"Congress has received from the Administration a $4.9 billion package of proposed rescissions of funding that had been previously appropriated for a wide range of foreign aid programs. Given that this package was sent to Congress very close to the end of the fiscal year when the funds are scheduled to expire, this is an apparent attempt to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval."
"On Thursday night, the White House sent Congress a 15-page notification with plans to yank back the lawmaker-endorsed funds for foreign aid programs, invoking a legally untested power to do so a pocket rescission. In other words, by waiting until late in the fiscal year, the Trump administration is attempting to leave lawmakers with too little time to reject the proposal before funding expires. The fiscal year ends September 30."
The White House transmitted a 15-page notification proposing rescission of $4.9 billion in previously appropriated foreign aid by invoking a pocket rescission. The proposal arrived near the fiscal year end, which could leave Congress insufficient time to block the rescissions before funds expire on September 30. The package includes a $445 million reduction to U.S. peacekeeping funding and a $132 million cut to the State Department Democracy Fund. The chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee characterized the move as an apparent attempt to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval and cited GAO findings that such rescissions are unlawful under the Impoundment Control Act.
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