On July 12, the House Appropriations Committee approved, by voice vote, the 2017 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered). The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs approved the legislation by voice vote on July 6 (see The Source, 7/8/16). The Senate Appropriations Committee passed its version of the bill, S. 3117, on June 29 (see The Source, 7/1/16).
According to the committee report, the bill would provide $52.08 billion in overall funding in FY2017, which is $595 million below FY2016 and $691.443 billion below President Obama’s request.
The Department of State would be funded at $11.121 billion, $182 million below FY2016 and $772 million below the president’s request. This includes a decrease of $243.044 million to international peacekeeping programs.
Bilateral Economic Assistance, which funds several global health programs, would be funded at $24.2 billion, which is $104 million below last year’s enacted level and $149 million above the president’s request. This includes an increase in funding to Maternal and Child Health at $182.5 million above FY2016, but a decrease of $124 million to Family Planning/Reproductive Health.
Under this legislation, the United Nations Population Fund would receive no funding.
The following chart details funding for programs important to women and their families.
| Program/Agency | FY2016 | President’s FY2017 Request | Senate 2017 | House 2017 |
| Department of State | ||||
| Diplomatic and Consular Affairs | $5.623 billion | $6.54 billion | $6.006 billion | $6.094 billion |
| International Peacekeeping | $666.574 million | $806.93 million | $781.93 million | $563.886 billion |
| Office of Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons | $12 million | $20.7 million | $12.454 million | $12.5 million |
| USAID | $1.378 billion | $1.44 billion | $1.356 billion | $1.452 billion |
| Bilateral Economic Assistance | ||||
| Migration and Refugee Assistance | $931.886 million | $922.597 million | $931.886 million | $771.096 million |
| Global Health and Child Survival (State and USAID) | $8.503 billion | $8.577 billion | $8.665 billion | $8.916 billion |
| President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) | $5.67 billion | $5.67 billion | $5.67 billion | $5.67 billion |
| Maternal and Child Health | $750 million | $814.5 million | $814.5 million | $997 million |
| Vulnerable Children | $22 million | $14.5 million | $23 million | $22 million |
| Family Planning/Reproductive Health | $523.95 million | $544 million | $585 million | $461 million |
| Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria | $1.35 billion | $1.35 billion | $1.35 billion | $1.35 billion |
| HIV/AIDS—USAID | $330 million | $330 million | $330 million | $330 million |
| Microbicides | $45 million | $45 million | $45 million | $45 million |
| International Organizations and Programs | ||||
| U.N. Children’s Fund | $132.5 million | $132 million | $132.5 million | $132.5 million |
| U.N. Women (formerly UNIFEM) | $7.7 million | $14 million | $7.7 million | $7.7 million |
| U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) | $32.5 million | $35 million | $37.5 million | $0 |
