Foreign Relations Authorization, FY2003 : An Overview / Susan B. Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Susan B., author.

Series:

CRS report for Congress, RL31046

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2002.

Summary:

Congress is required by law to authorize the spending of appropriations for the State Department and foreign policy activities every two years. The authorization process dovetails with the annual appropriation process for the Department of State (within the Commerce, Justice, State and Related Agency appropriation) and foreign policy/foreign aid activities (within the foreign operations appropriation). With a crowded schedule after the September 11th attacks, the Senate did not take up the authorization bill. On May 1, 2002, the Senate amended its version of H.R. 1646 by substituting S. 1803 (the Security Assistance Act) language. As a result of staff-level meetings, several provisions that had been in House and Senate bills (such as global warming and international family planning measures) were not included in the conference report that was voted on and passed by conferees. The House passed the conference report by voice vote on September 25th; the Senate passed it by unanimous consent on September 26, 2002.

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