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Congress·Enacted·7 months ago

Trump Signs Rescissions Act, Cutting Billions in Foreign Aid and Eliminating Public Broadcasting Funds

Also known as: Rescissions Act of 2025

Legislative Progress

✓ Filed
✓ Review
✓ House

214–212

✓ Senate

51–48

✓ President

Impact Analysis

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Key Points

  • This law cancels billions of dollars in government spending that was previously approved but not yet spent. Most of these cuts target international programs, including money for foreign aid, disaster relief, and global health initiatives.
  • The policy completely removes future federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the years 2026 and 2027. This organization provides financial support to local PBS and NPR stations across the country.
  • While $500 million is cut from global health programs, the law specifically protects money meant to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. However, it specifically allows cuts to family planning and reproductive health services.
  • Several large cuts are made to international assistance, including $2.5 billion from development programs and $1.65 billion from economic support. The law makes sure that food aid and specific support for countries like Jordan and Egypt are not affected by these cuts.
  • These changes take effect immediately. The goal of the policy is to reduce government spending by taking back money that agencies had available but had not yet committed to specific projects or contracts.
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Milestones

9 milestones39 actions
Jul 24, 2025

Became Public Law No: 119-28.

Jul 24, 2025

Signed by President.

Jul 18, 2025House

Presented to President.

Jul 18, 2025House

House agreed to Senate amendment pursuant to H. Res. 590.

Jul 17, 2025Senate

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

October 2025

Corporation for Public Broadcasting loses federal funding for fiscal year 2026

Local PBS and NPR stations that depend on CPB grants will need to find replacement funding or cut programming and services starting in October 2025 when fiscal year 2026 begins.

October 2026

Corporation for Public Broadcasting loses federal funding for fiscal year 2027

The second year without federal funding will put additional financial pressure on public media stations, particularly smaller rural stations with fewer alternative revenue sources.

Vote Results

23 votes
HouseFailedAmendmentJun 12, 2025

On Motion to Recommit

208
218
Democrat
208 – 0 · 4
Republican
0 – 218 · 2
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HousePassedPassageJun 12, 2025

On Passage

214
212
Democrat
0 – 208 · 4
Republican
214 – 4 · 2
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SenatePassedProceduralJul 15, 2025

On the Motion to Discharge

50
50
Democrat
0 – 45
Republican
50 – 3
Independent
0 – 2
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SenatePassedProceduralJul 15, 2025

On the Motion to Proceed

50
50
Democrat
0 – 45
Republican
50 – 3
Independent
0 – 2
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 16, 2025

On the Amendment

To strike the recession of amounts made available for international disaster assistance, to ensure the United States can compete with China and maintain our long tradition of providing lifesaving aid.

49
50
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
3 – 50
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedProceduralJul 16, 2025

On the Motion to Recommit

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedProceduralJul 16, 2025

On the Motion to Recommit

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedProceduralJul 16, 2025

On the Motion to Recommit

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 16, 2025

On the Amendment

To strike the rescissions of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

47
52
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
1 – 52
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedProceduralJul 16, 2025

On the Motion to Recommit

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedProceduralJul 16, 2025

On the Motion to Recommit

47
52
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
1 – 52
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 16, 2025

On the Amendment

To reduce the amount rescinded from Global Health programs to preserve funding for programs addressing diseases.

46
51
Democrat
43 – 0 · 2
Republican
1 – 51 · 1
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedProceduralJul 16, 2025

On the Motion to Recommit

47
50
Democrat
43 – 0 · 2
Republican
2 – 50 · 1
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 16, 2025

On the Amendment

To strike the rescission of funds appropriated for Global Health programs, including family planning and reproductive health.

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedProceduralJul 16, 2025

On the Motion to Recommit

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 16, 2025

On the Amendment

To strike the rescission of funds appropriated for the Feed the Future Program to improve global food security and agricultural resiliency and support agriculture research that benefits United States agribusinesses and universities.

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenatePassedProceduralJul 17, 2025

On the Motion to Table

In the nature of a substitute.

51
47
Democrat
0 – 43 · 2
Republican
51 – 2
Independent
0 – 2
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 17, 2025

On the Amendment

To improve the bill.

47
51
Democrat
43 – 0 · 2
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 17, 2025

On the Amendment

To reduce the amount rescinded from Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia.

49
50
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
3 – 50
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 17, 2025

On the Amendment

To reduce the amount rescinded from International Organizations and Programs and to ensure that UNICEF receives all of the funding previously appropriated to it by Congress.

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenateFailedAmendmentJul 17, 2025

On the Amendment

To strike the paragraph of the bill that rescinds $15,000,000 that had been appropriated for the United States Institute of Peace.

48
51
Democrat
44 – 0 · 1
Republican
2 – 51
Independent
2 – 0
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SenatePassedAmendmentJul 17, 2025

On the Amendment

In the nature of a substitute.

52
47
Democrat
0 – 44 · 1
Republican
52 – 1
Independent
0 – 2
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SenatePassedPassageJul 17, 2025

On Passage of the Bill

51
48
Democrat
0 – 44 · 1
Republican
51 – 2
Independent
0 – 2
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Related News

3 articles
PBS News·8 months ago

A closer look at where Senate Republicans stand on Trump's rescission request

The $9.4 billion rescissions package faces a critical test in the Senate. While the bulk of cuts target foreign aid, the elimination of $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has sparked intense debate over the future of local PBS and NPR stations in rural America.

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Jurist·8 months ago

US House approves $9B in budget cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid

The US House of Representatives voted 216-213 to pass the Rescissions Act of 2025. The legislation utilizes the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to retract $9 billion in previously allocated funds for USAID, international peacekeeping, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Politico·9 months ago

House approves Trump's first cuts package

In a narrow 214-212 vote, House leaders passed H.R. 4, clawing back funds for international disaster aid and clean energy. The bill moved forward after leadership assured moderate Republicans that global health cuts would not impact popular programs like PEPFAR.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Rescissions Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 4
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionBecame Public Law No: 119-28.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(5)
R: 5

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