[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5240 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5240
To require a report on the unfunded priorities of the Department of
State.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 9, 2025
Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To require a report on the unfunded priorities of the Department of
State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fully Funding our National Security
Priorities Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 10 days after the date on which the
budget for any fiscal year is submitted by the President to Congress
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary
of State shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on unfunded priorities of the Department of State.
(b) Elements.--
(1) In general.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall include, with respect to each unfunded priority covered
by such report--
(A) a summary description of such priority,
including the objectives to be achieved if such
priority is funded (whether in whole or in part);
(B) the additional amount of funds recommended to
be made available to achieve the objectives referred to
in subparagraph (A); and
(C) budget information with respect to such
priority, including--
(i) the appropriation account;
(ii) the expenditure center; and
(iii) the project and, if applicable, any
subprojects.
(2) Prioritization.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall present the unfunded priorities covered by such report in
overall order of urgency of priority among unfunded priorities.
(c) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the term ``unfunded priority'', with respect to a
fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement
of an element of the Department of State that--
(A) is not funded in the budget for such fiscal
year submitted by the President to Congress pursuant to
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code;
(B) is necessary to fulfill a foreign policy or
national security objective or to satisfy an
information requirement associated with a goal or
objective outlined in the Joint Strategic Plan agreed
upon by the Department of State; and
(C) would have been recommended for funding by the
Secretary of State if--
(i) additional resources had been available
for such budget to fund such program, activity,
or mission requirement; or
(ii) the program, activity, or mission
requirement has emerged since such budget was
formulated.
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