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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5240 
To require a report on the unfunded priorities of the Department of State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require a report on the unfunded priorities of the 
Department of State. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fully Funding our Na-
tional Security Priorities Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after the 
date on which the budget for any fiscal year is submitted 
by the President to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of State shall 
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prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on unfunded priorities of the Department 
of State. 
(b) ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to each un-
funded priority covered by such report— 
(A) a summary description of such pri-
ority, including the objectives to be achieved if 
such priority is funded (whether in whole or in 
part); 
(B) the additional amount of funds rec-
ommended to be made available to achieve the 
objectives referred to in subparagraph (A); and 
(C) budget information with respect to 
such priority, including— 
(i) the appropriation account; 
(ii) the expenditure center; and 
(iii) the project and, if applicable, any 
subprojects. 
(2) PRIORITIZATION.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall present the unfunded priorities 
covered by such report in overall order of urgency of 
priority among unfunded priorities. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, with respect 
to a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mis-
sion requirement of an element of the Department 
of State that— 
(A) is not funded in the budget for such 
fiscal year submitted by the President to Con-
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code; 
(B) is necessary to fulfill a foreign policy 
or national security objective or to satisfy an in-
formation requirement associated with a goal or 
objective outlined in the Joint Strategic Plan 
agreed upon by the Department of State; and 
(C) would have been recommended for 
funding by the Secretary of State if— 
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(i) additional resources had been 
available for such budget to fund such pro-
gram, activity, or mission requirement; or 
(ii) the program, activity, or mission 
requirement has emerged since such budg-
et was formulated. 
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