State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs: FY2016 Budget Overview
Susan B. Epstein
Specialist in Foreign Policy
Marian L. Lawson
Specialist in Foreign Assistance Policy
Alex Tiersky
Analyst in Foreign Affairs
February 9, 2015
Congressional Research Service
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State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget Overview
Summary
On February 2, 2015, the Obama Administration submitted to Congress its budget request for
FY2016. The request for State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) totals $53.37
billion, or a 2.7% increase from FY2015 estimated levels. Within that amount:
• $46.32 billion is requested for enduring or core funding and $7.05 billion is
designated as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding;
• $17.54 billion of the total request is for State Department Operations and related
agencies (10.6% increase over FY2015 estimates);
• $35.82 billion is for Foreign Operations (-0.8% from the FY2015 estimates,
largely because of the Ebola emergency supplemental appropriated for FY2015);
• Excluding the FY2015 Ebola supplemental funding, the State Department
Operations FY2016 request is a 10.9% increase over FY2015 estimates, and the
Foreign Operations FY2016 request is a 6.5% increase over FY2015 funding
estimates.
This report provides an overview of the FY2016 SFOPS request and account-by-account funding
comparisons with FY2014 actuals and FY2015 estimates. It will be updated throughout the
appropriations process.
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Contents
The Budget Control Act and State-Foreign Operations Appropriations .......................................... 1
FY2016 Request: Enduring vs. Overseas Contingency Operations Funding .................................. 1
Key Issues for Congress .................................................................................................................. 2
State Department Operations ..................................................................................................... 2
Foreign Operations .................................................................................................................... 4
Tables
Table 1. State-Foreign Operations Appropriations, FY2006-FY2016 ............................................. 2
Table A-1. State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies Appropriations,
FY2014-FY2016 Request ............................................................................................................. 6
Table B-1. International Affairs Budget, FY2014-FY2016 Request ............................................. 12
Appendixes
Appendix A. State-Foreign Operations Appropriations, by Account ............................................... 6
Appendix B. International Affairs (150) Function Account, FY2014 Actual, FY2015
Estimate, and FY2016 Request................................................................................................... 12
Contacts
Author Contact Information........................................................................................................... 12
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n February 2, 2015, the Obama Administration submitted to Congress its FY2016 budget
request that includes $53.37 billion in new budget authority for the State Department,
OForeign Operations, and Related Appropriations.1 Of the total request, $17.54 billion is
for programs funded through the State operations and related agencies accounts (a 10.6 %
increase over FY2015 estimates that include emergency Ebola funds), and $35.82 billion is for
foreign operations accounts (0.8 % decrease from FY2015 estimates that include emergency
Ebola funds).
Several House and Senate committee hearings are scheduled with the Secretary of State and the
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator for February and March.
This report provides an overview and highlights of the request. Appendix A offers an account-
by-account comparison of the FY2016 request to the FY2015 estimated funding (where such
estimates are available) and FY2014 actual funding. Appendix B provides the International
Affairs 150 budget function funding levels. This report will be updated throughout the
appropriations process.
The Budget Control Act and State-Foreign
Operations Appropriations
The Obama Administration announced in early February 2015 that its FY2016 budget request
exceeds the discretionary budget caps established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA, P.L.
112-25), which established defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits for FY2012-
FY2021. This raises concern about the possibility of sequestration. Should Congress appropriate
discretionary funds that exceed the BCA caps, without repealing the BCA or otherwise legislating
a change in the caps, an automatic spending reduction process established by the BCA would be
triggered, consisting of a combination of sequestration and lower discretionary spending caps.
The sequestration process was triggered in FY2013, but avoided in FY2014 and FY2015 when
Congress adhered to less stringent spending caps for those years established by the Bipartisan
Budget Act (BBA, H.J.Res. 59, P.L. 113-67). For FY2016, the BCA caps are again in effect.
