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To supplement Chapter 5 Columbia Institution for the Deaf §231-250 repealed. To amend Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse (a-FRaI-d) to Foreign Relations (FR-ee), To change Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to Customs Title 6 USC and CFR. To change Court of International Trade of the United States (COITUS) to Customs Court (CC). To repeal the IEEPA 50USC§1701-§1706 and return stolen assets. To delete 'Waiver of' from Sovereign Immunity 11USC§106 and the body of 43USC§390uu. To delete Iran from 22USC§2227. To append Paragraph 98 of Alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) No. 175 3 October 2018 to 22USC§7201, repeal §7204. To reduce tariffs 0.1%-3% from 1.6% in 2016, by 9% for industrialized countries, to 1.46% average US tariff in 2019 pursuant to the Swiss Formula for Unilateral Tariff Reductions (2007). To get China to reduce 0.3% from 3.6% in 2016 to 3.59% in 2019. To appreciate the yuan from 6.6 to 3.3 per dollar to make China the largest economy, with $15,000 per capita GDP, against IMF currency stability policy, under 19USC§4421 and 22USC§5301 for elimination of agricultural tariffs. To abolish time for safeguards, prohibit trade war and upgrade annual tariff reduction algebra to calculus +/- 0.999 developing, 0.97 industrialized. To use high estimate of Customs outlays and revenues $67 billion outlays and $40 billion revenues FY 16, outlays increase 2.5% to $72 billion FY 19 and $73.8 billion FY 20. Abolish ICE and CIA. Repeal 28CFR§0.87. To recalculate State Department program levels from $56.0 billion FY 16, with 2.5% annual growth for all programs, 3% for P.L. 480, to $58.8 billion FY 19 and $59.1 billion FY 20 including $1 billion arrears for UNESCO and UNRWA in FY 19 under Art. 19 of the UN Charter. To produce the first annual UN budget System revenues are estimated $55.7 billion 2019 and $57.1 billion 2020, nations must pay their assessed share of half of the $5.4 billion regular budget, $2.7 billion in both 2018 and 2019, 5% growth to $2.8 billion in 2020 and 2.5% more every year thereafter, and the already annualized $6.7 billion peacekeeping budget July 2018- 2019 increases 3% to $6.9 billion July 2020 – 2021. To ensure non-repetition agency program level growth is estimated 2.5% government, customs and international development, 3% services, health, education and P.L. 480 from Fiscal Year 2016, before the illegal budget cuts, 3% annual defense growth from CR 18. To automate 3% annual increase in federal minimum wage and social security COLA, 3.3% food stamps, 4% child welfare and disability, 6% retirement from the previous year, while inflation runs 2.5%-3%. To pay $10 billion for Census 2020 driving Commerce Department spending from $10.6 billion FY 19 to $17.4 billion FY 20 and $10.4 billion FY 21 + 2.5% for Annual Statistical Abstract, annual US international trade, aid and military assistance statistics boycotted, racial statistics deHispanicable, non-hyperinflationary electronic Decennial Census 2030. To tax energy exports 1%-6%. To tax the rich and state employees the 12.4% OASDI tax on all their income. To solicit individual and corporate taxpayers 1-2% of income suggested UN donation. To sell regular price identification and travel documents under common Arts. 26-29 of the Conventions Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and Stateless Persons (1954) less than $10 with a free trial under the Eighth Amendment and Art. 1 Sec. 9 Cl. 1 of the US Constitution.

 

Be it enacted in the House and Senate assembled

 

1st ed. Election Day 4 November 2003, 2nd 20 December 2004. 3rd 20 September 2005, 4th 20 September 2006, 5th 6 August 2007, 6th 31 August 2009, 7th 16 September 2010, 8th 20 September 2011, 9th 20 September 2012, 10th 14 October 2015, 11th 24 July 2016, 12th 30 October 2017, 13th 8 June 2019

 

1. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, has not only had to eliminate the allowance for inflation from a reduced 2018-2019 biannual budget, he has promised to produce the first annual UN budget in 2020. Total revenues of the United Nations System are estimated $48 billion in 2015, $49 billion in 2016 and $53 billion in 2017 by the United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination table and figure 1 in the Proposed Programme Budget for the Biennium 2018-2019 A/72/6. In 2015 the UN received a total of $48,159 million in revenues, $14,519 million in assessed contributions and $33,640 million in voluntary contributions and other revenues. UN System revenues statistics, produced by the United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination must be corroborated by the Assembly.  The United Nations System is expected to grow rapidly, despite temporary reductions in the regular biannual programme budget due to popular demand to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.  Arrears are more than the United States can afford in FY 19 after depriving international development of an estimated $11.4 billion FY 18. State Department budget program levels must be recalculated from FY 16 total levels of $56.0 billion, at annual 2.5% government and 3% International Agricultural Assistance P.L. 480 spending growth, to $58.8 billion FY 19 and $59.1 billion FY 20. To preclude lawsuits for arrears the settlement includes $1 billion arrears for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) and United Nations Relief and Works Administration for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to redress The Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance A/73/305 of 6 August 2018, increasingly hungry State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World: Building Climate Resilience for Food Security and Nutrition 2018, and gloomy World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Dutch budget surplus, legal marijuana, prostitution and steady bank enrollment growth as Special Advocate to the Secretary General for Inclusive Finance for Development, for Secretary of the United Nations 2022.

 

United Nations Agency Revenues by Source 2016 – 2020

(millions)

 

