United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
- United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs is one of seven subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction: "(1) Oversight of the Department of Justice's (a) Criminal Division; (b) Drug Enforcement Administration; (c) Executive Office of the U.S. Attorneys; (d) Violence Against Women's Office; and (e) U.S. Marshals Office; (2) Oversight of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; (3)Youth violence and directly related issues; (4) Federal programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as Amended (including the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act), and (5) Criminal justice and victim's rights legislation; (6) Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (7) Oversight of Community Oriented Policing Office and Related law Enforcement grants; and (8) Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service."
=Members, 110th Congress=
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Joe Biden of Delaware, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina.
"Senior Subcommittee Staff"
Todd Hinnen, Democratic Chief Counsel
James Galyean, Republican Chief Counsel
Contact information
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
ee also
U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
External links
* [http://judiciary.senate.gov/subcommittees/110/crime110.cfm Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, official site]
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