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HR 4 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance

Rescissions Act of 2025

Introduced June 06, 2025 Latest action July 24, 2025 5 cosponsors

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Became Public Law No: 119-28.

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Jul 24, 2025
signed Signed by President.
Jul 24, 2025
signed Became Public Law No: 119-28.
Jul 18, 2025
passed House agreed to Senate amendment pursuant to H. Res. 590.
Jul 18, 2025
sent Presented to President.
Jul 17, 2025
floor Motion by Senator Kim to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions rejected in Senate by Voice Vote.
Appropriations Committee

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Jul 10, 2025 Referred in Senate
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Jun 12, 2025 Engrossed in House
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Jun 06, 2025 Introduced in House
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--- Placed on Calendar (Senate)
+++ Enrolled
@@ -1,32 +1,20 @@
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 4 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
+[H.R. 4 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+H.R.4
-Calendar No. 114
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-H. R. 4
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
+United States of America
-July 10, 2025
+AT THE FIRST SESSION
-Received; read twice and referred jointly pursuant to the order of
-January 30, 1975, as amended by the order of April 11, 1986 to the
-committee on Appropriations and the Budget
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five
-July 15, 2025
-
-Discharged, by petition, pursuant to section 1012(a) of the
-Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974 from the Committees on
-Appropriations and the Budget and placed on the calendar
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-AN ACT
+An Act
To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special
messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025,
@@ -35,13 +23,9 @@
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
-
This Act may be cited as the ``Rescissions Act of 2025''.
-
SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY.
-
(a) In General.--Pursuant to the special message transmitted by the
President on June 3, 2025, to the House of Representatives and the
Senate proposing the rescission of budget authority under section 1012
@@ -53,146 +37,124 @@
as follows:
(1) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions to International
-Organizations'' made available by the Department of State,
-Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
-2024 (division F of Public Law 118-47), $33,008,764 are
-permanently rescinded.
+Organizations'' made available by the Department of State, Foreign
+Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division
+F of Public Law 118-47), $33,008,764 are rescinded.
(2) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions to International
Organizations'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
-$168,837,230 are permanently rescinded.
+$168,837,230 are rescinded.
(3) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions for International
Peacekeeping Activities'' made available by the Department of
-State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations
-Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118-47), $203,328,007 are
-permanently rescinded.
+State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
+2024 (division F of Public Law 118-47), $203,328,007 are rescinded.
(4) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions for International
Peacekeeping Activities'' made available by the Full-Year
-Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law
-119-4), $157,906,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(5) Of the unobligated balances in the first paragraph
-under the heading ``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds
-Appropriated to the President--Global Health Programs'' made
-available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
-(division A of Public Law 119-4), $500,000,000 are permanently
+Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-
+4), $157,906,000 are rescinded.
+(5) Of the unobligated balances in the first paragraph under
+the heading ``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to
+the President--Global Health Programs'' made available by the Full-
+Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law
+119-4), $500,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That none of the
+amounts rescinded under this paragraph shall be from the
+unobligated balances for the following programs: HIV/AIDS,
+Tuberculosis, Malaria, Nutrition, or Maternal and Child Health:
+Provided further, That the preceding proviso does not apply to
+family planning and reproductive health programs.
+(6) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Department
+of State--Migration and Refugee Assistance'' made available by the
+Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
+Law 119-4), $800,000,000 are rescinded.
+(7) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--Complex
+Crises Fund'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
+Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
+$43,000,000 are rescinded.
+(8) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--Democracy
+Fund'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations
+Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $83,000,000 are
rescinded.
-(6) Of the unobligated balances in the second paragraph
-under the heading ``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds
-Appropriated to the President--Global Health Programs'' made
-available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
-(division A of Public Law 119-4), $400,000,000 are permanently
+(9) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--Economic
+Support Fund'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
+Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
+$1,650,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That none of the funds
+rescinded under this paragraph shall be from the unobligated
+balances for assistance to Jordan, Egypt, or the Countering PRC
+Influence Fund.
+(10) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
+``Multilateral Assistance--International Financial Institutions--
+Contribution to the Clean Technology Fund'' made available by the
+Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
+Law 119-4), $125,000,000 are rescinded.
+(11) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
+``Multilateral Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
+International Organizations and Programs'' made available by the
+Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
+Law 119-4), $436,920,000 are rescinded.
+(12) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
+Development Assistance'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
+Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
+$2,500,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That none of the funds
+rescinded under this paragraph shall be from the unobligated
+balances for Feed the Future Innovation Labs or the Countering PRC
