[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4863-S4864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2538. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1272. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Unfunded priority.--The term ``unfunded priority'', 
     with respect to a fiscal year, means a program or activity 
     that--
       (A) is not funded in the budget of the President for such 
     fiscal year that was submitted to Congress pursuant to 
     section 1105 of title 31, United States Code;
       (B) is necessary to fulfill a goal associated with--
       (i) the most recently published national security strategy 
     report required under section 104 of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); or
       (ii) the latest Department of State and USAID Joint 
     Strategic Plan required under section 306 of title 5, United 
     States Code; and
       (C) would have been recommended for funding in the budget 
     referred to in subparagraph (A) by the official submitting 
     the report required under subsection (b) relating to such 
     budget if--
       (i) additional resources had been available for the budget 
     to fund such program or activity; or
       (ii) such program or activity has emerged since the budget 
     was submitted.
       (2) USAID.--The term ``USAID'' means the United States 
     Agency for International Development
       (b) Annual Report.--Not later than 10 days after the date 
     on which the President submits to Congress the budget for a 
     fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
     States Code, each official listed in subsection (c) shall 
     submit a report to the Secretary of State, the USAID 
     Administrator, 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 that describes the unfunded priorities of the 
     bureau, agency, or office under the jurisdiction of such 
     official.
       (c) Officials.--The officials listed in this subsection 
     are--

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       (1) every Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador-At-
     Large, and rank equivalent official overseeing a Department 
     of State bureau or office; and
       (2) every USAID Assistant Administrator and rank equivalent 
     official overseeing a USAID bureau or office.
       (d) Elements.--Each report submitted pursuant to this 
     section shall include, with respect to each unfunded priority 
     covered by such report--
       (1) a summary description of such priority, including the 
     related objectives set forth in--
       (A) the most recent National Security Strategy required 
     under section 104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3043); and
       (B) the latest Department of State and USAID Joint 
     Strategic Plan required under section 306 of title 5, United 
     States Code, which will be advanced if such priority is 
     funded, in whole or in part;
       (2) indication of the office or officials who raised such 
     priority or whose mission would benefit from it being funded, 
     as indicated in Bureau Resource Requests, Mission Resource 
     Requests, Integrated Country Strategies, and other reports 
     delivered from embassies and other Department of State and 
     USAID locations around the world;
       (3) the additional funding recommended to be appropriated 
     to carry out the objectives referred to in paragraph (1);
       (4) account information that is specific to such priority;
       (5) a detailed assessment of each specific risk that would 
     be reduced by executing the National Security Strategy and 
     the latest Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan 
     if such priority is funded, in whole or in part;
       (6) the reason funding for the priority was not included in 
     the budget submitted to Congress by the President;
       (7) a description of any funding provided to carry out such 
     priority in the current and preceding fiscal years; and
       (8) an assessment of the effect that providing funding for 
     the priority would have on the Department of State and USAID 
     Joint Strategic Plan.
       (e) Prioritization.--Not later than 10 days after the 
     submission of all of the reports required under subsection 
     (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary of State and the USAID 
     Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate, the State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
     State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee 
     of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives that prioritizes each unfunded priority 
     across all unfunded priorities submitted by the officials 
     listed in subsection (c) according to the risk reduced in 
     executing the National Security Strategy and the latest 
     Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan.
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