Appropriations and Congressional Budget Process
The congressional budget process calls for members of Congress and Senators to fund various programs through 12 appropriations bills each fiscal year. Unfortunately, in recent history, the government has funded those programs through continuing resolutions or omnibus legislation, rather than working through regular order to pass the appropriations bills. Sometimes this way of providing government funding may have unintended consequences. Thus, CUNA works closely with the Appropriations Committee to ensure that issues impacting credit unions and their members are addressed and that legislation with these unintended consequences does not become law.
What we've told lawmakers
Letter
Letter sent to Senate Foreign Relations in support of CDP
CUNA wrote to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee re: the hearing, a “Review of the FY 2022 USAID Budget Request.” The letter writes in strong support of a funding level of $20 million for the Cooperative Development Program, administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development, in fiscal year 2022.
Letter
CUNA writes to SFOP in support of CDP
CUNA wrote Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations and Related Programs re: the proposed funding level for the Cooperative Development Program, administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development, in fiscal year 2022. The level proposed in the Subcommittee draft is $17 million, $1.5 million less than last year's enacted level.
Letter
CUNA writes in support of CDFIF & CDRLF
CUNA wrote to Chairman Quigley and Ranking Member Womack regarding the Subcommittee's proposed draft text of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022.