The Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science recently approved its fiscal year (FY) 2012 spending levels for grants administered by the Department of Justice, which includes many grant programs critical to the law enforcement community. The committee approved $395 million for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG). Byrne-JAG provides funds to assist states and units of local government in controlling and preventing drug abuse, crime, and violence and in improving the criminal justice system.