Rescissions Act of 2025
H.R. 4119th CongressEconomics and Public Finance
- Introduced
- Jun 6, 2025
- Latest action
- Became Public Law 119-28
- Jul 24, 2025
Recorded votes
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senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2853 — In the nature of a substitute.Amendment Agreed to52–47senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2863 — To strike the paragraph of the bill that rescinds $15,000,000 that had been appropriated for the United States Institute of Peace.Amendment Rejected48–51senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2896 — To reduce the amount rescinded from International Organizations and Programs and to ensure that UNICEF receives all of the funding previously appropriated to it by Congress.Amendment Rejected48–51senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2898 — To reduce the amount rescinded from Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia.Amendment Rejected49–50senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2865 — To improve the bill.Amendment Rejected47–51senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote to set aside. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2893 — In the nature of a substitute.Motion to Table Agreed to51–47senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2887 — To strike the rescission of funds appropriated for the Feed the Future Program to improve global food security and agricultural resiliency and support agriculture research that benefits United States agribusinesses and universities.Amendment Rejected48–51senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2878 — To strike the rescission of funds appropriated for Global Health programs, including family planning and reproductive health.Amendment Rejected48–51senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2862 — To reduce the amount rescinded from Global Health programs to preserve funding for programs addressing diseases.Amendment Rejected46–51senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2855 — To strike the rescissions of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Amendment Rejected47–52senateH.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 2856 — To strike the recession of amounts made available for international disaster assistance, to ensure the United States can compete with China and maintain our long tradition of providing lifesaving aid.Amendment Rejected49–50
Summary
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.
Rescissions Act of 2025
This act rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), various independent and related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The rescissions were proposed by the President under procedures included in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress using specified procedures, and the rescissions must be enacted into law to take effect.
Specifically, the act rescinds funds that were provided to the State Department or the President for
- Contributions to International Organizations;
- Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities;
- Global Health Programs (excluding funds for programs addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, or maternal and child health);
- Migration and Refugee Assistance;
- the Complex Crises Fund;
- the Democracy Fund;
- the Economic Support Fund (excluding funds for assistance to Jordan, Egypt, or the Countering PRC Influence Fund);
- Contributions to the Clean Technology Fund;
- International Organization and Programs;
- Development Assistance (excluding funds for Feed the Future Innovation Labs, the Countering PRC Influence Fund, or commodity-based food aid);
- Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia;
- International Disaster Assistance (excluding funds for commodity-based food aid); and
- Transition Initiatives.
The act also rescinds funds that were provided for
- USAID Operating Expenses,
- the Inter-American Foundation,
- the U.S. African Development Foundation,
- the U.S. Institute of Peace, and
- the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.