Notice2025-16851
Rescissions Proposals Pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
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Pursuant to section 1014(d) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, enclosed for publication in the Federal Register is a special message from the President reflecting the proposals for rescission under section 1012 of that Act that were transmitted to the Congress for consideration on August 28, 2025. In total, these proposals would rescind $4.9 billion in budget authority. These proposed rescissions affect programs of the Department of State as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development and International Assistance Programs. If enacted, these rescissions would decrease Federal outlays in the affected accounts by the same amount. This would have a commensurate effect on the Federal budget deficit and the national economy, and would result in less borrowing from the Federal Treasury.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 168 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16851]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Rescissions Proposals Pursuant to the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974
AGENCY: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Notice of rescissions proposed pursuant to the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 1014(d) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974, enclosed for publication in the
Federal
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Register is a special message from the President reflecting the
proposals for rescission under section 1012 of that Act that were
transmitted to the Congress for consideration on August 28, 2025. In
total, these proposals would rescind $4.9 billion in budget authority.
These proposed rescissions affect programs of the Department of State
as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development and
International Assistance Programs. If enacted, these rescissions would
decrease Federal outlays in the affected accounts by the same amount.
This would have a commensurate effect on the Federal budget deficit and
the national economy, and would result in less borrowing from the
Federal Treasury.
DATES: Release Date: August 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The rescissions proposal package is available on-line on the
OMB home page at: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/legislative/supplementals-amendments-and-releases/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/legislative/supplementals-amendments-and-releases/</a>.
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Russell T. Vought,
Director.
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
In accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683(a)), I herewith report 15
rescissions of budget authority, totaling $4.9 billion.
The proposed rescissions affect programs of the Department of State
as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development and
International Assistance Programs.
The details of these rescissions are set forth in the attached
enclosure.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 28, 2025.
Rescission proposal no. R25-23
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: Department of State
Bureau: International Organizations and Conferences
Account: Contributions to International Organizations (019-1126
2025/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $520,500,000
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $521 million of the $1.5 billion
appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contributions to International
Organizations (CIO) account. The CIO account provides funding for
the assessed contributions to the United Nations (UN), UN-Affiliated
organizations, and various other international organizations that do
not support major U.S. policies or priorities or have been operating
contrary to American interests for many years. For example, the Pan
American Health Organization, which receives CIO funding, is the
regional arm of the World Health Organization, and was accused of
forced labor and human trafficking of Cuban doctors. Further, the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), also a
recipient of CIO funding, facilitated a global tax deal, committing
America to extraterritorial jurisdiction of American-made income.
This proposal is consistent with Executive Order 14199,
``Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain
United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to
All International Organizations.'' The rescission would eliminate
funding for the UN regular budget, and other organizations such the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $2.3 million for desert locust risk reduction in the
Central Region and Horn of Africa.
<bullet> $1.5 million for marketing paintings of Ukrainian women
artists and a museum dedicated to recognizing the historical role of
Ukrainian female artists.
Rescission proposal no. R25-24
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: Department of State
Bureau: International Organizations and Conferences
Account: Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities
(019-1124 2025/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $392,534,000
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $393 million of the $1.2 billion
appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contributions for International
Peacekeeping Activities (CIPA) account, which was defunded in the
President's FY 2026 Budget. The CIPA account provides payments for
the U.S. share of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping assessments. UN
peacekeeping has been fraught with waste and abuse, as evidenced by
the ongoing sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. There have
been thousands of credible allegations of sexual abuse and other
crimes against UN peacekeepers from across the world, including when
UN personnel who solicited underage girls in Kosovo that resulted in
them being kidnapped, tortured, and prostituted. The UN has failed
to address this issue by punishing the perpetrators of these heinous
crimes. UN Peacekeepers were also the source of the cholera outbreak
in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, costing billions and causing
lasting harm. Reports have also estimated that billions in
peacekeeping contracts (over 40 percent) were implicated in
significant corruption schemes. The rescission would be a first step
to engaging in strong reforms across the UN.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> In 2023, 43 people were killed during demonstrations
against the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mission (MONUSCO) and
DRC presidential candidates have threatened to remove the UN
peacekeeping mission from the DRC.
