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Highlights from the President's FY15 Department of Justice Budget Request
Enacted FY14 funding is used for comparisons unless otherwise noted.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) would receive $27.4 billion in FY15 discretionary funding under the president’s budget request, a 0.4 percent increase.
For the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the budget request for FY15 totals $2.4 billion (0.5 percent decrease) with $137 million (14 percent increase) for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics. This appropriation includes programs that provide grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for research, development and evaluation; development and dissemination of quality statistical and scientific information; and, nationwide support for law enforcement agencies. Of this amount, $47.5 million (18.8 percent increase) is requested for research, development and evaluation efforts under the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), which serves as the R&D agency of DOJ.
The FY15 budget request includes $6 million for the Forensics Initiative (50 percent increase). This program strengthens and enhances the practice of forensic sciences. Included is $3 million for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for measurement science and standards in support of forensic science and funding to support the Forensic Science Advisory Committee.