Fully Funding our National Security Priorities Act

Bill: 119-hr-5240
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2025-09-09
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-09-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fully Funding our National Security Priorities Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding unfunded State Department priorities.</p><p>Under the bill, an <em>unfunded priority</em> generally refers to a program, activity, or mission requirement of the State Department that was not funded in the President's budget and is necessary to fulfill a foreign policy or national security objective or to satisfy an information requirement associated with a goal or objective outlined in the Joint Strategic Plan agreed upon by the State Department.</p><p>The report must be submitted no later than 10 days after the President's budget is submitted to Congress and must include specified details regarding each unfunded priority, including&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><ul><li>a description of the priority, including the objectives to be achieved if the priority is funded;</li><li>the amount of additional funding that is needed to achieve the objective; and</li><li>certain budget information (e.g., the appropriation account and the project).&nbsp;</li></ul>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5240 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fully Funding our National Security Priorities Act . 2. Report on unfunded priorities of the Department 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 prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on unfunded priorities of the Department of State. (b) Elements (1) In general The report required by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to each unfunded priority covered by such report— (A) a summary description of such priority, including the objectives to be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part); (B) the additional amount of funds recommended 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— (1) the term appropriate committees of Congress 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 mission 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 Congress 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 information 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— (i) additional resources had been available for such budget to fund such program, activity, or mission requirement; or (ii) the program, activity, or mission requirement has emerged since such budget was formulated.