H.R. 4 - Rescissions Act of 2025

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measure:

  • H.R. 4 – Rescissions Act of 2025

H.R. 4 would ratify DOGE eliminations of USAID, support for the United Nations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, done by the Trump administration without Congressional authorization.

H.R. 4 would rescind $33 million of the $1.5 billion appropriated in FY 2024 and $169 million of the $1.5 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contributions to International Organizations (CIO) account. The CIO account provides funding for the assessed contributions to the United Nations (UN), UN-affiliated organizations, and various other international organizations. This proposal is consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14155, “Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization,” and Executive Order 14199, “Withdrawing the United States From and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International· Organizations,” and rescinds carryover balances from the prior year. The EO purports to remove the US from the World Health Organization; UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC); the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

H.R. 4 would rescind $203 million of the $1.4 billion appropriated in FY 2024 and $158 million of the $1.2 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities (CIPA) account. The CIPA account provides payment for the U.S. share of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping assessments.

H.R. 4 would rescind $500 million of the $4 billion appropriated in FY 2025 through FY 2026 and $400 million of the $6 billion appropriated in FY 2025 through FY 2029 for Global Health Programs for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which funds activities related to child and maternal health, HIV/ AIDS, and infectious diseases. This proposal would eliminate programs like family planning and reproductive health, LGBTQI+ activities, and equity programs.

H.R. 4 would rescind $800 million of the $3.2 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA). MRA funds the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and provides overseas humanitarian assistance through the Department of State.

This proposal would rescind $43 million of the $55 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Complex Crises Fund (CCF). CCF is intended to provide assistance that prevents and responds to crises in fragile countries.

H.R. 4 would rescind $83 million of the $345 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Democracy Fund (DF). The DF account is intended to fund democracy promotion activities of the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

H.R. 4 would rescind $1.7 billion of the $3.6 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the Economic Support Fund (ESF). The ESF account is intended to fund assistance programs in countries of strategic importance to the United States to meet economic development needs, including climate programs.

H.R. 4 would rescind $125 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contribution to the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), in alignment with Executive Order 14162, “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements.”

H.R. 4 would rescind $437 million, the entire amount appropriated in FY 2025 for International Organizations and Programs (IOP). The IOP account funds voluntary contributions to international organizations and programs, largely to the United Nations (UN). This rescission would eliminate funding for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Development Program (UNDP), the Montreal Protocol, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), among various other organizations.

H.R. 4 would rescind $2.5 billion of the $3.9 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for Development Assistance (DA), administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The DA account is intended to fund programs that work to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies.

H.R. 4 would rescind $460 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2025 for the Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia (AEECA) account. The AEECA account is intended to support primarily former communist countries in the Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia region with programs focused on economic and political stability, including climate.

H.R. 4 would rescind $496 million of $4 billion appropriated in FY 2025 to the International Disaster Assistance (IDA) account, administered by USAID. IDA was intended to provide humanitarian assistance in response to natural disasters and conflicts, and other emergencies around the world.

H.R. 4 would rescind $125 million of the $1.7 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Operating Expenses account, which funds salaries and benefits and other direct costs for USAID direct hires and staff overseas.

H.R. 4 would rescind $57 million of the $75 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Transition Initiatives (TI) account, administered by USAID. TI funding targets select priority countries where the U.S. must engage quickly as a contingency response component ofU.S. foreign assistance during conflict and political transitions.

H.R. 4 would rescind $27 million of the $47 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Inter-American Foundation (IAF). The IAF provides grants to organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. This rescission is aligned with Executive Order 14217, “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” which calls for the elimination of the IAF.

H.R. 4 would rescind $22 million ofthe $45 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the African Development Foundation (ADF). The ADF delivers grants directly to African businesses to support economic growth. This rescission is aligned with Executive Order 14217, “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” which calls for the elimination of the ADF.

H.R. 4 would rescind $15 million ofthe $55 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). This agency funds a variety of conflict mitigation and intervention programs. This rescission is aligned with Executive Order 14217, “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” which calls for the elimination of the USIP.

