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$800,000,000 is rescinded from Migration and Refugee Assistance

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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

$800,000,000 is rescinded from Migration and Refugee Assistance

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What the document says

“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made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $800,000,000 are rescinded.”

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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

Paragraph (6). It rescinds $800,000,000 of the unobligated balances under the account headed Department of State, Migration and Refugee Assistance, as made available by division A of Public Law 119-4, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025. This is the largest single rescission in the Act apart from paragraphs (9) and (12).

What the document actually says

“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made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $800,000,000 are rescinded.”

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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

Money had been set aside to help people who fled their homes. This takes back $800,000,000 of it.

What this is about

The money came from a 2025 spending law. It sits in a State Department account. No part of it is shielded here.

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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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    “$800,000,000 is rescinded from Migration and Refugee Assistance,” Rescissions Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rescissions-act-2025/proposal/sec02-migration-and-refugee-assistance/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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