Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs articles from May 2005

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs archives from May 2005

Federal counter-terrorism training: issues for congressional oversight.
May 1, 2005... Summary Federal counter-terrorism training programs are varied and are provided by numerous federal agencies and departments. Some of these departments and agencies include the Departments of Defense (DOD), Energy (DOE), Homeland Security...

Foreign operations (House)/State, foreign operations, and related programs (Senate): FY2006 appropriations.
May 1, 2005... Summary The annual Foreign Operations appropriations bill in the House, and the State, Foreign Operations measure in the Senate are the primary legislative vehicles through which Congress reviews the U.S. international affairs budgets and...

Most recent developments.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... On May 11, 2005, President Bush signed into law P.L. 109-13 (H.R. 1268), the Emergency Supplemental, Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, providing $5.78 billion in additional funding for Foreign...

Introduction.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... Amounts appropriated for Foreign Operations programs and for the Department of State and related agencies comprise about 97% of the total International Affairs budget and represent roughly 7% of discretionary budget authority under the...

Foreign Operations and State Department policy trends and goals.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... Arguably, from the end of World War II until the early 1990s, the underlying rationale for foreign aid and diplomatic efforts was the defeat of communism. U.S. aid programs were designed to promote economic development and policy reforms, in...

Foreign Operations and State Department funding trends.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... Foreign Operations Appropriations Trends As shown in Figure 1, Foreign Operations funding levels, expressed in real terms taking into account the effects of inflation, have fluctuated widely over the past 30 years. (7) After peaking at over...

Foreign Operations/State Department, the FY2005 budget resolution, and Sec. 302(b) allocations.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... Usually, Appropriations Committees begin markups of their spending bills only after Congress has adopted a budget resolution and funds have been distributed to the Appropriations panels under what is referred to as the Section 302(a) allocation...

Foreign Operations/State Department appropriations request for FY2006.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... On February 7, 2005, the President submitted his FY2006 budget request, including $22.8 billion for Foreign Operations and $9.8 billion for State Department and Related Agencies appropriations. These amounts are 15.7% and 12.2%, respectively,...

Foreign Operations request overview and congressional action.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... The 15.7% increase over regular FY2005 appropriations proposed for Foreign Operations is one of the largest additions in the President's request for discretionary spending in FY2006. By comparison, the Administration seeks increases for two...

State Department appropriations and related agencies overview and congressional action.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... Budgets for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), as well as U.S. contributions to United Nations (U.N.) International Organizations, and U.N. Peacekeeping, under the House Appropriations Committee structure,...

FY2005 emergency supplemental (26).(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... On February 14, 2005, President Bush submitted an $82 billion supplemental appropriation request for FY2005 to provide funds for ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the global war on terror, reconstruction in Afghanistan,...

For additional reading.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)
May 1, 2005... Overview CRS Report 98-916. Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy, by Curt Tarnoff and Larry Nowels. CRS Report RL32885. Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies (House)/ Commerce, Justice,...

Selected world wide Websites.(Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations)(Statistical data)(List)
May 1, 2005... African Development Bank [http://www.afdb.org/home.htm] African Development Foundation [http://www.adf.gov/] Asian Development Bank [http://www.adb.org/] Broadcasting Board of Governors [http://www.bbg.gov/] ...

Defense: FY2006 authorization and appropriations.(Statistical data)
May 1, 2005... Summary On February 7, 2005, the Administration released its FY2006 federal budget request. The request includes $441.8 billion in new budget authority for national defense, of which $421.1 billion is for military activities of the...

The SAFE Acts of 2005: H.R. 1526 and S. 737--a sketch.
May 1, 2005... Summary Somewhat different SAFE Acts have been introduced in both the House and Senate: S. 737, the Security and Freedom Enhancement Act of 2005 (introduced by Senator Craig) and H.R. 1526, the Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2005...

Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE Act)(H.R. 1526) and Security and Freedom Enhancement Act (SAFE Act)(S. 737): section by section analysis.
May 1, 2005... Summary Two SAFE Acts, S. 737 and H.R. 1526 address some of the issues raised by the USA PATRIOT Act. They amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to require that FISA surveillance orders particularly identify either the...

Gangs in Central America.
May 1, 2005... Summary In the past year, there has been increasing attention by the press and policymakers on the effects of crime and gang violence in Central America, and its spillover effects on the United States. The February 2005 arrest of some 103...

International financial institutions: funding U.S. participation.
May 1, 2005... Summary Since 1945, the United States has contributed $98 billion to the IMF and the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and it has subscribed an additional $96.6 billion in callable capital. The procedures the United States uses to fund...

U.S.-Mexico economic relations: trends, issues, and implications.
May 1, 2005... Summary Mexico has a population of slightly over 100 million people making it the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world and the third most populous country in the Western Hemisphere. Based on a gross domestic product (GDP) of...

The nuclear nonproliferation treaty review conference: issues for Congress.
May 1, 2005... Summary Member states of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will meet in New York from May 2 through May 27, 2005, to review treaty implementation. These Review Conferences have taken place every five years since...

AIDS in Africa.(Statistical data)
May 1, 2005... CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS Characteristics of the African Epidemic Explaining the African Epidemic Leadership Reaction in South Africa and Elsewhere Social and Economic...