State Department and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations and FY2007 Request

Abstract

State Department funding, formerly in the Commerce, Justice, State (CJS) appropriation, is now in the House's Science, State, Justice, Commerce (SSJC) Appropriation and in the Senate's State-Foreign Operations Appropriation. In addition, usually each Congress passes a foreign relations authorization bill that authorizes the Department of State to spend its appropriations. The first session of the 109th Congress did not pass the State Department authorization legislation, S. 600 and H.R. 2601. The President sent his FY2007 budget to Congress on February 6, 2006. Included was the Department of State FY2007 budget request for a total of $9,502.4 million (6.5% more than the FY2006 enacted level, including rescissions and supplementals) and the international broadcasting FY2007 budget request for $671.9 million (a 4.3% increase from the FY2006 level, including rescissions). The House Appropriations Committee reported its SSJC appropriation (H.R. 5672) on June 22, 2006. The House passed the bill on June 29, 2006, with numerous floor amendments. It included a total of $9,704.0 million for the Department of State and international broadcasting. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its bill (H.R. 5522) on June 29, 2006. The Senate bill includes a total of $9,643.2 million for the Department of State and international broadcasting. As in the previous year, the week after the budget arrived on Capitol Hill, President Bush sent to Congress an emergency supplemental request. On March 13, 2006, Congressman Jerry Lewis introduced the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (H.R. 4939). The President signed H.R. 4939 into law (P.L. 109-234) on June 15, 2006. In mid-November 2005, Congress passed the FY2006 SSJC appropriation; the President signed it into law (P.L. 109-108) on November 22, 2005. The act provided $8,920.5 million for State and $644 million for international broadcasting, after rescissions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 13, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457429

Entities

People

  • Susan B. Epstein

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Systems
  • International Organizations
  • Language
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Diplomacy
  • United Nations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting