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continued to provide Federal funds for SJI even though the President's request does
not include funding for this organization."
Subsequently, the House on July 8, 2004, in its passage of H.R. 4754, approved
the $2.2 million appropriation to SJI for FY2005, as recommended by the House
Appropriations Committee. On September 15, 2004 the Senate Appropriations
Committee approved S. 2809, which includes an FY2005 appropriation for SJI of
$3.0 million.
In a related development, the Senate on September 30, 2004 by unanimous
consent passed H.R. 2714, authorizing a $7 million appropriation for SJI annually for
FY2005 through FY2008. On October 8, 2004, the House agreed to the Senate-
amended version of H.R. 2714, and on October 25, 2004, the bill was signed into law
by the President (P.L. 108-372).
Prior to the Senate action, H.R. 2714 had been approved by House Judiciary
Committee on September 10, 2003 (and, as amended, passed by the full House, on
March 10, 2004, by voice vote under suspension of the rules). In its report on H.R.
2714 (H.Rept. 108-285, at p. 2), the House Judiciary Committee endorsed SJI's
continued operation. "Sustaining the Institute's operations," the committee said,
... is necessary because the states, as a practical matter, devote the great majority
of theirjudicial funding to address personnel, construction, and maintenance needs.
They simply lack the resources to develop programs that improve the administrative
efficiency and overall productivity of their courts.
SJI serves a Federal interest precisely because it makes state courts more efficient.
State courts are the primary fora in which the vast majority of lawsuits are resolved.
In fulfilling that mission, state courts address Federal constitutional and statutory
issues everyday. . . .
In sum if litigants largely resolve their legal differences at the state level
including those that involve Federal issues - then Congress promotes a Federal
interest by supporting SJI.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights22
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), established by the CivilRights Act of 1957, investigates allegations of citizens that they were denied the
right to vote based on color, race, religion, or national origin; studies and gathers
information on legal developments constituting a denial of the equal protection of the
laws; assesses federal laws and policies in the area of civil rights; and submits reports
on its findings to the President and Congress when the Commission or the President
deem it appropriate.
For the Commission on Civil Rights, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
(P.L. 108-447) provides $9.1 million, the same amount requested by the22 This section was written by Garrine P. Laney, Analyst in Social Legislation, Domestic
Social Policy Division.
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