{ "id": "RL30197", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RL30197", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 605034, "date": "2019-08-30", "retrieved": "2019-09-16T22:30:50.759880", "title": "State Department and Related Agencies FY2000 Appropriations", "summary": "On February 1, 1999 the President submitted his FY2000 budget request which, after being amended in June, included $6.3 billion for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. This represents a decline of $683 million (or 9.8%) from the FY1999 enacted level which consists of regular appropriations and an emergency supplemental appropriation for embassy security, among other measures. Congress approved the conference report (H.Rept.106-398) on October 20, 1999. The President vetoed the CJS legislation on October 25th, citing the need for hate crime legislation, the inadequacy in funding of the Department of Justice COPS program to hire additional police officers, and inadequate funding/authorization for U.S. arrearage payment to the United Nations. In November, Congress merged a number of bills, including the CJS appropriations (H.R. 3421) into a consolidated bill (H.R. 3194). Congress passed the Act on November 19, 1999; the President signed it into law (P.L. 106-113) on November 29, 1999.\nThe Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1999 (P.L. 105-277, section 1001) required the foreign policy agencies to be reorganized before FY2000. The Act required that the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) merge its functions into the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reorganize and come directly under the authority of the Secretary of State by April 1, 1999. It required the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) to consolidate its information and exchange functions into the Department of State, while the broadcasting functions became an independent agency--the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)--as of October 1, 1999.\nThe amended FY2000 State Department budget request contained a total of$568 million for embassy security upgrades and an advance appropriation request of$3.6 billion for FY2001 - 2005. The final appropriations includes $568 million specifically for worldwide security upgrades, with funds in other accounts available for overseas security, as well.\nU.S. arrearage payments to the United Nations had been a controversial issue in recent years. The 105th Congress appropriated $475 million for arrearage payments for FY1999; it was never authorized, however, because Congress included in the authorization bill international family planning language that triggered a presidential veto. The Administration sought $446 million for U.S. arrearage payments to the U.N. for FY2000; Congress agreed to $351 million.\nFor the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Administration requested an FY2000 budget of $452.6 million\u2013a 13.8% increase over the FY1999 broadcasting account to help establish it as an independent agency. Congress agreed to $421.8 million for the BBG in FY2000.\nThis is the final report on the State Department\u2019s FY2000 budget.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RL30197", "sha1": "312cb5acfa772096f668a57e114a951834486860", "filename": "files/20190830_RL30197_312cb5acfa772096f668a57e114a951834486860.pdf", "images": {} }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20190830_RL30197_312cb5acfa772096f668a57e114a951834486860.html" } ], "topics": [] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 101847, "date": "2000-02-04", "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:39:04.422941", "title": "State Department and Related Agencies FY2000 Appropriations", "summary": "On February 1, 1999 the President submitted his FY2000 budget request which, after being\namended\nin June, included $6.3 billion for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. \nThis represents a decline of $683 million (or 9.8%) from the FY1999 enacted level which consists\nof regular appropriations and an emergency supplemental appropriation for embassy security, among\nother measures. Congress approved the conference report ( H.Rept.106-398 ) on October 20, 1999. \nThe President vetoed the CJS legislation on October 25th, citing the need for hate crime legislation,\nthe inadequacy in funding of the Department of Justice COPS program to hire additional police\nofficers, and inadequate funding/authorization for U.S. arrearage payment to the United Nations. In\nNovember, Congress merged a number of bills, including the CJS appropriations ( H.R. 3421 ) into a consolidated bill ( H.R. 3194 ). Congress passed the Act on November 19,\n1999; the President signed it into law ( P.L. 106-113 ) on November 29, 1999.\n The Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1999 ( P.L. 105-277 , section 1001)\nrequired the foreign policy agencies to be reorganized before FY2000. The Act required that the\nArms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) merge its functions into the Department of State,\nand the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reorganize and come directly under\nthe authority of the Secretary of State by April 1, 1999. It required the U.S. Information Agency\n(USIA) to consolidate its information and exchange functions into the Department of State, while the\nbroadcasting functions became an independent agency--the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)-\n-as of October 1, 1999.\n The amended FY2000 State Department budget request contained a total of $568 million for\nembassy security upgrades and an advance appropriation request of $3.6 billion for FY2001 - 2005. \nThe final appropriations includes $568 million specifically for worldwide security upgrades, with\nfunds in other accounts available for overseas security, as well.\n U.S. arrearage payments to the United Nations had been a controversial issue in recent years. \nThe 105th Congress appropriated $475 million for arrearage payments for FY1999; it was never\nauthorized, however, because Congress included in the authorization bill international family planning\nlanguage that triggered a presidential veto. The Administration sought $446 million for U.S.\narrearage payments to the U.N. for FY2000; Congress agreed to $351 million.\n For the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Administration requested an FY2000 budget of\n$452.6 million--a 13.8% increase over the FY1999 broadcasting account to help establish it as an\nindependent agency. Congress agreed to $421.8 million for the BBG in FY2000. \n This is the final report on the State Department's FY2000 budget.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RL30197", "sha1": "ef3dbc876c01f21c9dacefb77cb59bd2b6cc18fe", "filename": "files/20000204_RL30197_ef3dbc876c01f21c9dacefb77cb59bd2b6cc18fe.pdf", "images": null }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20000204_RL30197_ef3dbc876c01f21c9dacefb77cb59bd2b6cc18fe.html" } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "Appropriations", "Foreign Affairs" ] }