1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i The FY2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Budget Request Updated June 4, 2021 Overview Each year, Congress typically considers 12 distinct appropriations measures to fund federal programs and activities. O
2、ne of these is the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) bill, which supports a range of U.S. activities around the world. On May 28, 2021, the Biden Administration released its proposed FY2022 budget request (a summary was released on April 9). The request includes $
3、64.15 billion in new budget authority for SFOPS accounts ($63.62 billion net of rescissions of prior year funding), which may be compared with FY2021 funding in various ways. For example, the requested amount is 10% less than the total FY2021-enacted level (which includes more than $23 billion in em
4、ergency and Overseas Contingency Operation (OCO) funds), and 14% more than enacted FY2021 base and OCO funding (excluding emergency funding used primarily for Coronavirus Disease 2019 COVID-19 response). The FY2022 SFOPS request is higher than any SFOPS total funding level enacted in the past decade