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Issue brief - Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov

S-001 - CRS IF10183

Medium-high as corroboration

Corroborating conduit for the Section 3 FY2023 foreign-assistance obligations total of approximately $99.9B.

Evidence class: Class B corroborating source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 1, Section 3

Statute - Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives

S-002 - 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1641(b)

High

Qualified-alien definition used throughout the domestic eligibility framework.

Evidence class: Primary legal text

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 2, Section 8, Section 9

Statute - Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives

S-003 - 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1611

High

Federal public-benefit restriction baseline for non-qualified aliens, including the emergency-medical exception structure.

Evidence class: Primary legal text

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 2, Section 7, Section 8, Section 9

Statute - Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives

S-004 - 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1613

High

Five-year bar and related exceptions for federal means-tested public benefits.

Evidence class: Primary legal text

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 2, Section 8, Section 9

Glossary - U.S. Government Accountability Office

S-005 - GAO Budget Glossary (GAO-05-734SP)

High

Primary budget-accounting terminology for appropriation, obligation, outlay, and number-type separation.

Evidence class: Primary federal reference

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 2, Section 3

Glossary - Congressional Budget Office

S-006 - CBO Common Budgetary Terms Explained

High

Companion budgetary definitions used to corroborate number-type discipline throughout the publication.

Evidence class: Primary federal reference

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 2

Dataset landing page - U.S. Department of State / USAID / reporting agencies

S-038 - ForeignAssistance.gov financial datasets

High for published aggregates; limited for ultimate-recipient capture

Primary aggregate dataset for foreign-assistance obligations and disbursements used in Section 3.

Evidence class: Primary federal dataset

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 1, Section 3, Section 6

Research summary - Pew Research Center

S-039 - Pew foreign-aid reporting summary

Medium as corroboration

Corroborating conduit for FY2023 foreign-assistance disbursements, agency composition, and military-share context.

Evidence class: Class D corroborating source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 3

Data answer page - USAFacts

S-040 - USAFacts foreign-aid reporting summary

Medium as corroboration

Corroborating conduit for later-year obligations in the international-assistance lane.

Evidence class: Class D corroborating source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 3

Budget tables PDF - U.S. Department of State

S-042 - State Supplementary Tables FY2025

High

Account-level foreign-assistance tables retained for next-pass pulls and account composition checks.

Evidence class: Primary agency publication

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 3

Issue brief - Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov

S-043 - CRS IF11437

High

Used to distinguish taxpayer-funded military aid from allied-funded foreign military sales.

Evidence class: Class B analytical source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 3, Section 4, Section 5

Oversight portal - UkraineOversight.gov

S-044 - UkraineOversight.gov

High for published oversight figures

Primary oversight source for Ukraine appropriated-versus-disbursed context used in the illustrative Section 4 lane.

Evidence class: Primary federal reporting

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 4

Agency reporting - U.S. Department of State

S-045 - State Department Ukraine/Israel aid reporting

High

Primary State reporting used in the illustrative Section 4 examples for identifiable aid flows.

Evidence class: Primary agency publication

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 4, Section 5

Oversight report - U.S. Government Accountability Office

S-046 - GAO drawdown valuation reporting

High

Used for the reported drawdown overvaluation issue and to keep transfer value separate from replacement appropriations.

Evidence class: Class B oversight source

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 4, Section 5

Tracker / explainer - Council on Foreign Relations

S-048 - Council on Foreign Relations aid tracker context

Low-medium as corroboration

Used as contextual corroboration for Section 4's illustrative examples.

Evidence class: Class D corroborating source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 4

Report - Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov

S-049 - CRS RL33222

High

Primary congressional source for Israel FMF, missile-defense, and OSP context used in Section 4.

Evidence class: Class B analytical source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 4

Program manual - Defense Security Cooperation Agency

S-050 - DSCA SAMM and related security-cooperation materials

Medium-high

Program framework source for marginal or pending security-cooperation lanes surrounding Section 5 Block B.

Evidence class: Primary program documentation

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 5

Joint report - U.S. Department of State / U.S. Department of Defense

S-051 - State FMTR

Medium-high

Foreign Military Training Report used as supporting context in the military-aid lane.

Evidence class: Primary agency publication

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 5

Issue brief - Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov

S-052 - CRS IF12040

High

Component-level CRS source for Ukraine security-assistance figures used in Section 5 reconciliation.

Evidence class: Class B analytical source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 5

Insight - Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov

S-053 - CRS IN12453

High

CRS source for cumulative PDA replacement and related Ukraine security-assistance figures.

Evidence class: Class B analytical source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 5

Report - Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov

S-054 - CRS R48182

High

CRS source for USAI and related Ukraine military-assistance figures used in Block A.

Evidence class: Class B analytical source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 5

Oversight report - U.S. Government Accountability Office

S-055 - GAO-23-105842

High

Primary source for the Section 333 Build Partner Capacity historical figure used in the recurring annual lane.

Evidence class: Class B oversight source

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 5, Section 14

Oversight report - U.S. Government Accountability Office

S-056 - GAO-24-107232

High

GAO source for the FY2022-2023 subset of PDA replacement figures retained in reconciliation.

