State Foreign Operations & Related Programs

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.

Preface; Recent Developments; International Affairs FY2008 Budget Overview; Background and Trends; FY2008 Budget Request: State Department and Related Agencies; Transformational Diplomacy; State Department -- Administration of Foreign Affairs; Diplomatic and Consular Programs (D Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance (ESCM); Educational and Cultural Exchanges; The Capital Investment Fund (CIF); International Organizations and Conferences; Contributions to International Organizations (CIO); Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activities (CIPA); International Commissions; Related State Department Appropriations; The Asia Foundation; The International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund; National Endowment for Democracy (NED); East-West and North-South Centers; U.S. Institute of Peace; Broadcasting Board of Governors; Emergency FY2007 and FY2008 Requests; FY2008 Emergency Supplemental Request; FY2007 Supplemental Request; FY2008 Budget Request: Foreign Operations; Transformational Development: The Request in the Context of Foreign Aid Reform; Foreign Operations Budget in Detail; Major Changes; Regional Distribution; Core Development versus Security Assistance; Sector Distribution; Presidential Initiatives; HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Funding; MCC Compacts and Other Aid Accounts; Use of Supplementals; Congressional Action; Recent Developments; Continuing Resolution; Budget Resolution; House Appropriations Action; State Department and Related Agencies -- Committee Action; Administration of Foreign Affairs; International Organizations, Peacekeeping, and Conferences; International Commissions; Related State Department Appropriations; U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP); Broadcasting Board of Governors; State Department and Related Agencies -- Floor Action; Foreign Operations -- Committee Action; Major Changes from Request; Foreign Operations -- Floor Action; Senate Appropriations Action; State Department and Related Agencies -- Committee Action; State Department and Related Agencies -- Senate Floor Action; Foreign Operations -- Committee Action; Foreign Operations -- Senate Floor Action; Index.