Amendment to protect international disaster assistance from rescission
House Bill, H.R. 4 (Senate amendment)
What it did
During Senate debate on the Rescissions Act of 2025, Democratic senators offered amendments to protect specific humanitarian accounts from the clawback. This amendment would have removed the rescission of International Disaster Assistance, the account that funds emergency food, water, and shelter after famines, earthquakes, and wars.
A yes vote kept that money. A no vote let it be cancelled.
The Senate rejected the amendment 49-50 on July 16, 2025.
At the time of this vote, the World Food Programme had warned that 58 million people were at risk of losing food assistance in 2025.
Result: Rejected 49-50
At the time of this vote: Lancet projection: 14,000,000 additional deaths by 2030 from the USAID cuts, including 4,500,000 children under five; WFP: 58,000,000 people at risk of losing food assistance in 2025
The humane vote: Yes (YEA)