{ "id": "R43807", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "R43807", "active": true, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 439225, "date": "2015-03-18", "retrieved": "2016-04-06T19:20:43.595136", "title": "FY2015 Funding to Counter Ebola and the Islamic State (IS)", "summary": "In 2014, two major global threats\u2014the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East\u2014caused serious concern within the Obama Administration and among Members of Congress. In November 2014, the President requested a total of $11.7 billion for responding to the Ebola crisis and combatting the Islamic State.\nOn November 5, 2014, the President requested $6.18 billion in FY2015 emergency appropriations for Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of State and international assistance programs, and DOD to address the Ebola crisis domestically and overseas. The funding would enhance domestic preparedness and support overseas operations to end the current epidemic and prevent the spread of Ebola and other infectious diseases. The request included $2.43 billion for Health and Human Services, $2.10 billion for the Department of State and International Programs, and $112 million for the Department of Defense to advance research and technologies to control Ebola and other infectious diseases. \nAppropriations requested for a new Contingency Fund (not Overseas Contingency Operations\u2014OCO) totaling $1.54 billion under HHS and Department of State accounts were accompanied by a request for the authority to transfer these funds to any federal agency to help meet Ebola or other infectious disease-related critical needs that may suddenly arise, both domestically and overseas. In addition to the new Contingency Fund, the request also sought transfer authority for the emergency appropriations to any other federal accounts to meet the purposes specified in the request. The Administration asserted that these authorities are necessary for flexibility and a whole-of-government approach to this crisis.\nOn November 10, 2014, the President submitted to Congress an amended FY2015 OCO request for an additional $5.5 billion to combat IS\u2014nearly $5 billion for DOD and $520 million for the Department of State. This brought the FY2015 OCO request to a total of $71.4 billion.\nDOD\u2019s amended OCO funding request of $4.94 billion for FY2015 was for incremental U.S. military personnel expenses; fuel, supplies, and repair costs for ground, air, and sea-based operations, as well as other support; command, control, and intelligence activities, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and classified activities; replacement of expended munitions; building the capacity of Iraqi security forces and Kurdish and tribal forces; providing support to coalition members; and other small-scale humanitarian relief and reconstruction activities. In addition, DOD\u2019s earlier OCO request included an allocation of $500 million to train Syrian opposition forces to combat ISIS. \nThe Department of State\u2019s amended OCO request of $520 million was for expanding the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications\u2019 messaging in key languages; helping the moderate Syrian opposition develop capacity and credibility; supporting Jordan and Lebanon\u2019s territory and borders; humanitarian support related to IS attacks in Syria and Iraq; and expanding U.S. international broadcasting to provide a platform for moderate Muslims to voice opposition to extremism.\nBoth the Ebola and IS requests designated budget authority as either an emergency requirement or Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (OCO/GWOT). Funds designated in this manner would effectively not be subject to the discretionary spending limits established by the Budget Control Act, 2011, as amended (P.L. 112-25), and could, therefore, increase the deficit. \nThe conference version of the Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235), approved the DOD Ebola request and the $5.4 billion requested to combat the Islamic State plus an unspecified increase in Department of State OCO funds that is available to counter IS. The DOD total included $1.6 billion requested for a new Iraq train-and-equip account and $500 million to train vetted Syrian opposition forces, the more controversial elements. The FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 113-291/H.R. 3797), signed into law on December 19, 2014, reduced the amount and limited the authorities in a new Counterterrorism Response Partnership Fund (CTPF) that could include funds to train Syrian opposition forces, as well as other partnerships.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R43807", "sha1": "87fecfe2440f8135933f4892bb9a388448726784", "filename": "files/20150318_R43807_87fecfe2440f8135933f4892bb9a388448726784.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R43807", "sha1": "ce3a47839825656156c60607da610afd83b801b0", "filename": "files/20150318_R43807_ce3a47839825656156c60607da610afd83b801b0.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 2347, "name": "Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 276, "name": "Sub-Saharan Africa" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 3467, "name": "Foreign Aid" } ] }, { "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc807744/", "id": "R43807_2014Dec09", "date": "2014-12-09", "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26", "title": "FY2015 Budget Requests to Counter Ebola and the Islamic State (IS)", "summary": null, "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "filename": "files/20141209_R43807_45242d7e5206cbd0737d3daf24b8128f3133a341.pdf" }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20141209_R43807_45242d7e5206cbd0737d3daf24b8128f3133a341.html" } ], "topics": [] }, { "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc490894/", "id": "R43807_2014Dec04", "date": "2014-12-04", "retrieved": "2015-01-27T19:40:46", "title": "FY2015 Budget Requests to Counter Ebola and the Islamic State (IS)", "summary": "This report discusses the emergency request for the U.S. Ebola response and provides data on health and human services funds for Ebola and other infectious diseases.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "filename": "files/20141204_R43807_13a4190043942184329616a4983e243e07a63370.pdf" }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20141204_R43807_13a4190043942184329616a4983e243e07a63370.html" } ], "topics": [ { "source": "LIV", "id": "Communicable diseases", "name": "Communicable diseases" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Epidemics", "name": "Epidemics" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Public health", "name": "Public health" } ] } ], "topics": [ "Appropriations", "Foreign Affairs", "Health Policy", "Intelligence and National Security", "National Defense" ] }