If NAAUSA Never Existed

If NAAUSA never existed, AUSAs would not be reimbursed for half the cost of professional liability insurance. NAAUSA successfully lobbied Congress in 1999 to include AUSAs in the legislation, P.L. 106-58, to authorize federal agencies to pay half the cost of professional liability insurance.

If NAAUSA never existed, AUSAs and all other Department of Justice attorneys would not be entitled to comp time for off-duty official travel. NAAUSA questioned the rationale for a February 2005 DOJ decision to deny attorneys comp time and NAAUSA secured congressional reversal of DOJ’s decision in legislation signed by President Bush, P.L. 109-425, on December 20, 2006.

If NAAUSA never existed, the Court Security legislation passed by Congress, H.R. 660, would not include a requirement that DOJ report, in writing, to Congress, on actions taken to improve the security of AUSAs and their families.

If NAAUSA never existed, AUSAs appointed beginning in 2000 would ALL have two-year appointments. In 1999, the draft report language to accompany the 2000 DOJ appropriations bill included am provision requiring all future AUSA appointments to be limited to two-year appointments. NAAUSA lobbied, mostly very behind the scenes, to successfully delete the two-year appointment language from the legislation.

If NAAUSA never existed, the budget crisis in the U.S. Attorney’s Offices would not have been subject to a Senate hearing which increased Congressional concern over the impact of the budget and personnel shortages and resulted in increased funding for USAOs in FY 2008.

If NAAUSA never existed, there would be no campaign to provide AUSAs with retirement benefits similar to those received by federal law enforcement officers.

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