+Influence Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds rescinded
+under this paragraph shall affect the administration of United
+States commodity-based food aid, including the Food for Peace
+program and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and
+Child Nutrition Program.
+(13) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
+Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' made available by
+the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
+Public Law 119-4), $460,000,000 are rescinded.
+(14) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
+International Disaster Assistance'' made available by the Full-Year
+Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-
+4), $496,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That none of the funds
+rescinded shall affect the administration of United States
+commodity-based food aid, including the Food for Peace program and
+the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child
+Nutrition Program.
+(15) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``United
+States Agency for International Development--Funds Appropriated to
+the President--Operating Expenses'' made available by the Full-Year
+Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-
+4), $125,000,000 are rescinded.
+(16) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
+Transition Initiatives'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
+Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
+$57,000,000 are rescinded.
+(17) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Independent Agencies--Inter-American
+Foundation'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
+Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
+$27,000,000 are rescinded.
+(18) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Bilateral
+Economic Assistance--Independent Agencies--United States African
+Development Foundation'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
+Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
+$22,000,000 are rescinded.
+(19) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Related
+Programs--United States Institute of Peace'' made available by the
+Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
+Law 119-4), $15,000,000 are rescinded.
+(20)(A) Amounts made available for ``Corporation for Public
+Broadcasting'' for fiscal year 2026 by Public Law 118-47 are
rescinded.
-(7) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Department of State--Migration and Refugee Assistance'' made
-available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
-(division A of Public Law 119-4), $800,000,000 are permanently
-rescinded.
-(8) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--Complex Crises Fund'' made available by the Full-
-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
-Law 119-4), $43,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(9) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--Democracy Fund'' made available by the Full-Year
-Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law
-119-4), $83,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(10) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--Economic Support Fund'' made available by the Full-
-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
-Law 119-4), $1,650,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(11) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Multilateral Assistance--International Financial
-Institutions--Contribution to the Clean Technology Fund'' made
-available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
-(division A of Public Law 119-4), $125,000,000 are permanently
-rescinded.
-(12) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Multilateral Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--International Organizations and Programs'' made
-available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
-(division A of Public Law 119-4), $436,920,000 are permanently
-rescinded.
-(13) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--Development Assistance'' made available by the Full-
-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
-Law 119-4), $2,500,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(14) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia''
-made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
-2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $460,000,000 are
-permanently rescinded.
-(15) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--International Disaster Assistance'' made available
-by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division
-A of Public Law 119-4), $496,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(16) Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``United
-States Agency for International Development--Funds Appropriated
-to the President--Operating Expenses'' made available by the
-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
-Public Law 119-4), $125,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(17) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
-President--Transition Initiatives'' made available by the Full-
-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public
-Law 119-4), $57,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(18) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Independent Agencies--Inter-
-American Foundation'' made available by the Full-Year
-Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law
-119-4), $27,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(19) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Independent Agencies--United
-States African Development Foundation'' made available by the
-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
-Public Law 119-4), $22,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
-(20) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
-``Related Programs--United States Institute of Peace'' made
-available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
-(division A of Public Law 119-4), $15,000,000 are permanently
-rescinded.
-(21)(A) Amounts made available for ``Corporation for Public
-Broadcasting'' for fiscal year 2026 by Public Law 118-47 are
-hereby permanently rescinded.
(B) Amounts made available for ``Corporation for Public
Broadcasting'' for fiscal year 2027 by Public Law 119-4 are
-hereby permanently rescinded.
+rescinded.
-Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2025.
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-Attest:
-
-KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
-
-Clerk.
-Calendar No. 114
-
-119th CONGRESS
-
-1st Session
-
-H. R. 4
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-AN ACT
-
-To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special
-messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025,
-in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and
-Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-July 15, 2025
-
-Discharged, by petition, pursuant to section 1012(a) of the
-Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974 from the committees on
-Appropriations and the Budget and placed on the calendar
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.

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