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Five health programs are protected, but family planning is not

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

Five health programs are protected, but family planning is not

The document says “shall not”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“none of the amounts rescinded under this paragraph shall be from the unobligated balances for the following programs: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Nutrition, or Maternal and Child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.”

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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, Sec. 2

The two provisos to paragraph (5). The first bars the $500,000,000 rescission from being taken from the unobligated balances for five named programs: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Nutrition, and Maternal and Child Health. The second states that the first proviso does not apply to family planning and reproductive health programs.

What the document actually says

“none of the amounts rescinded under this paragraph shall be from the unobligated balances for the following programs: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Nutrition, or Maternal and Child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.”

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

This money may not be taken from five health programs. They fight AIDS, TB, and malaria. They also feed people and care for mothers and children.

What this is about

There is one more rule. The shield above does not cover birth control programs. It does not cover programs for having children safely.

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  1. The document itself

    Rescissions Act of 2025, Public Law 119-28, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 467 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ28/html/PLAW-119publ28.htm

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    “Five health programs are protected, but family planning is not,” Rescissions Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rescissions-act-2025/proposal/sec02-global-health-carve-outs/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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