Agency

Revenue type

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

UN United Nations Regular Budget

Assessed Contributions

2,842,000,000

2,578,222,622

2,697,500,000

2,697,500,000

2,764,937,500

UN

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

2,279,256,218

2,336,237,624

2,3946,43564

2,454,509,653

UN

Revenue from other activities

623,014,141

638,589,494

654,554,232

670,918,087

UN

Subtotal

5,713,034,000

5,480,492,981

5,672,327,118

5,746,697,796

5,890,365,240

CTBTO Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization

Assessed Contributions

119,158,506

122,137,469

125,190,905

128,320,678

CTBTO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

6,742,469

6,911,031

7,083,806

7,260,902

CTBTO

Revenue from other activities

2,113,268

2,166,100

2,220,252

2,275,759

CTBTO

Subtotal

128,014,243

131,214,600

134,494,963

137,857,339

DPKO Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Assessed Contributions

7,853,485,000

7,316,000,000

6,700,000,000

6,901,000,000

DPKO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

342,939,000

351,512,475

360,300,287

369,307,794

DPKO

Revenue from other activities

79,091,000

81,068,275

83,094,982

85,172,356

DPKO

Subtotal

8,876,176,000

8,275,515,000

7,748,580,750

7,143,395,269

7,355,480,150

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

751,094,912

769,872,285

789,119,092

808,847,069

FAO

Assessed Contributions

473,949,640

485,798,381

497,943,341

510,391,924

FAO

Revenue from other activities

38,500,213

39,462,718

40,449,286

41,460,518

FAO

Subtotal

1,201,818,140

1,263,544,765

1,295,133,384

1,327,511,719

1,360,699,511

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

Assessed Contributions

434,492,117

445,354,520

456,488,280

467,900,487

IAEA

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

259,541,533

266,030,071

272,680,823

279,497,844

IAEA

Revenue from other activities

7,912,685

8,110,502

8,313,265

8,521,096

IAEA

Subtotal

549,644,351

701,946,335

719,495,093

737,482,368

755,919,427

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

114,008,476

116,858,688

119,780,155

122,774,659

ICAO

Assessed Contributions

79,944,444

81,943,055

83,991,632

86,091,422

ICAO

Revenue from other activities

22,266,023

22,822,674

23,393,240

23,978,071

ICAO

Subtotal

192,346,640

216,218,943

221,624,417

227,165,027

232,844,152

ICC International Criminal Court

Assessed Contributions

167,335,330

171,518,713

175,806,681

180,201,848

ICC

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

1,985,393

2,035,028

2,085,904

2,138,051

ICC

Revenue from other activities

453,913

465,261

476,892

488,815

ICC

Subtotal

169,774,636

174,019,002

178,369,477

182,828,714

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

306,323,000

313,981,075

321,830,602

329,876,367

IFAD

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

104,016,000

106,616,400

109,281,810

112,013,855

IFAD

Revenue from other activities

8,512,000

8,724,800

8,942,920

9,166,493

IFAD

Subtotal

169,727,000

418,851,000

429,322,275

440,055,332

451,056,715

ILO International Labour Organization

Assessed Contributions

369,522,195

378,760,250

388,229,256

397,934,988

ILO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

292,995,139

300,320,017

307,828,018

315,523,718

ILO

Revenue from other activities

20,684,803

21,201,923

21,731,971

22,275,270

ILO

Subtotal

674,937,000

683,202,137

700,282,190

717,789,245

735,733,976

IMO International Maritime Organization

Assessed Contributions

40,553,794

41,567,639

42,606,830

43,672,001

IMO

Revenue from other activities

18,802,637

19,272,703

19,754,521

20,248,384

IMO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

7,485,503

7,672,641

7,864,457

8,061,069

IMO

Subtotal

57,821,457

66,841,934

68,512,983

70,225,808

71,981,454

IOM International Organization for Migration

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

1,450,077,826

1,486,329,772

1,523,488,016

1,561,575,216

IOM

Revenue from other activities

100,289,705

102,796,948

105,366,871

108,001,043

IOM

Assessed Contributions

49,453,975

50,690,324

51,957,582

53,256,522

IOM

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

14,880,494

15,252,506

15,633,819

16,024,664

IOM

Subtotal

1,602,307,417

1,614,702,000

1,655,069,550

1,696,446,288

1,738,857,445

ITC International Trade Center

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

61,562,342

63,101,401

64,678,936

66,295,909

ITC

Assessed Contributions

35,452,560

36,338,874

37,247,346

38,178,530

ITC

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

28,868,663

29,590,380

30,330,139

31,088,393

ITC

Revenue from other activities

1,240,858

1,271,880

1,303,676

1,336,268

ITC

Subtotal

91,197,000

127,124,423

130,302,535

133,560,097

136,899,100

ITU International Telecommunication Union

Assessed Contributions

125,143,149

128,271,728

131,478,521

134,765,484

ITU

Revenue from other activities

46,562,372

47,726,431

48,919,592

50,142,582

ITU

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

10,193,119

10,447,947

10,709,146

10,976,874

ITU

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

655,355

671,739

688,532

705,745

ITU

Subtotal

183,604,878

182,553,995

187,117,845

191,795,791

196,590,685

PAHO Pan-American Health Organization

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

614,189,946

629,544,695

645,283,312

661,415,395

PAHO

Revenue from other activities

716,469,705

734,381,448

752,740,984

771,559,508

PAHO

Assessed Contributions

102,392,503

104,952,316

107,576,124

110,265,527

PAHO

Subtotal

1,363,470,773

1,433,052,154

1,468,878,459

1,505,600,420

1,543,240,430

UN-HABITAT UN Human Settlements Programme

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

141,879,429

145,426,415

149,062,075

152,788,627

UN-HABITAT

Assessed Contributions

13,563,772

13,902,866

14,250,438

14,606,699

UN-HABITAT

Revenue from other activities

10,673,734

10,940,577

11,214,092

11,494,444

UN-HABITAT

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

2,692,811

2,760,131

2,829,135

2,899,863

UN-HABITAT

Subtotal

186,433,318

168,809,746

173,029,989

177,355,740

181,789,633

UNAIDS Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

172,883,829

177,205,925

181,636,073

186,176,974

UNAIDS

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

52,112,923

53,415,746

54,751,140

56,119,918

UNAIDS

Revenue from other activities

8,040,694

8,241,711

8,447,754

8,658948

UNAIDS

Subtotal

181,750,055

233,037,446

238,863,382

244,834,967

250,955,840

UNCDF UN Capital Development Fund

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

46,743,498

47,912,085

49,109,888

50,337,635

UNCDF

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

9,686,964

9,929,138

10,177,367

10,431,801

UNCDF

Revenue from other activities

3,294,563

3,376,927

3,461,350

3,547,884

UNCDF

Subtotal

59,725,025

61,218,150

62,748,605

64,317,320

UNDP UN Development Programme

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

4,237,462,036

4,343,398,586

4,451,983,552

4,563,283,140

UNDP

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

647,298,017

663,480,467

680,067,479

697,069,166

UNDP

Revenue from other activities

344,324,601

352,932,716

361,756,034

370,799,934

UNDP

Voluntary Contributions pending earmarking

7,338,858

7,522,330

7,710,388

7,903,147

UNDP

Subtotal

4,659,525,828

5,236,423,512

5,367,334,099

5,501,517,453

5,639,055,387

UNEP UN Environment Programme

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

443,395,667

454,480,559

465,842,573

477,488,637

UNEP

Assessed Contributions

198,867,270

203,838,952

208,934,926

214,158,299

UNEP

Revenue from other activities

25,261,000

25,892,525

26,539,838

27,203,334

UNEP

Subtotal

561,342,000

667,523,937

684,212,036

701,317,337

718,850,270

UNESCO

Assessed Contributions

316,326,778

324,234,948

332,340,821

340,649,342

UNESCO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

261,277,654

267,809,595

274,504,835

281,367,456

UNESCO

Revenue from other activities

70,816,887

72,587,309

74,401,992

76,262,042

UNESCO

Subtotal

663,683,714

648,421,319

664,631,852

681,247,648

698,278,840

UNFCCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

38,043,023

38,994,099

39,968,951

40,968,175

UNFCCC

Assessed Contributions

30,521,614

31,284,654

32,066,771

32,868,440

UNFCCC

Revenue from other activities

14,949,449

15,323,185

15,706,265

16,098,922

UNFCCC

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

2,184,027

2,238,628

2,294,593

2,351,958

UNFCCC

Subtotal

85,698,114

87,840,566

90,036,580

92,287,495

UNFPA UN Population Fund

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

717,589,000

735,528,725

753,916,943

772,764,867

UNFPA

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

349,914,000

358,661,850

367,628,396

376,819,106

UNFPA

Revenue from other activities

92,694,000

95,011,350

97,386,634

99,821,300

UNFPA

Subtotal

922,517,792

1,160,197,000

1,189,201,925

1,218,931,973

1,249,405,273

UNHCR Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

3,271,077,051

3,352,853,977

3,436,675,327

3,522,592,210

UNHCR

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

703,337,927

720,921,375

738,944,410

757,418,020

UNHCR

Voluntary Contributions pending earmarking

173,687,676

178,029,868

182,480,615

187,042,630

UNHCR

Assessed Contributions

47,754,500

48,948,363

50,172,072

51,426,373

UNHCR

Revenue from other activities

30,662,433

31,428,994

32,214,719

33,020,087

UNHCR

Subtotal

3,846,924,119

4,226,519,587

4,332,182,577

4,440,487,143

4,551,499,320

UNICEF UN Children's Fund

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

5,152,898,225

5,281,720,681

5,413,763,698

5,549,107,791

UNICEF

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

1,278,100,386

1,310,052,896

1,342,894,218

1,376,374,323

UNICEF

Revenue from other activities

145,744,994

149,388,619

153,123,334

156,951,418

UNICEF

Subtotal

5,427,255,034

6,576,743,605

6,741,162,196

6,909,781,250

7,082,433,532

UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organization

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

255,799,555

262,194,544

268,749,408

275,468,143

UNIDO

Assessed Contributions

79,728,221

81,722,103

83,765,156

85,859,285

UNIDO

Revenue from other activities

3,286,768

3,368,937

3,453,161

3,539,490

UNIDO

Subtotal

235,511,425

338,814,544

347,285,584

355,967,725

364,866,918

UNITAR UN Institute for Training and Research

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

32,114,808

32,917,678

33,740,620

34,584,136

UNITAR

Revenue from other activities

487,674

499,866

512,363

525,172

UNITAR

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

152,304

156,112

160,014

164,015

UNITAR

Subtotal

23,854,000

32,754,786

33,573,656

34,412,997

35,273,323

UNODC UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

342,045,000

350,596,125

359,361,028

368,345,054

UNODC

Assessed Contributions

30,638,000

31,403,950

32,189,049

32,993,775

UNODC

Revenue from other activities

14,510,000

14,872,750

15,244,569

15,625,683

UNODC

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

4,063,000

4,164,575

4,268,689

4,375,407

UNODC

Subtotal

241,906,000

391,256,000

401,037,400

411,063,335

421,339,919

UNOPS UN Office for Project Services

Revenue from other activities

769,873,000

834,003,966

854,854,066

876,225,417

898,131,052

UNRISD UN Research Institute for Social Development

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

1,903,909

1,951,507

2,000,294

2,050,302

UNRISD

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

271,099

277,877

284,823

291,944

UNRISD

Subtotal

2,175,008

2,229,384

2,285,117

2,342,246

UNRWA UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

624,912,870

640,535,692

656,549,084

672,962,811

UNRWA

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

559,226,192

231,881,847

920,003,893

601,168,156

UNRWA

Revenue from other activities

54,753,966

56,122,815

57,525,886

58,964,033

UNRWA

Subtotal

1,316,762,306

1,238,893,028

928,540,354

1,634,078,863

1,333,095,000

UNSSC UN System Staff College

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

6,713,518

6,881,356

7,053,390

7,229,725

UNSSC

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

4,183,647

4,288,238

4,395,444

4,505,330

UNSSC

Revenue from other activities

451,541

462,830

474,400

486,260

UNSSC

Subtotal

11,348,706

11,632,424

11,923,234

12,221,315

UNU United Nations University

Revenue from other activities

58,090,868

59,543,140

61,031,718

62,557,511

UNU

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

48,747,514

49,966,202

51,215,357

52,495,741

UNU

Subtotal

89,986,553

106,838,382

109,509,342

112,247,075

115,053,252

UNWOMEN UN Women

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

214,240,865

219,596,887

225,086,809

230,713,979

UNWOMEN

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

146,408,646

150,068,862

153,820,584

157,666,098

UNWOMEN

Revenue from other activities

9,553,000

9,791,825

10,036,621

10,287,536

UNWOMEN

Assessed Contributions

8,314,200

8,522,055

8,735,106

8,953,484

UNWOMEN

Subtotal

339,801,000

378,516,711

387,979,629

397,679,120

407,621,097

UNWTO World Tourism Organization

Assessed Contributions

16,281,151

16,688,180

17,105,384

17,533,019

UNWTO

Revenue from other activities

5,324,178

5,457,283

5,593,715

5,733,557

UNWTO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

2,696,449

2,763,860

2,832,957

2,903,781

UNWTO

Subtotal

23,171,332

24,301,778

24,909,323

25,532,056

26,170,357

UPU Universal Postal Union

Assessed Contributions

36,961,496

37,885,533

38,832,672

39,803,489

UPU

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

16,570,359

16,984,618

17,409,233

17,844,464

UPU

Revenue from other activities

15,726,452

16,119,613

16,522,604

16,935,669

UPU

Subtotal

77,403,536

69,258,307

70,989,764

72,764,509

74,583,622

WFP World Food Programme

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

5,588,498,310

5,728,210,768

5,871,416,037

6,018,201,438

WFP

Revenue from other activities

430,959,733

441,733,726

452,777,070

464,096,496

WFP

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

391,030,136

400,805,889

410,826,037

421,096,688

WFP

Voluntary Contributions pending earmarking

20,349,650

20,858,391

21,379,851

21,914,347

WFP

Subtotal

5,355,409,043

6,430,837,829

6,591,608,774

6,756,398,995

6,925,308,969

WHO World Health Organization

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

2,058,474,774

2,109,936,643

2,162,685,059

2,216,752,186

WHO

Assessed Contributions

456,710,549

468,128,313

479,831,521

491,827,309

WHO

Revenue from other activities

179,279,352

183,761,336

188,355,369

193,064,253

WHO

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

80,830,696

82,851,463

84,922,750

87,045,819

WHO

Subtotal

2,471,062,278

2,775,295,371

2,844,677,755

2,915,794,699

2,988,689,567

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

Revenue from other activities

392,178,937

401,983,410

412,032,996

422,333,821

WIPO

Assessed Contributions

18,230,061

18,685,813

19,152,958

19,631,782

WIPO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

11,415,133

11,700,511

11,993,024

12,292,850

WIPO

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

952,965

976,789

1,001,209

1,026,239

WIPO

Subtotal

347,037,073

422,777,096

433,,346,523

444,180,187

455,284,692

WMO World Meteorological Organization

Assessed Contributions

69,814,622

71,559,988

73,348,987

75,182,712

WMO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

17,016,333

17,441,741

17,877,784

18,324,730

WMO

Voluntary Contributions - Non-specified

5,040,814

5,166,834

5,296,005

5,428,405

WMO

Revenue from other activities

2,013,292

2,063,624

2,115,215

2,168,095

WMO

Subtotal

98,226,341

93,885,061

96,232,187

98,637,991

101,103,942

WTO World Trade Organization

Assessed Contributions

200,499,005

205,511,480

210,649,267

215,915,499

WTO

Voluntary Contributions - Specified

21,364,817

21,898,937

22,446,411

23,007,571

WTO

Revenue from other activities

1,948,210

1,996,915

2,046,838

2,098,009

WTO

Subtotal

249,234,707

223,812,032

229,407,332

235,142,516

241,021,079

United Nations System Total Revenues

All Sources

48,764,755,110, 49,333,227,820 reported

53,199,702,441

52,376,088,713

53,945,392,887

54,985,599,622

Source: United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination, Revenues by Source 2016-2017

2. The full definition of Official Development Assistance (ODA) is - Flows of official financing administered for the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as the main objective, and which are concessional in character with a grant element of at least 25% (using a fixed 10% rate of discount). By convention, ODA flows comprise contributions of donor government agencies, at all levels, to developing countries (bilateral ODA) and to multilateral institutions. ODA receipts comprise disbursements by bilateral donors and multilateral institutions. Industrialized nations are expected to contribute 1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ODA goal set in Art. 23 of the Declaration on Social Progress and Development (1969).  Sustainable Development Goals for 2030: Goal 8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7% gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries. Goal 10.b Encourage official development assistance and financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to States where the need is greatest, in particular least developed countries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their national plans and programs. Goal 17.2 Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7% of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15% to 0.20% of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20% of ODA/GNI to least developed countries. There are eight issues regarding accounting for international development assistance for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and/or United Nations Assembly to resolve. The first and most important issue is that all nations are known contribute to UN regular, peacekeeping and system agency budgets and employ the consular services of diplomats of international relations respected by the UN, whether they are developing or industrialized. A double column ledger is needed to tabulate the official development assistance contributions all nations. Second, accept all UN regular, peacekeeping and specialized agency contributions, administration of international assistance, foreign affairs, consular services and international commissions spending. Third, accept all refugee assistance, whether or not it lasts more than one year. Fourth, accept all UN peacekeeping contributions, rather than 7%, and prohibit all other military assistance, military education, narcotic control, law enforcement and non-UN peacekeeping spending. Fifth, six more columns are needed to account for private corporate philanthropic international development assistance, with the help of the Center for Global Prosperity, and total private and public contributions, official and total development assistance as a percent of GDP, per capita GDP and growth of international development spending from the previous year. Sixth, development assistance must receive Tied-aid export credit if imported by recipient developing countries, free of balance of trade payment. Seventh, account for receipts of foreign and UN diplomatic missions, whether or not the nation is considered industrialized or developing, ie. New York City, United States, Geneva, Switzerland. Eighth, graduation from least developed nation status does not impair 2.5% inflation, only a reduction of priority for new foreign assistance, nor from recipient status until they have achieved a per capita GDP 150% of the global average +/-$10,000 (2018) and contributes more to their diplomats than they receive from foreign nations.

