Attorney Gen. John Ashcroft will testify Feb. 26 before Senate Ap...

February 25, 2002 |Miscellaneous

Attorney Gen. John Ashcroft will testify Feb. 26 before Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, State Subcommittee. Hearing will cover FY 2003 Dept. of Justice (DoJ) budget request. Proposed DoJ funding would dip to $21.3 billion from $21.4 billion while FBI would get increase to $4.3 billion from $3.6 billion. Proposal includes $186 million to upgrade the FBI’s information technology infrastructure and $155 million that would be shared between the FBI and Immigration & Naturalization Service for intelligence gathering and electronic surveillance equipment. Hearing is 10 a.m., Rm. 138, Dirksen Bldg.