	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014

On January 17, 2014, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 ( H.R. 3547 / P.L. Tables in Appendix A and Appendix B have been updated to show a comparison of the enacted FY2014 appropriations law with FY2013 post-rescission funding levels, the President's FY2014 request, and House- and Senate-recommended levels. FY2014 State-Foreign Operations Overview

The Administration's FY2014 request of $51.84 billion for State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs represented about 1.4% of the total budget request for FY2014. It was 5.3% less than the FY2013 request and about 2% less than the FY2013 post-sequester funding estimate. (Unless otherwise noted, all of the FY2013 funding levels in this report reflect estimated funding levels after both sequestration and across-the-board rescissions are applied.) The State Department and related agencies request of $16.88 billion (including the mandatory Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund) represented a decline of 5.5% from the estimated FY2013 funding level of $17.86 billion. Within State-Foreign Operations, about $34.95 billion was requested for foreign operations accounts, which was a 0.2% decrease from the FY2013 estimated funding of $35.02 billion. 3547 ). 113-76 ) on January 17, 2014. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 ( P.L. For State Department operations and related programs, the enacted funding level of $15.86 billion is 3.6% below the Senate-proposed level of $16.46 billion, but 7.3% greater than the House-proposed total of $14.78 billion. While the transfer authority was not provided by the 112 th Congress, Section 1707 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 ( H.R. In the 112 th Congress, House and Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations bills differed over MENA IF. This represented a 68% decline from the FY2013 estimated OCO funding of $7.33 billion. In P.L.
On April 10, 2013, the Obama Administration submitted to Congress its budget request for FY2014. The request for State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs totaled $51.84 billion, which was about 2% below the FY2013 post-sequester estimated funding level of $52.88 billion. Within the request, $3.81 billion was designated as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding, which was 68% below FY2013-estimated OCO funding of $11.92 billion. Of the total request, $16.88 billion was for State Department Operations and related agencies, a 5.8% decline from the FY2013 funding estimate of $17.86 billion. About $34.95 billion was for Foreign Operations, a 0.2% decrease from the FY2013 estimate of $35.02 billion. After enacting appropriations for FY2014 with continuing resolutions in late 2013-early 2014, Congress completed action on, and the President signed, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3547/P.L. 113-76) in mid-January 2014.
This report provides a brief overview of the FY2014 State Department, Foreign Operations and Related Programs funding request, as well as top-line analysis of House and Senate State-Foreign Operations appropriations proposals, enacted continuing resolutions, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113-76). It does not provide information or analysis on specific provisions in the House and Senate legislation.
Tables in Appendix A and Appendix B provide side-by-side account-level funding data for FY2013, the FY2014 request, House- and Senate-proposed totals, and the enacted FY2014 funding levels in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3547/P.L. 113-76). The FY2013 funding data used as a point of comparison throughout this report represent post-sequestration estimates provided by the Department of State and reflect across-the-board rescissions.