FY2016 Request: Enduring vs. Overseas
Contingency Operations Funding
In the FY2016 request, as every year since FY2012, the Administration distinguishes between
enduring or “core” funding, as distinct from funding to support “overseas contingency
operations” (OCO), described in earlier budget documents as “extraordinary, but temporary, costs
1 The International Affairs budget, or Function 150, includes funding that is not in the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs appropriation: foreign food aid programs (P.L. 480 Food for Peace and McGovern-
Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Programs) are in the Agriculture Appropriations, and the
Foreign Claim Settlement Commission and the International Trade Commission are in the Commerce, Justice, Science
appropriations. In addition, the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriation measure
includes funding for certain international commissions that are not part of the International Affairs Function 150
account. (See Appendix B.)
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of the Department of State and USAID in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.”2 The OCO designation
is particularly significant because the BCA specified that emergency or OCO funds do not count
toward the budget caps established by the act. For FY2016, $7.05 billion, or about 13% of the
international affairs request, is designated as OCO. The FY2016 OCO request represents a
decline of 23.9 % compared with the FY2015 estimated level (a recent-year high) that included
funds for the three frontline states, “other areas of unrest,” anti-terrorism activities, and operations
to counter the Islamic State (IS). (See Table 1.)
Table 1. State-Foreign Operations Appropriations, FY2006-FY2016
(in billions of current U.S. dollars)
FY15
FY16
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
Est.
Req.
Enduring 31.38 31.41 34.52 50.30 49.44 48.80 41.80 39.75 42.91 40.17 46.32
OCO/Supp.
4.47 5.66 5.66 1.83 2.34 0.00 11.20 10.82 6.52 11.78 7.05
Total
35.85 37.07 40.18 52.13 51.78 48.80 53.00 50.57 49.43 51.95 53.37
Sources: Congressional Budget Justification, Department of State and Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2016;
CRS appropriations reports; CRS calculations.
Note: OCO = Overseas Contingency Operations; Supp. = Supplemental funding, which includes funds
requested for Iraq and Afghanistan prior to FY2012, when OCO was first requested and appropriated. FY2015
OCO/Supp. includes $9.26 billion for OCO and $2.53 billion for emergency Ebola funds.
Key Issues for Congress
The FY2016 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs budget request represents about 1%
of the more than $4 trillion in total budget authority requested for FY2016. The SFOPS request is
higher, in current dollar terms, than funding for any year in the past decade. Proposed increases
would be spread among a wide range of activities in both the State operations and foreign
operations components of the budget.
State Department Operations
Operations in Frontline States: Operations in the challenging environments of the three
countries termed “frontline states”—Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq—continue to be a focus of
attention by the department. Together, these three countries make up almost 18% of the
department’s overall request for operational funding. In contrast to its FY2015 request for
operations in Afghanistan, which sought funding for facilities in multiple locations (including
consulates in Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif, and presence in Kandahar and Jalalabad), the
department’s FY2016 request of $963 million would fund a Kabul-only presence and return 21
direct-hire positions to other priorities at the department, reflecting a more conservative approach
in the wake of the announced U.S. military withdrawal. An increase of 23% in enduring funding
over FY2015 estimated levels is requested to enable the Embassy to be self-sustaining.
2 Executive Budget Summary, Function 150 & Other International Programs, Fiscal Year 2013, p. 137.
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The request for State operations in Pakistan is also impacted by the U.S. military drawdown in
Afghanistan. The department seeks to continue “normalizing” operations in that country, through
an additional 21% increase in requested funding over FY2015 levels to $114 million, to
compensate for reduced carryover funding from previous years.
FY2016 funding requested for operations in Iraq—a total of $1.1 billion—would continue a
trend of shifting OCO funding requests to enduring funding, with the latter category growing by
113% and OCO decreasing by 5% under FY2015 levels.
