This bill became law on 2025-07-24 as Public Law No. 119-28.
The summary below describes the bill at the version we last reviewed; the enacted text may differ.
YourVoice.Now Summary
Your MoneyEnvironmentAbout $7.9 billion in unspent foreign aid is gone — along with federal money for PBS and NPR in 2026 and 2027.
Your Money
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sends federal money to local PBS and NPR stations. This law took back all of that money for 2026 and 2027, so stations must now raise it elsewhere.
Environment
The Clean Technology Fund is a shared international fund that pays for clean energy projects. Congress had set aside $125 million for it that was still unspent, and this law took that money back.
More about this bill
Most of what this law does is felt overseas. It canceled about $7.9 billion that Congress had already approved but not yet spent. Nearly all of it was foreign aid: refugee help, disaster relief, global health, and democracy programs. The cuts took effect the day it became law, July 24, 2025. Some programs were shielded. Money for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, and mother-and-child health was left alone. So was U.S. food aid, plus aid to Jordan and Egypt. The shield did not cover family planning and reproductive health programs. The change you may notice at home is public broadcasting. The law also took back all federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for 2026 and 2027. That corporation passes federal dollars to local PBS and NPR stations. Those stations must now cover the gap from other sources.
Congressional Summary
Rescissions Act of 2025 This act rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), various independent and related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The rescissions were proposed by the President under procedures included in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress using specified procedures, and the rescissions must be enacted into law to take effect. Specifically, the act rescinds funds that were provided to the State Department or the President for Contributions to International Organizations; Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities; Global Health Programs (excluding funds for programs addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, or maternal and child health); Migration and Refugee Assistance; the Complex Crises Fund; the Democracy Fund; the Economic Support Fund (excluding funds for assistance to Jordan, Egypt, or the Countering PRC Influence Fund); Contributions to the Clean Technology Fund; International Organization and Programs; Development Assistance (excluding funds for Feed the Future Innovation Labs, the Countering PRC Influence Fund, or commodity-based food aid); Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; International Disaster Assistance (excluding funds for commodity-based food aid); and Transition Initiatives. The act also rescinds funds that were provided for USAID Operating Expenses, the Inter-American Foundation, the U.S. African Development Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Public Law
- Action Date
- 2025-07-24
- Date Added
- 2026-06-23
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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