November 2, 2007

Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ranking Member
Committee on Foreign Affairs
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Ranking Member Ros-Lehtinen:

As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office has compiled the following information on current spending for anti-tuberculosis programs and compared that funding to the authorization of appropriations for similar activities contained in H.R. 1567, as reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
    By Fiscal Year, in Millions of Dollars
    Budget Authority   Authorization Levels
Specified in H.R. 1567
    2007    2008   2009
 
International Assistancea 211     330     450  
                   
Centers for Disease Control and Preventiona 2      70     100  
 
  Total 213     400     550  
a. Budget authority amounts for 2007 were provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 

I hope this information is helpful to you. The CBO staff contact is Michelle Patterson, who can be reached at 226-2840.

Sincerely,

Peter R. Orszag
Director

cc: Honorable Tom Lantos
Chairman