Cuba: In order to support implementation of its new Cuba policy, $6.6 million is requested
within the Diplomatic & Consular Affairs account (D&CP) for infrastructure improvements to
implement the announced plan to convert the U.S. Interests Section in Havana back into a full
U.S. Embassy. The department’s funding request would support infrastructure renovation,
including new furniture and computers, new and additional vehicles for the motor pool, and
replacement of Internet cabling.
Contribution for International Peacekeeping Activities: Among the largest funding increases
in the FY2016 State operations request is that for the Contributions to International Peacekeeping
Activities Account (CIPA), which would see its funding grow by 38.3% (or $811 million) over
FY2015 estimated levels and 66% over FY2014 levels. Reasons for this increase include (1) $380
million to cover projected outstanding assessments remaining from FY2015; (2) differences
between the U.N.-assessed U.S. share of peacekeeping costs (28.36%) and the amount recognized
by U.S. law (27.14%); and (3) growth in the scope and cost of U.N. peacekeeping missions in the
Central African Republic, Somalia, and South Sudan. The department requests that CIPA funding
be appropriated as “two-year funds,” to create greater flexibility in meeting year-to-year
requirements. Recognizing the importance of such flexibility, the department requested $150
million in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account funding to support a Peace
Operations Response Mechanism, which would enable the department to meet unanticipated and
off-budget U.N. or non-U.N. peacekeeping-related expenses.3
Diplomatic Security: The FY2016 request for Worldwide Security Protection (WSP), which
supports the Diplomatic Security Bureau’s functions around the world, would grow by 9% over
FY2015 estimated levels to $3.48 billion. Much of the increase in requested funding is for
security measures in Iraq, which were funded by carryover funding in previous years. The WSP
request also includes a new request for $99 million that would enable the department to undertake
the first phase of construction of the planned Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC), a
new facility intended to consolidate diplomatic security training at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The
request also includes $50 million for security enhancements at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli,
Libya, which has been under suspended operations since July 26, 2014.
Physical security upgrades at diplomatic facilities, which are mostly funded through Worldwide
Security Upgrades (WSU) under the Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance (ESCM)
account, are managed by the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations. The WSU request for
FY2016 is for $1.4 billion, a 4% decrease from FY2015 estimated levels. The request includes $1
billion intended as the department’s contribution towards the Capital Security Cost Sharing
(CSCS) program. When combined with expected funding from other agencies with presence at
3 The FY2015 request included $150 million in OCO funding under the title “Peacekeeping Response Mechanism;” the
proposal was not funded by Congress.
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U.S. diplomatic facilities, a total of $2.2 billion would be made available for the construction of
new, secure facilities, meeting a key recommendation of the Accountability Review Board
convened after the September 11, 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, according to the department.
Cuts in “Other Related Appropriations:” The FY2016 request repeats the administration’s
FY2015 request for deep budgetary cuts to a number of State Department-funded institutions. An
overall cut of 21% to these accounts would mean significant reductions in funding appropriated
for, among other institutions, the East-West Center, the Asia Foundation, and the National
Endowment for Democracy (cuts of 35%, 29%, and 23% respectively).
Foreign Operations
Administration Initiatives. The Obama Administration’s four broad foreign assistance initiatives
would continue to play a major role under the FY2016 budget request, accounting for about 30%
of the total foreign operations request.
• For the Global Health Initiative, the request is $8.18 billion, a 6.7% decline
from the FY2015 estimate, including emergency Ebola funding. Excluding the
Ebola funds, the request is a 3% decrease from the FY2015 estimate, and would
continue to focus resources on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, maternal
and child health, and stopping infectious diseases.
• Feed the Future, the Administration’s food security initiative, receives just over
$1 billion in the FY2016 request, an 8% drop from the FY2014 funding level (a
FY2015 funding estimate is not yet available). The proposal would shift funding
in FY2016 toward countries for which expansion is deemed necessary to reach
targeted goals related to poverty and malnourishment.
