H.R. 4665 – Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024

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EN BLOC #1 OFFERED BY REP. DIAZ BALART – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 1 – Transfers $3 million to increase DNA forensic technology programs to combat human trafficking in Central America and Mexico 

Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 2 –  Increases and decreases by $1 million for research and analysis for the State Department with the intent that the $1 million will be used for research into the economic impact of modern trade with Ecuador including Ecuadorian exports to the United States, imports from the United States to Ecuador, and the general economic stability and GDP of Ecuador and recommendations to continue further economic and trade ties with the United States

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 3 –  Increases and decreases funding for the Department of State, Administration of Foreign Affairs, to support the State Department and Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism’s research on promising overseas programs, policies, and actions that counter antisemitism including those that focus on law enforcement and hate crime prosecutions, multi-faith and intercommunal coalition building, combating online hate, and antisemitism education.” 

Grothman (R-WI) – Amendment No. 4 –  Increases and decreases funding for the Department of State and the Foreign Service to highlight the need for the Department to brief Congress every 180 days on the status of funds being sent to Ukraine

Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 5 –  Increases and decreases by $500,000 for general administration to support activity by the Office of Legal Adviser to assist citizens of the United States attempting to collect arbitration awards recognized by Federal courts under the Federal Arbitration Act

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 6 – Increases and decreases funding for the Consular and Border Security Programs by $5,000,000 to expedite passport processing, hire additional personnel, and cut down on wait times

Grothman (R-WI) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases and decreases funding for the United States Agency for International Development to express the need for USAID to brief Congress every 180 days on the status of funds sent to Ukraine

Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 19 –  Increases and decreases funding to the Complex Crises Fund to support the goals of the Global Fragility Act of 2019

Connolly (D-VA) – Amendment No. 21 – Increases and decreases the assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia by $10 million to support a strong U.S.-Georgia partnership and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations based on democratic institutions, the rule of law, accountability for those who engage in corruption, and an independent and impartial judiciary

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 24 –  Increases the budget of the Office of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps by $2,700,000 

Moskowitz (D-FL) – Amendment No. 32 – Uses available funds to expand eligibility for security upgrades for soft targets to include places of worship for U.S. Embassy staff and dependents. 

Mast (R-FL) – Amendment No. 33 –  Prohibits funds from being used to support a Palestinian State unless the U.S. Secretary of State certifies that the government of the new Palestinian State exercises full territorial jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 34 – Increases Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program funding for Taiwan by $10 millions 

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 35 – Increases and decreases funding for food security and agriculture development programs by $9,000,000 to bolster food assistance

Tiffany (R-WI) – Amendment No. 37 – Prohibits the expenditure of funds in contravention of Section 221 of Public Law 103-416, which calls for the President of Taiwan and other high-ranking officials from Taiwan to be admitted to the United States at any time to discuss trade, national security, nuclear proliferation, environmental protection and other bilateral issues

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 52 – Prohibits the use of funds from being used to display maps that inaccurately depict the occupied country of Tibet as part of the People’s Republic of China

NOT OFFERED Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 7 – Eliminates funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs

Crane (R-AZ) on behalf of Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 8 – Eliminates funding to the United States Institute of Peace – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 9 – Strikes funding for the National Endowment for Democracy 

Crane (R-AZ) on behalf of Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 10 – Eliminates funding to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Salaries and Expenses – VOTE REQUESTED

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NOT OFFEREDBiggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 11 – Eliminates funding to the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, Salaries and Expenses

Crane (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 13 – Reduces funding by 50% for USAID – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 14 – Eliminates funding to the U.S. Agency for International Development, Funds Appropriated to the President Operating Expenses

Perry (R-PA) on behalf of Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 15 – Eliminates funding to the U.S. Agency for International Development, Funds Appropriated to the President Capital Investment Fund – VOTE REQUESTED

Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 16 – Increases by $1,000,000 and decreases by $1,000,000 the Global Health Programs account to highlight and support the fight against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 17 – Reduces funds apportioned to USAID by $4.5 billion and transfers to the Spending Reduction Account to recoup the $4.5 billion the agency provided to the Government of Ukraine to help pay off its sovereign debt – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 18 – Reduces International Disaster Assistance funding to $0 – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 20 –  Reduces Economic Support Fund funding to the FY18 enacted level – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 22 –  Reduces Migration and Refugee Assistance funding to $0 – VOTE REQUESTED

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 23 – Transfers $14.3 million from the Peace Corps budget to the Spending Reduction Account- 2 –  Reduces Migration and Refugee Assistance funding to $0 – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 25 – Eliminates funding to the Millennium Challenge Corporation

NOT OFFERED Crane (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 26 – Reduces funding for Foreign Military Financing, while maintaining funding for Taiwan and Israel

Kelly (R-MS) – Amendment No. 27 –  Reduces funding by $10,000,000 for the Global Environment Facility Fund – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFEREDBiggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 28 – Eliminates funding to the Global Environment Facility

