan has brought to this body…”

“I rise in support of the Treasury- general government conference report that Chairman Dorgan has brought to this body for final passage. I thank him, once again, for the successful completion of the fiscal year 2002 appropriations process. Let me briefly mention some of the important parts of this bill. We are probably a month or more late in getting to the floor this conference report. But we have worked very hard on it. This bill provides much-needed resources for the law enforcement agencies under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury. We have been able to provide $300 million for the Customs' ACE computer project. While this is more than twice the amount requested, it is still not enough to keep this program on the original schedule. The House agreed to provide an additional $20 million for the HIDTA Program--High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program--which has been so successful. However, we were unable to maintain any specific earmarks which were in the Senate bill. As a result, all the HIDTA programs must provide the necessary justifications for additional funding before growing or opening new ones. The conferees provided $180 million for the antidrug media campaign, as Senator Dorgan mentioned, which includes $5 million to target the new drug of choice with some of our young people, unfortunately, called ecstasy.…”