• The Global Climate Change Initiative would receive a funding boost under the
request, increasing 55% from FY2014 funding (a FY2015 funding estimate is not
yet available) to $1.29 billion in FY2016. The increase is entirely attributable to a
proposed contribution ($500 million) to a multilateral Green Climate Fund, to
which the Administration pledged $3 billion in November 2014. The fund is
intended to succeed the multilateral climate investment funds to which the U.S.
has contributed since 2008. The Administration asserts that this contribution will
demonstrate U.S. leadership and increase U.S. leverage at a December 2015
climate change conference in Paris.
• Africa initiatives would also grow significantly under the request, together
totaling $268 million, a 160% increase over FY2014 funding. Within that
amount, $77 million is for Power Africa, $47 million for Trade in Africa (though
budget documents explain that additional money for each of these initiatives will
be made available from prior-year funding), and $10 million for the Young
African Leaders Initiative. For the first time, the request also includes $110
million for an African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership (APRRP),
which is described as a partnership to increase the capacity of six African
countries to rapidly deploy military peacekeepers to address conflict in the
region. The request also includes $24 million for a new Security Governance
Initiative, a joint Department of Defense-State Department program to improve
governance and capacity in the security sector of partner countries.
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Top Country Recipients. In the FY2016 request, top foreign assistance recipients would not
differ much from FY2014 (FY2015 country data is not yet available).
• Israel would continue to be the top recipient, with a requested $3.1 billion (level
with FY2014) in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds, followed by
Afghanistan, for which $1.5 billion is requested (a 28% increase from FY2014)
for what the Administration calls a “responsible glide path” down from peak
funding in FY2010 and to sustain gains made over the past decade.
• Egypt would receive $1.5 billion (-3% from FY2014), largely in FMF to support
shared security interest, and Jordan would get $1.0 billion (-1% from FY2014)
to promote security and stability in the region as well as economic and security
strains related to the crisis in Syria.
• Pakistan would get $804 million (a 10% cut from FY2014), to continue ongoing
efforts to increase stability and prosperity in the region.
• Other top recipients include Kenya ($630 million), Nigeria ($608 million),
Tanzania ($591 million), and Uganda ($459 million) all of which are top
recipients of global health funds.
• A new addition to the top recipient list under the request would be Ukraine, for
which $514 million was requested to back loan guarantees, strengthen border
security, advance democracy and increase energy security, among other things, to
counter “Russian aggressive acts.”
Syria/IS. The FY2016 request deepens the U.S. commitment to ending the crisis in Syria and
fighting the Islamic State (IS). The Administration requested $1.82 billion for this purpose,
including $255 million of non-humanitarian assistance for use within Syria. Of this amount, $65
million is requested from the peacekeeping operations (PKO) account to provide non-lethal
assistance to vetted members of the armed Syrian opposition. Most of the requested funding
would be used to address the impact of the crisis on Syria’s neighbors, including $1 billion to help
counter IS and mitigate Syria-related economic and security concerns in Jordan, $335 million to
strengthen Iraq’s counterterrorism capabilities, and $211 million to assist Lebanon in meeting the
needs of Syrian refugees and addressing the IS threat. The request is a 17% increase over FY2014
funding for this purpose (FY2015 funding data is not available).
Central America. A notable shift in regional funding proposed by the Administration for FY2016
is the $1 billion requested for Central America, for which funding has generally stagnated in
recent years. The request is 225% more than the FY2014 funding level, and would support a
whole-of-government approach to promoting economic prosperity, security, and good governance
in the region as a means of stemming the flow of undocumented migration. The primary
recipients of the requested funds would be El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Of the total
requested, $287 million is allocated for the Central American Regional Security Initiative
(CARSI).
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Appendix A. State-Foreign Operations Appropriations, by Account
Table A-1. State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies Appropriations, FY2014-FY2016 Request
(in millions of current U.S. dol ars)
FY2014 Actual
2015 Estimate
FY2016 Request
%
change
OCO/Ebola
FY16 vs.