NOT OFFEREDBiggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 29 – Eliminates funding to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

NOT OFFEREDBiggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 30 – Eliminates funding to the Contribution to the Asian Development Fund

NOT OFFEREDBiggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 31 – Eliminates funding to the African Development Bank

Plaskett (D-VI) – Amendment No. 36 – Strikes section 7070(d) which prohibits the classification of any communications by a U.S. person as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation – VOTE REQUESTED

Tiffany (R-WI) – Amendment No. 38 – Prohibits the use of funds to enforce arbitrary restrictions on executive branch officials regarding travel to Taiwan and normal communication with Taiwanese officials imposed by the State Department through the “Memorandum for All Department and Agency Executive Secretaries” entitled “Revised Guidelines on Interaction with Taiwan” dated June 29, 2021 ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 39 – Reduces the salary of Secretary Antony J. Blinken to $1-ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 40 – Prohibits the use of funds for the Office of Palestinian Affairs –ADOPTED BY VOICE

WITHDRAWN Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 41 – Reduces the salary of Amanda Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, to $1

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 42 – Prohibits assistance to Ukraine – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 43 – Prohibits funds from being used by the Secretary of State to initiate a drawdown and delivery of defense articles and services from Department of Defense stocks to Ukraine – VOTE REQUESTED

Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 44 – Ensures none of the funds made available by this Act may be made available for Lebanese Armed Forces – VOTE REQUESTED

Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 45 – Ensures none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide assistance to Iraq – VOTE REQUESTED

Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 46 – Prohibits funds made available by the bill from being used to implement the Paris Agreement – VOTE REQUESTED

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 47 – Decreases salary of UN Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 48 – Decreases salary of the Director of Policy Planning Staff Salman Ahmed to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 49 – Decreases Salary of Department’s Acting Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Constance Mayor to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 50 – Decreases salary off Palestinian affairs officer George Noll to $1 VOTE REQUESTED

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 51 – Prohibits funds in this Act from being made available to Pakistan VOTE REQUESTED

Gooden (R-TX) – Amendment No. 53 – Prohibits funding to implement the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Gooden (R-TX) – Amendment No. 54 – Prohibits taxpayer dollars from funding the International Organization for Migration’s “Refugee Travel Loan Program.” – VOTE REQUESTED

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 55 – Ensures no funds to enforce or implement a covid-19 vaccine mandate for international travelers – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Mooney (R-WV) – Amendment No. 56 – Prohibits economic support funds from being obligated or expended to Mexico under Chapter 4 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Spartz (R-IN) – Amendment No. 57 –  Prohibits funding for United Nations entities unless specifically appropriated in the underlying bill VOTE REQUESTED

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 58 – Prohibits funds from being made available for the State Department’s Office of Global Change VOTE REQUESTED

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 59 – Prohibits State Department Remote Work Agreements which allow a domestically assigned employee’s alternative worksite to be located outside of the locality pay area of the regular worksite ADOPTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFEREDGreene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 60 – Prohibits funding for the Global Equality Fund 

Foxx (R-NC) – Amendment No. 61 –  Prohibits the State Department from using taxpayer funds to send employees to any event or conference hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative – VOTE REQUESTED

Issa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 62 – Blocks funding for negotiations toward renewing the US-China Science and Technology Cooperation Protocol ADOPTED BY VOICE

Burchett (R-TN) – Amendment No. 63 – Reduces the salary of the Special Assistant to the Director of Programming at Voice of America to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Burchett (R-TN) – Amendment No. 64 – Reduces the salary of the Chief Management Officer at the US Agency for Global Media to $1 VOTE REQUESTED

Burchett (R-TN) – Amendment No. 65 –  Reduces the salary of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the US Agency for Global Media to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Burchett (R-TN) – Amendment No. 66 – Prohibits funds from being used for the Art in Embassies program ADOPTED BY VOICE

Burchett (R-TN) – Amendment No. 67 – Prohibits funds from being used for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate – VOTE REQUESTED

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 68 – Reduces the salary of the Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley to $1 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 69 – Prohibits funds to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem – VOTE REQUESTED

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 70 – None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to implement President Biden’s climate change Executive orders – VOTE REQUESTED

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 71 – Reduces the salary of Victoria Nuland, Acting United States Deputy Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Graves (R-LA) – Amendment No. 72 – Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to provide assistance to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 73 – Ensures none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide assistance to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 74 – Prohibits any funds from being made available for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFEREDRoy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 75 – Ensures none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to made available to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 14075

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 76 – Prohibits the use of funds to delist the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization – VOTE REQUESTED

Massie (R-KY) – Amendment No. 77 – None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to transfer cluster munitions to any foreign country – VOTE REQUESTED

Burgess (R-TX) – Amendment No. 78 – Reduces foreign assistance to certain countries based on the number of unaccompanied alien children who entered the US from those countries – VOTE REQUESTED