On September 29, 2006, Congress passed the Department of Defense FY2007 Appropriation bill ( H.R. 5631 / P.L. 109-289 ), which included a continuing resolution (CR) providing funding for Science, State, Justice and Commerce (SSJC) and related agencies through November 17, 2006. The funding is the lesser of House- or Senate-passed funding levels for FY2007 or the FY2006 enacted level. On November 15, 2006, Congress passed a second CR ( H.J.Res. 100 ), which extended funding provided in the initial continuing resolution through December 8, 2006. On December 8, the House passed a third CR ( H.J.Res. 102 ) extending funding through February 15, 2007. The Senate passed the measure on December 9. On February, 15, 2007, the 110 th Congress passed P.L. 110-5 , which amended P.L. 109-289 ( H.J.Res. 20 ) the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 extending appropriations through FY2007. The House passed its SSJC appropriation bill ( H.R. 5672 / H.Rept. 109-520 / S.Rept. 109-280 ) on June 29, providing a total of $63.1 billion. The House funding level included $22.5 billion for the Department of Justice, $5.9 billion for the Department of Commerce and related agencies, $22.7 billion for the Science agencies, $9.7 billion for the Department of State and international broadcasting, and $2.3 billion for related agencies. The Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its version of the bill on July 11, and the full Senate committee began working on the bill on July 13. The Senate version recommends $22.0 billion for Justice, $7.1 billion for Commerce, $23.8 billion for Science, and $2.3 billion for related agencies. Department of State funding is in H.R. 5522 ( S.Rept. 109-277 ) and contains $9.6 billion for the State Department and international broadcasting. The Administration submitted its FY2007 budget to Congress on February 6, 2006. The Administration requested $62.5 billion for the agencies under the jurisdiction of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations (SSJC) subcommittee of the House and $52.3 billion for the Agencies under the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations subcommittee in the Senate. The Administration requests for the major departments and their related agencies are Department of Justice, $21.3 billion; Department of Commerce, $6.3 billion; Department of State, $10.2 billion; Science, $22.8 billion; and Related Agencies, $2.3 billion. The President signed the FY2006 Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies (SSJC) appropriations bill into law on November 22, 2005 ( P.L. 109-108 ). The law provided $62.1 billion ($63.1 billion including FY2006 supplementals) for the agencies under the jurisdiction of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations subcommittee of the House. The estimated appropriations of the major departments and their related agencies (after rescissions and supplementals) were Department of Justice, $21.7 billion; Department of Commerce, $6.6 billion; Department of State, $9.5 billion; Science, $22.2 billion; and Related Agencies, $3.2 billion. Appropriations bills reflect the jurisdiction of the subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees in which they are considered. Jurisdictions for the subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees were changed at the beginning of the 109 th Congress. In the 108 th Congress, both the House and Senate subcommittees had identical jurisdiction and produced the Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies appropriations bills. In the 109 th Congress, jurisdiction for the Judiciary appropriation was removed to the Treasury, Transportation, HUD Subcommittees in the House and the Senate. Science appropriations, namely the National Aeronautical and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, were transferred to the former CJS subcommittees in both chambers. In the Senate, appropriations for the Department of State were transferred to the Foreign Operations subcommittee; however, they remain under the jurisdiction of SSJC in the House. In addition, the Senate Appropriations Committee has placed the National Institute of Science and Technology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under its Title III Science Agencies. For the purposes of comparison, this report will retain reference to these agencies in Title II Commerce agencies. The Administration requested $64.2 billion/$54.2 billion for SSJC/CJS appropriations in its FY2006 budget request sent to Congress on February 7, 2005. The House Appropriations Committee reported its SSJC bill ( H.R. 2862 , H.Rept. 109-118 ) on June 7, 2005, and the House passed the bill on June 16 after three days of debate and 43 amendments. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its bill ( H.R. 2862 , S.Rept. 109-88 ) on June 23, 2005. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its State, Foreign Operations Appropriation bill ( H.R. 3057 / S.Rept. 109-96 ) June 30. It contains the Senate figures of $9,709.2 for the Department of State, International Broadcasting, and related agencies. The full Senate passed the bill on July 20. The Senate passed the CJS bill by a vote of 91-4 on September 15, 2005, after consideration of 122 amendments. The Conference Report ( H.Rept. 109-272 ) was filed on November 7, 2005. The House approved the measure by a vote of 397-19 on November 9; the Senate approved it on November 11 by a vote of 94-5. It was signed into law by President Bush on November 22, 2005 ( P.L. 109-108 ). The FY2006 appropriations were subject to a 1.28% across-the-board rescission, reflecting Sec. 638, P.L. 109-108 and P.L. 109-148 . The table below shows funding trends for the major agencies in CJS appropriations over the five-year period FY2002-FY2006, including supplemental appropriations. Over the five-year period, funding decreased for the Department of Justice by $2.082 billion (-8.8%). Funding increased for the Department of Commerce by $0.735 billion (12.8%), for the Title III Science Agencies by $2.473 billion (12.5%), and for the Department of State by $1.559 billion (21.2%). The Justice Department's budget declined from FY2002 to FY2003 by 17% when it was reduced by more than $4 billion due to the relocation of some activities to the Department of Homeland Security. The Justice Department total has continued to be below the FY2002 total. The Commerce Department budget has generally increased, with a slight decrease in FY2006 over the previous year due primarily to the rescissions applied to FY2006 enacted appropriations. The Science Agencies' funding has shown a gradual increase each of the five years; the State Department's increases each year through FY2005 reflect funding for the U.S. embassy in Iraq, embassy security, and international peacekeeping, largely through emergency supplemental appropriations. Department of Justice The President's FY2007 budget request proposes the consolidation of the state, local, and tribal law enforcement grant programs, the Weed and Seed program, and juvenile justice programs into the Justice Assistance account of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The FY2007 President's request would eliminate funding for a number of OJP programs, such as the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) program ($327.2 million in FY2006 after earmarks for Boys and Girls Clubs and National Institute of Justice), the Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants ($189.3 million in FY2006), Indian Country Prison Grants ($8.9 million in FY2006), and Tribal Court Grants ($7.9 million in FY2006). The Administration's budget request proposes an increase in funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative, a program administered by ATF that is designed to combat firearms-related crime, to reach a level of $395 million. Under the President's budget proposal, the restructured PSN program would include Project ChildSafe, State and Local Gun Crime Prosecution Assistance/ Project Sentry, Gang Technical Assistance Program, Weed and Seed Program/Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO), National Stalker and Domestic Violence Database, and National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP). The FY2007 President's budget proposes funding for expanding and improving Drug Courts, providing $69 million for the program, an increase of $60 million over the FY2006 enacted appropriations. The FY2007 budget proposal included funding of $40 million for the Meth Hot Spots program, a program designed to provide state and local law enforcement assistance in cleaning up toxic waste sites created through the illicit production of methamphetamine. The proposed funding level represented an increase of $20 million over funding enacted in FY2006. The President's FY2007 request for DEA included a proposal to transfer the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to DOJ and to coordinate the program with the efforts of the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and other antidrug efforts that are part of DEA's comprehensive drug enforcement strategy.