[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4430-S4431]
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SA 2893. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) proposed an
amendment to amendment SA 2853 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Schmitt)
to the bill H.R. 4, 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rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the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; as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by Senate
amendment No. 2853, insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rescissions Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY.
(a) In General.--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.
(b) Rescissions.--The rescissions described in this
subsection are as follows:
(1) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions to International
Organizations'' made available by the Department of State,
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
2024 (division F of Public Law 118-47), $33,008,764 are
permanently rescinded.
(2) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions to International
Organizations'' made available by the Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4),
$88,483,000 are permanently rescinded, which shall not be
rescinded from the United States contributions to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and the NATO Parliamentary
Assembly if such rescissions would reduce such contributions
from funds made available in fiscal year 2025 below
$79,488,000 and $866,000, respectively (the levels designated
in the ``FY 2025 Estimate'' column in the ``Contributions to
International Organizations Updated Assessments Summary''
table submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on May
15, 2025).
(3) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions for
International Peacekeeping Activities'' made available by the
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118-47),
$203,328,007 are permanently rescinded.
(4) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``International Organizations--Contributions for
International Peacekeeping Activities'' made available by the
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
Public Law 119-4), $157,906,000 are permanently rescinded.
(5) 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
permanently rescinded.
(6) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--Complex Crises Fund'' made available by the Full-
Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
Public Law 119-4), $43,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
(7) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--Democracy Fund'' made available by the Full-Year
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law
119-4), $83,000,000 are permanently rescinded from amounts
made available for the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights,
and Governance, United States Agency for International
Development.
(8) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--Economic Support Fund'' made available by the
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
Public Law 119-4), $1,650,000,000 are permanently rescinded,
which shall not be rescinded from assistance for Jordan,
Egypt, Burma, Countering PRC Influence Fund (CPIF), Near East
Regional Democracy, Agricultural Development/Food Security,
and Water programs if such rescission would reduce such
assistance from funds made available in fiscal year 2025
below $1,200,200,000, $125,000,000, $121,000,000,
$155,000,000, $55,000,000, $149,920,000, and $125,600,000,
respectively (the levels designated for Agricultural
Development/Food Security and Water for ESF in the ``FY 2024
653(a) Sector Summary'' table and for all of the other
assistance specifically referenced in this paragraph in the
``FY 2024 653(a)'' column under the heading ``Economic
Support Fund'' in the fiscal year 2024 report required by
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on October 23,
2024 and October 30, 2024, respectively).
(9) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Multilateral Assistance--International Financial
Institutions--Contribution to the Clean Technology Fund''
made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $125,000,000 are
permanently rescinded.
(10) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Multilateral Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--International Organizations and Programs'' made
available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $294,920,000 are
permanently rescinded, which shall not be rescinded from the
United States contribution to the United Nations Children's
Fund if such rescission would reduce such contribution from
funds made available in fiscal year 2025 below $142,000,000
(the level designated in the table titled ``International
Organizations and Programs'' in the explanatory statement
accompanying the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of
Public Law 118-47)).
(11) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--Development Assistance'' made available by the
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
Public Law 119-4), $1,999,870,000 are permanently rescinded,
which shall not be rescinded from assistance for--
(A) Countering PRC Influence Fund (CPIF) and the
Philippines if such rescissions would reduce such assistance
from funds made available in fiscal year 2025 below
$90,000,000 and $68,100,000, respectively (the levels
designated in the ``FY 2024 653(a)'' column under the heading
``Development Assistance'' in the fiscal year 2024 report
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on
October 30, 2024); and
(B) Feed the Future Innovation Labs, Agricultural
Development/Food Security, and Water programs if such
rescission would reduce such assistance from funds made
available in fiscal year 2025 below $72,000,000,
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$785,800,000, and $270,030,000, respectively (the level
designated for Future Innovation Labs in the ``FY 2024
653(a)'' column of the ``FY 2024 653(a) Report Sub Account:
DA'' table and the levels designated for Agricultural
Development/Food Security and Water for DA in the ``FY 2024
653(a) Sector Summary'' table in the fiscal year 2024 report
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on
October 23, 2024).
(12) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia''
made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $260,000,000 are
permanently rescinded, which shall not be rescinded from
assistance for Ukraine if such rescission would reduce such
assistance from funds made available in fiscal year 2025
below $200,000,000 (the level designated in the ``FY 2024
653(a)'' column under the heading ``Assistance for Europe,
Eurasia and Central Asia'' in the fiscal year 2024 report
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on
October 30, 2024).
(13) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--International Disaster Assistance'' made available
by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
(division A of Public Law 119-4), $496,000,000 are
permanently rescinded, which shall not be rescinded from
assistance for nutrition programs if such rescission would
reduce such assistance from funds made available in fiscal
year 2025 below $866,871,481 (the level designated in table 3
of the United States Agency for International Development's
report entitled ``Global Malnutrition Prevention and
Treatment Act Annual Report to Congress 2024'').
(14) 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
permanently rescinded.
(15) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
President--Transition Initiatives'' made available by the
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
Public Law 119-4), $57,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
(16) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Independent Agencies--Inter-
American Foundation'' made available by the Full-Year
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law
119-4), $27,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
(17) Of the unobligated balances under the heading
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Independent Agencies--United
States African Development Foundation'' made available by the
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
Public Law 119-4), $22,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
(18)(A) From amounts made available for ``Corporation for
Public Broadcasting'' for fiscal year 2026 by Public Law 118-
47, $35,710,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, of which
$8,330,000 shall only be from amounts that would be made
available pursuant to the allocation in section
396(k)(3)(A)(iii)(II) of the Communications Act of 1934 and
$27,380,000 shall only be from amounts that would be made
available pursuant to the allocation in section
396(k)(3)(A)(iii)(III) of the Communications Act of 1934.
(B) From amounts made available for ``Corporation for
Public Broadcasting'' for fiscal year 2027 by Public Law 119-
4, $35,710,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, of which
$8,330,000 shall only be from amounts that would be made
available pursuant to the allocation in section
396(k)(3)(A)(iii)(II) of the Communications Act of 1934 and
$27,380,000 shall only be from amounts that would be made
available pursuant to the allocation in section
396(k)(3)(A)(iii)(III) of the Communications Act of 1934.
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