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  • House Appropriations Committee Releases the FY23 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The House Committee on Appropriations released its FY 2023 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) appropriations bill on June 21, 2022 and accompanying report on June 28, 2022. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Funding for these programs, through the Global Health Programs (GHP) account, which represents the bulk of global health assistance, totaled nearly $11 billion, an…

  • White House Releases FY 2023 Budget Request

    Fact Sheet

    President Biden released the FY 2023 budget request to Congress on March 28, 2022. The request includes discretionary funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition, the request includes newly proposed mandatory funding for pandemic preparedness activities. Key highlights for the known amounts are as follows (see tables for…

  • Global Health Funding in the FY 2022 Omnibus

    Fact Sheet

    The FY 2022 omnibus appropriations bill (and accompanying reports), released by Congress on March 9, 2022 and yet to be finalized, includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[i] Key highlights from the FY22 omnibus appropriations bill are as follows (see table for additional detail): State Department & USAID: Funding…

  • The Helms Amendment and Abortion Laws in Countries Receiving U.S. Global Health Assistance

    Issue Brief

    This brief examines abortion laws in countries that received certain U.S. foreign assistance to better understand the implications of the Helms Amendment (which prohibits the use of foreign assistance to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortion) for abortion access globally.

  • The U.S. Congress and Global Health: A Primer

    Report

    This primer provides an overview of congressional engagement in global health. It examines the structure of Congress and its role and key activities in global health. It then illustrates these by examining two global health examples: the creation and evolution of PEPFAR and the 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

  • Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2022 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) and Labor Health and Human Services (Labor HHS) Appropriations Bills

    Fact Sheet

    The Senate Appropriations Committee released its FY 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) (links to bill and report) and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) (links to bill and report) appropriations bills and accompanying reports on October 18, 2021. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), while the Labor HHS bill includes funding…

  • House Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The House Appropriations Committee released the FY 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill on July 11, 2021 and accompanying report on July 14, 2021. The LHHS appropriations bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and funding for global health research activities provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[i] Key highlights of known amounts are as follows (see table…

  • House Appropriations Committee Releases the FY22 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The House Committee on Appropriations released its FY 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) appropriations bill on June 28, 2021 and accompanying report on June 30, 2021. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Funding for these programs, through the Global Health Programs (GHP) account, which represents the bulk of global health assistance, totaled $10.6 billion, an increase…