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Updated August 12, 2024 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is responsible for renewable energy and end-use energy efficiency technology development. Other [...]

May 13, 2024 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency in the Department of Commerce whose mission is to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, [...]

May 9, 2024 The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), part of the Department of the Interior, is primarily responsible for the construction and operation of hundreds of large dams and water [...]

Updated May 17, 2024 Three entities in the Department of the Interior (DOI) share responsibility for managing the nation's ocean energy resources on almost 2.5 billion acres of the U.S. [...]

December 14, 2017 The Trump Administration's FY2018 budget proposed eliminating the government's annual grant to Brand USA, a public-private effort to promote the United States as a travel destination for [...]

Updated February 24, 2016 Contents Introduction Disaster Relief Funding: A Brief Overview Budgeting the Disaster Relief Fund Supplemental Appropriations Disaster Spending Under the Budget Control Act OMB Reporting and Calculations [...]

Contents Overview Executive Proposal and Legislative Action NMI Program Provisions of RAMIA NMI Purposes NMI Structure Centers for Manufacturing Innovation Center Activities Identification of Existing Centers for Inclusion in the [...]

Summary The annual State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs appropriations bill (also referred to here as 'foreign affairs appropriations' or 'foreign affairs funding') is the primary legislative vehicle through which [...]

Contents I. Introduction The Deficit as an Issue The Call for a Balanced Budget Amendment The Debate in Recent Decades II. The Constitutional Amendment Approach Arguments of Proponents Arguments of [...]

The $548.9 billion requested for the FY2011 DOD base budget is $18.2 billion higher than the $531.0 billion appropriated for DOD non-war costs in FY2010. By DOD's estimate, this 3.4% [...]

The President's FY2011 budget request, released February 1, 2010, included $738.7 billion in new budget authority for the so-called 'national defense' function of the federal government (function 050), which includes [...]

Summary The President's FY2011 budget request, released February 1, 2010, included $733.3 billion in new budget authority for national defense. In addition to $548.9 billion for the regular (non-war) operations [...]

Contents Recent Developments State-Foreign Operations Overview Background and Trends Use of Supplemental and Forward Funding FY2011 Budget Request FY2011 Budget Request: State Department and Related Agencies Key State Department Issues [...]

Contents Overview Budget Cycle Revenues, Outlays, and Deficits for FY2009 Trends Federal Spending Federal Revenue Deficits, Debt, and Interest Federal Deficits Federal Debt and Debt Limit Net Interest Budgeting in [...]

FY2011 Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 5136/S. 3454) House Section 1060 of the FY2011 defense authorization bill (H.R. 5136) as reported by the House Armed Services Committee (H.Rept. 111-491 of May [...]

Contents Recent Developments State-Foreign Operations Overview Background and Trends Use of Supplemental and Forward Funding FY2011 Budget Request FY2011 Budget Request: State Department and Related Agencies Key State Department Issues [...]

Contents Recent Developments Congressional Action Regular State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Previous House Action Previous Senate Action The Economic Stimulus Package, H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 The […]