United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs

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The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs is one of seven subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee.

1 Jurisdiction
2 Members, 110th Congress
3 Contact information
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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. Marsha'sl 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.

[edit] 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.

Majority
Member		State
	Joe Biden, Chairman	Delaware
	Ted Kennedy	Massachusetts
	Herb Kohl	Wisconsin
	Dianne Feinstein	California
	Russ Feingold	Wisconsin
	Chuck Schumer	New York
	Dick Durbin	Illinois

Minority
Member		State
	Lindsey Graham, Ranking Member	South Carolina
	Arlen Specter	Pennsylvania
	Orrin Hatch	Utah
	Chuck Grassley	Iowa
	Jeff Sessions	Alabama
	Tom Coburn	Oklahoma

Senior Subcommittee Staff

Todd Hinnen, Democratic Chief Counsel
James Galyean, Republican Chief Counsel

[edit] Contact information

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

[edit] See also

U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

[edit] External links

Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, official site

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