deportation cases involving alleged Nazi war 
criminals; 
(B) not less than $16,224,000 for the in-
vestigation and prosecution of violations of title 
17 of the United States Code; 
(C) not to exceed $20,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character; 
and 
(D) $5,000,000 for the investigation and 
prosecution of violations of chapter 77 of title 
18 of the United States Code. 
(5) ANTITRUST
DIVISION.—For the Antitrust 
Division: $156,238,000. 
(6) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—For United 
States Attorneys: $1,758,840,000. 
(7) FEDERAL
BUREAU
OF
INVESTIGATION.—
For 
the 
Federal 
Bureau 
of 
Investigation: 
$6,231,354,000, which shall include not to exceed 
$70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential character. 
(8) UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.—For 
the United States Marshals Service: $865,556,000. 
(9) FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.—For the Fed-
eral Prison System, including the National Institute 
of Corrections: $5,479,127,000.
(10) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.—
For 
the 
Drug 
Enforcement 
Administration: 
$1,856,213,000, which shall include not to exceed 
$70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential character. 
(11) BUREAU
OF
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-
ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.—For the Bureau of Alco-
hol, 
Tobacco, 
Firearms 
and 
Explosives: 
$998,980,000. 
(12) FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES.—
For Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: $195,918,000, 
which shall include not to exceed $8,000,000 for 
construction of protected witness safesites. 
(13) INTERAGENCY
CRIME
AND
DRUG
EN-
FORCEMENT.—For Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement: $715,955,000, for expenses not other-
wise provided for, for the investigation and prosecu-
tion of persons involved in organized crime drug 
trafficking, except that any funds obligated from ap-
propriations authorized by this paragraph may be 
used under authorities available to the organizations 
reimbursed from such funds. 
(14) FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMIS-
SION.—For the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis-
sion: $1,374,000.
(15) COMMUNITY
RELATIONS
SERVICE.—For 
the Community Relations Service: $10,555,000. 
(16) ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.—For the As-
sets Forfeiture Fund: $22,000,000 for expenses au-
thorized by section 524 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(17) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.—
For 
the 
United 
States 
Parole 
Commission: 
$12,222,000. 
(18) FEDERAL DETENTION TRUSTEE.—For the 
necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust-
ee: $1,616,095,000. 
(19) JUSTICE
INFORMATION
SHARING
TECH-
NOLOGY.—For necessary expenses for information 
sharing technology, including planning, development, 
and deployment: $196,300,000. 
(20) 
NARROWBAND
COMMUNICATIONS.—For 
the costs of conversion to narrowband communica-
tions, including the cost for operation and mainte-
nance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems: 
$139,203,000. 
(21) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN 
ACTIVITIES.—For the administrative expenses of the 
Office of Justice Programs, the Office on Violence
Against Women, and the Office of Community Ori-
ented Policing Services: 
(A) $130,987,000 for the Office of Justice 
Programs. 
(B) $16,224,000 for the Office on Violence 
Against Women. 
(C) $33,901,000 for the Office of Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services. 
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2009. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2009, to carry out the activities of the Department 
of Justice (including any bureau, office, board, division, 
commission, subdivision, unit, or other component there-
of), the following sums: 
(1) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.—For General 
Administration: $181,561,000. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS.—
For 
Administrative 
Review 
and 
Appeals: 
$243,291,000 for administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and for immigration-related ac-
tivities. 
(3) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For the 
Office of Inspector General: $81,922,000, which
shall include not to exceed $10,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character. 
(4) GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES.—For General 
Legal Activities: $764,526,000, which shall in-
clude—
(A) not less than $4,000,000 for the inves-
tigation and prosecution of denaturalization and 
deportation cases involving alleged Nazi war 
criminals; 
(B) not less than $16,872,000 for the in-
vestigation and prosecution of violations of title 
17 of the United States Code; 
(C) not to exceed $20,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character; 
and 
(D) $5,000,000 for the investigation and 
prosecution of violations of chapter 77 of title 
18 of the United States Code. 
(5) ANTITRUST
DIVISION.—For the Antitrust 
Division: $162,488,000. 
(6) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—For United 
States Attorneys: $1,829,194,000. 
(7) FEDERAL
BUREAU
OF
INVESTIGATION.—
For 
the 
Federal 
Bureau 
of 
Investigation: 
$6,480,608,000, which shall include not to exceed
$70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential character. 
(8) UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.—For 
the United States Marshals Service: $900,178,000. 
(9) FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.—For the Fed-
eral Prison System, including the National Institute 
of Corrections: $5,698,292,000. 
(10) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.—
For 
the 
Drug 
Enforcement 
Administration: 
$1,930,462,000, which shall include not to exceed 
$70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential character. 