 

Official and Private Development Assistance 2017

 

Area

Per capita USD

ODA Receipts

 

ODA Spending 

Private  Spending

Private and Public Spending

ODA  Receipts % of GDP

ODA Spending % of GDP

Private and Public Spending % of GDP

World

10,134

60,216

165,234

44,361

209,805

0.08%

0.22%

0.28%

Africa

1,752

25,629

0

0

0

2.0%

0

0

Africa, Subsaharan

1,451

23,516

0

0

0

1.6%

0

0

Americas

25,496

4,456

39,774

32,398

72,172

0.018%

0.16%

0.28%

Latin America and the Caribbean

8,218

4,456

178

0

0

0.08%

0.003%

0.003%

Asia

6,172

31,233

31,443

635

32,078

0.11%

0.11%

0.12%

Europe

25,596

2,947

90,097

10,314

100,411

0.015%

0.5%

0.53%

Oceania

38,561

1,302

3,486

1,307

4,793

0.08%

0.22%

0.31%

+ Orient

6,101

14,552

31,408

969

32,377

0.06%

0.13%

0.14%

South-east Asia

6,345

15,854

34,894

2,276

37,170

0.06%

0.14%

0.15%

Country

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afghanistan

556

2,831

0

0

0

14.0%

0

0

Albania

4,044

121.79

0

0

0

1.1%

0

0

Algeria

3,786

108.76

0

0

0

0.066%

0

0

American Samoa

11,750

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Andorra

37,117

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Angola

3,474

66.8

0

0

0

0.057%

0

0

Anguilla

22,533

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Antigua & Barbuda

14,175

2.95

0

0

0

0.22%

0

0

Argentina

12,215

0

21.69

0

21.69

0

0.0034%

0.0034%

Armenia

3,603

145.59

0

0

0

1.4%

0

0

Aruba (Netherlands)

25,160

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Australia

52,659

0

3,036

1,207

4,243

0

0.25%

0.35%

Austria

44,653

0

1,254

168

1,422

0

0.33%

0.38%

Azerbaijan

3,813

67.8

 

19

0

19

0.13%

 0.036%

0.036%

Bahamas

28,785

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bahrain

22,579

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bangladesh

1,355

2,224.79

0

0

0

1.1%

0

0

Barbados

15,975

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Belarus

5,001

67.67

0

0

0

0.12%

0

0

Belgium

41,199

0

2,218

428

2,646

0

0.49%

0.58%

Belize

4,745

6.61

0

0

0

0.38%

0

0

Benin

818

322.7

0

0

0

3.8%

0

0

Bermuda (United Kingdom)

99,363

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bhutan

2,774

42.37

0

0

0

2.0%

0

0

Bolivia

3,105

341.62

0

0

0

1.0%

0

0

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bosnia & Herzegovina

4,908

210.71

0

0

0

1.3%

0

0

Botswana

6,917

68.23

0

0

0

0.47%

0

0

Brazil

8,649

313.45

0

0

0

0.018%

0

0

British Virgin Islands

31,677

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Brunei

26,939

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bulgaria

7,465

0

62

0

62

0

0.13%

0.13%

Burkina Faso

627

399.83

0

0

0

3.6%

0

0

Burma (Myanmar)

1,242

1,061.54

0

0

0

1.7%

0

0

Burundi

273

210.9

0

0

0

7.7%

0

0

Cabo Verde

3,038

93.93

0

0

0

5.9%

0

0

Cambodia

1,270

595.85

0

0

0

3.3%

0

0

Cameroon

1,374

549.27

0

0

0

1.9%

0

0

Canada

42,154

0

4,346

1,398

5,744

0

0.28%

0.37%

Cayman Islands

63,261

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Central-African Republic

394

248.56

0

0

0

15.2%

0

0

Chad

780

228.79

0

0

0

2.3%

0

0

Channel Islands (UK)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chile

13,794

47.79

0

0

0

0.02%

0

0

China

7,993

0

440.36

0

440.36

0

0.004%

0.004%

China, Hong Kong

43,943

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

China, Macau

74,018

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Colombia

5,806

738.56

0

0

0

0.25%

0

0

Comoros

1,445

24.72

0

0

0

2.3%

0

0

Congo, Republic of

1,517

39.16

0

0

0

0.46%

0

0

Congo,Democratic Republic of the

512

1,190.15

0

0

0

3.2%

0

0

Cook Islands

16,698

14.25

0

0

0

4.9%

0

0

Costa Rica

11,825

60.07

0

0

0

0.11%

0

0

Cote d’Ivoire

1,552

289.52

0

0

0

0.9%

0

0

Croatia

12,159

0

54

0

54

0

0.11%

0.11%

Cuba

7,815

312.13

0

0

0

0.36%

0

0

Curacao

19,586

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cyprus

23,631

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Czechia

18,405

0

304

1

0

0

0.16%

0

Denmark

53,730

0

2,461

147

2,608

0

0.82%

0.87%

Djibouti

2,007

73.39

0

0

0

4.2%

0

0

Dominica

7,907

0.51

0

0

0

0.1%

0

0

Dominican Republic

6,722

79.49

0

0

0

0.12%

0

0

Ecuador

5,982

138.55

0

0

0

0.14%

0

0

Egypt

2,823

40.79

0

0

0

0.013%

0

0

El Salvador

4,224

137.09

0

0

0

0.53%

0

0

Equatorial Guinea

8,742

6.14

0

0

0

0.045%

0

0

Eritrea

1,093

17.4

0

0

0

0.36%

0

0

Estonia

17,782

0

43

0

43

0.19%

0.19%

0.19%

Eswatini

2,983

79.78

0

0

0

1.8%

0

0

Ethiopia

687

2,206.62

0

0

0

3.7%

0

0

Falkland Islands

68,800

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Faroe Islands

40,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fiji

5,197

95.31

0

0

0

2.2%

0

0

Finland

43,339

0

1,084

74

1,158

0

0.47%

0.5%

France

36,826

0

10,699

1,030

11,729

0

0.44%

0.49%

French Guiana

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

French Polynesia

19,335

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gabon

7,002

91.87

0

0

0

0.67%

0

0

Gambia

484

45

0

0

0

4.8%

0

0

Georgia

3,651

191.52

0

0

0

1.4%

0

0

Germany

42,456

0

24,406

1,367

25,773

0

0.73%

0.77%

Ghana

1,517

593.85

0

0

0

1.6%

0

0

Gibraltar (UK)

58,400

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Greece

17,230

0

314

1

315

0

0.16%

0.16%

Greenland (Denmark)

40,469

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Grenada

9,469

1.38

0

0

0

0.14%

0

0

Guadeloupe

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Guam

35,600

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Guatemala

4,147

284.15

0

0

0

0.45%

0

0

Guinea

684

172.4

0

0

0

1.9%

0

0

Guinea-Bissau

618

28.91

0

0

0

3.0%

0

0

Guyana

4,444

14.57

0

0

0

0.44%

0

0

Haiti

705

640.7

0

0

0

7.5%

0

0

Holy See

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Honduras

2,361

222.59

0

0

0

1.1%

0

0

Hungary

12,900

0

149

0

149

0

0.12%

0.12%

Iceland

60,966

0

68

0

68

0

0.41%

0.41%

India

1,706

2,569.84

0

0

0

0.12%

0

0

Indonesia

3,570

117.16

0

0

0

0.014%

0

0

Iran

5,299

108.9

0

0

0

0.00025%

0

0

Iraq

4,301

2,278.87

0

0

0

1.4%

0

0

Ireland

64,497

0

838

190

1,028

0

0.3%

0.36%

Isle of Man

79,906

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Israel

38,788

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Italy

31,279

0

5,865

549

6,414

0

0.32%

0.35%

Jamaica

4,879

32.26

0

0

0

0.23%

0

0

Japan

38,640

0

15,230

635

15,865

0

0.35%

0.36%

Jordan

4,088

1,878.13

0

0

0

5%

0

0

Kazakhstan

7,505

7.6

35

0

35

0.0042%

0.019%

0.019%

Kenya

1,455

1,502.94

0

0

0

2.4%

0

0

Kiribati

1,518

40.81

0

0

0

2.5%

0

0

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic

665

19.38

0

0

0

0.12%

0

0

Korea, Republic of

27,785

0

2,152

334

2,486

0

0.16%

0.18%

Kosovo

3,718

174.2

0

0

0

24%

0

0

Kuwait

27,229

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kyrgyzstan

1,100

158.54

0

0

0

2.4%

0

0

Laos

2,339

291.48

0

0

0

2.3%

0

0

Latvia

13,993

0

32

0

32

0

0.12%

0.12%

Lebanon

8,400

847.67

0

0

0

1.7%

0

0

Lesotho

1,017

79.19

0

0

0

3.9%

0

0

Liberia

598

407.03

0

0

0

19.8%

0

0

Libya

6,826

337.9

0

0

0

0.98%

0

0

Liechtenstein

164,437

0

24

0

24

0

0.38%

0.38%

Lithuania

14,707

0

59

0

59

0

0.14%

0.14%

Luxembourg

101,835

0

424

30

454

0

0.75%

0.80%

Macedonia

5,163

52.42

0

0

0

0.46%

0

0

Madagascar

451

249.93

0

0

0

2.6%

0

0

Malawi

294

789.13

0

0

0

12.3%

0

0

Malaysia

9,508

0

47.56

0

47.56

0

0.016%

0

Maldives

9,875

7.72

0

0

0

0.23%

0

0

Mali

778

718.42

0

0

0

5.5%

0

0

Malta

25,616

0

25

0

25

0

0.26%

0.26%

Marshall Islands

3,449

72.05

0

0

0

39%

0

0

Martinique (France)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mauritania

