Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022
This bill provides FY2022 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs.
The bill provides appropriations to the State Department for
Administration of Foreign Affairs,
International Organizations, and
International Commissions.
The bill provides appropriations for related agencies and programs, including
the U.S. Agency for Global Media,
the Asia Foundation,
the U.S. Institute of Peace,
the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund,
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program,
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program,
the East-West Center, and
the National Endowment for Democracy.
The bill provides appropriations for other commissions, including
the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad,
the U.S. 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 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
The bill provides appropriations to
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
the State Department and the President for International Security Assistance, and
the President and International Financial Institutions for Multilateral Assistance.
The bill provides appropriations for bilateral economic assistance to
the President;
the State Department;
Independent Agencies, including the Peace Corps, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the U.S. African Development Foundation; and
the Department of the Treasury.
The bill provides appropriations for export and investment assistance to
the Export-Import Bank of the United States,
the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and
the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
The bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on October 26, 2021. 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 October 26, 2021: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- 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 117th Congress (2021-22), 362 of the 15,242 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 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?
Christopher Coons (D-DE) introduced it on October 26, 2021. 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 October 26, 2021, 1780 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 1780 days ago, on October 26, 2021.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 117th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2023 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