Overview

• The State Department’s notification to Congress describes shifting funds toward critical mineral supply chains, strategic infrastructure, countering China’s influence, and addressing illegal immigration.
• $400 million earmarked for Europe would support energy and critical minerals programming in Ukraine as well as economic development and conservation work in Greenland.
• $400 million for the Western Hemisphere would fund efforts to curb illegal immigration to the United States, challenge China’s dominance in critical minerals and artificial intelligence, and confront the governments of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
• Reuters reports the administration has dismantled USAID this year, with cuts and freezes that triggered mass layoffs and disruptions to food and medical aid operations.
• The Washington Post first reported the proposed reprogramming, the State Department did not immediately comment, and congressional aides told the Post the request is unusually large and arrives just before the fiscal year ends.