Resource Management - International Affairs Budget

The International Affairs budget (also referred to as Function 150 of the Federal budget) provides the funding to carry out U.S. foreign policy. This funding supports the worldwide operations of the Department of State, maintaining effective American representation at embassies and posts in foreign countries, as well as the operations of the U.S. Agency for International Development. This funding also supports a broad array of foreign assistance programs and other U.S. Government activities to achieve foreign policy priorities. The formulation and implementation of funding requests are closely related to the Department's and USAID's planning and performance process.

The President's FY 2010 budget puts the U.S. on a path to double foreign assistance; increases funding for global health programs; reinvigorates counter-proliferation, anti-terrorism, and transnational crime-fighting efforts; refocuses resources to priorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq; expands diplomatic and development operations; and improves transparency on the budget.

FY 2010 Budget Material:

--President Obama's Feb. 26, 2009 remarks on the budget overview
--Department of State and Other International Programs section of the Federal budget
--Feb. 26, 2009 OMB fact sheet