This week the Senate State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up its FY13 spending bill, following approval by the House Appropriations Committee on May 17th.  The Senate allocation provides $53 billion for State-Foreign Operations, $5 billion above the House level of $48 billion.  The full Senate Appropriations Committee is likely to mark up the bill [...]

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 [...]

House and Senate appropriators are swiftly moving ahead with the FY13 appropriations process following approval of the all-important 302(b) allocations.  The House Appropriations Committee provided $48.3 billion for State-Foreign Operations, $5 billion below the $53 billion allocation approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee.  Subcommittees will move quickly to advance appropriations bills, with the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations [...]

With Congress back from the April recess, House and Senate appropriators will move quickly to set the all-important 302(b) appropriations allocations for FY13.  Chairman Conrad’s discretionary cap of $1.047 trillion adheres to the cap in the last year’s Budget Control Act, but the House Budget Resolution sets discretionary spending at $1.028 trillion.   302(b) allocations for [...]

As President Obama’s 2013 budget request gets scrutinized on Capitol Hill, USGLC provides a brief summary of the changes in funding from the 2012 budget enacted by Congress.

On February 13th the President released his FY13 International Affairs Budget request, totaling $56.2 billion (which includes $8.2 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations).  The USGLC issued a press release commending the strong and strategic request for America’s diplomacy and development programs.  Click here for USGLC’s detailed analysis of the FY13 International Affairs Budget Request.

President Obama will release his FY13 budget request on Monday, February 13, one week later than the February 6th deadline.  Please check back here on the afternoon of February 13th for USGLC’s comprehensive analysis of the FY13 International Affairs Budget. As a result of the Super Committee’s failure to agree on a plan for $1.2 trillion [...]

On December 17, Congress cleared for the President the “megabus” FY12 appropriations package that included the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill and the eight other remaining spending measures, finalizing action on FY12 appropriations.  Congress approved $54.9 billion for the FY12 International Affairs Budget, $43.7 billion in base “core” spending and $11.2 billion for the Overseas Contingency [...]

With an FY12 continuing resolution now in effect until December 16, House and Senate leaders are working hard to reconcile the FY12 appropriations bills from both chambers and sign them into law. [...]

With an FY12 continuing resolution now in effect until November 18, House and Senate leaders are working hard to reconcile the FY12 appropriations bills from both chambers and sign them into law. The goal is to finalize all the spending bills, potentially in the form of an omnibus FY12 appropriations measure, prior to…