Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, And Related Programs (Senate) : Fy2006 Appropriations

By Epstein, Susan B.

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Title:	Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, And Related Programs (Senate) : Fy2006 Appropriations
Author:	Epstein, Susan B.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt
Summary: The annual Foreign Operations appropriations bill in the House, and the State, Foreign Operations measure in the Senate are the primary legislative vehicles through which Congress reviews the U.S. international affairs budgets and influences executive branch foreign policy making generally. They contain the largest shares - the House bill, about two-thirds; the Senate bill, about 97% -- of total U.S. international affairs spending.

Table of Contents
Contents Most Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Foreign Operations Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 State Department/Broadcasting Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Related Foreign Policy Authorization Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Foreign Operations and State Department Policy Trends and Goals . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Foreign Aid Policy Shifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Impact of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Foreign Operations and State Department Funding Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Foreign Operations Appropriations Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Growing Importance of Supplementals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 State Department/Broadcasting Appropriation Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Foreign Operations/State Department, the FY2005 Budget Resolution, and Sec. 302(b) Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Foreign Operations/State Department Appropriations Request for FY2006 . . . . 16 Foreign Operations Request Overview and Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fighting the War on Terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Millennium Challenge Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Development and Humanitarian Assistance: Funding Priorities, Account Restructuring, and Policy Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Funding Disagreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 USAID Appropriation Account Realignment Proposals . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Family Planning and UNFPA Policy Controversies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Conflict Response Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Other Key Elements of the FY2006 Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Leading Foreign Aid Recipients Proposed for FY2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 State Department Appropriations and Related Agencies Overview and Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 State Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Diplomatic and Consular Programs (D&CP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance (ESCM) . . . . . . . . 36 Educational and Cultural Exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Capital Investment Fund (CIF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 International Organizations and Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Contributions to International Organizations (CIO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activities (CIPA) . . . . . 38 International Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39