The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday Approved $790 million for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs for 2018: a high-water mark for the State Department account that includes international nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
The Senate recommendation is about 60 percent more than what the White House requested for the account in 2018 as part of a proposal to slash funding at Foggy Bottom.
The Senate also bill tops the recommended 2018 budget House appropriators approved in July that would if signed provide $618 million or so for the nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs (NADR) account. That is nearly twice the roughly $313 million requested.
The United States’ contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission and the nation’s voluntary contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency fall under NADR, which received about $500 million for fiscal 2017.
The federal government is currently funded at 2017 levels through Dec. 8, under a continuing resolution President Donald Trump signed Friday. Congress and the White House have until then to get on the same page regarding a permanent 2018 spending bill. If lawmakers and the administration cannot reach an accord, they will have to pass and enact another continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.