1,085

64.24

0

0

0

1.3%

0

0

Mauritius

9,679

7.76

0

0

0

0.067%

0

0

Mayotte

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mexico

8,444

692.78

0

0

0

0.061%

0

0

Micronesia

3,144

89.55

0

0

0

28%

0

0

Moldova

2,780

94.84

0

0

0

1.2%

0

0

Monaco

168,004

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mongolia

3,686

590.57

0

0

0

5.0%

0

0

Montenegro

6,958

0.95

0

0

0

0.024%

0

0

Montserrat

12,044

35.4

0

0

0

60%

0

0

Morocco

2,937

867.26

0

0

0

0.86%

0

0

Mozambique

379

1,199.72

0

0

0

8.1%

0

0

Namibia

4,415

128.09

0

0

0

1.1%

0

0

Nauru

9,119

23.54

0

0

0

12.5%

0

0

Nepal

722

631.4

0

0

0

3.1%

0

0

Netherlands

45,753

0

5,001

785

5,786

0

0.67%

0.77%

New Caledonia

34,641

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

New Zealand

40,233

0

450

100

550

0

0.26%

0.32%

Nicaragua

2,150

181.77

0

0

0

1.4%

0

0

Niger

364

427.37

0

0

0

6.0%

0

0

Nigeria

2,176

1,742.86

0

0

0

0.35%

0

0

Niue

5,000

13.83

0

0

0

138%

0

0

Northern Mariana Islands

22,582

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Norway

70,617

0

4,125

0

4,125

0

1.1%

1.1%

Oman

14,277

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pakistan

1,462

1,279.49

0

0

0

0.48%

0

0

Palau

14,428

17.77

0

0

0

6.9%

0

0

Palestine

2,796

1,239

0

0

0

9.8%

0

0

Panama

13,680

9.95

0

0

0

0.019%

0

0

Papua New Guinea

2,436

440.12

0

0

0

2.1%

0

0

Paraguay

4,039

42.39

0

0

0

0.15%

0

0

Peru

6,049

0

155.89

0

155.89

0

0.082%

0.082%

Philippines

2,951

163.28

0

0

0

0.056%

0

0

Poland

12,332

0

702

0

702

0

0.15%

0.15%

Portugal

19,750

0

398

0

398

0

0.2%

0.2%

Puerto Rico (USA)

28,636

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Qatar

59,324

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Réunion

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Romania

9,439

0

220

0

220

0

0.12%

0.12%

Russia

8,655

0

1,190

0

1,190

0

0.09%

0.09%

Rwanda

711

507.73

0

0

0

6.3%

0

0

Saint Helena

7,800

65.29

0

0

0

118%

0

0

Saint Kitts & Nevis

16,597

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Saint Lucia

7,848

4.74

0

0

0

0.33%

0

0

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

43,550

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

6,980

4.05

0

0

0

0.55%

0

0

Samoa

4,210

76.87

0

0

0

9.9%

0

0

San Marino

47,910

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SaoTome and Principe

1,715

15.09

0

0

0

4.5%

0

0

Saudi Arabia

19,817

0

908

0

908

0

0.14%

0.14%

Senegal

948

545.59

0

0

0

4.0%

0

0

Serbia

5,426

252.28

0

0

0

0.68%

0

0

Seychelles

15,217

9.7

0

0

0

0.71%

0

0

Sierra Leone

497

282.79

0

0

0

6.3%

0

0

Singapore

52,814

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sint Maarten (Dutch)

27,116

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Slovakia

16,489

0

119

0

119

0

0.14%

0.14%

Slovenia

21,517

0

76

0

0

0

0.18%

0.18%

Solomon Islands

1,892

156.34

0

0

0

14.5%

0

0

Somalia

92

1,255.12

0

0

0

80.5%

0

0

South Africa

5,274

777.71

0

0

0

0.25%

0

0

Spain

26,695

0

2,559

181

2,740

0

0.22%

0.23%

Sri Lanka

3,910

107.65

0

0

0

0.13%

0

0

Sudan

2,094

370.5

0

0

0

0.47%

0

0

Sudan, South

534

1,694.48

0

0

0

12.9%

0

0

Suriname

5,871

4.18

0

0

0

0.086%

0

0

Swaziland

3,212

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sweden

52,297

0

5,564

234

5,798

0

1.1%

1.2%

Switzerland

79,609

0

3,142

611

3,753

0

0.47%

0.56%

Syria

1,203

2,566.28

0

0

0

9.0%

0

0

Taiwan

24,318

0

319

0

0

0

0.056%

0.056%

Tajikstan

796

112.38

0

0

0

1.4%

0

0

Tanzania

881

1,427.38

0

0

0

3.1%

0

0

Thailand

5,911

192.23

133

0

0

0.049%

0.034%

0.034%

Timor-Leste

2,131

163.53

0

0

0

5.7%

0

0

Togo

585

78.71

0

0

0

1.9%

0

0

Tokelau

0

7.24

0

0

0

77%

0

0

Tonga

3,748

55.78

0

0

0

13.9%

0

0

Trinidad & Tobago

17,646

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tunisia

3,657

386.93

0

0

0

0.94%

0

0

Turkey

10,863

1,455.5

8,121

0

8,121

0.2%

1.1%

1.1%

Turkmenistan

6,389

5.37

0

0

0

0.014%

0

0

Turks & Caicos

26,291

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tuvalu

3,307

13.3

0

0

0

40%

0

0

Uganda

610

1,287.45

0

0

0

5.1%

0

0

Ukraine

2,099

749.49

0

0

0

0.83%

0

0

United Arab Emirates

37,622

0

3,957

0

0

0

1.0%

1.0%

United Kingdom

40,249

0

17,133

3,891

21,024

0

0.6%

0.74%

United States

57,808

0

35,250

31,000

66,250

0

0.2%

0.37%

Uruguay

15,221

31.69

0

0

0

0.059%

0

0

Uzbekistan

2,155

335.85

0

0

0

0.49%

0

0

Vanuatu

3,097

103.3

0

0

0

14%

0

0

Venezuela

9,230

74.37

0

0

0

0.022%

0

0

Viet Nam

2,171

1,540.21

0

0

0

0.8%

0

0

Virgin Islands (USA)

49,352

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wallis and Futuna

16,250

88.67

0

0

0

46%

0

0

Western Sahara

2,500

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Yemen

920

1,269.88

0

0

0

4.3%

0

0

Zambia

1,270

731.34

0

0

0

3.4%

0

0

Zimbabwe

998

473.55

0

0

0

3.4%

0

0

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Assistance Committee (DAC) 2017, Center for Global Prosperity 2016, UNRWA spending on Palestine Refugees $1,239 million, more than $1,062.27 estimated by DAC

 

3. United States Official Development Assistance (ODA) is the most generous of nations in dollar terms, but is very low in terms of percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Estimated at $34,421 million in 2016, US ODA is only 0.19% of the US GDP, but 24% of the global total of $144,921 million ODA contributed by Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member nations. Another $21,090 million, are reported to be contributed from non-OECD-member nations by OECD, for a total of $166,011 Official Development Assistance (ODA), of which the US paid 20.7%. After budget cuts reduced US ODA to $23,513 in FY 18, US ODA was reduced to 0.12% of the GDP. These budget cuts reduce total global ODA, estimated to grow 2.5% annually in all other countries, from $166,011 million in 2016 to $161,682 million in 2018, with the US paying only 14.5% of the global total of OECD member and non-member contributors. The international aid target for ODA donor nations is 0.7% of GDP plus 0.3% of GDP private international assistance. The settlement is for the United States to reject budget cuts to international assistance by re-estimating FY 19 program levels at 2.5% annual growth from FY 16, 3% for agricultural assistance, and pay arrears for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and United Nations Relief and Works Administration for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).  The US private sector is unique in being a major contributor to international development in their own right. In 2004 it was estimated that the private sector contributed $33 billion to international development, $10 billion more than the US government, but private international philanthropic contributions have declined since 2011 and are believed to remain around $30 billion. US ODA is hopeless when it comes to donating 0.7% of GDP and private philanthropists have been dissuaded from contributing the other 0.3% to pay a total of 1% of GDP ODA sought since 1970. ODA counts as export of goods and services, but not all exports count as ODA under Tied Aid Export Credit under 12USC§635i-3. ODA is how governments of industrialized nations act decisively to improve their balance of trade and ODA statistics under the Tied Aid Export Credit. Furthermore, for the US ODA, and other donor nations, to make up the shortfall of 1% of GDP it is advised to provide for a 1%-2% of income suggested UN donation, on all individual and corporate income tax forms.

 

United States Official Development Assistance Debate FY 16 – FY 20

(millions)

 

FY 16

FY 17

FY 18 assessment

FY 19 request

FY 19 arrears

FY 20

ACF

1,737

2,141

1,663

1,692

2,271

2,339

7% UN Peacekeeping

172

134

84

84

126

129

DAC US ODA

{34,421}

{34,732}

{23,513}

{27,269}

{36,322}

{37,130}

% GDP

0.19

0.18

0.12

0.13

0.18

0.18

Minimum ODA

{36,862}

{34,629}

{26,188}

{25,604}

{40,896}

{40,915}

% of GDP

0.19

0.18

0.13

0.13

0.20

0.20

ODA Consular Estimate

{47,575}

{47,486}

{35,747}

{35,311}

{52,412}

{52,717}

% of GDP

0.25

0.24

0.18

0.17

0.26

0.25

ODA 100% UN Peacekeeping

{49,863}

{49,260}

{36,859}

{36,423}

{54,081}

{54,433}

% of GDP

0.26

0.25

0.18

0.18

0.26

0.26

ODA w/ $30 billion Private Development Assistance

{79,863}

{79,260}

{66,859}

{66,423}

{84,081}

{84,433}

% of GDP

0.42

0.41

0.34

0.33

0.41

0.41

GDP

19,001,000

19,419,000

19,963,000

20,462,000

20,462,000

20,871,000

Source: State Department, Foreign Operations and International Programs FY 17 & FY 19. Administration for Children and Families. Congressional Budget Justification FY 17 and FY 19; Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division. National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables. 2017; World Economic Situations and Prospects 2019, UN Data (2017). Private Development Assistance: Key Facts and Global Estimates. Development Initiatives. 2015. Hynes, William; Scott, Simon. The Evolution of Official Development Assistance. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. France. December 2013

4. The State Department budget is so long the totals rarely add-up. The high estimate for International Affairs (Function 150) and International Commissions (Function 300) is generally accepted to mean total federal outlays. The FY 19 budget overestimates FY 17 at $59 billion, although when added is $55.2 billion -0.6% less than the previous year, whereas the FY 17 budget grew 0.7% to $55.9 billion. $6 billion can be saved by abolishing foreign military finance, international military education, international narcotics control and law enforcement grants and non-UN peacekeeping. The arbitrary division by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) between State Department and International Assistance, does not add up. The State Department budget total should not be erroneously divided by White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Outlay by Agency Table into State Department and International Assistance. The State Department budget should also report State Department revenues from passports and visas, and any other revenues. Enduring and Overseas Contingency Operations, Function 150 and 300, are not generally accepted accounting practices (gaap). Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)/Global War on Terrorism spending arbitrarily and capriciously complicates State and Defense Department budgets under Sec. 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 under 2USC§901 and must be abolished. FY18 and FY19 State Department, Foreign Operations and Related Programs budgets were undone by the oil industry. The State Department budget must be recalculated from FY 16 levels of $56.0 billion, at annual 2.5% government and 3% International Agricultural Assistance P.L. 480 spending growth proposed, to $58,754 million FY 19 and $59,057 million FY 20 including $1 billion arrears for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) and United Nations Relief and Works Administration for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The Secretary of State is on probation regarding his ability to satisfactorily compensate for the $12.5 billion shortfall to CR 18, left by his predecessor, including $11.4 billion international assistance programs managed by USAID, the most of any agency in the federal government, because they were reported to have been entirely undefended by CR 18. The shortfall in planned international assistance spending increases to $18.5 billion FY 19. There is a $503 million shortfall in contributions to international organizations, plus $550 million arrears, plus $85.7 million FY 19 dues and 2.5% growth thereafter for the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO) and $450 million arrears and 2.5% annual growth for United Nations Relief and Works Administration for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) under Art. 19 of the UN Charter and Art. 36 of the Statute of the Court. Paying only $443 million for the UN Regular Budget, the US owes an estimated $151 million arrears for the $594 million US assessment for the UN regular budget in FY 19. In response to US budget cuts for international programs the United Nations Secretary General has been forced to promise to produce the first annual UN budget in 2020.