Enduring OCO
Total Enduring
Emergency Totala Enduring
Total FY15
Title I. State, Broadcasting & Related
14,076.49
1,817.71
15,894.20
14,056.63
1,768.60 OCO
15,861.65
15,695.50
1,849.12
17,544.62
10.6%
Agencies, TOTAL
36.42 EE
Administration of Foreign Affairs, Subtotal
9,990.12
1,732.89
11,723.01
9,479.76
1,683.50 OCO
11,199.68
10,190.00
1,699.12
11,889.12
6.2%
36.42 EE
Diplomatic & Consular Program
6,617.63 1,391.11 8,008.73 6,437.14
1,350.80
OCO
7,787.94
7,096.33
1,507.42
8,603.75
10.5%
36.42 EE
(of which Worldwide Security Protection)
[1,867.15] [900.27] [2,767.42] [2,128.13]
[989.71]
OCO
[3,117.82]
[2,327.14]
[1,067.96]
[3,395.10]
8.9%
Capital Investment Fund
76.90 76.90 56.40
56.40
66.40
66.40
17.7%
Embassy Security, Construction & Maintenance
2,399.45 275.00 2,674.45 2,063.26
260.80
OCO
2,324.06
2,085.10
134.80
2,219.90
-4.5%
(of which Worldwide Security Upgrades)
[1,614.10]
[1,614.10] [1,240.50] [250.00] [1,490.50]
[1,300.00]
[124.00]
[1,424.00]
-4.5%
Conflict Stabilization Operationsb
21.80 8.50 30.30 23.50
15.00
OCO
38.50
—
—
—
—
Ed. & Cultural Exchanges
567.81 8.63
576.44 589.90
589.90
623.08
623.08
5.6%
Office of Inspector General
69.41 49.65 119.06 73.40
56.90
OCO
130.30
82.40
56.90
139.30
6.9%
Representation Expenses
8.03 8.03 8.03
8.03
8.45
8.45
5.2%
Protection of Foreign Missions & Officials
28.20 28.20 30.04
30.04
29.81
29.81
-0.8%
Emergency-Diplomatic & Consular Services
9.24 9.24 7.90
7.90
7.90
7.90
0%
Repatriation Loans
1.54 1.54 1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
0%
Payment American Institute Taiwan
31.22 31.22 30.00
30.00
30.34
30.34
1.1%
Foreign Service Retirement (mandatory)
158.90
158.90 158.90
158.90
158.90
158.90
0%
International Orgs, Subtotal
3,031.18
74.40
3,105.58
3,518.04
74.40 OCO
3,592.44
4,470.25
150.00
4,620.25
28.6%
Contributions to Int’l Orgs
1,265.76 74.40
1,340.16 1,399.15
74.40
OCO
1,473.55
1,540.03
1,540.03
4.5%
CRS-6
FY2014 Actual
2015 Estimate
FY2016 Request
%
change
OCO/Ebola
FY16 vs.
