Data on DPA appropriations indicate that the executive branch is using the statute more intensively since 2020

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Source: Adam G. Levin, analyst in economic development policy, Congressional Research Service, Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions of the Financial Services Committee, 119th Cong., 1st sess., June 12, 2025. (Relevant language: “From FY2010 through FY2019, Congress appropriated approximately $952 million to the DPA Fund, which pays for Title III activities. From FY2020 through FY2025, Congress has provided at least $4.4 billion to the DPA Fund for Title III purposes.”)