 

State Department, Foreign Relations and Related Organizations FY 16 - FY 20

(in millions)

 

FY 16

FY 17

FY 18

FY 19

FY 19

FY 20

International Affairs (Function 150) and International Commissions (Function 300)

55,988,509

55,419,589

41,612,406

41,350,486

58,753,552

59,057,322

International Affairs (Function 150 Account Only)

55,865,809

55,292,289

41,493,606

41,233,186

58,621,552

58,922,022

Total-State Department and USAID (including 300)

50,144,509

50,008,589

38,959,406

39,159,486

52,769,552

53,467,322

Diplomatic Engagement & Related Accounts

{15,527}

{17,085}

{12,675}

{12,194}

{16,364}

{16,216}

Diplomatic Engagement

{15,321}

{16,879}

{12,570}

{12,124}

{16,142}

{15,989}

Administration of Foreign Affairs

{11,394}

{13,570}

{9,916}

{9,933}

{12,248}

{12,553}

State Programs

{8,351}

{9,701}

{8,275}

{7,906}

{8,979}

{9,202}

Diplomatic Programs

{8,285}

{9,688}

{8,260}

{7,813}

{8,907}

{9,129}

Ongoing Operations

4,890

5,046

4,503

4,416

5,257

5,388

Worldwide Security Protection

3,395

4,642

3,757

3,698

3,650

3,741

Rescission

0

0

0

-301

0

0

Capital investment fund

66.4

12.6

15

93

71

73

Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance

{2,222}

{3,011}

{1,143}

{1,658}

{2,389}

{2,448}

Ongoing Operations

796

790

755

738

856

877

Worldwide Security Upgrades

1,426

2,221

388

920

1,533

1,571

Other Administration of Foreign Affairs

{820}

{858}

{499}

{369}

{881}

{903}

Office of the Inspector General

139

145

141

142

149

153

Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs

599

634

285

159

644

660

Representation Expenses

8.0

8

7

7

8.6

8.8

Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials

30

30

31

26

32

33

Emergences in the Diplomatic and Consular Services

11.9

7.9

7.4

7.9

12.8

13.1

Repatriation Loans Program Account

2.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

2.5

2.5

Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan

30

32

26

26

32

33

International Organizations

{3,927}

{3,309}

{2,653}

{2,191}

{3,894}

{3,436}

Contributions to International Organizations (CIO)

1,467

1,401

1,457

995

2,099

1,587

{Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities (CIPA)}

2,460

1,908

1,196

1,196

1,795

1,849

Related Programs

{206}

{207}

{104}

{70}

{222}

{227}

The Asia Foundation

17

17

0

0

18

19

National Endowment for Democracy

170

170

103.5

67.3

183

187

East-West Center

16.7

16.7

0

0

18

18.4

Trust Funds

1.1

1.7

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

Center for Middle Eastern Western Dialogue

0.130

0.155

0.140

0.185

0.140

0.143

Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

0.189

0.156

0.158

0.190

0.203

0.208

Israeli Arab Scholarship Program

0.047

0.058

0.065

0.068

0.51

0.052

International Chancery Center

0.743

1.320

0.743

0.743

0.799

0.819

Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund}

{158.9}

{158.9}

0

{158.9}

{158.9}

{158.9}

International Commissions (Function 300)

{122.7}

{127.3}

{118.8}

{117.3}

{132}

{135.3}

International Boundary and Water Commission

(IBWC) Salaries and Expenses

45.3

48.1

44.8

45.2

48.7

49.9

IBWC Construction

28.4

29.4

27.9

26.0

30.5

31.3

American Sections

{12.3}

{12.3}

{12.2}

{12.2}

{13.3}

{13.7}

International Joint Commissions

7.5

7.6

7.5

7.5

8.1

8.3

International Boundary Commission

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.6

2.7

Border Environment Cooperation Commission

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.7

International Fisheries Commissions

36.7

37.5

33.9

33.9

39.5

40.4

Broadcasting Board of Governors

{750}

{787}

{685}

{666}

{806}

{826}

International Broadcasting Operations

745

777

680

661

801

821

Broadcasting Capital Improvements

4.8

9.7

4.8

4.8

5.2

5.3

Other Programs

{35.3}

{39.4}

{19}

{20}

{38}

{39}

US Institute of Peace

35.3

39.4

19

20

38

39

Foreign Operations

{39,519}

{37,341}

{28,095}

{28,334}

{41,376}

{41,802}

US Agency for International Development

{1,527}

{1,633}

{1,412}

{1,378}

{1,644}

{1,686}

USAID Operating Expenses (OE)

1,293

1,363

1,182

1,115

1,392

1,427

USAID Capital Investment Fund (CIF)

168.3

200

158

191

181

186

USAID Inspector General Operating Expenses

66

70.1

71.5

71.5

71

72.8

Bilateral Economic Assistance

{23,037}

{20,596}

{16,714}

{16,810}

{24,792}

{25,413}

Global health programs USAID and State

{8,651}

{8,758}

{6,481}

{6,303}

{9,310}

{9,544}

Global health programs - USAID

2,981

3,088

1,506

1,928

3,208

3,289

Global health programs - State

5,670

5,670

4,975

4,375

6,102

6,255

Development Assistance (DA)

2,781

2,996

0

0

2,993

3,068

International Disaster Assistance (IDA)

2,794

4,127

2,508

2,557

3,007

3,082

Transition Initiatives

67

123

92

87

72

74

Complex Crises Fund (CCF)

30

30

0

0

31.5

32.3

Development Credit Authority – Subsidy (DCA)

(40)

(50)

(60)

0

(43)

(44)

DCA Administrative Expenses

8.1

10

9.1

0

8.7

8.9

Economic Support and Development Fund

4,494

0

4,938

5,063

4,837

4,958

Democracy Fund

150.5

211

0

0

162

166

Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia

985

975

0

0

1,060

1,087

Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA)

3,066

3,366

2,746

2,800

3,300

3,382

U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA)

50

50

0

0

53.8

55.2

Independent Agencies

{1,364}

{1,368}

{1,211}

{1,230}

{1,482}

{1,518}

Peace Corps

410

410

398

396

441

452

Millennium Challenge Corporation

901

905

800

800

984

1,008

Inter-American Foundation

22.5

22.5

4.6

3.5

24.2

24.8

US African-Development Foundation

30

30

8.4

30

32.3

33.1

Department of Treasury International Affairs Technical Assistance

23.5

30

25.5

30

25.3

25.9

International Security Assistance

{8,831}

{9,308}

{7,091}

{7,303}

{7,921}

{7,960}

{International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLB)}

1,212

1,256

892

880

880

880

Nonproliferation, antiterrorism, demining and related programs (NADR)

885

971

678

690

953

976

{Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)}

600

659

301

291

646

662

{International Military Education and Training (IMET)}

108

110.3

100

95

95

95

Global Security Contingency Fund

4.7

0

0

0

0

0

{Foreign Military financing}

6,021

6,312

5,120

5,347

5,347

5,347

Multilateral Assistance

{2,627}

{2,077}

{1,480}

{1,416}

{2,763}

{2,833}

International Organizations and Programs

337

306.5

0

0

813

372

Multilateral Development Banks and Related Funds

{2,291}

{1,771}

{1,480}

{1,416}

{2,400}

{2,461}

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

187

5.9

0

0

201

206

International Development Association (IDA)

1,197

1,197

1,097

1,097

1,288

1,321

African Development Bank

34

32.4

32.4

32.4

36.6

37.5

African Development Fund

176

214.3

171

171.3

189

194

Asian Development Bank

5.6

0

47.4

0

6

6.2

Asian Development Fund

105

99.2

0

47.4

113

116

Inter-American Development Bank

102

21.9

0

0

110

113

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

168

147

102

68.3

181

185

Clean Technology Fund

171

0

0

0

184

189

Strategic Climate Fund

60

0

0

0

0

0

North American Development Bank

10

0

0

0

10.8

11.0

International Fund for Agricultural Development

31.9

30

30

0

34.3

35.2

Global Agriculture and Food Security Programs

43

23

0

0

46.3

47.3

Export & Investment Assistance

{454}

{170}

{946}

{556}

{486}

{501)

Export-Import Bank

(279)

7.4

(652)

(633)

(300)

(308)

Estimated Transfer of ESDF to Development Finance Institution (DFI)

0

0

0

56

0

0

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPC)

(235)

(252)

(306)

0

(253)

(259)

U.S. Trade and Development Agency

60

75

12.1

21.1

67

66

Related International Affairs Accounts

{91.8}

{94.4}

{90.4}

{90.0}

{98.8}

{101.3}

International Trade Commission

89.4

92.0

88

87.6

96.2

98.6

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.7

Department of Agriculture

{1,918}

{2,102}

{0}

0

{2,090}

{2,154}

P.L. 480, Title II

1,716

1,900

0

0

1,870

1,927

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition

202

202

0

0

220

227

DAC US ODA

{34,421}

{34,732}

{23,513}

{27,269}

{36,322}

{37,130}

% GDP

0.19

0.18

0.12

0.13

0.18

0.18

Minimum ODA

{36,862}

{34,629}

{26,188}

{25,604}

{40,896}

{40,915}

% of GDP

0.19

0.18

0.13

0.13

0.20

0.20

ODA Consular Estimate

{47,575}

{47,486}

{35,747}

{35,311}

{52,412}

{52,717}

% of GDP

0.25

0.24

0.18

0.17

0.26

0.25

ODA 100% UN Peacekeeping

{49,863}

{49,260}

{36,859}

{36,423}

{54,081}

{54,433}

% of GDP

0.26

0.25

0.18

0.18

0.26

0.26

ODA w/ $30 billion Private Development Assistance

{79,863}

{79,260}

{66,859}

{66,423}

{84,081}

{84,433}

ODA % of GDP

0.42

0.41

0.34

0.33

0.41

0.41

Source: State Department, Foreign Relations and Related Organizations FY 17 – 19 {} excludes subtotal, retirement and disability, and peacekeeping from ODA total.

