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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release October 28, 1998

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

I am making an additional $732 million in emergency funding available to support anti-drug 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

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