[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book II)]
[October 28, 1998]
[Page 1904]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Statement on Emergency Funding for Antidrug Activities
October 28, 1998

    I am making an additional $732 million in emergency funding 
available to support antidrug activities and drug interdiction. These 
funds were provided in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, which I signed into law on 
Wednesday, October 21st.
    Of the total amount I am making available, funds are distributed as 
follows:

            Department of Agriculture:
            $23,000,000

            Department of Defense: $42,000,000

            Department of Justice: $20,200,000

            Department of State: $232,600,000

            Department of Transportation:
            $133,700,000

            Department of the Treasury:
            $277,500,000

            Office of National Drug Control Policy: $1,200,000

            Federal Drug Control Programs:
            $2,000,000

Note: H.R. 4328, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, was assigned Public Law No. 105-277.