Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015
Latest action. Placed on Senate legislative calendarThe list of measures reported out of committee and eligible for floor action. Being on the calendar is not a promise of a vote.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Department of State and Related Agency - Makes FY2015 appropriations for the Department of State (Department) for:
administration of foreign affairs and diplomatic and consular programs;
the Capital Investment Fund;
the Office of Inspector General;
educational and cultural exchange programs;
representation allowances;
protection of foreign missions and officials;
U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance;
emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service;
the repatriation loans program account;
the American Institute in Taiwan;
the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund;
international organizations and commissions;
the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico;
salaries and expenses;
construction of authorized projects;
the International Joint Commission, the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission;
international fisheries commissions;
international broadcasting operations and capital improvements;
the Asia Foundation;
the United States Institute for Peace;
the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund;
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated;
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program;
the East-West Center;
the National Endowment for Democracy;
the Commission for Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad;
the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom;
the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; and
the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Title II: United States Agency for International Development - Makes FY2015 appropriations for operating expenses of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the capital investment fund, and the Office of Inspector General.
Title III: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes FY2015 appropriations for:
expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
global health and child survival,
specified development assistance,
international disaster assistance,
transition initiatives,
development credit authority,
the Economic Support Fund,
promotion of democracy,
The summary continues for 371 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate without amendment" stage on June 19, 2014. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 19, 2014: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 113th Congress (2013-14), 296 of the 9,091 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced it on June 19, 2014. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 19, 2014, 4466 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 4466 days ago, on June 19, 2014.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 113th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2015 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers