[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4863 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4863

 To require an annual report on the unfunded programs, activities, and 
  mission requirements within the Department of State and the United 
              States Agency for International Development.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2024

 Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require an annual report on the unfunded programs, activities, and 
  mission requirements within the Department of State and the United 
              States Agency for International Development.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fully Funding our National Security 
Priorities Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) A report issued by the Department of State in 2023 
        identified a $41,300,000,000 gap between the resources made 
        available to the Department of State and the United States 
        Agency for International Development and the resources required 
        to effectively counter the People's Republic of China in the 
        Indo-Pacific region.
            (2) While the Department of State and the United States 
        Agency for International Development remain less than fully 
        funded, the PRC has provided some $1,340,000,000,000 in grants 
        and loans over the past 22 years. In October 2023, the PRC and 
        President Xi announced an additional $100,000,000,000 for 
        China's development banks.
            (3) As competitors like the PRC and Russia expand their 
        global diplomatic footprints, the Department of State today 
        has, on average, a 13 percent staffing gap.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United States is a beacon of democracy and freedom 
        in an increasingly fraught world;
            (2) the Department of State, as a critical national 
        security agency, remains chronically understaffed and 
        underfunded at a time when geopolitical rivals, including the 
        People's Republic of China, are rapidly expanding their global 
        diplomatic presences; and
            (3) it is imperative to empower the Department of State and 
        the United States Agency for International Development to 
        ensure the United States can--
                    (A) effectively advance the national security 
                interests of the United States;
                    (B) respond strategically to emerging technologies; 
                and
                    (C) respond with flexibility to metastasizing 
                global threats.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``unfunded priority'', 
with respect to a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission 
requirement of an element of the Department of State or the United 
States Agency for International Development (referred to in this 
section as ``USAID'') that--
            (1) is not funded in the budget for such fiscal year 
        submitted by the President to Congress pursuant to section 1105 
        of title 31, United States Code;
            (2) is necessary to fulfill a foreign policy or national 
        security objective or to satisfy an information requirement 
        associated with a goal or objective outlined in the Joint 
        Strategic Plan agreed upon by the Department of State and USA/
        ID; and
            (3) would have been recommended for funding by the 
        Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator if--
                    (A) additional resources had been available for 
                such budget to fund such program, activity, or mission 
                requirement; or
                    (B) the program, activity, or mission requirement 
                has emerged since such budget was formulated.
    (b) In General.--Not later than 10 days after the date on which the 
budget for any fiscal year is submitted by the President to Congress, 
the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall each prepare and 
submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives the unfunded priorities 
of the programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the 
Administrator, as applicable.
    (c) Elements.--
            (1) In general.--Each report submitted to Congress pursuant 
        to subsection (b) shall include, with respect to each unfunded 
        priority covered by such report--
                    (A) a summary description of such priority, 
                including the objectives to be achieved if such 
                priority is funded (whether in whole or in part);
                    (B) the additional amount of funds recommended to 
                be made available to achieve the objectives referred to 
                in subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) budget information with respect to such 
                priority, including--
                            (i) the appropriation account;
                            (ii) the expenditure center; and
                            (iii) the project and, if applicable, any 
                        subprojects.
            (2) Prioritization.--Each report submitted to Congress 
        pursuant to subsection (b) shall present the unfunded 
        priorities covered by such report in overall order of urgency 
        of priority among unfunded priorities.
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