,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,kaine 7for himself and ,mr4  
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require an annual report on 
the unfunded programs1 activities1 and  
mission requirements within the         
,department of ,state and the ,united   
,states ,agency for ,international      
,development4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,fully ,funding
 our ,national ,security ,priorities    
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,a report issued by the
 ,department of ,state in #bjbc         
identified a #da1cjj1jjj1jjj gap between
 the resources made available to the    
,department of ,state and the ,united   
,states ,agency for ,international      
,development and the resources required 
to effectively counter the ,people's    
,republic of ,china in the              

,indo-,pacific region4  7#b7 ,while the 
,department of ,state and the ,united   
,states ,agency for ,international      
,development remain less than fully     
funded1 the ,,prc has provided some     
#a1cdj1jjj1jjj1jjj in grants and loans  
over the past #bb years4 ,in ,october   
#bjbc1 the ,,prc and ,president ,xi     
announced an additional #ajj1jjj1jjj1jjj
 for ,china's development banks4  7#c7  
,as competitors like the ,,prc and      
,russia expand their global diplomatic  
footprints1 the ,department of ,state   
today has1 on average1 a #ac percent    
staffing gap4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress  
,it is the sense of ,congress that--    
7#a7 the ,united ,states is a beacon of 
democracy and freedom in an increasingly
 fraught world2  7#b7 the ,department of
 ,state1 as a critical national security
 agency1 remains chronically            
understaffed and underfunded at a time  
when geopolitical rivals1 including the 
,people's ,republic of ,china1 are      
rapidly expanding their global          

diplomatic presences2 and  7#c7 it is   
imperative to empower the ,department of
 ,state and the ,united ,states ,agency 
for ,international ,development to      
ensure the ,united ,states can-- 7,a7   
effectively advance the national        
security interests of the ,united       
,states2  7,b7 respond strategically to 
emerging technologies2 and  7,c7 respond
 with flexibility to metastasizing      
global threats4  #d4 ,annual report  7a7
 ,defined term ,in this section1 the    
term unfunded priority1 with respect to 
a fiscal year1 means a program1         
activity1 or mission requirement of an  
element of the ,department of ,state or 
the ,united ,states ,agency for         
,international ,development 7referred to
 in this section as ,,usaid7 that-- 7#a7
 is not funded in the budget for such   
fiscal year submitted by the ,president 
to ,congress pursuant to section #aaje  
of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code2    
7#b7 is necessary to fulfill a foreign  
policy or national security objective or

 to satisfy an information requirement  
associated with a goal or objective     
outlined in the ,joint ,strategic ,plan 
agreed upon by the ,department of ,state
 and ,,usa_/,,id2 and  7#c7 would have  
been recommended for funding by the     
,secretary of ,state or the ,,usaid     
,administrator if-- 7,a7 additional     
resources had been available for such   
budget to fund such program1 activity1  
or mission requirement2 or  7,b7 the    
program1 activity1 or mission           
requirement has emerged since such      
budget was formulated4  7b7 ,in general 
,not later than #aj days after the date 
on which the budget for any fiscal year 
is submitted by the ,president to       
,congress1 the ,secretary of ,state and 
,,usaid ,administrator shall each       
prepare and submit a report to the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate1 the ,committee on             
,appropriations of the ,senate1 the     
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives1 and the     

,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives the unfunded 
priorities of the programs under the    
jurisdiction of the ,secretary or the   
,administrator1 as applicable4  7c7     
,elements  7#a7 ,in general ,each report
 submitted to ,congress pursuant to     
subsection 7b7 shall include1 with      
respect to each unfunded priority       
covered by such report-- 7,a7 a summary 
description of such priority1 including 
the objectives to be achieved if such   
priority is funded 7whether in whole or 
in part72  7,b7 the additional amount of
 funds recommended to be made available 
to achieve the objectives referred to in
 subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,c7 budget    
information with respect to such        
priority1 including-- 7i7 the           
appropriation account2  7ii7 the        
expenditure center2 and  7iii7 the      
project and1 if applicable1 any         
subprojects4  7#b7 ,prioritization ,each
 report submitted to ,congress pursuant 
to subsection 7b7 shall present the     

unfunded priorities covered by such     
report in overall order of urgency of   
priority among unfunded priorities4