<bullet> The Mali mission (MINUSMA's) failure to retain host
country consent and protect civilians is another stain on the UN's
tattered history of peacekeeping.
Rescission proposal no. R25-25
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: Department of State
Bureau: Other
Account: Democracy Fund (019-1121 2020/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $1,800,498
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $2 million of the $274 million
appropriated in FY 2020 for the Democracy Fund (DF). The DF account
is intended to fund democracy promotion activities of the Department
of State and U.S. Agency for International Development. In practice,
DF activities undermine American values, weaken the perception of
America abroad, interfere with the sovereignty of other countries--
including U.S. allies, and bankroll corrupt leaders. For example,
this account funded gender responsive governance and activities
geared toward strengthening information integrity, equality, and
democracy for LGBTQI+ populations. The rescission would return
funding from wasteful foreign assistance programs to taxpayers in
alignment with America First foreign policy.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $2.7 million to advance ``inclusive democracy'' in
South Africa through the Democracy Works Foundation, which has
published articles such as ``The Problem with Whiteness,'' and ``The
Problem with White People.'' One article claims that White South
Africans are ``not even aware'' of the ``hostility they unleash''
against black people; another lauds terrorism and communism as an
effective means of deconstructing White Afrikaner identity.
<bullet> $4 million for the ``New Alliance for Global Equality''
to advance ``global LGBTQI+ awareness.''
<bullet> $500,000 to support women in elections in the Maldives.
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Rescission proposal no. R25-26
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: Department of State
Bureau: Other
Account: Democracy Fund (072-019-1121 2020/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $56,107
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $56,107 of the $274 million
appropriated in FY 2020 for the Democracy Fund (DF). The DF account
is intended to fund democracy promotion activities of the Department
of State and U.S. Agency for International Development. In practice,
DF-funded activities weaponized programs that undermine American
values, weaken perception of America abroad, interfere with the
sovereignty of other countries, including U.S. allies, and bankroll
the evasion by corrupt leaders of their responsibilities to their
citizens. For example, this account funded gender responsive
governance and activities geared toward strengthening information
integrity, equality, and democracy for LGBTQI+ populations. The
rescission would return funding from wasteful foreign assistance
programs to taxpayers in alignment with America First foreign
policy.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $2.7 million to advance ``inclusive democracy'' in
South Africa through the Democracy Works Foundation, which has
published articles such as ``The Problem with Whiteness,'' and ``The
Problem with White People.'' One article claims that White South
Africans are ``not even aware'' of the ``hostility they unleash''
against black people; another lauds terrorism and communism as an
effective means of deconstructing White Afrikaner identity.
<bullet> $4 million for the ``New Alliance for Global Equality''
to advance ``global LGBTQI+ awareness.''
<bullet> $500,000 to support women in elections in the Maldives.
Rescission proposal no. R25-27
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: Department of State
Bureau: Other
Account: Democracy Fund (019-1121 2024/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $188,314,470
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $188 million of the $340 million
appropriated in FY 2024 for the Democracy Fund (DF). The DF account
is intended to fund democracy promotion activities of the Department
of State and U.S. Agency for International Development. In practice,
DF-funded activities weaponized programs that undermine American
values, weaken perception of America abroad, interfere with the
sovereignty of other countries, including U.S. allies, and bankroll
the evasion by corrupt leaders of their responsibilities to their
citizens. For example, this account funded gender responsive
governance and activities geared toward strengthening information
integrity, equality, and democracy for LGBTQI+ populations. The
rescission would return funding from wasteful foreign assistance
programs to taxpayers in alignment with America First foreign
policy.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $2.7 million to advance ``inclusive democracy'' in
South Africa through the Democracy Works Foundation, which has
published articles such as ``The Problem with Whiteness,'' and ``The
Problem with White People.'' One article claims that White South
Africans are ``not even aware'' of the ``hostility they unleash''
against black people; another lauds terrorism and communism as an
effective means of deconstructing White Afrikaner identity.
