119-hr5240

[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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