AGENCY-SPECIFIC GOALS

Reforming Management of Indian Trust Responsibilities

DOI has responsibility for the investment of, and disbursement and reporting to individual Indians and Tribes on, financial assets generated from leasing and other commercial activities on Indian lands. DOI developed a Comprehensive Trust Management Plan to guide trust reform, undertook a reengineering effort, and adopted a targeted strategic plan as part of its efforts to improve perfor mance and provide greater accountability to its beneficiaries.

A key step to reform is the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004, which the President signed into law in October 2004. The Act provides a clearer method to pass down individual Indian land ownership from one generation to the next; creates a uniform Federal Indian probate code; and facilitates the consolidation of Indian land ownership to restore economic viability to the land. The 2006 Budget includes funding to help eliminate a backlog of 23,000 probate cases, as well as to process the projected 4,500 new probate cases that will occur each year. This will help to make sure that no new cases are added to the current backlog. The Administration continues to support the Indian Land Consolidation Program as an additional way to help address the fractionation of individual Indian land interests. The 2006 Budget proposes $34.5 million for the program. In addition, the Budget includes $135 million for the Office of Historical Trust Accounting to continue an accounting in accordance with the five-year plan filed with the U.S. District Court. This amount may be revised as legal issues pending before the Courts are resolved.

Reforming Tribal Priority Allocation Funding

Tribal Priority Allocation (TPA) funds provide basic tribal services, such as Tribal Courts, social services, adult vocational training, child welfare, and natural resources management. TPA gives Tribes the opportunity to further Indian self-determination by establishing their own priorities and moving Federal funds among programs.

Indian Tribes are becoming more business-oriented and are seeking more control over their lands and economic and cultural decisions. In addition, BIA is helping to expedite key energy and mineral resource development opportunities through the timely processing of joint-venture development and lease agreements.

The Administration believes TPA could be improved by targeting funding to the areas of greatest need. The funding process used today is a formula allocation based on historical funding levels established in the early 1970s, and has remained essentially unchanged. To improve program accountability, DOI will consult with Tribes on how best to focus program funds on areas of need, considering the incentive effects of any such reallocation. The Administration will continue to support Tribes that continue to strive for self-determination with funding and technical support.

Effective Fish and Wildlife Service Programs

The Migratory Bird Management and the National Fish Hatchery programs of FWS exemplify the Department's efforts to improve program performance and become more results-based. The Migratory Bird Management program developed new goals during the 2006 PART process, including a new measure that examines the percent of migratory birds that are at healthy and sustainable levels. This outcome-oriented goal, along with targeted annual measures, will help

As part of the new CALFED partnership, people who benefit from projects, such as potentially raising Shasta Dam, would share in the costs along with the State and Federal governments.

Water 2025

The Administration requests $35 million for the Bureau of Reclamation to fund a newly-authorized ecosystem restoration, water quality, water supply, and flood protection program known as CALFED. The overall Federal request for CALFED is over $150 million for seven agencies. This adaptive management program in California's Central Valley and the San Francisco Bay-Delta assists California in proactively addressing conflicts over water. The program, operated in conjunction with the State of California and local entities, will ensure that all project partners pay a share of project costs according to the benefits they receive. The CALFED program has many different components; the program will be managed to ensure that progress for these components is achieved in a balanced manner.

Water is the scarcest resource in some of the fastest growing areas of the country. Water 2025 proactively addresses potential future water conflicts in areas of the West where such conflicts are likely to occur. The program focuses resources on high-risk areas, emphasizing improvements in water efficiency, conservation, and water markets. It promotes collaboration, improves technology, and removes institutional barriers. The 2006 Budget requests $30 million for Water 2025, allocating competitive grant funds equally among the Bureau of Reclamation's five regions.

• Combating terrorism and strengthening the Nation's intelligence.

Reducing illegal drugs by targeting the 42 most significant drug organizations.

• Combating gun violence in the Nation's communities through Project Safe Neighborhoods.

• Providing additional Federal prison and detention capacity.

Supporting a Compassionate Society

• Fighting child exploitation and maintaining support for missing children's initiatives. Supporting local law enforcement efforts to combat violence against women, provide victims' services, and expand the use of DNA to fight crime and to protect the innocent.

• Assisting communities by helping ex-offenders re-enter and reintegrate into society. Fighting human trafficking.

Making Government More Effective

• Achieving $2 billion of savings from reduction and elimination of programs that fail to demonstrate results.

PROTECTING AMERICA

Combating Terrorism

The President's highest priority for the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to be the detection, prevention, investigation, and prosecution of terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and interests. In the past year, the Department made 1,428 counterterrorism-related arrests, and prosecuted and obtained convictions in 497 terrorism-related and anti-terrorism cases. The 2006 Budget further strengthens these counterterrorism efforts, and proposes significant funding increases for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the lead agency within DOJ for combating terrorism, to hire additional agents and intelligence analysts, as well as provide increased support to its counterterrorism mission.

The FBI has received significant resource increases in recent years, with funding rising from $3.3 billion in 2001 to $5.1 billion in 2005. The Budget proposes $5.7 billion for the FBI in 2006, an increase of 11 percent over 2005. This level would support 2,945 counterterrorism agents and 2,746 intelligence analysts at the Bureau.

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At the President's direction, since September 11, 2001, the FBI has undergone a transformation in its priorities, as well as its organization. First, the President set clear goals to ensure that protecting the United States from terrorist attacks was the FBI's top concern. Second, the FBI has utilized the vital tools of the USA PATRIOT Act to break down the wall separating law enforcement and intelligence functions, greatly improving coordination and information sharing within the Bureau. Third, the FBI established a comprehensive intelligence program to prevent terrorist attacks, an effort that has been accelerated by the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The 2006 Budget supports the FBI's priorities and intelligence reform by providing new funding of $294 million for counterterrorism and counterintelligence initiatives, and $117 million to bolster the intelligence program. These funding initiatives will:

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• Increase the resources and agents dedicated to terrorism investigations.

• Double the size of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team.

• Hire 500 additional intelligence analysts to assist in the war on terrorism.

• Add $75 million for the Terrorist Screening Center, which consolidates terror screening watchlists and supports Federal screeners worldwide, in addition to State and local law enforcement.

• Increase the Foreign Language Program by $26 million to enhance the FBI's language translation capability, especially for anti-terrorism efforts.

• Expand the Legal Attaché program to augment the FBI's presence in other countries, especially for counterterrorism efforts.