 

5. Congress has a duty to change the name of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to Customs in Title 6 of the US Code and Code of Federal Regulations. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-296), dated November 25, 2002, as an executive department of the U.S. Federal Government. On March 1, 2003 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inherited the professional workforce, programs and infrastructure of the Coast Guard, Customs Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and the Transportation Security Administration, 22 agencies in all. The Office of the Secretary, Management, Analysis and Operations, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Health Affairs, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Science and Technology Directorate, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction cost less than a billion dollars and do not require extra explanation. The FY 2019 President’s Budget for DHS claims to provides $47.5 billion in net discretionary funding and an additional $6.7 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is requested for response and recovery to major disasters. This is an accounting error. It is necessary for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report DHS total budget authority of $72 billion and $40 billion revenues in FY 19. OMB must exactly report Total Budget Authority from the Budget-in-brief as outlays, if they are to report Total Custodial Revenues from the Agency Financial Report, in Tables 4.1 and 2.5 of the Historical Tables. OMB has been underestimating outlays and consequently overestimating customs revenues. Unpopular migration policy instantly caused zero federal revenue growth FY 17 & 18 and must be redressed. FEMA must charge a higher premium and/or people are going to have to stop building in flood zones. FEMA is advised to solicit the Small Business Administration (SBA) strategy of matching funds from local government permits, wherever flood insurance premiums are paid, to double the economic benefit of premium revenues in time of disaster, without raising consumer flood insurance rates. Tripling flood insurance revenues might be solicited from construction loans after a disaster.  Customs revenue growth has very slow, 0.3% FY 15 – FY 16. New revenues from tariff hikes against China have either not been reported or were so offset by reduction in other tariffs or taxable imports and exports, that total Customs revenues are reported to be $40 billion in FY 18, the same as in FY 16, the last year for which specialized statistics are available. Tariffs must be reduced to 0.1% annually less than the average 1.6% tariff rate in 2016, so that the average tariff would be 1.46% in 2019 pursuant to the Swiss Formula for Unilateral Tariff Reductions. DHS Budget in Brief FY 19 reports $40 billion customs duties, fees and other revenues from CBP. This means that even with an increase in tariffs against China, the Swiss Formula for Unilateral Tariff Reductions has resulted in lower total revenues. Only $26.6 billion - $27.1 billion in revenues can be accounted for by subtracting Adjusted Net Budget Authority from Total Budget Authority FY 18 CBP 2016 Performance and Accountability Report. CBP Collections by Major Processing Port Locations reports a total of $44.8 billion FY 16 in revenues on page 170. The entire Department of Homeland Security reports only $40.1 billion FY 16 Custodial Revenues on page 47 of the FY 2017 Agency Financial Report. Pg. 47 goes on to explain that of $40.1 billion in revenues $26.1 billion went to the General Fund, ostensibly to pay for the agency, and distributed all the rest, $14.0 billion, to other federal and non-federal agencies FY 16. It is not lawful for OMB to report total customs revenues and total DHS outlays adjusted downward by the use of these revenues by Customs. To be legal Customs outlays and revenues must be expressed by OMB either as $41 billion outlays and $14 billion revenues or preferably $67 billion outlays and $40 billion revenues FY 16.

 

Homeland Security FY16 - FY20

(millions)

 

FY16 Revised Enacted

FY17 Annualized CR

FY 17 Enacted

FY 18 President's Budget

FY 19 President's Budget

FY19 2.5%

FY 20

Office of the Secretary

145

134

137

130

129

157

161

Management

937

962

674

769

1,083

1,009

1,034

Analysis and Operations

265

266

264

252

253

285

293

Office of the Inspector General

162

181

175

134

138

175

179

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

13,254

13,940

14,440

16,388

16,690

14,273

14,630

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

6,154

6,230

6,770

7,942

8,817

6,627

6,793

Transportation and Security Administration

7,440

7,589

7,771

7,582

7,726

8,012

8,212

U.S. Coast Guard

10,984

10,322

10,671

10,673

11,652

11,829

12,124

U.S. Secret Service

2,198

2,156

2,311

2,208

2,416

2,367

2,426

National Protection and Programs Directorate

3,079

3,045

3,270

3,278

3,348

3,316

3,399

Office of Health Affairs

125

0

124

111

0

134

138

Federal Emergency Management Agency 3%

13,985

14,169

16,232

15,552

16,071

15,282

15,740

FEMA Grant Programs 3%

2,590

2,371

0

0

0

2,830

2,915

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service 3%

3,610

4,018

4,179

4,442

4,720

3,945

4,063

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

245

243

243

273

382

264

270

Science and Technology Directorate

787

759

782

627

583

848

869

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNTO)

347

342

353

330

0

0

0

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

0

0

0

0

429

429

440

Total Budget Authority

66,307

66,727

68,396

70,691

74,437

71,782

73,686

Less Mandatory Fees and Trust Funds

13,084

14,557

13,492

14,198

14,725

14,725

15,314

Gross Discretionary Budget Authority

53,223

52,170

54,904

56,493

59,712

57,057

58,372

Less Discretionary Offsetting Fees

4,040

4,966

4,118

5,040

5,236

5,236

5,445

Net Discretionary Budget Authority

49,183

47,204

50,786

51,453

54,479

51,821

52,927

Less FEMA Disaster Relief – Major Disaster Cap Adjustment

6,713

6,709

6,713

6,793

6,652

6,652

6,652

Less – CHIMP Funding

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Less: USCG – OCO Funding

0

0

163

0

0

0

0

Less: Rescissions to Prior Year Balances

1,049

1,049

1,484

593

300

300

100

Adjusted Net Discretionary Budget Authority

43,515

41,540

45,390

45,249

48,120

45,465

46,371

Source: Kelly, John; Nielson, Kirstjen Department of Homeland Security Budget-in-brief FY 18 & FY 19; Table 2.5 Composition of Other Receipts and Table 4.1 Outlays by Agency OMB Historical Tables FY 17 and FY 19

 

6. President Donald J. Trump has been cited a nationalist populist leader willing to stoke racism, xenophobia and related intolerance with little regard for the human rights of many within the borders of their countries by the High Commissioner of Human Rights in paragraphs 21 and 29 the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance A/73/305 6 (2018). The border wall is condemned by the Advisory Opinion regarding the Legal Consequences of Constructing a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 131 of 9 July 2004. Now it is used by Israeli snipers to shoot, maim and kill unarmed Palestinian protestors. The construction of the Great Wall of China ultimately failed to prevent the Mongolian conquest and may have undermined diplomatic efforts to pacify the northern barbarians. The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the 38th Parallel in Korea is toxic wasteland in which 6 million North Koreans starved to death before relatives in the South got the news. Customs is not associated with being the only thing that helps the President sleep at night. The name of the Homeland Security must be prohibited as nationalist populist propaganda under Art. 20 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1976). Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must be abolished as an unwarranted collective method of deportation under Art. 22 of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families (1990) and Rule 4 Fed. Crim. P.  Changing the name of Homeland Security to Customs in Title 6 of the United States Code and Code of Federal Regulation, Court of International Trade of the United States (COITUS) to Customs Court (CC) and Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse (a-FRAI-d) is Department's highest priority.  Border walls are condemned by the Advisory Opinion Regarding the Legal Consequences of Constructing a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories ICJ No. 131 (2004). less than $10 under the Eighth Amendment and Art. 1 Sec. 9 Cl. 1 of the US Constitution and free. Many aliens who enter illegally have committed a misdemeanor criminal offense in violation of 8USC§1325. Immigration proceedings are civil proceedings and immigration detention is not punishment; see Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678, 609 (2001). 8USC§1325 fails as a misdemeanor whereas the burden of proving illegal entry is that the State must sell regular price identification and travel documents under common Arts. 26-29 of the Conventions Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and Stateless Persons (1954). Detention and deportation constitute grave breeches of Sec. 2 and Art. 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilians in Times of War (1949). It is cruel and unusual to arrest and detain undocumented aliens, in lieu of making a good faith effort to sell migrant workers valid travel and identification documents, under the Eighth Amendment. Wherefore illegal entrants shall be given the traditional free trial and be sold travel and identification documents at a reduced cost, not to exceed $10 under Art. 1 Sec. 9 Cl. 1 of the US Constitution.

 

Migration Estimates 2001-2017

(thousands)

 

Year

LPR in

LPR out

Adjustment of status

Net legal

Other-in

Other out

Adjustments of status

Net other

Total net immigration

2001

517

265

542

794

1,322

122

542

658

1,453

2002

483

243

487

728

1,259

112

487

660

1,388

2003

414

192

354

575

1,139

123

354

662

1,237

2004

466

250

533

749

1,304

108

533

662

1,411

2005

561

290

597

869

1,791

52

597

1,141

2,010

2006

639

303

573

910

1,450

76

573

801

1,710

2007

584

267

482

800

883

328

482

72

872

2008

635

278

478

835

672

948

478

-754

81

2009

633

277

475

832

752

170

475

106

938

2010

622

262

426

786

678

199

426

53

838

2011

647

264

408

791

606

263

408

-66

725

2012

621

255

401

766

776

131

401

244

1,011

2013

589

249

409

748

939

184

409

346

1,094

2014

627

256

398

769

1,073

364

398

311

1,080

2015

689

271

395

813

1,082

324

395

364

1,177

2016

776

296

408

888

1,450

192

408

849

1,737

2017

700

288

450

863

1,450

231

450

769

1,632

Source: 2018 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old Age Survivor Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 2018. LPR – legal permanent resident.

7. Sustainable Development Goal 10.7 Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies. Goal 16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration.  Application for a Travel Document USCIS Form I-131 provides travel document to refugees, asylees and childhood arrivals. It needs to be amended to provide travel documents for undocumented US citizens 1a, permanent or conditional resident applying for travel documents to come and go 1b, refugee, asylee and childhood arrival 1c and stateless, undocumented person from a foreign country 1d. After filing Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and receiving a favorable determination, the applicant receives an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) and within seven days thereafter a social security card, even if they previously had a social security number. The unique social security number indicates their country of origin and enables them to the legally work, report their income and pay taxes to the United States government. An EAD is not necessary for lawful permanent residents. A Green Card Form I-551 Permanent Resident Card or a nonimmigrant visa authorizing the immigrant to work for a specific employer, for example, H-1B, L-1B, O, or P visas are evidence of employment authorization. The 30 to 180 day spell of unemployability caused by the delay in processing can be avoided by filing in advance. The Asylum policy of the United States is that refugees with a legitimate claim for relief from political persecution shall be; (i) granted sufficient resources for employment training and placement in order to achieve economic self-sufficiency among refugees as quickly as possible; (ii) provided with the opportunity to acquire sufficient English language training to enable them to become effectively resettled as quickly as possible; (iii) insured that cash assistance is made available to refugees in such a manner as not to discourage their economic self-sufficiency under 8USC§1158 and 8USC§1522.  Immigrant Visas may be issued in accordance with current quotas for foreign immigrants who have applied and meet the basic criteria of; 1. having completed at least a high school education; 2. having completed at least two years of work in a field that requires experience; 3. not attempting to flee a felony conviction in a foreign country. Expedited immigration visas are given to those people who are; 1. spouses or children of a person who has received an immigrant visa; 2. aliens with exceptional abilities in the arts, education, sciences or business that plan to continue to use their ability in the United States; a. with a tenured position with a university or equivalent research position; b. by continuing to serve an international corporation or legal entity in the USA: c. professionals willing to work in a location where there is determined to be a need for such professionals in the USA; a college diploma is not sufficient evidence; d. a person investing at least $1 million in a region in the USA with levels of unemployment over 150% of the national average of 5% under 8USC§1153.

