I am offering amendment 381. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act for the Department of Justice are revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries and Expenses'', and increasing the amount made available for ``Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' (and the amount specified under such heading for DNA-related and forensic program activities and, within such specified amount, the amount further specified for section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000), by $34,000,000. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
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