Each year, Congress funds hundreds of domestic programs — national parks, food safety, schools, scientific research — through what's called non-security discretionary spending. Under this bill, if that spending grows by more than 1 percent from one fiscal year to the next, the amount above 1 percent would automatically be canceled (a 'rescission') across the board, starting in fiscal year 2026. Defense and homeland-security funding would be exempt. In effect, it would cap annual growth in most non-defense federal programs at 1 percent regardless of inflation, meaning agencies like the FDA, Education Department, and National Park Service would see real-dollar cuts in any year inflation runs higher.
Average Household Impact
- Non-defense discretionary growth cap — Excess over 1% annual growth automatically rescinded starting FY2026
- Real funding for FDA, Education, NIH, and National Park Service — 1% cap forces shortfalls in inflation years
- Security-category exemption — Defense and homeland-security spending excluded from the cap
Transparency & Accountability
- Automatic rescission mechanism — Triggers across-the-board pro-rata reduction without further congressional action
Congressional Summary
Implementing Decreases in Overall Government Expenditures Act or the Implementing DOGE ActThis bill requires rescissions of certain nonsecurity (i.e., nondefense) discretionary appropriations. Beginning in FY2026, the bill requires annual rescissions on a pro rata basis that are equal to the excess growth percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made available for the fiscal year. Under the bill, the excess growth percent is the percentage in excess of 1% that the total annual appropriations exceeded the previous fiscal year’s annual appropriations.The rescissions required by the bill are effective on the day after the date on which appropriations are made available through September 30 of the applicable fiscal year for the entire federal government.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-01-03
- Date Added
- 2026-04-22
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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