This law cancels about $9.4 billion in unspent funds that had been set aside for foreign aid programs and for public broadcasting. It targets money at the State Department, USAID, several related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the official summary. These cancellations take effect right away once the law is enacted.
It pulls back funds from areas like contributions to international organizations and peacekeeping, global health, migration and refugee assistance, disaster aid, democracy and economic support, development assistance, and more. Some protections are included: the law shields money for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, and maternal and child health, though that protection does not cover family planning and reproductive health programs. It also keeps certain aid for Jordan and Egypt and the Countering PRC Influence Fund intact, and says the changes should not affect how the government runs commodity-based food aid programs like Food for Peace and the McGovern-Dole program . It also cancels funds previously set for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in future years.
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Introduced on June 6, 2025 by Steve Scalise
House agreed to Senate amendment pursuant to H. Res. 590.
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