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Introduced June 12, 2025 by Eric Stephen Schmitt · Last progress June 12, 2025
The bill achieves near‑term federal spending reductions by rescinding foreign assistance and some broadcasting obligations, but does so at the cost of significantly shrinking U.S. global health, humanitarian, development, and multilateral engagement capacity—raising humanitarian, diplomatic, and long‑term security risks.
Taxpayers will see lower federal outlays because the bill rescinds about $5.48 billion in unobligated foreign assistance balances and cancels certain future broadcasting obligations, reducing near-term federal spending.
Middle‑class families, taxpayers, and nonprofits could benefit from freed budgetary space as rescinded foreign assistance and removed CPB obligations can be redirected toward domestic priorities or deficit reduction.
U.S. ability to prevent, respond to, and shape international crises will be weakened because the bill rescinds funding across Development Assistance, Economic Support Fund, Democracy Fund, Disaster Assistance, reduces USAID operating/program funds, and trims multilateral/peacekeeping contributions—risking diminished diplomatic influence, weaker alliances, and higher long‑term security costs for US
Low‑income populations abroad and global public health are harmed because the bill cuts roughly $900 million from Global Health Programs, reducing funding for international health assistance, pandemic preparedness, and disease response that also helps protect Americans.
Refugees and displaced persons will receive substantially less assistance because the bill eliminates about $800 million in Migration and Refugee Assistance, reducing humanitarian support provided through U.S. programs and partners.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Immediately rescinds specified unobligated balances totaling about $5.48 billion from State/USAID foreign assistance, peacekeeping, migration, and global health accounts.
Immediately rescinds specified unobligated balances totaling about $5.48 billion from a range of Department of State and USAID foreign assistance, peacekeeping, migration/refugee, and global health accounts, and from unobligated balances previously provided in recent appropriations acts. The rescissions take effect upon enactment and reduce available budget authority for named accounts; no new programs, definitions, or reporting requirements are created.