Letters

• May 22, 2017 – 225 Top Business Leaders Tell Secretary Tillerson: State Department Budget Matters for U.S. Jobs
• March 16, 2017 – 100+ Christian leaders tell Congressional leadership: Protect foreign assistance
• February 27, 2017 – Over 120 Retired Generals, Admirals on State and USAID Budget: “Now is not the time to retreat”

Statements

• September 7, 2017 – USGLC CEO Statement on Senate Vote Rejecting Massive USAID Cut to Offset Harvey Aid
• May 1, 2017 – USGLC Statement on FY17 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
• July 20, 2017 – Senate Appropriators Reject Deep Cuts to America’s Civilian Forces
• August 3, 2017 – USGLC Applauds Confirmation of Ambassador Mark Green to Lead USAID
• March 16, 2017 – USGLC Statement on the Administration’s Budget Request
• July 10, 2017 – House Proposal Falls Short of Protecting American Interests Around the World
• May 23, 2017 – USGLC Statement on the Administration’s FY18 Budget Request

Votes

• October 19, 2017 – Senate Passes FY18 Budget Resolution
• October 5, 2017 – House Passes FY18 Budget Resolution
• September 7, 2017 – House Defeats Grothman Amendment to Cut Topline International Affairs Budget
• August 3, 2017 – Senate Confirms Mark Green to be USAID Administrator
• February 1, 2017 – Senate Confirms Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State
• May 19, 2017 – Senate Confirms John Sullivan to be Deputy Secretary of State

Budget Updates

• December 22, 2017 – Congress Passes Short-Term CR, Punts Funding Decisions into New Year
• December 8, 2017 – Congress Passes Two-Week CR & Sounds the Alarm About Personnel Vacancies at State
• October 6, 2017 – Budget Week in Congress, More Details on Redesign, Bipartisan Bills Move Forward
• September 14, 2017 – Analysis of House and Senate Funding Levels for the FY18 International Affairs Budget
• September 8, 2017 – Senate Defeats Paul Amendment, 3-Month CR, House & Senate SFOPS Moving, Reorg News
• May 5, 2017 – Congress Finalizes FY17 Spending: Slight Boost in total for International Affairs Budget
• July 21, 2017 – Senate Allocations Released, House SFOPS Bill Advances & Budget Resolution Introduced
• July 14, 2017 – House SFOPS Bill Introduced – Deep Cut to Topline, Mark Green’s Nomination Moves Forward
• June 30, 2017 – House GOP Close to Agreement on Topline Spending, House Ag Bill Protects Funding
• May 23, 2017 – Analysis of the Administration’s FY18 International Affairs Budget Request
• April 28, 2017 – Congress Passes One-Week CR, Leaked Budget Doc Shows Impact of 31% Cut
• July 15, 2016 – Analysis of House and Senate Funding Levels for FY17 International Affairs Budget
• November 14, 2016 – Administration Requests New Funding to Counter ISIS – Half for International Affairs, Half for Defense
• December 9, 2016 – Congress Passes Continuing Resolution; Significant Funding Increase for International Affairs
• March 31, 2017 – Administration Recommends Additional Severe Cuts in FY17; Proposal Foreshadows Plans for FY18
• March 16, 2017 – Analysis of the Administration’s FY18 “Skinny” International Affairs Budget

Hearings

• November 1, 2017 – House SFOPS Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on Soft Power
• October 4, 2017 – Senate Budget Committee Approves FY18 Budget Resolution
• September 6, 2017 – Senate SFOPS Appropriations Subcommittee Marks Up its FY18 Spending Bill
• September 7, 2017 – Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY18 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
• July 19, 2017 – House Budget Committee Approves FY18 Budget Resolution
• July 18, 2017 – Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Marks Up FY18 Spending Bill
• July 19, 2017 – House Appropriations Committee Approves FY18 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
• July 20, 2017 – Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY18 Allocations & FY18 Agriculture Appropriations bill
• June 14, 2017 – House SFOPS Appropriations Subcommittee Holds a State Department Budget Hearing
• June 28, 2017 – House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Marks Up its FY18 Spending Bill
• July 12, 2017 – House Appropriations Committee Marks Up its FY18 Agriculture Bill
• July 13, 2017 – House SFOPS Appropriations Subcommittee Marks Up its FY18 Spending Bill
• June 15, 2017 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing for Mark Green to be USAID Administrator
• January 11, 2017 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a Nomination Hearing
• January 18, 2017 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a Nomination Hearing
• March 16, 2017 – House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee holds a Member Day
• March 22, 2017 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Global Humanitarian Affairs
• March 28, 2017 – House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the Budget

Legislation

• December 21, 2017 – Reauthorization of the Global Food Security Act (S. 2269)

  Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduce a five-year reauthorization (S. 2269) of the Global Food Security Act, which directed the U.S. government to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to address global food insecurity and combat malnutrition.

• November 30, 2017 – Multilateral Aid Review Act (H.R. 4502)

  Reps. Ted Yoho (R-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Albio Sires (D-NJ) introduce the Multilateral Aid Review Act (H.R. 4502). The bill would authorize a methodologically-based assessment to evaluate U.S. funding for multilateral institutions.

