FY05 Enacted:  $19.54 billion 

FY06 President's Request:  $22.82 billion 

FY06 Senate Passed:  $22.1 billion 

FY06 Bill:  $20.9 billion 

Addressing the AIDS Pandemic  

Provides a total of $2.8 billion global assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, $258 million above the President’s request and $629 million more than FY05.  The bill provides $450 million –more than double the requested amount -- for the U.S. contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria from these accounts.

An Innovative Approach to Foreign Assistance 

The bill provides record level funding for the President’s signature foreign assistance initiative, the Millennium Challenge Corporation.  Total funding is nearly $1.8 billion, $282 million above last year and represents the Committee's effort to respond positively to the President's proposal within tight budget constraints.

Supporting the Global War on Terror 

The bill provides significant increases in security assistance to our allies in the global war on terrorism.  It also increases resources for our anti-narcotic programs abroad.

• Provides $60 million increase for Foreign Military Financing for Israel to assist in their security and counter-terror efforts.  Total funding is $2.3 billion, the same as the President’s request.  Also fully funds the President's $240 million request for economic assistance to Israel .
• The bill dramatically increases economic assistance for Afghanistan by providing the requested level of $430 million, $205 million above last year’s level.  In addition the bill includes a new provision that withholds a little more than half of this assistance ($225 million), until the Secretary of State certifies that the national and local governments in Afghanistan are fully cooperating with the U.S.-funded narcotics eradication and interdiction efforts.   
• $300 million for military assistance for Pakistan as they assist us in hunting terrorists along the Afghan border;
• Explicitly funds the President's $1.3 billion request for Foreign Military Financing for Egypt as proposed by the House.  Also provides $495 million for economic assistance to Egypt .  $50 million of this assistance is set aside for political reform programs and $50 million is provided for education initiatives.
• International Narcotics Control is funded at $477 million, $151 million above last year and $47 million below the request and provides $10 million more than the President's request for Mexico .  
• The Andean Counter Drug Initiative is increased by $9 million over last year and funded at the requested level of $735 million.   

Other Items of Interest 

• The bill provides $61 million in assistance to Iraq .  The budget requested $459 million for a variety of economic and security assistance for Iraq .  Currently, more than $3.5 billion remains unobligated from the original $18.4 billion reconstruction package enacted in 2003 and the subcommittee directed that the 2006 requirements be financed from the unobligated funds.   
• The bill includes $150 million in economic assistance for West Bank and Gaza region, $75 million above FY05 and the same as the President’s request.  The funds are provided under the exact same terms and conditions as FY 2005 and flow only for projects funded by USAID, not for direct budgetary assistance.   The bill requires the submission of a detailed financial plan prior to the obligation of these funds.
• Peace Corps is funded at $322 million, $5 million above FY05 and $23 million below the President's request.
• Total funding of the United States Agency for International Development is $4.3 billion, $121 million above the President’s request and $93 million below last year’s enacted level. 
• Provides $432 million for bilateral international family planning programs, and $34 million for the UNFPA.  Retains current law on restrictions and prohibitions on assistance. 
• The bill terminates the Conflict Response Fund:  $100 million. 
• The bill prohibits international assistance to countries that refuse to extradite violent criminals to the U.S.