Evidence class: Class B oversight source

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 5

Infographic - U.S. Department of Defense

S-057 - Ukraine Security Assistance Infographic

High

DoD summary used to verify separation between USAI and PDA replacement lines in Section 5.

Evidence class: Primary agency publication

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 5

Budget justification PDF - Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

S-058 - DoD CTEF J-Books

High

Primary source for the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund figure used in the recurring annual lane.

Evidence class: Primary budget document

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 5, Section 14

Statute - Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives

S-059 - 10 U.S.C. Sec. 333

High

Statutory authority for the Section 333 Build Partner Capacity lane.

Evidence class: Primary legal text

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 5

Program documentation - Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement

S-060 - ORR program documents

High

Program documents used to identify ORR base program lines such as RSS and T&MS in Section 6.

Evidence class: Primary program documentation

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 6, Section 14

Program documentation - Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement

S-061 - ORR entrant-assistance program materials

Medium-high

Supporting ORR materials for entrant cash, medical, or service pathways discussed in Section 6.

Evidence class: Primary program documentation

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 6

Federal spending account page - USAspending.gov

S-062 - USAspending account 075-1503

High

Federal account reference for Refugee and Entrant Assistance used to anchor the Section 6 lane.

Evidence class: Primary federal spending record

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 6, Section 14

Fact sheet - Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement

S-063 - ORR service-delivery and provider-route materials

Medium-high

Supporting ORR material for provider, state, and voluntary-agency delivery pathways in Section 6.

Evidence class: Primary program documentation

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 6

Quick take - KFF

S-064 - KFF emergency Medicaid analysis

Medium-high as corroboration

Corroborating source for the Section 7 emergency Medicaid figure and the provider-capture framing.

Evidence class: Class D corroborating source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 7, Section 14, Section 16

Federal administrative guidance / press release - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

S-065 - CMS-64 / MACPAC emergency Medicaid reporting

High

Primary source of record for the Section 7 emergency Medicaid figure.

Evidence class: Primary federal administrative data

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 7

Report - Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov

S-067 - Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Housing Programs

High

Primary structural source for housing-program eligibility, Section 214 limits, and status-verification rules.

Evidence class: Class B analytical source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 10

Agency guidance PDF - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

S-068 - HUD program guidance

High

HUD guidance used alongside CRS to explain proration and status-verification rules in Section 10.

Evidence class: Primary agency guidance

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 10

Eligibility guidance - U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid

S-069 - Plyler / federal education-aid legal framework

High

Primary legal framework for status-blind K-12 access and federal student-aid eligibility boundaries used in Section 11.

Evidence class: Primary legal framework

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 11

Program documentation - Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement

S-071 - ORR / HHS additional resettlement support materials

Medium-high

Supporting ORR documentation used to map the service and provider structure of Section 6.

Evidence class: Primary program documentation

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 6

Annual statistical report - Social Security Administration

S-072 - SSA SSI program totals

High

Primary SSI program totals used in Section 9 for the overall payment baseline and average payment amount.

Evidence class: Primary federal administrative data

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 9

Statistical report section - Social Security Administration

S-073 - SSA noncitizen SSI data

High for point-in-time basis; medium for annualization beyond that basis

Primary source for the noncitizen SSI recipient count used in Section 9.

Evidence class: Primary federal administrative data

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 1, Section 9, Section 14

Research / characteristics page - USDA Food and Nutrition Service

S-074 - USDA-FNS SNAP characteristics data

High

Primary SNAP program and participant-composition data used in Section 8.

Evidence class: Primary federal administrative data

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 8, Section 16

Administrative data report - Administration for Children and Families

S-075 - ACF TANF totals and characteristics

High for published totals; low for noncitizen-dollar isolation

Published TANF totals and characteristics used only to frame why TANF remains largely routed to Section 13.

Evidence class: Primary federal administrative data

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 9

Agency reporting - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

S-077 - HUD ineligible-tenant reporting

Medium due to caveats

Closest primary figure used in Section 10 for ineligible individuals inside assisted housing structures.

Evidence class: Primary agency reporting

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 10

Cost estimate / analysis - Congressional Budget Office

S-078 - CBO emergency Medicaid cost reporting

High for the stated time window

CBO time-window context for emergency Medicaid, retained in reconciliation but not as a competing annual figure.

Evidence class: Class B analytical source

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 7

Congressional press / memo - U.S. House Budget Committee

S-079 - House Budget Committee emergency Medicaid context

Medium as reconciliation context

Subset-period emergency Medicaid context retained in Table 14-H reconciliation.

Evidence class: Class B contextual source

Primary / Secondary: Secondary | Verification: verified

Archive: available | alternate artifact

Used in: Section 7

Projection - Congressional Budget Office

S-080 - CBO immigration-surge projection context

High for projected-scope description; not used as an adopted total

Forward-looking context explicitly kept out of adopted totals because it is a projection and includes out-of-scope categories.

Evidence class: Projected federal analysis

Primary / Secondary: Primary | Verification: verified

Archive: not-available

Used in: Section 7