 

United States by Race 2017

 

 

Area

 

Total

White

%

White

Latino

%

Black,

African

American

%

Native

American

%

Asian

%

Pacific

Islander

%

Two or

more

Races

%

United States

325,719,178

197,803,083

60.7

58,946,729

18.1

40,652,365

12.5

2,403,292

0.7

18,398,646

5.7

576,773

0.2

6,938,290

2.1

Alabama

4,874,747

3,196,852

65.6

211,058

4.3

1,292,827

26.5

27,347

0.6

69,663

1.4

2,531

0.05

74,469

1.5

Alaska

739,795

449,776

60.8

52,250

7.1

24,684

3.3

107,479

14.5

46,559

6.3

9,583

1.3

49,464

6.7

Arizona

7,016,270

3,849,130

54.8

2,202,172

31.4

301,263

4.3

280,638

4.0

228,918

3.3

12,979

0.2

141,170

2.0

Arkansas

3,004,279

2,177,809

72.5

227,673

7.6

463,731

15.4

22,581

1.0

47,567

1.6

8,510

0.00003

56,408

1.9

California

39,536,653

14,696,754

37.2

15,477,304

39.2

2,223,693

5.6

164,038

0.4

5,749,975

14.5

145,533

0.4

1,079,356

2.7

Colorado

5,607,154

3,827,750

68.3

1,206,724

21.5

224,168

4.0

35,926

0.6

178,901

3.2

7,288

0.1

126,397

2.3

Connecticut

3,588,184

2,404,792

67.0

578,833

16.1

363,975

10.2

7,760

0.3

169,405

4.7

1,286

0.04

62,133

1.7

Delaware

961,939

599,260

62.3

89,539

9.3

208,970

21.7

2,991

0.3

39,101

4.1

347

0.04

21,731

2.3

District of

Columbia

693,972

255,387

36.8

76,526

11.0

316,013

45.5

1,405

0.2

28,853

4.2

351

0.05

15,437

2.2

Florida

20,984,400

11,343,977

54.1

5,371,385

25.6

3,269,266

15.6

53,227

0.3

590,035

2.8

13,224

0.06

343,286

1.6

Georgia

10,429,379

5,507,334

52.8

1,005,959

9.6

3,267,577

31.3

23,711

0.2

430,841

4.1

6,339

0.06

187,618

1.8

Hawaii

1,427,538

312,492

21.9

150,125

10.5

27,889

2.0

2,985

0.2

522,196

36.6

135,115

9.5

276,736

19.4

Idaho

1,716,943

1,408,294

82.0

215,392

12.6

12,382

0.7

19,135

1.1

24,600

1.4

2,976

0.2

34,164

2.0

Illinois

12,802,023

7,849,887

61.3

2,209,337

17.3

1,803,697

14.1

19,268

0.2

713,517

5.6

3,590

0.03

202,727

1.6

Indiana

6,666,818

5,280,420

79.2

466,453

7.0

626,832

9.4

15,280

0.2

154,208

2.3

2,456

0.04

121,169

1.8

Iowa

3,145,711

2,695,962

85.7

189,818

6.0

114,757

3.7

9,359

0.3

80,847

2.6

2,997

0.1

51,971

1.7

Kansas

2,913,123

2,209,748

75.9

347,459

11.9

168,442

5.8

23,194

0.8

87,606

3.0

2,547

0.1

74,127

2.5

Kentucky

4,454,189

3,768,891

84.6

163,489

3.7

362,466

8.1

9,377

0.2

68,090

1.5

2,674

0.1

79,202

1.8

Louisiana

4,684,333

2,747,730

58.7

245,135

5.2

1,505,785

32.2

30,156

0.6

84,789

1.8

1,847

0.04

68,891

1.5

Maine

1,335,907

1,246,478

93.3

22,042

1.7

19,965

1.5

8,756

0.7

16,265

1.2

394

0.03

22,007

1.6

Maryland

6,052,177

3,077,907

50.9

614,248

10.2

1,798,282

29.7

14,632

0.2

399,980

6.6

3,034

0.05

144,094

2.4

Massachusetts

6,859,819

4,953,695

72.2

813,359

11.9

489,611

7.1

12,162

0.2

466,114

6.8

2,764

0.04

122,114

1.8

Michigan

9,962,311

7,488,326

75.2

504,857

5.1

1,376,455

13.8

56,869

0.6

315,808

3.2

2,708

0.03

217,288

2.2

Minnesota

5,576,606

4,455,605

79.9

301,407

5.4

352,721

6.3

59,456

1.1

280,841

5.0

2,748

0.05

123,828

2.2

Mississippi

2,984,100

1,691,566

56.7

94,385

3.2

1,116,376

37.4

14,811

0.5

31,705

1.1

1,057

0.04

34,200

1.2

Missouri

6,113,532

4,859,227

79.5

259,154

4.2

709,852

11.6

26,443

0.4

123,841

2.0

7,607

0.1

127,408

2.1

Montana

1,050,493

905,811

86.2

39,633

3.8

5,506

0.5

64,382

6.1

8,458

0.8

753

0.07

25,950

2.5

Nebraska

1,920,076

1,516,962

79.0

210,911

11.1

91,370

4.8

16,014

0.8

48,277

2.5

1,180

0.06

35,362

1.8

Nevada

2,998,039

1,470,855

49.1

864,665

28.8

266,965

8.9

25,556

0.9

251,426

8.4

18,578

0.6

99,994

3.3

New Hampshire

1,342,795

1,215,447

90.5

49,567

3.7

17,407

1.3

2,853

0.2

36,732

2.7

364

0.03

20,425

1.5

New Jersey

9,005,644

4,962,470

55.1

1,840,433

20.4

1,160,956

12.9

12,734

0.1

890,910

9.9

3,183

0.04

134,958

1.5

New Mexico

2,088,070

783,064

37.5

1,018,349

48.8

37,933

1.8

184,669

8.8

31,231

1.5

1,382

0.07

31,442

1.5

New York

19,849,399

10,972,959

55.3

3,811,945

19.2

2,889,100

14.6

57,296

0.3

1,766,303

8.9

8,895

0.05

342,901

1.7

North Carolina

10,273,419

6,486,100

63.1

972,288

9.5

2,196,003

21.4

115,576

1.1

303,064

2.9

6,688

0.07

193,700

1.9

North Dakota

755,393

639,029

84.6

28,006

3.7

22,548

3.0

38,681

5.1

11,949

1.6

422

0.06

14,758

2.0

Ohio

11,658,609

9,219,577

79.1

440,886

3.8

1,462,890

12.6

22,572

0.2

267,627

2.3

4,321

0.04

240,736

2.1

Oklahoma

3,930,864

2,581,568

65.7

417,710

10.6

292,429

7.4

326,432

8.3

88,545

2.3

5,983

0.2

218,197

5.6

Oregon

4,142,776

3,139,685

75.8

540,923

13.1

79,485

1.9

46,220

1.1

187,218

4.5

16,280

0.4

132,965

3.2

Pennsylvania

12,805,537

9,796,510

76.5

940,635

7.3

1,383,818

10.8

18,393

0.1

452,889

3.5

3,913

0.03

209,379

1.6

Rhode Island

1,059,639

768,229

72.5

164,004

15.5

62,609

5.9

4,546

0.4

37,453

3.5

681

0.06

22,117

2.1

South Carolina

5,024,369

3,203,045

63.8

286,382

5.7

1,346,633

26.8

18,624

0.4

82,983

1.7

3,057

0.06

83,645

1.7

South Dakota

869,666

714,881

82.2

32,811

3.8

17,706

2.0

72,733

8.4

12,620

1.5

474

0.06

18,441

2.1

Tennessee

6,715,984

4,963,780

73.9

366,554

5.5

1,126,692

16.8

18,814

0.3

121,425

1.8

3,519

0.05

115,200

1.7

Texas

28,304,596

11,886,381

42.0

11,156,514

39.4

3,368,473

11.9

91,652

0.3

1,366,658

4.8

23,978

0.09

410,940

1.5

Utah

3,101,833

2,434,785

78.5

434,288

14.0

34,090

1.1

29,608

1.0

75,471

2.4

29,885

1.0

63,706

2.1

Vermont

623,657

579,149

92.9

12,060

1.9

7,846

1.3

2,039

0.3

11,186

1.8

182

0.03

11,195

1.8

Virginia

8,470,020

5,241,262

61.9

795,323

9.4

1,619,082

19.1

22,519

0.3

564,713

6.7

6,207

0.07

220,914

2.6

Washington

7,405,743

5,091,370

68.7

940,792

12.7

283,735

3.8

94,770

1.3

645,599

8.7

51,434

0.7

298,043

4.0

West Virginia

1,815,857

1,674,557

92.2

29,065

1.6

63,192

3.5

3,814

0.2

14,780

0.8

406

0.02

30,043

1.7

Wisconsin

5,795,483

4,713,993

81.3

398,780

6.9

367,689

6.3

51,613

0.9

165,444

2.9

2,122

0.04

95,842

1.7

Wyoming

579,315

486,565

84.0

58,122

10.0

6,529

1.1

12,196

2.1

5,460

0.9

401

0.07

10,042

1.7

Source: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States, States, and Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.  June 2018: 3 Tables combined and % calculated – (1) Total; (2) Non-Hispanic – white, black, Asian, Pacific Islanders, two or more races; (3) Hispanic – Latino - total % within 0.2% of 100 in 4 hours for Department of Commerce v. New York (2019)

8. The Commerce Secretary has assured federal workers, who were not paid during the shutdown, they are entitled to payday loans. The President must suppress his Economic Growth Overestimates (EGO) and pay for the 2020 Census. The Decennial Census is a constitutional requirement and the Department’s highest priority in 2019. In 2019 major field operations for the 2020 Census will begin and the Census budget is preliminarily increased to $3.2 billion preliminarily hiring 101,178 employees FY 19 from $1.5 billion with 15,220 employees FY 18. The 2010 Census cost $7.4 billion and employed 111,205, up from $893 million and 10,670 employees in 2008. After a decade the 2020 Census is expected to employ 10% more, 122,326 and cost about 25% more $9.25 billion FY 2020. Alternatively it can be estimated that employment should increase 1,042% and outlays 829% from FY 18, 158,592 employees at a cost of up to $12.4 billion FY 2020. $10 billion Census 2020 outlays. Total Commerce Department spending can be conservatively estimated to increase 15% more than $15.2 billion FY 10, from $9.7 billion FY 18 to $10.6 billion FY 19 to $17.4 billion FY 20 before stabilizing at $10.4 billion FY 21 + 2.5% annual growth until Census 2030. To abolish the decadent home invasion and Commerce budget fluctuation of the Constitutionally required decennial Census, the Bureau must publicly investigate the possibility of utilizing data from County, Internal Revenue Service, Customs and Social Security Administration sources, where everyone, but professional representatives, are enumerated to file homeless. Although the Census claims to be confidential, and in practice the Census is the good guy, their un-litigated fascination, for instance regarding the homeless, citizenship or Hispanic ethnicity, indicates the existence a bad cop in the area, and it is not possible for a person to be used to render a place immune from military intervention under Art. 28 of the Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilians in Times of War (1949). Perhaps the Constitution will be satisfied with a Decennial Statistical Abstract of the United States, for 2.5% annual Commerce spending growth, or an Annual Statistical Abstract and Decennial Census Report in 2030 for 3%?  The Census has clearly erred with the 22.9% under age 18 revision in 2015, that destroyed the population pyramid, and must return to a number closer to 24% under age 18 used in the 2010 Census. In 2016 there are estimated to be 77 million children under the age of 18 residing in the Social Security Area Population United States, about 23.33% of the 330 million total. 74.9 million (2015) Baby Boomers were born 1946-1964. 23.3% of 324.5 million people believed to reside in the United States by the Census Bureau in 2016 equals 75.6 million children. The U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program and publication of the Annual Statistical Abstract of the United States in portable document format (.pdf) effective October 1, 2011, due to budget cuts. Starting July 1, 2019 American Fact-finder will terminate and data.census.gov will be the primary source of all Census Bureau data, including upcoming releases from the 2018 American Community Survey, 2017 Economic Census, 2020 Census and more. To redress sexual discrimination the Census Bureau data State Profile Age and Sex category must disclose the percentage of the population that is male and female and furthermore the male employment rate. To redress the very severe racial discrimination against US racial statistics, by virtue of Hispanic ethnicity, Census data must prohibit the duplicitous Hispanic ethnicity method of accounting for race, and distinguish race – white, Latino, African American black, Native American, Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and two or more races under Art. 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under 42USC§2000d et seq.

