# H.R. 4 (119th): Rescissions Act of 2025 This act rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to the Department of State, the U.S

Rescissions Act of 2025 This act rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), various independent and related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The rescissions were proposed by the President under procedures included in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress using specified procedures, and the rescissions must be enacted into law to take effect. Specifically, the act rescinds funds that were provided to the State Department or the President for Contributions to International Organizations; Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities; Global Health Programs (excluding funds for programs addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, or maternal and child health); Migration and Refugee Assistance; the Complex Crises Fund; the Democracy Fund; the Economic Support Fund (excluding funds for assistance to Jordan, Egypt, or the Countering PRC Influence Fund); Contributions to the Clean Technology Fund; International Organization and Programs; Development Assistance (excluding funds for Feed the Future Innovation Labs, the Countering PRC Influence Fund, or commodity-based food aid); Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; International Disaster Assistance (excluding funds for commodity-based food aid); and Transition Initiatives. The act also rescinds funds that were provided for USAID Operating Expenses, the Inter-American Foundation, the U.S. African Development Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: budget_process. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: budget_rescission. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: executive_authority. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: fiscal_responsibility. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_aid. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: impoundment_control. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: spending_authority. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 167: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 168: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 391: On the Motion to Discharge H.R. 4. Vote type: discharge.
Roll 392: On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 4. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 394: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 395: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 396: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 398: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 399: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 401: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 403: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 411: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is primarily a prudential fiscal and budget-process dispute over unobligated foreign aid and public broadcasting funds. It does not directly fund evil or directly restrain a named moral evil. It contains protective exclusions for health, nutrition, and food aid, and its impoundment-related process raises separate governance concerns. These considerations combine into a mixed classification rather than a clear good or evil verdict.
Theological note: The bill raises questions of faithful stewardship of public funds, the proper boundary between legislative appropriation and executive withholding, and care for the poor and vulnerable abroad. Scripture supports diligent stewardship and honest use of entrusted resources, and it also calls rulers and nations to mercy toward the needy. The carve-outs for maternal and child health and nutrition are relevant to that concern. Whether these rescissions are wise is a prudential question on which Christians may reasonably differ.

## Recorded votes

Roll 167: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 208 · Nay 218 · Other 6.
Roll 168: On Passage. Yea 214 · Nay 212 · Other 6.
Roll 391: On the Motion to Discharge H.R. 4. Yea 50 · Nay 50 · Other 0.
Roll 392: On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 4. Yea 50 · Nay 50 · Other 0.
Roll 394: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Yea 48 · Nay 51 · Other 1.
Roll 395: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Yea 48 · Nay 51 · Other 1.
Roll 396: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Yea 48 · Nay 51 · Other 1.
Roll 398: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Yea 48 · Nay 51 · Other 1.
Roll 399: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Yea 47 · Nay 52 · Other 1.
Roll 401: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Yea 47 · Nay 50 · Other 3.
Roll 403: On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4. Yea 48 · Nay 51 · Other 1.
Roll 411: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4. Yea 51 · Nay 48 · Other 1.

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