By May 2026, more than $1 billion in unapportioned Department of Education funds were projected to expire and return to the Treasury within four months if OMB did not release them — an outcome that would likely constitute a violation of the Impoundment Control Act. The administration had by this point withheld more than $2 billion in education funding alone, and the $4.9 billion foreign aid pocket rescission had been permanently eliminated, marking the most significant executive challenge to Congress’s power of the purse since the Nixon era.
Over $1 Billion in Education Funds at Risk of Expiration