Rescissions Act of 2025

The cuts reduce spending on development, economic support, refugees, global health, disaster relief, international organizations, peacekeeping, and public broadcasting while preserving specified programs and country assistance.

What the law does ​

• Cancels $7,903,000,001 in specified unspent international affairs and foreign assistance funding.
• Eliminates all advance funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
• Cuts $2.5 billion from development assistance, $1.65 billion from the Economic Support Fund, $800 million from migration and refugee assistance, and $500 million from global health programs.
• Protects global health funding for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, and maternal and child health, but not family planning and reproductive health.
• Exempts assistance for Jordan and Egypt, the Countering PRC Influence Fund, and specified commodity-based food aid programs from relevant cuts.

Who it affects ​

• Foreign aid recipients, refugees, international organizations, peacekeeping missions, and disaster-relief programs.
• Global health and reproductive health programs receiving U.S. support.
• Public broadcasting organizations supported through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Breakdown ​

Rescissions Act of 2025 ​

The Act immediately cancels nearly $7.9 billion in previously approved but unspent funding, mainly for foreign aid, international organizations, peacekeeping, global health, refugee assistance, disaster relief, and related programs. It also cancels all advance funding provided to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Key takeaways

• The Act cancels $7,903,000,001 in specified unspent international affairs and foreign assistance funding, in addition to the public broadcasting funds.
• Major reductions include $2.5 billion for development assistance, $1.65 billion for the Economic Support Fund, $800 million for migration and refugee assistance, and $500 million for global health programs.
• The global health reduction protects funding for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, and maternal and child health, but does not protect family planning and reproductive health funding.
• The Economic Support Fund reduction does not apply to assistance for Jordan or Egypt or to the Countering PRC Influence Fund.
• The development and disaster assistance reductions do not affect specified U.S. commodity-based food aid programs, including Food for Peace and the McGovern-Dole program.
• The funding cancellations took effect immediately when the Act became law on July 24, 2025.