Rescissions Act of 2025
June 6, 2025
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Current status: signed.
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The law immediately cancels $7.8 billion in authorized federal spending, reducing the amount of money available for international development, disaster assistance, and public media operations.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The organization loses all funding previously allocated for fiscal year 2026.
International aid organizations
These entities face a reduction in available federal grant and assistance funding across multiple categories.
Current stage: signed.
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Summary
Key Facts
- The Act rescinds a total of approximately $7.8 billion in unobligated federal budget authority.
- Rescinds $2.5 billion from Development Assistance, excluding Feed the Future Innovation Labs, Countering PRC Influence Fund, and specific food aid programs.
- Rescinds $1.65 billion from the Economic Support Fund, excluding assistance to Jordan, Egypt, and the Countering PRC Influence Fund.
- Rescinds $800 million from Migration and Refugee Assistance.
- Rescinds $500 million from Global Health Programs, excluding HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Nutrition, and Maternal/Child Health, but including family planning and reproductive health.
- Rescinds $496 million from International Disaster Assistance, excluding specific food aid programs.
- Rescinds $460 million from Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia.
- Rescinds $436.9 million from International Organizations and Programs.
- Rescinds $361.2 million total from Contributions to International Organizations (2024 and 2025 funds).
- Rescinds $361.2 million total from Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities (2024 and 2025 funds).
- Rescinds $125 million from USAID Operating Expenses.
- Rescinds $125 million from the Clean Technology Fund.
- Rescinds $83 million from the Democracy Fund.
- Rescinds $57 million from Transition Initiatives.
- Rescinds $43 million from the Complex Crises Fund.
- Rescinds $27 million from the Inter-American Foundation.
- Rescinds $22 million from the United States African Development Foundation.
- Rescinds $15 million from the United States Institute of Peace.
- Rescinds all funding previously made available for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal year 2026.
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Why It Matters
The law immediately cancels $7.8 billion in authorized federal spending, reducing the amount of money available for international development, disaster assistance, and public media operations.
News Coverage
Voting Record
Total
99
Yes
51
No
48
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (99)
Todd Young
R · yes
John Thune
R · yes
Ron Wyden
D · no
Elizabeth Warren
D · no
John Cornyn
R · yes
Steve Daines
R · yes
Joni Ernst
R · yes
Eric Schmitt
R · yes
Shelley Capito
R · yes
Ruben Gallego
D · no
Jon Husted
R · yes
Kevin Cramer
R · yes
Ted Cruz
R · yes
Chris Van Hollen
D · no
John Hoeven
R · yes
John Boozman
R · yes
Marsha Blackburn
R · yes
Dan Sullivan
R · yes
Tim Scott
R · yes
Rick Scott
R · yes
Jon Ossoff
D · no
Tom Cotton
R · yes
Bernie Moreno
R · yes
Christopher Murphy
D · no
+ 75 more
Total
426
Yes
214
No
212
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (426)
Greg Stanton
D · no
Ritchie Torres
D · no
Thomas Massie
R · yes
Ken Calvert
R · yes
Stephen Lynch
D · no
Mike Thompson
D · no
David Schweikert
R · yes
Dave Min
D · no
Eric Swalwell
D · no
Daniel Meuser
R · yes
Alma Adams
D · no
Lauren Boebert
R · yes
Wesley Hunt
R · yes
Jack Bergman
R · yes
Thomas Kean
R · yes
Tony Wied
R · yes
Sarah Elfreth
D · no
André Carson
D · no
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
D · no
Debbie Dingell
D · no
Jennifer McClellan
D · no
John Rose
R · yes
Kevin Kiley
R · yes
Ed Case
D · no
+ 402 more
Sponsors
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Targeted Foreign Aid Reduction
The bill demonstrates a strategic effort to preserve specific programs (like food aid and disease prevention) while significantly reducing general economic and development assistance.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance90How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment20Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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