• October 11, 2017 – Reach Every Mother and Child Act (H.R. 4022)

  Reps. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Betty McCollum (D-MN) introduce the Reach Every Mother and Child Act (H.R. 4022). The bill would establish a strategy to combat leading causes of newborn, child, and maternal deaths and require a report on the implementation of the strategy. It would also designate a Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator at USAID.

• October 5, 2017 – Multilateral Aid Review Act (S. 1928)

  Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Chris Coons (D-DE), along with six additional original co-sponsors, introduce the Multilateral Aid Review Act (S. 1928). The bill would authorize a methodologically-based assessment to evaluate U.S. contributions to multilateral institutions.

• April 5, 2017 – AGOA and MCA Modernization Act (S. 832)

  Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduce the AGOA and MCA Modernization Act (S. 832). The bill would make several changes to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA), including permitting concurrent compacts for eligible countries.

• July 27, 2017 – AGOA and MCA Modernization Act (H.R. 3445)

  Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduce the AGOA and MCA Modernization Act (H.R. 3445). The bill would make several changes to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Millennium Challenge Act (MCA), including permitting concurrent compacts for eligible countries.

• April 5, 2017 – Resolution on Humanitarian Crises in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen (S.Res. 114)

  Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduce a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on humanitarian crises in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen (S.Res. 114). The resolution calls for a comprehensive effort to address obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian aid and calls for those involved in conflicts to allow passage of this relief.

• May 17, 2017 – Women, Peace, and Security Act (H.R. 2484)

  Reps. Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduce the Women, Peace, and Security Act (H.R. 2484). The bill would require a government-wide strategy to promote women’s participation in conflict prevention and resolution efforts around the world.

• May 16, 2017 – Women, Peace, and Security Act (S. 1141)

  Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduce the Women, Peace, and Security Act (S. 1141). The bill would require a government-wide strategy to promote women’s participation in conflict prevention and resolution efforts around the world.

• May 11, 2017 – Protecting Girls’ Access to Education Act (H.R. 2408)

  Reps. Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Robin Kelly (D-IL) introduce the Protecting Girls’ Access to Education Act (H.R. 2408). The bill would promote transparency, improve the coordination, and intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women and girls.

• August 2, 2017 – Reach Every Mother and Child Act (S. 1730)

  Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Chris Coons (D-DE), along with eight additional original co-sponsors, introduce the Reach Every Mother and Child Act (S. 1730). The bill would establish a strategy to combat preventable newborn, child, and maternal deaths and require a report on the implementation of the strategy. It would also designate a Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator at USAID.

• July 19, 2017 – Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act (S. 1580)

  Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), along with Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), introduce the Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act (S. 1580). The bill seeks to improve the transparency, coordination, and intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women and girls.

• March 14, 2017 – READ Act (S. 623)

  Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduce the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act (S. 623). The bills sees to promote basic education around the world, including through the establishment of a Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance at USAID.

• May 25, 2017 – Economic Growth and Development Act (S. 1274)

  Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Chris Coons (D-DE), and David Perdue (R-GA) introduce the Economic Growth and Development Act (S. 1274). The bill seeks to promote market-based economic growth in developing countries and improve inter-agency coordination on development assistance with the private sector.

• May 25, 2017 – Economic Growth and Development Act (H.R. 2747)

  Reps. Ted Yoho (R-FL) and Adam Smith (D-WA) introduce the Economic Growth and Development Act (H.R. 2747). The bill seeks to promote market-based economic growth in developing countries and improve inter-agency coordination on development assistance with the private sector.

• May 24, 2017 – National Diplomacy and Development Strategy Act (S. 1228)

  Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduce the National Diplomacy and Development Strategy Act (S. 1228). The bill would direct the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator to establish a comprehensive report on a U.S. diplomacy and development strategy.

• April 25, 2017 – Resolution relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan (H.Res. 187)

  The House passes this resolution (H.Res. 187) in a vote of 411-2. The resolution was first introduced by Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) on March 9, 2017, and urges the USAID Administrator to continue to provide assistance to respond to the famine in South Sudan.

• January 23, 2017 – Digital GAP Act (H.R. 600)

  Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Grace Meng (D-NY) introduce the Digital GAP Act (H.R. 600) on January 23, 2017 by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and passes the House the next day. The bill directs the President to coordinate with foreign governments, international and regional organizations, businesses, and civil society to close the digital gap and make internet access available in developing countries.

• January 23, 2017 – READ Act (H.R. 601)

  Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) introduce the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act (H.R. 601) on January 23, 2017 by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and passes the House the next day. The bill seeks to promote basic education around the world, including through the establishment of a Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance at USAID.

• February 27, 2017 – DIGITAL AGE Act (S. 449)

  Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) introduces the Driving Innovation and Growth in Internet Technology and Launching Universal Access to the Global Economy Act (S. 449). The bill would support and enhance efforts to expand internet access for people living in developing countries.

• March 21, 2017 – Global Health Innovation Act (H.R. 1660)

  Reps. Albio Sires (D-NJ) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), along with eight additional original co-sponsors, introduce the Global Health Innovation Act (H.R. 1660). The bill would require USAID to report to Congress on its use and development of global health innovations.