(11) BUREAU
OF
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-
ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.—For the Bureau of Alco-
hol, 
Tobacco, 
Firearms 
and 
Explosives: 
$1,038,939,000. 
(12) FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES.—
For Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: $203,755,000, 
which shall include not to exceed $8,000,000 for 
construction of protected witness safesites. 
(13) INTERAGENCY
CRIME
AND
DRUG
EN-
FORCEMENT.—For Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement: $744,593,000, for expenses not other-
wise provided for, for the investigation and prosecu-
tion of persons involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, except that any funds obligated from ap-
propriations authorized by this paragraph may be 
used under authorities available to the organizations 
reimbursed from such funds. 
(14) FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMIS-
SION.—For the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis-
sion: $1,429,000. 
(15) COMMUNITY
RELATIONS
SERVICE.—For 
the Community Relations Service: $10,977,000. 
(16) ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.—For the As-
sets Forfeiture Fund: $22,000,000 for expenses au-
thorized by section 524 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(17) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.—
For 
the 
United 
States 
Parole 
Commission: 
$12,711,000. 
(18) FEDERAL DETENTION TRUSTEE.—For the 
necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust-
ee: $1,858,509,000. 
(19) JUSTICE
INFORMATION
SHARING
TECH-
NOLOGY.—For necessary expenses for information 
sharing technology, including planning, development, 
and deployment: $204,152,000. 
(20) 
NARROWBAND
COMMUNICATIONS.—For 
the costs of conversion to narrowband communica-
tions, including the cost for operation and mainte-
nance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems: 
$144,771,000. 
(21) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN 
ACTIVITIES.—For the administrative expenses of the 
Office of Justice Programs, the Office on Violence 
Against Women, and the Office of Community Ori-
ented Policing Services: 
(A) $132,226,000 for the Office of Justice 
Programs. 
(B) $16,837,000 for the Office on Violence 
Against Women. 
(C) $35,257,000 for the Office of Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services.
SEC. 105. ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT. 
(a) NATIONAL DATA.—(1) The Attorney General and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall establish a task 
force to combat organized retail theft and provide exper-
tise to the retail community for the establishment of a na-
tional database or clearinghouse housed and maintained 
in the private sector to track and identify where organized 
retail theft type crimes are being committed in the United 
Sates. The national database shall allow Federal, State, 
and local law enforcement officials as well as authorized 
retail companies (and authorized associated retail data-
bases) to transmit information into the database electroni-
cally and to review information that has been submitted 
electronically. 
(2) The Attorney General shall make available funds 
to provide for the ongoing administrative and techno-
logical costs to federal law enforcement agencies partici-
pating in the database project. 
(3) The Attorney General through the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance in the Office of Justice may make grants 
to help provide for the administrative and technological 
costs to State and local law enforcement agencies partici-
pating in the data base project. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2009, $5,000,000 for educating and training fed-
eral law enforcement regarding organized retail theft, for 
investigating, apprehending and prosecuting individuals 
engaged in organized retail theft, and for working with 
the private sector to establish and utilize the database de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITION OF ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.—
For purposes of this section, ‘‘organized retail theft’’ 
means—
(1) the violation of a State prohibition on retail 
merchandise theft or shoplifting, if the violation con-
sists of the theft of quantities of items that would 
not normally be purchased for personal use or con-
sumption and for the purpose of reselling the items 
or for reentering the items into commerce; 
(2) the receipt, possession, concealment, bar-
tering, sale, transport, or disposal of any property 
that is know or should be known to have been taken 
in violation of paragraph (1); or 
(3) the coordination, organization, or recruit-
ment of persons to undertake the conduct described 
in paragraph (1) or (2). 
SEC. 106. UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER VIOLENCE 
TASK FORCE. 
(a) TASK FORCE.—(1) The Attorney General shall 
establish the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task 
Force in Laredo, Texas, to combat drug trafficking, vio-
lence, and kidnapping along the border between the 
United States and Mexico and to provide expertise to the 
law enforcement and homeland security agencies along the 
border between the United States and Mexico. The Task 
Force shall include personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, Customs and Border Protection, other Federal agen-
cies (as appropriate), the Texas Department of Public 
Safety, and local law enforcement agencies. 
(2) The Attorney General shall make available funds 
to provide for the ongoing administrative and techno-
logical costs to Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies participating in the Task Force. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009, for—
(1) the establishment and operation of the 
United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force; 
and 
(2) the investigation, apprehension, and pros-
ecution of individuals engaged in drug trafficking, 
violence, and kidnapping along the border between 
the United States and Mexico. 
SEC. 107. NATIONAL GANG INTELLIGENCE CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
establish a National Gang Intelligence Center and gang 
information database to be housed at and administered 
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to collect, analyze, 
and disseminate gang activity information from—
(1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(2) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives;