Public Policy & Advocacy Briefs/Reports
This week’s edition includes updates on the FY2014 appropriations process as well as a summary of the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, “A Crisis Mismanaged: Obama’s Failed Syria Policy.”
InterAction’s Post-2015 Task Force, which developed this document, believes that certain core elements must be part of the framework that will follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) once they expire in 2015.
This week's update includes the latest news on the 302(b) allocations for the FY2014 budget, an update on Syria legislation and the summary of a hearing on different perspectives on international development.
The FY2014 appropriations process continued to move along this week. The House Appropriations Committee has begun circulating 302(b) allocations setting spending limits for each of the individual FY2014 appropriations bills. The allocation for the State, Foreign Operations (SFOPS) Appropriations bill is expected to be $34.1 for the base budget and $6.5 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), for a total of $40.6 billion including a small amount of mandatory funding. If enacted, this would represent an approximately 21% drop from postsequestration levels for FY2013, and a 16% cut from last year’s House allocation. The House Appropriations Committee has also begun considering individual spending bills, including the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill and the Homeland Security appropriations bill. We expect to see the SFOPS appropriations bill in the coming weeks.The update provides a summary of the budget and appropriations process in both the House and the Senate as well other relevant legislation that was introduced or marked up this week.
This week's edition includes an update on the Congressional Budget Justification, a summary of a USAID budget hearing with Administrator Shah and a list of recommended articles.
This week's update includes a note about a Supreme Court case on Monday, summaries of three USAID hearings on the Hill, and a list of recommended articles.
This week’s update includes hearing summaries from all of Sec. Kerry’s hearings as well as a recap of the food aid reform portion of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Next week, we will provide summaries of USAID Administrator Shah’s hearings.
This week's update includes an analysis of the presiden'ts FY2014 budget request, the summary of a hearing on Afghanistan and Iraq, a list of upcoming hearings and a collectin of recommended articles.
InterAction's fiscal year 2014 recommendations for Congress, their staff and other U.S. policymakers.
Leading NGO alliance InterAction supports efforts to reform food assistance programs and urges U.S. lawmakers to retain the focus of these programs on reaching the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.
