State Foreign Operations and Related Programs
State Foreign Operations and Related Programs

Author: Connie Veillette

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781604567168

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The annual State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies appropriations bill is the primary legislative vehicle through which Congress reviews the U.S. international affairs budget and influences executive branch foreign policy making in general. Funding for Foreign Operations and State Department/Broadcasting programs has been steadily rising since FY2002, and amounts approved for FY2004 in regular and supplemental bills reached an unprecedented level compared with the past 40 years. Emergency supplementals enacted since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to assist the front-line states in the war on terrorism, fund Afghanistan and Iraq reconstruction, and upgrade State Department operations and security upgrades, also have pushed spending upward. This book analyses the FY2008 budget request and funding trends, including major issues Congress may consider, and tracks congressional action. Major issues confronting the 110th Congress include: The overall size of the budget request that represents an 11% increase over FY2007 enacted levels; A foreign aid reform plan that seeks to align assistance with U.S. strategic objectives; Significant increases for Presidential initiatives; Continued costs relating to Iraq and Afghanistan; and Secretary Rice's Transformational Diplomacy initiative for the State Department.

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY 2011 Budget and Appropriations
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY 2011 Budget and Appropriations

Author: Marian Leonardo Lawson

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1437933327

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On February 1, 2010, President Obama submitted a budget proposal for FY2011 that requests $58.49 billion for the international affairs budget, a 16% increase over the enacted FY2010 funding level. This report analyzes the FY2011 request, recent-year funding trends, and congressional action related to FY2011 State-Foreign Operations legislation.

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Author: Congressional Research Congressional Research Service

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781502999474

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The annual State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs appropriations bill (also referred to here as "foreign affairs appropriations" or "foreign affairs funding") is the primary legislative vehicle through which Congress reviews the U.S. international affairs budget and influences executive branch foreign policy making. (Foreign relations authorization and foreign assistance authorization legislation, required by law prior to State Department and foreign aid expenditures, are also available to Congress to influence foreign policy, but Congress has not passed either since FY2003 and FY1985, respectively. Instead, Congress has waived the requirement within the appropriations laws.)

State, Foreign Operations Appropriations
State, Foreign Operations Appropriations

Author: Curt Tarnoff

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13:

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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.

FY2017 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Budget Request
FY2017 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Budget Request

Author: Susan B. Epstein

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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This report provides an overview and highlights of budget requests for the State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related Appropriations (SFOPS). It includes information from the previous fiscal years with an account-by-account comparison of the FY2017 request to the FY2016 estimates and FY2015 actuals in Appendix A.

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Author: Susan B. Epstein

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1437924662

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Funding for Foreign Operations and State Dept./Broadcasting programs has been steadily rising since FY 2002, after a period of decline in the 1980s and 1990s. Amounts approved for FY 2004 in regular and supplemental bills reached an unprecedented level compared with the previous 40 years, largely due to Iraq reconstruction funding. Ongoing assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as large new global health programs, has kept the international affairs budget at historically high levels in recent years. Contents of this report: (1) Recent Developments; (2) Congressional Action; (3) State-Foreign Operations Overview: Background and Trends; FY 2010 Budget Request Overview; Use of Supplemental Funding. Charts and tables.

Foreign Assistance
Foreign Assistance

Author: United States. Government Accountability Office

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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State and USAID were responsible for managing $33.7 billion in foreign assistance funds in fiscal year 2018. Section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 mandates the President to report to Congress, on an annual basis, funding allocations by foreign country and category of assistance within 30 days of Congress appropriating certain funds. State, in coordination with USAID, makes decisions on how to allocate the funds, taking into consideration congressional instructions, the administration’s priorities, and country-specific foreign assistance needs. This report examines (1) the extent to which State met the mandates under Section 653(a) for fiscal years 2015 through 2018 and (2) factors that affected State’s ability to address the mandates. GAO is making three recommendations to State: (1) conduct a systematic review of the Section 653(a) process to identify inefficiencies and determine the amount of time needed to prepare the Section 653(a) report, and if it exceeds 30 days, request that Congress extend the mandated time frame; (2) improve data collection; and (3) develop a plan to address staff vacancies, in consultation with USAID as appropriate.

The Budget Control Act, Sequestration, and the Foreign Affairs Budget
The Budget Control Act, Sequestration, and the Foreign Affairs Budget

Author: Susan B. Epstein

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13:

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Congress has an interest in the cost and effectiveness of foreign affairs activities that promote U.S. interests overseas. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA, P.L. 112-25), as amended by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-240/H.R. 8, signed into law on January 2, 2013), requires across-the-board reductions (sequestration) in most federal defense and nondefense discretionary programs, projects, and activities, including those in foreign affairs. These automatic cuts went into effect on March 1, 2013. Of ongoing interest will be the impact of these cuts on State Department operations, foreign aid programs, and their ability to protect Americans and promote U.S. interests overseas. According to a February 22, 2013, Pew Research Center survey, Americans surveyed support cuts in foreign aid spending more than any other government activity mentioned. Although still not the majority, 48% of those polled prefer a decrease in foreign aid, while 49% prefer it remains at the current level or is increased. When asked about the Department of State, 34% said they prefer the Department of State funding be decreased, while 60% support maintaining current State Department funding or increasing it. At the same time that sequestration is being implemented, Congress is also working on continuing government funding through the remainder of the fiscal year. Currently, the government is operating under a continuing resolution (CR, P.L. 112-175) that provides stop-gap funding through March 27, 2013. Some believe that Congress might pass a CR that provides more flexibility for implementing the sequestration law. Whether or not a CR amends the across-the-board cuts, many expect the new CR funding levels to change the baseline of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) calculations and, thus, change the current estimates of sequestration cuts, including for foreign affairs spending accounts. In addition, the Administration has indicated that it intends to submit its FY2014 budget request to Congress in April. It will identify President Obama's priorities and plans for meeting the BCA caps in the next fiscal year. This report discusses current OMB estimates of foreign affairs accounts sequestration amounts. For background on the current foreign affairs budget, see CRS Report R42621, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2013 Budget and Appropriations. This report will be updated as changes occur.