S.Amdt. 2538

SA 2538. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1272. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Unfunded priority.--The term ``unfunded priority'',
with respect to a fiscal year, means a program or activity
that--
(A) is not funded in the budget of the President for such
fiscal year that was submitted to Congress pursuant to
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code;
(B) is necessary to fulfill a goal associated with--
(i) the most recently published national security strategy
report required under section 104 of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); or
(ii) the latest Department of State and USAID Joint
Strategic Plan required under section 306 of title 5, United
States Code; and
(C) would have been recommended for funding in the budget
referred to in subparagraph (A) by the official submitting
the report required under subsection (b) relating to such
budget if--
(i) additional resources had been available for the budget
to fund such program or activity; or
(ii) such program or activity has emerged since the budget
was submitted.
(2) USAID.--The term ``USAID'' means the United States
Agency for International Development
(b) Annual Report.--Not later than 10 days after the date
on which the President submits to Congress the budget for a
fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, each official listed in subsection (c) shall
submit a report to the Secretary of State, the USAID
Administrator, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives that describes the unfunded priorities of the
bureau, agency, or office under the jurisdiction of such
official.
(c) Officials.--The officials listed in this subsection
are--

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(1) every Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador-At-
Large, and rank equivalent official overseeing a Department
of State bureau or office; and
(2) every USAID Assistant Administrator and rank equivalent
official overseeing a USAID bureau or office.
(d) Elements.--Each report submitted pursuant to this
section shall include, with respect to each unfunded priority
covered by such report--
(1) a summary description of such priority, including the
related objectives set forth in--
(A) the most recent National Security Strategy required
under section 104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3043); and
(B) the latest Department of State and USAID Joint
Strategic Plan required under section 306 of title 5, United
States Code, which will be advanced if such priority is
funded, in whole or in part;
(2) indication of the office or officials who raised such
priority or whose mission would benefit from it being funded,
as indicated in Bureau Resource Requests, Mission Resource
Requests, Integrated Country Strategies, and other reports
delivered from embassies and other Department of State and
USAID locations around the world;
(3) the additional funding recommended to be appropriated
to carry out the objectives referred to in paragraph (1);
(4) account information that is specific to such priority;
(5) a detailed assessment of each specific risk that would
be reduced by executing the National Security Strategy and
the latest Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan
if such priority is funded, in whole or in part;
(6) the reason funding for the priority was not included in
the budget submitted to Congress by the President;
(7) a description of any funding provided to carry out such
priority in the current and preceding fiscal years; and
(8) an assessment of the effect that providing funding for
the priority would have on the Department of State and USAID
Joint Strategic Plan.
(e) Prioritization.--Not later than 10 days after the
submission of all of the reports required under subsection
(b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary of State and the USAID
Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate, the State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee of the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives that prioritizes each unfunded priority
across all unfunded priorities submitted by the officials
listed in subsection (c) according to the risk reduced in
executing the National Security Strategy and the latest
Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan.
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