June 12, 2025 · House · RC 168

Rescissions Act of 2025 (House passage)

House Bill, H.R. 4 (House passage)

What it did

The Rescissions Act of 2025 (H.R. 4), sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), cancelled about $7.9 billion in foreign aid that Congress had already appropriated and $1.1 billion for public broadcasting, about $9 billion in all. The foreign-aid cuts fell on accounts run by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID): about $2.5 billion in development assistance, $1.3 billion in humanitarian aid, $1 billion in United Nations and peacekeeping contributions, and $500 million in global health programs.

The Senate removed a $400 million cut to PEPFAR and added language protecting HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, and maternal and child health programs, along with Food for Peace. The rest went through. A Lancet study published June 30, 2025 projected that the USAID cuts as a whole would cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including 4.5 million children under five.

A yes vote cancelled the money. A no vote kept it.

The House passed the bill 214-212 on June 12, 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 after a 40% drop in its funding, with the United States, historically its largest donor, having stopped most payments.

Result: Passed 214-212

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: No (NAY)

Official roll-call record

Members in this record who voted inhumanely (206)

Members in this record who voted humanely (205)