Overview

• Congress received a 130-page notification detailing plans to eliminate or consolidate more than 300 domestic bureaus, representing nearly 45% of U.S.-based offices.
• The proposal calls for reducing the domestic workforce by up to 3,448 positions—about 18% of staff—with notices to affected employees due before a July 1 implementation deadline.
• Following Democratic criticism, Rubio’s revised plan adds a new undersecretary for foreign assistance to manage absorbed USAID functions and oversee humanitarian programs.
• Several new offices will be created, including a deputy assistant secretary for democracy and Western values, a migration hub focused on repatriation and an office dedicated to emerging threats like AI and hypersonics.
• Top Democrats and advocacy groups contend the cuts threaten core missions such as human rights promotion and Afghanistan resettlement coordination.