PART ONE ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OVERVIEW This section contains the FY 2003 appropriations in the Administation of Foreign Affairs title. The Budget presents the amounts associated with shifting the true costs of accruing pension and health benefits from central accounts to affected program accounts, starting in 2003. The amounts associated with the proposal are included on a comparable basis for program accounts in 2001 and 2002. The table "Costs of Fully Funding Pension and Health Costs" shows the amounts included for Fiscal Years 2001, 2002 and 2003. Over for additional footnotes. la Footnotes to the Summary of Funds Table FY 2001 amounts reflect the 0.22% Government-wide rescission required by Section 1403 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001; the mandatory Foreign Service Retirement & Disability Fund was exempt from the rescission. /b Reflects $875,037 transferred to the United States Commission on Holocaust Assets, $3,375,000 transferred to the Buying Power Maintenance Fund, and $13,662,000 transferred to the Capital Investment Fund. Does not include $390,000 transferred from the Emergency Response Fund. /c Does not include $135.6 million transferred from the Emergency Response Fund id Does not include $7.5 million transferred from the Emergency Response Fund. /g In addition to the direct appropriated amounts shown, the U.S. Agency for International Development /h Does not include $51 million transferred from the Emergency Response Fund. Ja FY 2001 includes $875,037 transferred to the United States Commission on Holocaust Assets, $3,375,000 transferred to the Buying Power Maintenance Fund, and $13,662,000 transferred to the Capital Investment Fund. FY 2001 does not include $390,000 transferred from the Emergency Response Fund FY 2002 does not include $135,600,000 transferred from the Emergency Response Fund. Within these amounts is funding for the Pacific Salmon Program of $40,000,000 in FY 2001 and $20,000,000 in FY 2003. fb FY 2001 does not include $7,500,000 transferred from the Emergency Response Fund. FY 2002 does not include $7,500,000 transferred from the Emergency Response Fund. Ic The funding for these fee programs represents annual program spending estimates from current collections and carryforward balances, not annual fee collections. This amount does not include Affidavit of Support fees that are pending authorization for FY 2002 and thereafter. An accounting of the total collections received by the Department of State is provided in the Appendix. Id FY 2001 reflects adjustments for the 0.22% Government-wide rescission required by Section 1403 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001. State Programs Summary The Department of State requires sufficient resources to effectively carry out U.S. foreign policy and protect U.S. national security interests. Sustained and secure U.S. diplomatic presence, on the ground and around the world, provides for U.S. leadership on the political, economic, and global issues that define US national interests. In response to the events of September 11, the U.S. is engaged in a war against global terrorism that requires applying U.S. diplomatic and economic power in an intense and sustained way within an unprecedented worldwide coalition STATE PROGRAMS involving nearly every nation. The Department must have the capacity to deliver diplomatic and economic force throughout the world and especially in places where the Department has had limited presence or capacity on the ground. The events of September 11 make the strongest possible argument yet for the Department's initiatives to hire and retain the right people in adequate numbers, provide security and adequate facilities, and modernize information technology to get the job done. The Department's FY 2003 appropriations request sustains these initiatives for Diplomatic and Consular Programs and the Capital Investment Fund with $4,114,179,000, plus an additional $81,844,000 for the proposal for full funding of Federal Retirement, Pension, and Accrual costs. This request will continue initiatives to: Recruit, hire, train, and deploy the right work force for the Department now and for the future; Upgrade information technology capacity through modern global secure communications networks, infrastructure, systems and tools. Maintain adequate and secure Embassy facilities, sustain security readiness, and fulfill the Department's law enforcement mission; and Operate and maintain Department of State presence domestically, at overseas missions, in the interagency process, and in international organizations; The FY 2003 budget request includes increased funding for: People. The FY 2003 request includes increases to continue the Diplomatic Readiness staffing initiative by hiring 399 new Foreign Service and Civil Service staff over attrition, implement the Department's workforce policy on HIV/AIDS, and to increase locally engaged staffing levels at overseas missions in East Asia, the Near East, and South Asia. Technology. The FY 2003 request sustains investment in information technology by maintaining funding for the IRM Central Fund for the Classified Connectivity Project, OpenNet Plus and ALMA Replacement, Foreign Affairs System Integration, Integrated Logistics Management System, and Secure Information Technology operations. Security. The FY 2003 request builds on funding received from Emergency Response Fund transfers for the increased hiring of security agents and for counter-terrorism programs. The request includes increases to enhance the security of our diplomatic facilities and to provide 134 additional security and support professionals to sustain the Department's Worldwide Security Upgrade program. The request supports fielding a new Center for Anti-Terrorism Security Training (CAST). ☐ Facilities and Overseas Infrastructure. The FY 2003 request includes increases to support the Department of State costs for building a facility for the United States Mission to the United Nations and to continue to consolidate worldwide financial services within the Charleston Financial Services Center. |