Enduring OCO
Total Enduring
Emergency
Totala Enduring
Total FY15
Contributions, International Peacekeeping
1,765.42
1,765.42 2,118.89
2,118.89
2,930.22
2,930.22
38.3%
Peacekeeping Response Mechanismc
—
—
—
—
—
150.00
150.00
—
International Commission subtotal (Function 300)
125.92
125.92
122.95
122.95
120.06
120.06
-2.4%
Int’l Boundary/U.S.-Mexico
77.44 77.44 73.71
73.71
75.68
75.68
2.7%
American Sections
12.50 12.50 12.56
12.56
12.33
12.33
-1.8%
International Fisheries
35.98 35.98 36.68
36.68
32.05
32.05
-12.6%
International Broadcast, Subtotal
729.08
4.40
733.48
731.37
10.70 OCO
742.07
751.44
751.44
1.3%
Broadcasting Operations
721.08 4.40
725.48 726.57
10.70
OCO
737.27
741.44
741.44
0.6%
Capital Improvements
8.00 8.00 4.80
4.80
10.00
10.00
108.0%
Related Approps, Subtotal
200.19
6.02
206.21
204.51
204.51
163.75
163.75
-19.9%
Asia Foundation
17.00 17.00 17.00
17.00
12.00
12.00
-29.4%
U.S. Institute of Peace
30.98 6.02 37.00 35.30
35.30
36.99
36.99
4.8%
Center for Middle East-West Dialogue-Trust &
0.10 0.10 0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0%
Program
Eisenhower Exchange Programs
0.40 0.40 0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
0%
Israeli Arab Scholarship Program
0.01 0.01 0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0%
East-West Center
16.70 16.70 16.70
16.70
10.80
10.80
-35.3%
National Endowment for Democracy
135.00
135.00 135.00
135.00
103.45
103.45
-23.4%
28,859.87
5,129.59
33,989.45
26,138.67
7,489.40 OCO
36,118.03
30,624.29
5,198.33
35,822.61
-0.8%
FOREIGN OPERATION, TOTAL
2,489.96 EE
Title II. Admin of Foreign Assistance
1,222.17
91.04
1,313.21
1,275.94
125.46 OCO
1,426.08
1,626.33
65.00
1,691.33
18.6%
24.66 EE
USAID Operating Expenses
1,059.23 81.00
1,140.23 1,090.84
125.46
OCO
1,235.34
1,360.00
65.00
1,425.00
15.4%
19.04 EE
USAID Capital Investment Fund
117.94
117.94 130.82
130.82
203.33
203.33
55.4%
CRS-7
FY2014 Actual
2015 Estimate
FY2016 Request
%
change
OCO/Ebola
FY16 vs.
Enduring OCO
Total Enduring
Emergency
Totala Enduring
Total FY15
USAID Inspector General
45.00 10.04 55.04 54.29 5.63
EE
59.92
63.00
63.00
5.1%
Title III. Bilateral Economic Assistance
18,145.12
3,894.17
22,039.27
16,666.08
5,626.38 OCO
24,752.46
19,587.35
3,812.33
23,399.68
-5.5%
2,460.00 EE
Global Health Programs (GHP), State + USAID
8,443.75
8,443.75 8,453.95 312.00
EE
8,765.95
8,181.00
8,181.00
-6.7%
GHP (State Dept.)
[2,773.75]
[2,773.75] [2,783.95] [312.00]
EE
[3,095.95]
[2,755.00]
[2,755.00]
-11.0%
GHP (USAID)
[5,670.00]
[5,670.00] [5,670.00]
[5,670.00]
[5,426.00]
[5,426.00]
-4.3%
Development Assistance
2,507.00
2,507.00 2,507.00
2,507.00
2,999.69
2,999.69
19.7%
876.83 924.17 1,801.00 560.00
1,335.00
OCO
3,331.27
931.00
810.00
1,741.00
-47.7%
International Disaster Assistance (IDA)
1,436.27 EE
Transition Initiatives
48.18 9.42 57.60 47.00
20.00
OCO
67.00
67.60
67.00
0%
Complex Crises Fund
20.00 20.00 40.00 20.00
30.00
OCO
50.00
30.00
30.00
0%
Development Credit Authority –Admin
8.04 8.04 8.12
8.12
9.20
9.20
13.3%
Development Credit Authority Subsidy
[40.00] [40.00] [40.00]
[40.00]
[40.00]
[40.00]
—
Economic Support Fund
2,932.97 1,656.22 4,589.18 2,602.62
2,114.27
OCO
5,428.62
3,952.16
2,183.33
6,135.49
13.0%
711.73 EE
Democracy Fund
130.50
130.50 130.50
130.50
—
—
—
Migration & Refugee Assistance
1,774.65 1,284.36 3,059.00 931.89
2,127.11
OCO
3,059.00
1,634.60
819.00
2,453.60
-19.8%
Emergency Refugee and Migration
50.00 50.00 50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
0%
Independent Agencies subtotal
1,329.70
1,329.70
1,331.50
1,331.50
1,704.10
1,704.10
28.0%
Inter-American Foundation
22.50 22.50 22.50
22.50
22.50
22.50
0%
African Development Foundation
30.00 30.00 30.00
30.00
26.00
26.00
-13.3%
Peace Corps
379.00
379.00 379.50
379.50
410.00
410.00
8.0%
Millennium Challenge Corporation
898.20
898.20 899.50
899.50
1,250.00
1,250.00
39.0%
Department of Treasury, subtotal
23.50
23.50
23.50
23.50
28.00
28.00
19.1%
Treasury Department Technical Assistance
23.50 23.50 23.50
23.50
28.00
28.00
19.1%
CRS-8
FY2014 Actual
2015 Estimate
FY2016 Request
%
change
OCO/Ebola
FY16 vs.
