This report briefly discusses the foreign operations appropriations legislation generally and then provides a short description of the various funding accounts as they appear in Division K, "Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016," of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113). The State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations legislation provides annual funding for almost all of the international affairs programs.
The State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations legislation provides annual funding for almost all of the international affairs programs generally considered as part of the 150 International Affairs Budget Function. The legislation has also served as a vehicle for Congress to place conditions on the expenditure of those funds, and express its views regarding certain foreign policy issues. This report briefly discusses the legislation generally and then provides a short description of the various funding accounts as they appear in Division F, "Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010," of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010. This is a print on demand edition of an important publication.
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Identifies the legislative origins that pertain to foreign aid in the Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Approp. Act, 2009. Foreign assistance law requires Congress to authorize funding for programs before appropriated funds are spent. After 1986, Congress turned more frequently to enacting freestanding authorities that did not amend the 1961 Act, or included language in annual approp. measures to waive the requirement to keep authorizations current. As enactment of foreign aid reauthor. waned, the General Provisions of foreign operations approp. measures increasingly became the place for Congress to assert its views on the role and use of U.S. foreign aid policy, or put limits or conditions on assistance. Illustrations.
The State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations legislation provides annual funding for almost all of the international affairs programs generally considered as part of the 150 International Affairs Budget Function (the major exception being food assistance). The legislation has also served as a vehicle for Congress to place conditions on the expenditure of those funds, and express its views regarding certain foreign policy issues. This report briefly discusses the legislation generally and then provides a short description of the various funding accounts.
The State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations legislation provides annual funding for almost all of the international affairs programs generally considered as part of the 150 International Affairs Budget Function (the major exception being food assistance). The legislation has also served as a vehicle for Congress to place conditions on the expenditure of those funds, and express its views regarding certain foreign policy issues. This report briefly discusses the legislation generally and then provides a short description of the various funding accounts as they appear in Division I, "Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012," of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. 112-74), which is the basis on which FY2013 appropriations are provided under the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6). For FY2013 pre-sequestration funding levels (and post-sequester levels when they become known), see Appendix C in CRS Report R42621, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2013 Budget and Appropriations.