H.R. 4 would rescind $535 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2024, and $535 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2025, for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in advance for FY 2026. CPB’s base appropriation is disbursed to public radio and public television systems in accordance with a statutory formula outlined in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as amended. Enacting the rescission would eliminate Federal funding for CPB.

House Rules Committee
H-313 Capitol

06/10/2025 at 02:00PM

Utah Wildfire Research, Communications Facilities Rules Exemptions, Tribal Forestry Management and other legislation

On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 1045 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025”, To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute for Utah
  • H.R. 1655 (Rep. Bentz), “Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act”, To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews
  • H.R. 3187 (Rep. Hill), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, the former headquarters of the Ouachita National Forest
  • H.R. 3444 (Rep. Huffman), “Tribal Self-Determination and Co-Management in Forestry Act of 2025”, To direct Federal land management agencies of the Department of the Interior to establish Tribal Co-Management Plans and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for the performance of certain activities of the Forest Service

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

Panel II

  • John Crockett, Deputy Chief of State, Private and Tribal Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. [All bills]

Panel III (Outside Experts):

  • Larry Blackmon, Judge, Perry County, Perryville, AR [H.R. 3187] • Larissa Yocom, Director, Utah Forest Restoration Institute, Logan, UT [H.R. 1045] • Greg Andreas, General Manager, Ponderosa, O’Neals, CA [H.R. 1655] • Bill Tripp, Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources, Orleans, CA [H.R. 3444] [Minority Witness]
House Natural Resources Committee
   Federal Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

06/10/2025 at 10:15AM

The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Energy Budget

Subcommittee hearing.

Witness:

  • Chris Wright, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

Hearing memo

The Trump administration proposed a budget of $46.32 billion for DOE for fiscal year (FY) 2026. The budget requests a $3.49 billion reduction, or 7.01 percent, below the FY 2025 enacted level.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Grid Deployment are cut 75 percent; Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve cut 50 percent.

Eliminated programs include:

  • Office of Technology Commercialization
  • Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program
  • Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program

