House Republicans released their bill on June 6 to rescind $9.4 billion in federal spending ahead of a floor vote next week.
The package would include eliminating funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports NPR and PBS.
The seven-page bill would rescind $22 million from the U.S. African Development Foundation, $15 million from the U.S. Institute for Peace, and billions of dollars in bilateral economic assistance.
The legislation would codify some of the cuts flagged by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
Under it, the president sends rescission requests to Congress, which has 45 days to take action on them.
It is not subject to the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate.
Republicans have already expressed support for the package.
“This is exactly what the American people deserve.”
“With nearly $7 trillion in annual federal spending, we need to prioritize the ’must-haves’ over the ‘nice-to-haves,’ to address our enormous national debt.”
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told The Epoch Times: “I haven’t seen the USAID rescissions to know exactly where they are, because … I don’t know what’s in the package to know what they’re exactly implementing rescissions on.
“I have no concern with [NPR rescissions]. I understand from my staff, it’s only about 1 percent of their funding today. I haven’t heard a lot of people reporting that consistently. But if, in fact, that’s the case, it seems like they should be able to manage that.
“And if that’s the president’s priority, we should move forward with it.”
“DOGE cuts are to discretionary spending [for the federal bureaucracy]. Under Senate budget rules, you cannot cut discretionary spending in a reconciliation bill,” he said.
“So DOGE cuts would have to be done through what is known as a rescissions package or an appropriations bill.”
Nathan Worcester contributed to this report.