<bullet> $4 million for the ``New Alliance for Global Equality''
to advance ``global LGBTQI+ awareness.''
<bullet> $500,000 to support women in elections in the Maldives.
Rescission proposal no. R25-28
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: Department of State
Bureau: Other
Account: Democracy Fund (072-019-1121 2024/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $132,117,226
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $132 million of the $340 million
appropriated in FY 2024 for the Democracy Fund (DF). The DF account
is intended to fund democracy promotion activities of the Department
of State and U.S. Agency for International Development. In practice,
DF-funded activities weaponized programs that undermine American
values, weaken perception of America abroad, interfere with the
sovereignty of other countries, including U.S. allies, and bankroll
the evasion by corrupt leaders of their responsibilities to their
citizens. For example, this account funded gender responsive
governance and activities geared toward strengthening information
integrity, equality, and democracy for LGBTQI+ populations. The
rescission would return funding from wasteful foreign assistance
programs to taxpayers in alignment with America First foreign
policy.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $2.7 million to advance ``inclusive democracy'' in
South Africa through the Democracy Works Foundation, which has
published articles such as ``The Problem with Whiteness,'' and ``The
Problem with White People.'' One article claims that White South
Africans are ``not even aware'' of the ``hostility they unleash''
against black people; another lauds terrorism and communism as an
effective means of deconstructing White Afrikaner identity.
<bullet> $4 million for the ``New Alliance for Global Equality''
to advance ``global LGBTQI+ awareness.''
<bullet> $500,000 to support women in elections in the Maldives.
Rescission proposal no. R25-29
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: International Security Assistance
Account: Peacekeeping Operations (019-011-1032 2024/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $110,384,428
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $110 million of the $410 million
appropriated in FY 2024 for the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)
account, which was largely defunded in the President's FY 2026
Budget. The PKO account is intended to support peacekeeping and
stabilization operations and to counter extremist threats, including
for the United Nations (UN) Support Office in Somalia peacekeeping
mission. In practice, this account is a slush fund used to support
projects well beyond a core security focus, including hybrid energy
power generation pilot projects in Nepal and South Sudan, at the
expense of American taxpayers.
Annually, $71 million of PKO's funds have been allocated to the
Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) to ready other country's
militaries to support UN peacekeeping. Not only are we overpaying in
U.S. assessed contributions, we are paying twice to pick up global
slack. Programs undergoing termination include:
<bullet> Nearly $11 million for armored personnel carriers for
Uruguay's quick reaction force.
<bullet> Nearly $4 million for infrastructure and facilities at
the Zambia Training Center.
<bullet> Nearly $3 million for barracks for Kazakhstan
peacekeepers.
<bullet> Over $500,000 for a women's body armor pilot program.
The rescission would eliminate programs but will not impact the
United States' commitment to the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace
through U.S. contributions to the Multinational Force and Observers.
Rescission proposal no. R25-30
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: International Security Assistance
Account: Peacekeeping Operations (019-011-1032 2025/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $326,214,947
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Justification:
This proposal would rescind $326 million of the $410 million
appropriated in FY 2025 for the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)
account, which was largely defunded in the President's FY 2026
Budget. The PKO account is intended to support peacekeeping and
stabilization operations and to counter extremist threats, including
for the United Nations (UN) Support Office in Somalia peacekeeping
mission. In practice, this account is a slush fund used to support
projects well beyond a core security focus, including hybrid energy
power generation pilot projects in Nepal and South Sudan, at the
expense of American taxpayers.
Annually, $71 million of PKO's funds have been allocated to the
Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) to ready other country's
militaries to support UN peacekeeping. Not only are we overpaying in
U.S. assessed contributions, we are paying twice to pick up global
slack. Programs undergoing termination include:
<bullet> Nearly $11 million for armored personnel carriers for
Uruguay's quick reaction force.
