Letter From Lois Frankel, Ranking Member House Appropriations Subcommittee on House Foreign Affairs Committee National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs

[A]ny efforts to reorganize, redesign, or substantially alter the USADF requires prior consultation with and a 15-day advanced notification to Congress under Section 7063 of the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations law (P.L. 118-47). This includes any efforts to “expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize” the USADF, as per Section 7063(b) of the law. No such consultation or notification has been provided to the Congress. The law prohibits any such efforts to reorganize, redesign, or substantially alter the USADF absent such consultation and notification.