 

United States Gross Domestic Product 2016-2020

(billions)

 

Year

2016 NIPA

2016 UN

2017 NIPA

2017 UN

2018 NIPA

2018 UN

2019 NIPA

2019 UN

2020 NIPA

2020 UN

GDP

18,702

19,001

19,485

19,419

20,228

19,963

20,834

20,462

21,460

20,871

% Growth

2.7%

1.6%

4.2%

2.2%

3.3%

2.8%

3.0%

2.5%

3.0%

2.0%

Source: 2010-2014 WHOMB FY 19 Table 10.1 2016; 2016-2020 Mataloni, Lisa; Pinard, Kate; Aversa, Jeannia. Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2018 (Second Estimate) Corporate Profits: Second Quarter 2018 (Preliminary Estimate) BEA 18-43. August 29, 2018 Table 3 pgs. 9-10; Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division. National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables. 2017; World Economic Situations and Prospects 2019.

9. Un-annualized Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reports began to overestimate more authentic UN data in 2017. The chances of a recession by the end of 2020 are mounting according to Vanguard, the $5 trillion asset management firm. The prospects for the American stock market in the next decade have worsened appreciably. Vanguard says the chances of one by late 2020 are between 30% and 40%. A six-month forecast reported a greater than 40% probability before the recession that started in December 2007.  World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 estimates Global economic growth is expected to remain steady at 3.0% in 2019 and 2020, after an expansion of 3.1% in 2018. Economic activity at the global level is expected to expand at a solid pace of 3% in 2019, but there are increasing signs that growth may have peaked.  Economic growth in the United States is projected by the UN to decelerate from 2.8% in the third quarter of 2018, the last quarter for which statistics are available due to the federal government shutdown, to 2.5% in 2019 and 2% in 2020. Steady growth of 2.0% is projected for the European Union, although risks are tilted to the downside, including a potential fallout from Brexit. Growth in China is expected to moderate from 6.6% in 2018 to 6.3% in 2019, with policy support partly offsetting the negative impact of trade tensions. Among the developing economies, the regions of East and South Asia remain on a relatively strong growth trajectory, expanding by 5.8% and 5.6%, respectively in 2018. Eradicating poverty by 2030 will require both double-digit growth in Africa and steep reductions in income inequality. Economic confidence and sentiment indicators in the United States of America are near to historical highs, despite the wide range of tariff hikes and the build-up of trade tensions that intensified over the course of 2018. In the first three quarters of 2018, gross domestic product (GDP) was 2.8% higher than a year earlier. By FY 19 and FY 20 unannualized BEA economic growth overestimate (EGO) becomes statistically significant, increasing the deficit as % of GDP by 0.1%. There is growing evidence that firms in the United States are facing capacity constraints, which will restrain growth in 2019 despite the continued support of fiscal stimulus measures. Internal freight transportation costs have risen sharply—up 8.3% on year to September 2018—reflecting labor shortages in the trucking sector and capacity limits in rail transport. The unemployment rate is at its lowest level since 1969, and the ratio of job seekers to job openings is also at historical lows, much due mostly to heightened scrutiny of documents by migrant workers.  Firms have reported difficulties in finding qualified workers in several sectors, including highly skilled engineers, finance and sales professionals, construction and manufacturing workers, and information technology professionals. Recent changes in immigration policy, which are likely to restrict inward migration, will also act as a restraint on labor force expansion. Since 2000, immigration has contributed roughly half of the expansion of the United States labor force. Corporate tax cuts supported a strong rise in business investment in the first half of 2018, continuing the upturn seen in 2017. Short-term support to economic activity has slowed progress towards an environmentally sustainable economy.

 

Consolidated Federal Budget Table FY 16 – FY 20

(billions)

 

FY 16

CR 17

CR 18

FY 19

President's

Budget

HA 19

HA 20

SSI 20

Debt

18,427

13,976

14,456

21,044

14,997

15,522

15,055

Deficit

-342

-578

-453

-631.2

-563

-533.2

-505

On-budget Revenues

2,430

2,443

2,457

2,517

2,509

2,653

2,653

On-budget Outlays

-2,772.3

-3,020.7

-2,909.8

-3,148.2

-3,071.5

-3,186.2

-3,158

Legislative Branch

4.4

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.0

Judicial Branch

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.2

7.2

7.4

7.4

Department of Agriculture

134

138

144

140

153

157

157

Department of Commerce

9.2

9.3

9.2

9.8

9.8

17.6

17.6

Department of Defense – Military

Programs

565

606

612

686

630

649

649

Department of Education

74.0

73.9

73.9

67.6

78.2

80.5

80.5

Department of Energy

29

30.1

30.0

30.6

31.6

32.4

32.4

Department of Health and Human

Services

1,002

1,117

1,156

1,216

1,142

1,182

1,182

Department of Homeland Security

66.3

68.4

70.7

74.4

71.8

73.7

73.7

Department of Housing and

Urban Development

49

56.4

46.3

40.6

43.4

45.5

45.5

Department of the Interior

13.4

13.3

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

Department of Justice

28.9

28.5

28.4

28.3

28.3

29.1

29.1

Department of Labor

46.5

41.1

39.6

37

42.6

43.4

43.4

Department of State and International

Assistance

55.5

55.9

40.1

40.9

58.4

59.7

59.7

Department of Transportation

75.1

98.1

76.6

76.5

80.9

83

83

Department of the Treasury

540

618

484

652

598

627

627

Department of Veteran's Affairs

163.3

176.7

182.2

195.2

195.2

200

200

Corps of Engineers – Civil Works

4.7

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.9

Environmental Protection Agency

8.1

8.3

8.0

6.2

8.7

8.9

8.9

Executive Office of the President

0.753

0.761

0.755

0.417

0.417

0.427

0.427

General Services Administration

0.631

0.253

0.243

0.522

0.255

0.261

0.261

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration

19.3

19.7

19.5

19.9

20.7

21.1

21.1

National Science Foundation

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.5

8.1

8.3

8.3

Office of Personnel Management

49.2

50.9

53.8

55.2

55.6

58.7

58.7

Small Business Administration

0.820

0.832

0.881

0.629

0.772

0.791

0.791

Social Security Administration

(on-budget)

58.9

58.5

60.0

62.3

66.2

68.8

0

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts

-240

-256

-237

-285

-235

-249

-249

Total On-budget Outlays

2,772.3

3,037.7

2,934.8

3,191.2

3,117.5

3,227.1

3,158

Total Off-budget Outlays (Trustees)

922.3

952.5

1,003

1,061.5

1,052.2

1,113.1

1,292.6

Total Off-budget Receipts

957

997

1,001

905

1,061

1,121

1,431

OASDI Trust Funds

2,848

2,892

2,890

2,911

2,911

2,873

2,931

Total Receipts

3,388

3,439

3,458

3,422

3,587

3,774

4,091

Total Outlays

-3,694.6

-3,990.2

-3,937.8

-4,252.7

-4,169.7

-4,340.2

-4,450.9

Total Surplus or Deficit

-307

-551

-480

-831

-583

-566

-360

% of GDP

1.6%

2.8%

2.4%

4.1%

2.9%

2.7%

1.7%

GDP

18,702

19,419

19,968

20,462

20,462

20,871

20,871

Source: OMB Table 4.1 Outlays by Agency FY 19; 2018 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old Age Survivor Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Hospitals & Asylums Book 3: Health and Welfare 2020. Sec. 7 of the Supplemental Security Income Tax Act of 2019. UN data GDP

 

10. To maximally sustain economic growth, environmental conservation, social progress and development, good government must be pro-poor government under Engel's law and the Law of Diminishing Returns. Sustainable Development for 2030 Goal 1.b Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions. The hypothetical FY 17 budget surplus was sabotaged by the freeze in total federal revenue growth at $2.5 trillion due to Trump’s peculiar anti-immigrant policy perpetuated by a 2% decrease in individual income tax revenues under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Individual income tax growth, normally higher than 8%, is only 3% FY 19, after two years near zero. The social security payroll tax is unaffected. Trumps trade war and unlawful propaganda to finance excessive armed services growth with sanctions against public officials and judges is in flagrant violation of Arts. 54 and 51 of the Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilians in Times of War (1949). The economy is doomed by Gresham's law that bad money drives out good. Military hyperinflation, tariffs and sanctions, caused immediate marginal impoverishment of the federal budget, officials, refugees, food stamp beneficiaries, and un-prohibited, threaten to cause future consumer price inflation and aggregate economic crash back to subsistence under the Iron Law of Wages.  Trump must tax the rich and state employees the 12.4% OASDI tax on all their income. To solicit individual and corporate taxpayers 1-2% of income suggested UN donation. Trump must sell regular price identification and travel documents under common Arts. 26-29 of the Conventions Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and Stateless Persons (1954) less than $10 with a free trial under the Eighth Amendment and Art. 1 Sec. 9 Cl. 1 of the US Constitution generously issuing social security numbers to people filing Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.  Trump must agree to two formulas for perpetual peace: One, reduce tariffs to 0.1%-3% annually less than the 1.6% average tariff in 2016, by 9% for industrialized countries, to 1.456% average US tariff in 2019 pursuant to the Swiss Formula for Unilateral Tariff Reductions (2007). Two, ensure agency budgets 2.5% government and international development, 3% services, health, education and international agricultural assistance P.L. 480 spending growth from Fiscal Year 2016, before the illegal budget cuts, 3% annual defense spending increase from CR 18 and automatic 3% annual increase in federal minimum wage and social security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), 3.3% food stamps, 4% child welfare and disability, 6% retirement, from the previous year. 

 

Sanders, Tony J. Customs. 13th Ed. Book 5. Hospitals & Asylums HA-8-9-19 550 pgs.; pdf, doc