State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2012 Budget and Appropriations
Abstract
With a campaign to significantly reduce the budget deficit, some in the 112th Congress see foreign affairs funds, particularly for foreign aid programs, as expenditures that can be cut in order to reduce the deficit. Foreign affairs spending typically amounts to about 1% of the total budget. Others, including some Members of Congress in both political parties and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, view a robust foreign affairs budget as essential to promoting U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, perhaps even saving long-term spending by preventing the much costlier use of troops overseas. The 112th Congress began formal consideration of the annual State Department, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies appropriations (State-Foreign Ops) legislation with a House subcommittee markup of draft legislation on July 27. The Senate full committee reported out its State-Foreign Ops bill on September 22. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2012, was approved by Congress in December 2011 and signed into law on December 23, 2011. State-Foreign Operations appropriations for FY2012 were included as Division I of the act.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 06, 2012
- Accession Number
- AD1172118
Entities
People
- Marian L. Lawson
- Susan B. Epstein
Organizations
- Library of Congress