Who Determines the Funding Level?

Who Determines the Funding Level?

When the Drug-Free Communities program was reauthorized in 2006, included in the bill were specific authorization levels for each fiscal year as follows:

Based upon these levels, the President of the United States, when releasing his Budget Request in February of each year, can request up to the amounts listed above that were authorized by Congress. Once the President releases his budget, the United States Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government meet to determine their recommended funding levels.

For more information please see Legislative Process.

The Drug-Free Communities program is funded and authorized under the Office of National Drug Control and Policy (ONDCP), which receives its appropriations from the Financial Services Appropriations Bill.