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The rescissions take effect on the day the Act is enacted

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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

The rescissions take effect on the day the Act is enacted

The document says “shall”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“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 of part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 682 et seq.), the rescissions described under subsection (b) shall take effect immediately upon the date of enactment of this 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To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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, Sec. 2

The whole of subsection (a). It ties the Act to a special message the President sent to the House of Representatives and the Senate on June 3, 2025 proposing the rescission of budget authority under section 1012 of part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 682 et seq.), and provides that the rescissions listed in subsection (b) take effect immediately on the date of enactment. The Act was approved on July 24, 2025. The special message is a separate document and is not indexed here.

What the document actually says

“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 of part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 682 et seq.), the rescissions described under subsection (b) shall take effect immediately upon the date of enactment of this 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To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The President asked Congress to take back some money. Congress did it. The money goes away the day this law starts.

What this is about

The law started on July 24, 2025. So the money listed below was gone that day. No one has to wait for a later date. An older law from 1974 sets up this way of asking.

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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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    “The rescissions take effect on the day the Act is enacted,” Rescissions Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rescissions-act-2025/proposal/sec02-rescissions-take-effect-on-enactment/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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