S. 260698th CongressSenate Bill

Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1985

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Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of Justice for: (1) general administration; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) general legal activities; (4) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (5) the Antitrust Division; (6) United States attorneys and marshals; (7) support of U.S. prisoners in non-Federal institutions; (8) fees and expenses of witnesses; (9) the Community Relations Service; (10) the Presidential Commission on Organized Crime; (11) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (12) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (13) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and (14) the Federal Prison System. Provides general authorizations for: (1) leasing automobiles; (2) emergency expenses; (3) benefits for oversea employees; (4) official reception and representation expenses; (5) travel expenses for family members accompanying officers and employees on temporary duty or during orientation or training; (6) antiterrorism training; (7) Cuban and Haitian entrants; (7) travel advances issued to Special Agents of the Department of Justice; and (8) fees and expenses of witnesses activities. Directs the Attorney General to perform periodic evaluations of the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Justice. Authorizes the Attorney General to appropriate for the expenses necessary to host the meeting of the General Assembly of Interpol and to sponsor Interpol conferences on international crime. Authorizes the Department of Justice to accept gifts of property and to deposit them into a separate fund in the Treasury. Imposes limitations. Provides discretionary authority to the DEA to make awards from the money realized from the forfeiture of assets seized by it under any provision of the Controlled Substances Act. Requires the FBI or DEA to report annually to Congress on undercover investigative operations.

Introduced Apr 30, 1984
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Strom Thurmond

Republican

U.S. Senator · SC

1 cosponsor — all Democrat

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