Overview

• The package proposes revoking $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, endangering support for NPR, PBS and over 1,500 local stations.
• It seeks to rescind $8.3 billion allocated to USAID, the State Department and other foreign aid programs.
• Congress has 45 days to approve the cuts by simple majority vote or allow the funds to be released as originally appropriated.
• Senator Susan Collins and other GOP lawmakers have flagged concerns over reductions to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Africa.
• OMB Director Russell Vought warned that additional rescissions requests will follow if this one is approved.