House Committee Releases Foreign Operations Spending Bill With State, USAID Funding Cuts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released the FY12 Foreign Relations Authorization Act "that slashes State Department funding and foreign aid," The Hill's "On The Money" blog reports (Wasson, 7/26).

The proposed bill (.pdf) includes funding for the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) of $7.1 billion, which is $1.6 billion below the President's FY12 budget request and approximately $700 million below FY11 levels