Enduring OCO
Total Enduring
Emergency
Totala Enduring
Total FY15
Debt Restructuring
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Title IV. Int’l Security Assistance
7,366.06
1,144.39
8,510.45
6,704.49
1,737.55 OCO
8,447.34
7,285.56
1,321.00
8,606.56
1.9%
5.30 EE
International Narcotics Control & Law
1,005.61 344.39 1,350.00 853.06
443.20
OCO
1,296.25
967.77
226.00
1,193.77
-7.9%
Enforcement
630.00 70.00 700.00 586.26
99.24
OCO
690.80
609.33
390.00
999.33
44.7%
Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining
5.30 EE
International Military Education & Training
105.57
105.57 106.07
106.07
111.72
111.72
5.3%
Foreign Military Financing
5,389.28 526.20 5,915.48 5,014.11
866.42
OCO
5,880.53
5,166.54
640.00
5,806.54
-1.3%
Peacekeeping Operations
235.60 200.00 435.60 144.99
328.70
OCO
473.69
430.20
65.00
495.20
4.5%
Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund
—
Global Security Contingency Fund
—
3.80
3.80
—
—
—
—
—
Title V. Multilateral Assistance
3,006.45
3,006.45
2,774.97
2,774.97
3,188.85
3,188.85
14.9%
World Bank: Global Environment Facility
143.75
143.75 136.56
136.56
168.26
168.26
23.2%
International Clean Technology Fund
209.63
209.63 184.63
184.63
170.68
170.68
-7.6%
Strategic Climate Fund
74.90 74.90 49.90
49.90
59.62
59.62
19.5%
Green Climate Fund
—
—
—
—
150.00
150.00
—
North American Development Bank
—
—
—
—
45.00
45.00
—
World Bank: Int’l. Development Association
1,355.00
1,355.00 1,287.80
1,287.80
1,290.60
1,290.60
0.2%
Int. Bank Recon & Dev
186.96
186.96 186.96
186.96
192.92
192.92
3.2%
Inter-Amer. Dev. Bank - capital
102.00
102.00 102.02
102.02
102.02
102.02
0%
IADB: Enterprise for Americas MIF
6.30 6.30 3.38
3.38
—
—
—
Asian Development Fund
109.85
109.85 104.98
104.98
166.09
166.09
58.2%
Asian Development Bank – capital
106.59
106.59 106.59
106.59
5.61
5.61
-94.7%
African Development Fund
176.34
176.34 175.67
175.67
227.50
227.50
29.5%
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FY2014 Actual
2015 Estimate
FY2016 Request
%
change
OCO/Ebola
FY16 vs.
