Federal funding for Arkansas Drug Task Forces

I just received an "action alert" from the National Conference of State Legislatures Office of State-Federal Relations regarding cuts to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. This program is the largest justice assistance grant to states and is used in part here in Arkansas for funding many law enforcement programs, including our drug task forces. I was pleased to see that a Google search turned up a media release from John Boozman urging, in a bipartisan way, to preserve this funding. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act (PL-110-161), funding was cut from $520 million in FY07 to $170 million in FY08 (67%). If it's to be restored, it'll come through an emergency supplemental spending bill due to emerge in the coming weeks.