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Committee Action Begins
House and Senate appropriators are ramping up action on FY13 appropriations with committee action on the State-Foreign Operations bill. On May 9th, the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee approved its FY13 bill, providing $48.3 billion for State-Foreign Operations. The bill will next be taken up by the full House Appropriations Committee the week of May 14th, with Senate committee action following the week of May 21st.
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The entire International Affairs Budget is a mere 1% of the total federal budget.
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See how the International Affairs Budget helps strengthen our economy.
The International Affairs Budget leverages just over one percent of our overall budget to support critical development and diplomacy programs around the world. Programs funded by the International Affairs Budget create jobs here at home by opening new markets to American businesses and protect our national security by fighting terrorism and preventing conflicts before they start. This efficient investment also staffs all U.S. embassies overseas, fights pandemic disease, provides emergency response after natural disasters, implements agriculture programs to promote stability and prevent hunger, saves millions of lives with HIV/AIDS medications and provides essential good governance assistance to newly emerging democracies.