<bullet> Nearly $4 million for infrastructure and facilities at
the Zambia Training Center.
<bullet> Nearly $3 million for barracks for Kazakhstan
peacekeepers.
<bullet> Over $500,000 for a women's body armor pilot program.
The rescission would eliminate programs but will not impact the
United States' commitment to the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace
through U.S. contributions to the Multinational Force and Observers.
Rescission proposal no. R25-31
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: International Security Assistance
Account: Peacekeeping Operations (011-1032 2024/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $2,500,000
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $3 million of the $410 million
appropriated in FY 2024 for the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)
account, which was largely defunded in the President's FY 2026
Budget. The PKO account is intended to support peacekeeping and
stabilization operations and to counter extremist threats, including
for the United Nations (UN) Support Office in Somalia peacekeeping
mission. In practice, this account is a slush fund used to support
projects well beyond a core security focus, including hybrid energy
power generation pilot projects in Nepal and South Sudan, at the
expense of American taxpayers.
Annually, $71 million of PKO's funds have been allocated to the
Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) to ready other country's
militaries to support UN peacekeeping. Not only are we overpaying in
U.S. assessed contributions, we are paying twice to pick up global
slack. Programs undergoing termination include:
<bullet> Nearly $11 million for armored personnel carriers for
Uruguay's quick reaction force.
<bullet> Nearly $4 million for infrastructure and facilities at
the Zambia Training Center.
<bullet> Nearly $3 million for barracks for Kazakhstan
peacekeepers.
<bullet> Over $500,000 for a women's body armor pilot program.
The rescission would eliminate programs but will not impact the
United States' commitment to the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace
through U.S. contributions to the Multinational Force and Observers.
Rescission proposal no. R25-32
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: International Security Assistance
Account: Peacekeeping Operations (019-011-1032 2020/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $5,850,726
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $6 million of the $410 million
appropriated in FY 2024 for the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)
account, which was largely defunded in the President's FY 2026
Budget. The PKO account is intended to support peacekeeping and
stabilization operations and to counter extremist threats, including
for the United Nations (UN) Support Office in Somalia peacekeeping
mission. In practice, this account is a slush fund used to support
projects well beyond a core security focus, including hybrid energy
power generation pilot projects in Nepal and South Sudan, at the
expense of American taxpayers.
Annually, $71 million of PKO's funds have been allocated to the
Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) to ready other country's
militaries to support UN peacekeeping. Not only are we overpaying in
U.S. assessed contributions, we are paying twice to pick up global
slack. Programs undergoing termination include:
<bullet> Nearly $11 million for armored personnel carriers for
Uruguay's quick reaction force.
<bullet> Nearly $4 million for infrastructure and facilities at
the Zambia Training Center.
<bullet> Nearly $3 million for barracks for Kazakhstan
peacekeepers.
<bullet> Over $500,000 for a women's body armor pilot program.
The rescission would eliminate programs but will not impact the
United States' commitment to the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace
through U.S. contributions to the Multinational Force and Observers.
Rescission proposal no. R25-33
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: Agency for International Development
Account: Development Assistance (072-1021 2017/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $3,360
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $3,360 of the $3 billion
appropriated in FY 2017 for Development Assistance (DA). The DA
account is intended to fund programs that work to promote resilient
societies, but in practice has done the opposite. Many DA programs
conflicted with American values, interfered with the sovereignty of
other countries, and bankrolled corrupt leaders' evasion of their
responsibilities to their citizens, all while providing no clear
benefit to Americans. Projects like electric busses in Rwanda, are
of negative value to American taxpayers and American foreign policy
interests. The rescission would align with the Administration's
efforts to return funding from wasteful U.S. Agency for
International Development programs to the American taxpayers. The
remaining balance proposed for rescission are for activities that
have completed their goals and are no longer needed for their
intended purpose.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $24.6 million to build climate resilience in Honduras.
<bullet> $38.6 million for biodiversity and low-emissions
development in West Africa.
<bullet> $13.4 million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe.
