Division abbreviations: ALD = American Law Division; G&F = Government and Finance Division; RSI = Resources, Science, and Industry Division, DSP =Domestic Social Policy Division; FDT = Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division. Congress passed the conference report ( H.Rept. 108-10 ) for H.J.Res. 2 , the omnibus funding bill, onFebruary 12, 2003. The President signed it intolaw February 20, 2003 -- 5 months into the budget year. The consolidated funding package included a 0.65%across-the-board rescission. The Senate had passedits omnibus appropriation on January 23rd. Although the House never passed a CJS appropriation forFY2003, on January 8th Congressman Frank Wolf, Chairmanof the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, introduced H.R. 247 as a point ofreference for CJS accounts during theconference on the omnibus appropriation package. The Administration's Commerce, Justice, State and Related Agencies (CJS) request for FY2003 totaled $44,019million. The 107th Congress did not completeCJS FY2003 appropriations, but passed numerous continuing resolutions authorizing short-term funding into the108th congressional term. The 108th Congress passed the consolidated appropriation package ( H.J.Res. 2 ; H.Rept. 108-10 ), which included 11 out of the 13 appropriations. Signed into law ( P.L. 108-7 ) on February 20, 2003, it contains $44,773.7 million for Commerce, Justice, State,Judiciary and Related Agencies. This number andothers in this report do not reflect the 0.65% across-the-board rescission which was also in the consolidated funding. The Senate passed an omnibus spending package which included the CJS appropriations. The total CJS Senate level amounted to $44,939.6 million. The Housebill ( H.R. 247 ) set total CJS appropriations at $44,352.9 million. Neither House nor Senate numbers includedrescissions. For FY2002 and after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Congress reconsidered funding allocations in the conference of H.R. 2500 to bolstercounter-terrorism activities within each agency's title in the bill. Congress enacted its FY2002 CJS appropriation( P.L. 107-77 ) totaling $41,706.6 million forFY2002 ($44,601.9 million including supplementals -- P.L. 107-38 , P.L. 107-117 ). In addition to the President's regular FY2003 budget request, the Administration submitted an FY2002 supplemental funding request on March 21, 2002. Out ofthe total $28.4 billion supplemental request, $427.7 million was for agencies within the CJS appropriation bill. TheHouse passed $753.6 million; the Senatepassed $1,280.2 million for the CJS supplemental funds. The final supplemental for CJS-related agencies, whichwas signed on August 2, 2002 ( P.L. 107-206 ),totaled about $900 million, some of which was designated as contingent emergency funds. (For more detail, seeCRS report RL31406, SupplementalAppropriations for FY2002: Combating Terrorism and Other Issues, by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].) On November 14, 2001, Congress approved total FY2002 CJS funding of $41.6 billion. The President signed this measure into law on November 28th. Althoughthe CJS funding legislation was at the conference stage on September 11th, Congress scrutinizedsecurity and anti-terrorism funding at the conference level andreallocated funding because of the terrorist attacks. In addition, the FY2002 budget levels for the Departments ofCommerce, Justice, State and the Judiciaryinclude the emergency supplemental funding passed by Congress September 18, 2001. The table below shows funding trends for the major agencies included in CJS appropriations over the period FY1998-FY2002, including supplementalappropriations. As seen in the table below, funding increased, in current dollars, for the Department of Justice by$2,658 million (12.6%); for the Department ofCommerce by $651 million (12.6%); for the Judiciary by $465 million (10.9%); and for the Department of Stateby $1,049 million (15.9%). Every agency exceptthe Department of Commerce has seen a continual increase in funds between FY1998 and FY2002. The Departmentof Commerce budget generally increasedover these years, with a greater than $3.5 billion increase in FY2000, largely due to funding the cost of the 2000decennial census. Its FY2001 level is comparableto its pre-census level. The Department of State had a significant increase in its funding level every year fromFY1999 to FY2002, reflecting the increase in costsassociated with the FY1999 reorganization and terrorism. Of the four primary agencies within the CJSappropriations, the Department of Justice received thegreatest nominal increase of $5,943 million from FY1998 to FY2002. The Department of State funding changesince FY1998 shows the greatest percent increaseof 89.5%; the Justice budget grew by 33.4%, Commerce by 36.5%, and the Judiciary by 36.3%. Much of the StateDepartment increase has been attributable toincreases in embassy security funding and improvements in technology and staffing, along with the consolidationof the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) and theArms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) into the Department of State in 1999. Table 1. Funding Trends for Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary (inmillions of current dollars) Sources: Funding totals provided by Budget Offices of CJS and Judiciary agencies, and U.S.House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations. President Bush's FY2003 budget request for new budget authority totaled $44,019 million for Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary, and Related Agency mandatoryand discretionary spending, slightly above the FY2002 enacted level including the enacted supplementals. Table 2 presents appropriations for the four majoragencies within the CJS appropriation bill. Table 2. Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary Appropriations (in millions ofdollars) Note: Figures for FY2002 enacted include supplemental appropriations. This table does not include funds for related agencies in the CJS legislation. Sources : House Appropriations Committee and the Congressional Record on February 14, 2003 (H572-H587). In addition to heightened interest in counter-terrorism and security-related activities since the September 11th attacks, some other contentious issues and proposalsthat surfaced in the FY2003 CJS appropriations debate include: Restructuring the Federal Bureau of Investigation to improve counter terrorism, intelligence collection and analysis, and internal agencysecurity. Restructuring the Immigration and Naturalization Service, by separating the agency's services and enforcement functions, to improveapplication processing and increase border security. Reassessing the Department of Justice's role in providing domestic preparedness training and assistance to state and local first responders,and shifting related programs to the new Department of Homeland Security. Streamlining community policing and crime prevention programs administered by the Department of Justice's Office of JusticePrograms. Other issues or concerns receiving attention included the following: Department of Justice: Reducing firearms-related violence through enforcement of existing laws. Reducing the supply and use of illicit drugs. Improving juvenile justice, reducing violence against women, and providing legal assistance to victims of crime. Addressing civil rights violations, including racial profiling and infringement of voter rights. Establishing new efforts and capacities to fight cybercrime. More efficiently managing contract detention space. Establishing an entry/exit control system to track non-citizens admitted temporarily to the United States. Department of Commerce: The Administration's proposal to eliminate National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) TechnologyOpportunities Program (TOP), as well as significantly reduce funding for NTIA's program to support constructionof public broadcast facilities. The extent to which federal funds should be used to support industrial technology development programs at the National Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST), particularly the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and the ManufacturingExtension Partnership(MEP). The Administration's proposal to transfer the National Sea Grant Program from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) to the National Science Foundation, amid opposition from state Sea Grant partners andinstitutions. Funding for full implementation of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, with which the Bureau plans to replace the decennialcensus long form, and for improved quality and timeliness of economic statistics collected by the Bureau. Increasing funding for the Bureau of Export Administration (to be renamed the Bureau of Industry and Security) to better enforce U.S. exportregulations, specifically with regard to strategically-sensitive information. Department of State: Visa issuance policies and the Homeland Security proposals. Expanded public diplomacy activities focusing on Muslim/Arab populations. Increased hiring of foreign, civil service, and security experts. Improved information/communication technology. The Judiciary: Whether to increase the hourly rate of pay to court-appointed "panel attorneys" representing indigent defendants in federal criminalcases. Whether, as the Judiciary contended, federal judges and justices should receive a cost-of-living salary increase. What extent to provide emergency supplemental funding for court security. Other Agencies: Adequacy of funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate corporate fraud. Whether to end federal funding for the State Justice Institute. Adequacy of funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Adequacy of funding for programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA).