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$125,000,000 is rescinded from USAID operating expenses

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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

$125,000,000 is rescinded from USAID operating expenses

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What the document says

“Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``United States Agency for International Development--Funds Appropriated to the President--Operating Expenses'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $125,000,000 are rescinded.”

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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 (15). It rescinds $125,000,000 of the unobligated balances under the account headed United States Agency for International Development, Funds Appropriated to the President, Operating Expenses, as made available by division A of Public Law 119-4, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025. This is the only rescission in the Act taken from an account for running an agency rather than for a program.

What the document actually says

“Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``United States Agency for International Development--Funds Appropriated to the President--Operating Expenses'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $125,000,000 are rescinded.”

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and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

This takes back $125,000,000. The money paid to run an aid agency. Its name is USAID.

What this is about

Running costs mean pay, rent and travel. This is the only cut here that hits those costs.

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