The administration submitted a $4.9 billion rescission request for USAID funding with fewer than 45 days remaining in the fiscal year. Because the mandatory 45-day congressional review period extended past the September 30 appropriation expiration date, the funds were effectively frozen until they lapsed — a ‘pocket rescission’ that converted the Impoundment Control Act’s congressional-review mechanism into a de facto executive-veto mechanism, permanently eliminating the foreign aid funding without Congress ever affirmatively voting to cancel it.
Administration Submits $4.9 Billion USAID Pocket Rescission