Rescission proposal no. R25-34
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: Agency for International Development
Account: Development Assistance (072-1021 2020/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $7,088,936
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $7 million of the $3.4 billion
appropriated in FY 2020 for Development Assistance (DA). The DA
account is intended to fund programs that work to promote resilient
societies, but in practice has done the opposite. Many DA programs
conflicted with American values, interfered with the sovereignty of
other countries, and bankrolled corrupt leaders' evasion of their
responsibilities to their citizens, all while providing no clear
benefit to Americans. Projects like electric busses in Rwanda are of
negative value to American taxpayers and American foreign policy
interests. The rescission would align with the Administration's
efforts to return funding from wasteful U.S. Agency for
International Development programs to the American taxpayers.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $2 million for ``green economic opportunities'' in
Honduras.
<bullet> $5 million for localization, inclusion, and
sustainability in Kenya.
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Rescission proposal no. R25-35
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: Agency for International Development
Account: Development Assistance (072-1021 2021/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $31,649,095
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $32 million of the $3.5 billion
appropriated in FY 2021 for Development Assistance (DA). The DA
account is intended to fund programs that work to promote resilient
societies, but in practice has done the opposite. Many DA programs
conflicted with American values, interfered with the sovereignty of
other countries, and bankrolled corrupt leaders' evasion of their
responsibilities to their citizens, all while providing no clear
benefit to Americans. Projects like baking and beauty therapy in
Zimbabwe and land administration in Malawi, are of negative value to
American taxpayers and American foreign policy interests. The
rescission would align with the Administration's efforts to return
funding from wasteful U.S. Agency for International Development
programs to the American taxpayers.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> $550,000 for holistic monitoring, evaluation, and
learning in North Macedonia.
<bullet> $60,000 for listening tours on local development in
Timor-Leste.
<bullet> $12,000 for Telling the USAID story in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Rescission proposal no. R25-36
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: Agency for International Development
Account: Development Assistance (072-1021 2023/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $6,587,000
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $7 million of the $4.4 billion
appropriated in FY 2023 for Development Assistance (DA). The DA
account is intended to fund programs that work to promote resilient
societies, but in practice has done the opposite. Many DA programs
conflicted with American values, interfered with the sovereignty of
other countries, and bankrolled corrupt leaders' evasion of their
responsibilities to their citizens, all while providing no clear
benefit to Americans. Projects like, electric busses in Rwanda, are
of negative value to American taxpayers and American foreign policy
interests. The rescission would align with the Administration's
efforts to return funding from wasteful U.S. Agency for
International Development programs to the American taxpayers. The
remaining balance for rescission is part of a ``Flexible Fund'' to
support private sector partnerships overseas created under the Biden
Administration.
Other examples of activities funded by this account include:
<bullet> A partnership with the Green Climate Fund, for the
Barbados Blue-Green Bank for climate change mitigation.
<bullet> Supporting ecotourism in Peru.
<bullet> $650,000 for micro-insurance for smallholder farmers
and microbusinesses in Colombia for climate disaster response.
Rescission proposal no. R25-37
PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Report Pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683)
Agency: International Assistance Programs
Bureau: Agency for International Development
Account: Development Assistance (072-1021 2024/2025)
Amount proposed for rescission: $3,180,239,598
Justification:
This proposal would rescind $3.2 billion of the $3.9 billion
appropriated in FY 2024 for Development Assistance (DA). The DA
account is intended to fund programs that work to promote resilient
societies, but in practice has done the opposite. Many DA programs
conflicted with American values, interfered with the sovereignty of
other countries, and bankrolled corrupt leaders' evasion of their
responsibilities to their citizens, all while providing no clear
benefit to Americans. The rescission would align with the
Administration's efforts to return funding from wasteful U.S. Agency
for International Development programs to the American taxpayers.
Other examples include:
<bullet> $24.6 million to build climate resilience in Honduras.
<bullet> $38.6 million for biodiversity and low-emissions
development in West Africa.
<bullet> $13.4 million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe.
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