	Continuing Resolution

Congress has passed a series of continuing resolutions (CRs) to fund government programs since FY2011 began on October 1, 2010. 1 , respectively, to fund the government for the remainder of FY2011. Ensuing negotiations between the Administration and House and Senate leaders resulted in an agreement that was introduced in the House on April 11 as H.R. 1473 . 112-10 , approved by the House and Senate on April 14 and signed by the President on April 15. 111-212 ) the FY2010 supplemental, which provides about $6.1 billion to the Department of State and Foreign Operations funding, largely for State Department operations and foreign aid to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Haiti. House Legislation

On June 30, the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and approved, by voice vote, a draft FY2011 funding bill. Senate Legislation

On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up and approved a FY2011 State-Foreign Operations funding bill, S. 3676 . State-Foreign Operations Overview

The State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill funds most programs and activities within the international affairs budget account, known as Function 150, including foreign economic and military assistance, contributions to international organizations and multilateral financial institutions, State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) operations, public diplomacy, and international broadcasting programs. However, the bill does not align perfectly with the international affairs budget. Less clear, however, is the appropriate designation for $1.8 billion included in an FY2009 supplemental appropriations measure that House and Senate appropriators considered forward funding of priorities identified in the FY2010 request, but which were not clearly designated as FY2010 funds in the enacting legislation and accompanying report. For example, the FY2011 request was slightly less than the FY2010 total if the FY2010 supplemental and forward funding are included in the FY2010 column, but represented a 16% increase if the supplemental funds are excluded and the forward funding is counted in FY2009 rather than FY2010. FY2011 Budget Request

On February 1, 2010, the Obama Administration sent its FY2011 international affairs (Function 150 account) budget request to Congress, corresponding to a total of $56.81 billion requested for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. For a full listing of funds requested for State, Foreign Operations and Related Agency accounts, see Appendix C and Appendix D .

		FY2011 Budget Request: State Department and Related Programs14

The Administration's FY2011 budget request for the Department of State, international broadcasting, and related programs was $17.41 billion, a 1.2% decrease from the FY2010-enacted level of $17.62 billion, including the mandatory Foreign Service Retirement Fund and $1.52 billion in supplemental funds. Contributions to several foundations supported by the bill would have been reduced from FY2010 levels as well. (See Appendix D for Foreign Operations accounts and funding levels.) The Administration requested $1.48 billion for USAID Operating Expenses for FY2011, a 6% increase over the enacted FY2010 level. Global Health

The Administration requested $8.5 billion in the Global Health and Child Survival account for Global Health Initiative (GHI) activities in FY2011. This amount did not include P.L.
The annual State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill has been the primary legislative vehicle through which Congress reviews the U.S. international affairs budget and influences executive branch foreign policy making in recent years, as Congress has not regularly considered these issues through a complete authorization process for State Department diplomatic activities since 2003 and for foreign aid programs since 1985. Funding for Foreign Operations and State Department/Broadcasting programs has been steadily rising since FY2002, after a period of decline in the 1980s and 1990s. Ongoing assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as large new global health programs and rapidly increasing assistance to Pakistan, has kept the international affairs budget at historically high levels in recent years. The change of Administration in 2009 did not disrupt this trend. However, increasing concern about the federal budget deficit and accountability for funds already provided has halted this growth in FY2011.
On February 1, 2010, President Obama submitted a budget proposal for FY2011 that requested $58.68 billion for the international affairs budget, a 3% increase over the enacted FY2010 funding level, including supplementals. If $1.8 billion in "forward funding" of FY2010 priorities appropriated in FY2009 supplemental legislation is counted toward FY2010 rather than FY2009 totals, as it was by the Administration, and the enacted FY2010 supplemental is factored in, the FY2011 request would represent a slight decrease from FY2010-enacted levels.
This report focuses only on the $56.82 billion requested for programs and activities funded through the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill, which excludes some portions of the International Affairs request and includes funding for certain commissions requested as part of other budget functions. The Administration requested significant increases for Global Health and Child Survival, Development Assistance, technical assistance and debt restructuring through the Treasury Department, Foreign Military Financing, and various multilateral environmental accounts. Programs for which the Administration recommended significantly reduced funding, compared with enacted FY2010 levels, are contributions to international organizations, commissions and foundations, and peacekeeping operations.
The House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee approved a draft FY2011 bill on June 30, which totaled $52.81 billion. On the Senate side, the full Appropriations Committee marked up and approved its FY2011 State-Foreign Operations bill, S. 3676, on July 27, totaling $54.22 billion. Neither bill progressed further, however, and State Department and Foreign Operations activities, along with all federal programs, have been funded since October 1, 2010, through a series of continuing resolutions. On April 14, 2011, the House and Senate approved H.R. 1473, legislation embodying an agreement between the Administration and House and Senate leaders to fund the government for the remainder of FY2011. Signed into law on April 15, 2011, H.R. 1473 (P.L. 112-10) funds State and Foreign Operations accounts at $48.98 billion.
This report analyzes the FY2011 request, recent-year funding trends, and congressional action related to FY2011 State-Foreign Operations legislation.