Congress has passed a series of continuing resolutions (CRs) to fund government programs since FY2011 began on October 1, 2010. In the meantime, the House and Senate majority leadership each proposed comprehensive legislation, H.R. 1 and Senate Amendment #149 to H.R. 1 , respectively, to fund the government for the remainder of FY2011. Both proposals were rejected by the Senate on March 9, 2011. Ensuing negotiations between the Administration and House and Senate leaders resulted in an agreement that was introduced in the House on April 11 as H.R. 1473 . The legislation became P.L. 112-10 , approved by the House and Senate on April 14 and signed by the President on April 15. P.L. 112-10 establishes FY2011 funding levels for State Department and Foreign Operations accounts at a total annual rate of $48.98 billion. This represents a 14% decrease from the Administration's FY2011 request, and an 11% decrease from the total FY2010-enacted appropriation, including supplementals. The legislation had no accompanying report and provides limited details about country-level funding. The legislation directs the Administration to report back to Congress in 30 days on how it proposes to allocate the appropriated funds at the program, project, and activity level. State Department and Foreign Operations highlights of P.L. 112-10 include the following: The State Department appropriation for Administration of Foreign Affairs, at $11.41 billion, is a 9% cut from the FY2010 total enacted level, but slightly higher than the pre-supplemental funding level. Within this title, Diplomatic and Consular Programs are cut 8% from the total FY2010-enacted level, including supplementals, the Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance account is cut by 10%, and Educational and Cultural Exchange programs are cut 6%. The legislation also terminates overseas comparability pay adjustment for foreign service officers. The legislation provides $747 million for International Broadcasting, including $10 million provided specifically to fight Internet access restrictions. U.S. Institute of Peace funding is cut 20% from the total enacted FY2010 level, to $39.4 million. USAID receives $1.66 billion for administrative accounts, an 8% reduction from FY2010. Bilateral economic assistance is funded at $25.03 billion, a 15% reduction from the total FY2010-enacted level. The Global Health & Child Survival and Development Assistance accounts remain level with the FY2010-enacted total, at $7.83 billion and $2.52 billion, respectively. Cuts in this title come primarily from strategic assistance accounts: Economic Support Fund is cut by 33% from FY2010 total enacted to $5.95 billion, while the Assistance to Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia account is cut 6%, to $696 million. International Disaster and Famine Assistance, at $863 million, is 34% less than the total enacted FY2010 level, but slightly higher than the pre-supplemental funding level. Among independent agencies, the Millennium Challenge Corporation receives just under $900 million, a 19% cut from the FY2010-enacted level, while Peace Corps funding, at just under $375 million, is cut 6% from the prior-year level. Security assistance is reduced 2% overall from the total FY2010-enacted level, including supplemental funding. The International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement account is cut by 43% from the FY2010 total, to $1.60 billion (consistent with FY2010 pre-supplemental funding), while the Foreign Military Finance account increases by 25% to $5.37 billion. No foreign operations funding is provided for the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund, though $800 million for a similar fund is included under the Department of Defense section of the legislation. Multilateral assistance is reduced 13% from FY2010 total enacted levels, including supplementals. U.S. contributions to environmental funds are particularly hard hit, including a 38% cut to the International Clean Technology Fund, to $185 million, and a 33% cut to the Strategic Climate Fund, at $50 million. The Asian Development Bank receives no funding in the legislation, and funds for the African Development Fund are reduced 29%, to about $110 million. The legislation provides not less that $575 million for family planning/reproductive health programs, a major point of contention during negotiations, and further states that $40 million should be made available for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) under the International Organizations and Programs (IO&P) account. On February 1, 2010, the Obama Administration submitted its FY2011 budget request to Congress, together with a request for supplemental FY2010 funding for foreign operations activities. Later that month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and before each chamber's State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee. Hearings on aspects of the international affairs budget request were held throughout March and April 2010. On April 22, 2010, the Senate Budget Committee passed a budget resolution recommending $4 billion less than the Administration requested for the International Affairs account, prompting strong objections by foreign aid advocates, including a letter signed by all living former Secretaries of State urging Congress to fully fund the Administration's request. On July 15 and July 20, 2010, respectively, the Senate and House approved FY2011 discretionary funding allocations for each appropriations subcommittee, enabling work on appropriations legislation to move forward in the absence of a budget resolution. For State and Foreign Operations, the House allocation is $53.9 billion and the Senate allocation is $54.0 billion. On July 29, 2010, the President signed into law ( P.L. 111-212 ) the FY2010 supplemental, which provides about $6.1 billion to the Department of State and Foreign Operations funding, largely for State Department operations and foreign aid to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Haiti. On June 30, the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and approved, by voice vote, a draft FY2011 funding bill. The measure would have provide $52.81 billion, $4 billion less than the Obama Administration request and $2.3 billion less than the enacted FY2010 funding level. While funding tables from the draft were made available, the text was not. Funding levels by account can be found in Appendix C and Appendix D . A press release from the subcommittee following the bill's passage highlighted, among others, that the bill— Did not allocate the $3.9 billion requested by the Administration for Afghanistan, in keeping with Chairwoman Lowey's June 28 statement that the subcommittee would not appropriate funds to Afghanistan until recent reports of aid being diverted out of the country by corrupt officials have been adequately investigated. The subcommittee requested that GAO audit all U.S. assistance to Afghanistan for FY2008-FY2010, and included funds in the bill for a Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction to establish a task force on corruption. For Pakistan, recommended $2.51 billion in assistance. For Iraq, included $351 million to support the transition of security forces training from military to civilian management. Fully funded commitments to Israel, Egypt, and Jordan. Recommended $735 million, or $20 million more than requested, for family planning services, but did not change any provisions of law restricting funds to organizations that provide abortions or advocate for abortion rights. Provided $825 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which was $125 million above the Administration request. Included $1 billion for food security and agricultural development, or 38% less than the Administration request. Recommended $1.34 billion for bilateral and multilateral activities to protect the environment and address global climate change. Recommended $925 million for basic education programs, with an emphasis on providing alternatives to madrassas, which is almost 10% more than requested. Matched the Administrations request of $446.2 million for the Peace Corps, which is a 12% increase over the FY2010 funding. On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up and approved a FY2011 State-Foreign Operations funding bill, S. 3676 . The legislation would have appropriated $54.22 billion, which was $1.40 billion less than the House subcommittee draft and $2.61 billion below the Administration's request. Of the total provided for State operations, 18.7% was for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. Of the total provided for foreign operations, 15.3% was for those three countries. Funding levels by account can be found in Appendix C and Appendix D . The bill — For Afghanistan, provided $2.6 billion in assistance, more than $1.2 billion below the requested amount, and $660 million for State Department operations. For Pakistan, provided $2.48 billion in assistance, which is $546 million below the Administration's request, as well as $92.6 million for State Department operations. For Iraq, provided $1.6 billion for State Department operations and $529 million for assistance, or $183 million less than requested. Provided the amounts requested for Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. For Colombia, provided $447 million, or $17.9 million less than requested. Noted lack of authorization for State to retained consular fees, and increased appropriations above the request, while also suggesting the use of unobligated funds, to meet funding requests for Diplomatic & Consular Programs, Embassy Construction & Maintenance, and Worldwide Security Protection accounts that the Administration had proposed to meet through fee retention. For State's Civilian Stabilization Initiative (CSI), recommended $50.0 million, which is more than a 50%, or $70 million, reduction from FY2010 levels. It called for a reduced number of Active and Standby personnel and questioned State's ability to deploy the proposed number of personnel. It provided no CSI funds for USAID.