House Appropriations Committee
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
Subcommittee Markup of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Subcommittee markup of Fiscal Year 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Bill.
The State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill provides $52.5 billion for programs under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee, which is $16.4 billion (24%) below the President’s Budget Request, $7.2 billion (12%) below FY23 enacted level, and $1.7 billion below the FY19 enacted level.
Text of Legislation
Documents
- FY24 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs – Bill Summary
- Notice of FY24 Subcommittee Markup – State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Bill
“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Multilateral Assistance’’ may be used to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out Executive Order 14008 (relating to Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad), including the memorandum entitled ‘‘Guidance on Fossil Fuel Energy at the Multilateral Development Banks’’, issued by the Department of the Treasury on August 16, 2021.”
“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available as a contribution, grant, or any other payment to the Green Climate Fund.”
“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available as a contribution, grant, or any other payment to the Clean Technology Fund.”
“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to pay compensation to any country, organization, or individual for loss and damages attributed to climate change.”
“Funds appropriated by this Act and made available for the sectors and programs in sections 7032 [Democracy Programs], 7036 [Human Trafficking], 7059 [Women’s Equality and Empowerment], and 7060 [Basic Education and Higher Education] shall not be attributed to, or counted toward targets for, climate change programs.”
“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of State to impede the uninterrupted transmission of hydrocarbons by pipeline through the territory of one Party not originating in the territory of that Party, for delivery to the territory of the other Party as ratified by The Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada concerning Transit Pipelines, signed at Washington on January 28, 1977.”
“The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs from fiscal years 2020 through 2023 made available for climate change programs and whether such funds have had a direct result on lowering global temperatures.”
“None of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be made available for renewable energy programs as part of Power Africa until the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that no less than the total funds allocated for renewable energy during the previous fiscal year has been allocated in fiscal year 2024 for other sources of energy [oil, natural gas, coal] included in paragraph (8) of section 3 of the Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–121).”