Enduring OCO
Total Enduring
Emergency
Totala Enduring
Total FY15
African Development Bank - capital
32.42 32.42 32.42
32.42
34.12
34.12
5.2%
International Fund for Agricultural
30.00 30.00 30.00
30.00
31.93
31.93
6.4%
Development
Global Food Security Fund
133.00
133.00
—
—
43.00
43.00
—
International Organizations & Programs
339.72
339.72 344.17
344.17
315.00
315.00
-8.5%
IDA Multilateral Debt Relief
—
—
—
—
111.00
111.00
—
African Development Fund Multilateral Debt
—
—
—
—
13.50
13.50
—
relief
Transfer to Multilateral Trust Funds
—
—
29.91
29.91
—
—
—
Int’l Monetary Fund
—
— —
—
62.00
62.00
—
Title VI. Export Assistance
(879.93)
(879.93)
(1,282.81)
(1,282.81)
(1,063.80)
(1,063.80)
—
Export-Import Bank (net)
(669.60)
(669.60) (1,032.60)
(1,032.60)
(875.00)
(875.00)
—
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (net)
(265.41)
(265.41) (310.21)
(310.21)
(262.50)
(262.50)
—
Trade & Development Agency
55.07 55.07 60.00
60.00
73.70
73.70
22.8%
State, Foreign Ops & related
42,936.36 6,947.30 49,883.65 40,195.30 9,258.00
51,979.68 46,319.79 7,047.45 53,367.2
22.7.7%2
Programs, TOTAL
OCO
4
222.7%
2,526.38 EE
Add Ons/ Rescissions
(23.00) (427.30)
(450.30) (30.00)
(30.00)
—
—
State-Foreign Ops Total, Net of
42,913.36 6,520.00 49,433.35
40,165.30 11,784.38
51,949.68 46,319.79 7,047.45 53,367.24 2.7%2.7
Rescissions
Source: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Congressional Budget Justifications for Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016, and Fiscal Year 2015
amended requests of June 26, 2014, November 5, and 10, 2014, P.L. 113-235, and CRS calculations.
Notes: EE = Ebola Emergency request. Shaded columns indicate fiscal year totals. Figures in brackets are subsumed in the larger account above and are not counted
against the total. Figures in parentheses are negative numbers. “Enduring” funding is also sometimes referred to as “base” or “ongoing” funding in budget documents.
Numbers may not add due to rounding.
a. FY2015 totals include Ebola emergency funding.
CRS-10
b. For FY2015, funding for Conflict Stabilization Operations is within the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account.
c. Within the FY2016 budget request, this is called the Peacekeeping Operations Response Mechanism.
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State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2016 Budget Overview
Appendix B. International Affairs (150) Function
Account, FY2014 Actual, FY2015 Estimate, and
FY2016 Request
Table B-1. International Affairs Budget, FY2014-FY2016 Request
(in millions of current U.S. dol ars)
% change FY2016
FY2014 actual
FY2015 estimate
FY2016 Request
vs. FY2015
State-Foreign
Operations,
49,307.43
51,826.73 53,247.18 +2.7%
excluding
commissionsa
Commerce-Justice-
Science
Foreign Claim
Settlement
2.10
2.33 2.37
+1.7%
Commission
Int’l Trade
Commission
83.00
84.50 131.50
+55.6%
Agriculture
P.L. 480 and
McGovern-Dole
1,651.13
1,657.63 1,611.63 -2.8%
Total International
Affairs (150)
51,043.66
53,571.19 54,992.68 +2.7%
Source: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Congressional Budget Justifications for
Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016, and Fiscal Year 2015 amended requests of June 26, 2014, November 5, and 10, 2014,
P.L. 113-235, and CRS calculations.
a. While funding for certain international commissions are appropriated in the State-Foreign Operations bill,
they are not part of the International Affairs Function 150 Account.
Author Contact Information
Susan B. Epstein
Alex Tiersky
Specialist in Foreign Policy
Analyst in Foreign Affairs
sepstein@crs.loc.gov, 7-6678
atiersky@crs.loc.gov, 7-7367
Marian L. Lawson
Specialist in Foreign Assistance Policy
mlawson@crs.loc.gov, 7-4475
Congressional Research Service
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