Rescissions Act of 2025

What this does

This law cancels budget authority the President proposed to rescind in a June 3, 2025 special message, using the rescission process of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act. The rescissions take effect immediately on enactment. Most of the cancelled money is foreign aid: unobligated balances for contributions to international organizations and international peacekeeping, global health programs, migration and refugee assistance, development and economic support funds, disaster assistance, and multilateral funds including the Clean Technology Fund. Individual cancellations include $800,000,000 from Migration and Refugee Assistance, $2,500,000,000 from Development Assistance, $1,650,000,000 from the Economic Support Fund, and $500,000,000 from Global Health Programs. Several rescissions carry provisos protecting specified programs from the cut, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, and maternal and child health under Global Health Programs; assistance to Jordan and Egypt and the Countering PRC Influence Fund under the Economic Support Fund; and U.S. commodity-based food aid such as Food for Peace under Development and Disaster Assistance. The law also rescinds all amounts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Senate vote · 51-48

Democrats0–44

Republicans51–2

Independents0–2

House vote · 214-212

Democrats0–208

Republicans214–4

Independents0–0

How we know · 6 sourced claims

The law rescinds budget authority the President proposed in a special message transmitted June 3, 2025, with the rescissions effective immediately upon enactment.Source: Sec. 2(a)
$800,000,000 is rescinded from State Department Migration and Refugee Assistance.Source: Sec. 2(b)(6)
$2,500,000,000 is rescinded from Development Assistance, with food-aid programs such as Food for Peace and the McGovern-Dole program protected.Source: Sec. 2(b)(12)
$1,650,000,000 is rescinded from the Economic Support Fund, with assistance to Jordan and Egypt and the Countering PRC Influence Fund protected.Source: Sec. 2(b)(9)
$500,000,000 is rescinded from Global Health Programs, with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, and maternal and child health protected but family planning and reproductive health not protected.Source: Sec. 2(b)(5)
All amounts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are rescinded.Source: Sec. 2(b)(20)

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