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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fully Funding our Na5 tional Security Priorities Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) A report issued by the Department of State 

2 in 2023 identified a $41,300,000,000 gap between 

3 the resources made available to the Department of 

4 State and the United States Agency for Inter5 national Development and the resources required to 

6 effectively counter the People’s Republic of China in 

7 the Indo-Pacific region. 

8 (2) While the Department of State and the 

9 United States Agency for International Development 

10 remain less than fully funded, the PRC has provided 

11 some $1,340,000,000,000 in grants and loans over 

12 the past 22 years. In October 2023, the PRC and 

13 President Xi announced an additional 

14 $100,000,000,000 for China’s development banks. 

15 (3) As competitors like the PRC and Russia ex16 pand their global diplomatic footprints, the Depart17 ment of State today has, on average, a 13 percent 

18 staffing gap. 

19 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that— 

21 (1) the United States is a beacon of democracy 

22 and freedom in an increasingly fraught world; 

23 (2) the Department of State, as a critical na24 tional security agency, remains chronically under25 staffed and underfunded at a time when geopolitical 


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1 rivals, including the People’s Republic of China, are 

2 rapidly expanding their global diplomatic presences; 

3 and 

4 (3) it is imperative to empower the Department 

5 of State and the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development to ensure the United States 

7 can— 

8 (A) effectively advance the national secu9 rity interests of the United States; 

10 (B) respond strategically to emerging tech11 nologies; and 

12 (C) respond with flexibility to metasta13 sizing global threats. 

14 SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 

15 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘un16 funded priority’’, with respect to a fiscal year, means a 

17 program, activity, or mission requirement of an element 

18 of the Department of State or the United States Agency 

19 for International Development (referred to in this section 

20 as ‘‘USAID’’) that— 

21 (1) is not funded in the budget for such fiscal 

22 year submitted by the President to Congress pursu23 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code; 

24 (2) is necessary to fulfill a foreign policy or na25 tional security objective or to satisfy an information 


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1 requirement associated with a goal or objective out2 lined in the Joint Strategic Plan agreed upon by the 

3 Department of State and USA/ID; and 

4 (3) would have been recommended for funding 

5 by the Secretary of State or the USAID Adminis6 trator if— 

7 (A) additional resources had been available 

8 for such budget to fund such program, activity, 

9 or mission requirement; or 

10 (B) the program, activity, or mission re11 quirement has emerged since such budget was 

12 formulated. 

13 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after the 

14 date on which the budget for any fiscal year is submitted 

15 by the President to Congress, the Secretary of State and 

16 USAID Administrator shall each prepare and submit a re17 port to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 

18 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com19 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 

20 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

21 Representatives the unfunded priorities of the programs 

22 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the Adminis23 trator, as applicable. 

24 (c) ELEMENTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted to 

2 Congress pursuant to subsection (b) shall include, 

3 with respect to each unfunded priority covered by 

4 such report— 

5 (A) a summary description of such pri6 ority, including the objectives to be achieved if 

7 such priority is funded (whether in whole or in 

8 part); 

9 (B) the additional amount of funds rec10 ommended to be made available to achieve the 

11 objectives referred to in subparagraph (A); and 

12 (C) budget information with respect to 

13 such priority, including— 

14 (i) the appropriation account; 

15 (ii) the expenditure center; and 

16 (iii) the project and, if applicable, any 

17 subprojects. 

18 (2) PRIORITIZATION.—Each report submitted 

19 to Congress pursuant to subsection (b) shall present 

20 the unfunded priorities covered by such report in 

21 overall order of urgency of priority among unfunded 

22 priorities. 

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