Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 222.

Oct 3, 2023

This bill appropriates fiscal year 2024 funds for the Department of State and foreign operations programs. It allocates funds to the State Department for administration, international organizations, and commissions; to related agencies including the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Asia Foundation, U.S. Institute of Peace, and National Endowment for Democracy; and to commissions focused on heritage preservation, religious freedom, Europe-China relations, and U.S.-China economic and security matters. The bill also provides appropriations for USAID, international security assistance, multilateral financial institutions, bilateral economic assistance programs including the Peace Corps and Millennium Challenge Corporation, and export and investment assistance agencies. The bill establishes requirements and restrictions for the use of appropriated funds.

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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 This bill provides FY2024 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. The bill provides appropriations to the State Department for Administration of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations, and International Commissions. The bill provides appropriations for related agencies and programs, including the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, the East-West Center, and the National Endowment for Democracy. The bill provides appropriations for other commissions, including the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The bill provides appropriations to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the State Department and the President for International Security Assistance, and International Financial Institutions for Multilateral Assistance. The bill provides appropriations for bilateral economic assistance, including programs and activities conducted by the President; the State Department; Independent Agencies, including the Peace Corps, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the U.S. African Development Foundation; and the Department of the Treasury. The bill provides appropriations for export and investment assistance to the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. The bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.