How is Fugitive Safe Surrender funded?
Fugitive Safe Surrender was authorized by Congress as part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, which was signed into law by President Bush on July 27, 2006. However, while this bill authorized the FSS program, it did not provide any funds for the program. Currently, funds come from within the U.S. Marshals Service budget or as grants from the Department of Justices Office of Justice Programs. More than two dozen other cities are under consideration for their own Fugitive Safe Surrender operations in the coming months and years. On May 15, 2007, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales authorized the USMS to conduct at least three Fugitive Safe Surrender operations this calendar year as part of a consolidated Department of Justice effort to combat violent crime.