Budget request

Department of Energy
Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
IIJA Cancellation -15,247 The Budget cancels over $15 billion in funds committed to build renewable energy, removing carbon dioxide from the air, and other technologies. The Budget also ends programs for electric vehicle and battery makers and cancels the Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) -2,572 The Budget reorients EERE programs to early-stage research and development programming, eliminating funding for Justice40. This proposal would support technologies that promote fossil-fuel and nuclear power and bioenergy.
Office of Science -1,148 The Budget reduces funding for climate change and renewable energy research. The Budget maintains priority areas such as high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, quantum information science, fusion, and critical minerals.
Environmental Management (EM) -389 The EM program performs activities at 14 active cleanup sites and operates a geologic disposal facility (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico). The EM topline is being reduced by $389 million, which reflects a reduction of about $178 million for the transfer of responsibility from the EM program to the National Nuclear Security Administration for the Savannah River site in South Carolina, where plutonium pit production capabilities would be developed. The Budget maintains the Hanford site in Washington at the 2025 enacted level but reduces funding for various cleanup activities at other sites.
Advanced Research Project Agency‒ Energy (ARPA-E) -260 The Budget reduces funding for ARPA-E, limiting support to research advancing fossil-fuel technologies and other technologies. Pollution-reducing technologies are not supported.
Office of Nuclear Energy -408 The Budget reduces funding for research on nuclear energy. Funding priorities include innovative concepts for nuclear reactors, researching advanced nuclear fuels, and maintaining the capabilities of the Idaho National Laboratory.
Office of Fossil Energy -270 The Budget restores the name and function of the Office of Fossil Energy to its original purpose, which is funding for the research of technologies that could produce an abundance of domestic fossil energy and critical minerals.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FY 2026 Appropriation Summary ($K)
FY 2024 EnactedFY 2025 EnactedFY 2026 Request FY 2026 Request vs FY 2025 Enacted
$%
Department of Energy Budget by Appropriation
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy13,460,0003,460,000888,000-2,572,000-74%
Electricity280,000280,000193,000-87,000-31%
Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency
Response200,000200,000150,000-50,000-25%
Strategic Petroleum Reserve213,390213,390206,325-7,065-3%
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves13,01013,01013,000-100%
SPR Petroleum Account10010010000%
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve7,1507,1503,575-3,575-50%
Total, Petroleum Reserve Accounts233,650233,650223,000-10,650-5%
Nuclear Energy (270)21,525,0001,525,0001,210,000-315,000-21%
Fossil Energy865,000865,000595,000-270,000-31%
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning (UED&D)855,000855,000814,380-40,620-5%
Energy Information Administration135,000135,000135,00000%
Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup342,000342,000322,371-19,629-6%
Science8,240,0008,240,0007,092,000-1,148,000-14%
Office of Technology Commercialization320,00020,000—-20,000-100%
Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations50,00050,000—-50,000-100%
Grid Deployment460,00060,00015,000-45,000-75%
Office of Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains5——15,000+15,000N/A
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy460,000460,000200,000-260,000-57%
Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund12,04012,04012,04000%
Departmental Administration286,500286,500174,926-111,574-39%
Indian Energy Policy and Programs70,00070,00050,000-20,000-29%
Inspector General86,00086,00090,000+4,000+5%
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program58,719 (121,000) 682,588 +803,588 -664%
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program13,00013,0009,500-3,500-27%
Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program6,3006,300(12,000)-18,300-290%
Total, Credit Programs78,019-101,700680,088+781,788-769%
Energy Projects83,724——0N/A
Critical and Emerging Technologies——2,000+2,000N/A
Total, Energy Programs17,341,93317,078,49012,861,805-4,216,685-25%
Weapons Activities619,108,00019,293,00024,856,400+5,563,400+29%
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation2,581,0002,396,0002,284,600-111,400-5%
Naval Reactors1,946,0001,946,0002,346,000+400,000+21%
Federal Salaries and Expenses500,000500,000555,000+55,000+11%
Total, National Nuclear Security Administration24,135,00024,135,00030,042,000+5,907,000+24%
Defense Environmental Cleanup7,285,0007,285,0006,956,000-329,000-5%
Other Defense Activities1,080,0001,107,0001,182,000+75,000+7%
Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D285,000285,000278,000-7,000-2%
Total, Environmental and Other Defense Activities8,650,0008,677,0008,416,000-261,000-3%
Nuclear Energy (050)160,000160,000160,00000%
Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities32,945,00032,972,00038,618,000+5,646,000+17%
Southeastern Power Administration———0N/A
Southwestern Power Administration11,44011,44010,400-1,040-9%
Western Area Power Administration99,87299,87263,372-36,500-37%
Falcon and Amistad Operating & Maintenance Fund22822822800%
Total, Power Marketing Administrations111,540111,54074,000-37,540-34%
Total, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies50,398,47350,162,03051,553,805+1,391,775+3%
Excess Fees and Recoveries, FERC-9,000-9,000-9,00000%
Title XVII Loan Guar. Prog Section 1703 Negative
Credit Subsidy Receipt-6,493-61,106-65,805-4,699+8%
UED&D Fund Offset-285,000-285,000-278,000+7,000-2%
Sale of Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve-98,000——0N/A
Sale of Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve——-100,000-100,000N/A
Total Funding by Appropriation49,999,98049,806,92451,101,000+1,294,076+3%
Total Discretionary Funding49,999,98049,806,92446,319,000-3,487,924-7%
DOE Budget Function49,999,98049,806,92451,101,000+1,294,076+3%
NNSA Defense (050) Total24,135,00024,135,00030,042,000+5,907,000+24%
Non-NNSA Defense (050) Total8,810,0008,837,0008,576,000-261,000-3%
Defense (050)32,945,00032,972,00038,628,000+5,646,000+17%
Science (250)8,240,0008,240,0007,092,000-1,148,000-14%
Energy (270)8,814,9808,594,9245,391,000-3,203,924-37%
Non-Defense (Non-050)17,054,98016,834,92412,483,000-4,351,924-26%

1 The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding levels for FY 2024 Enacted and FY 2025 Enacted included the Offices of State and Community Energy Programs, Federal Energy Management Program, and Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains.

2 Naval Reactors and Nuclear Energy (050) amounts do not reflect the mandated transfer of $92.8 million in FY 2024 and FY 2025 from Naval Reactors to the Office of Nuclear Energy for operation of the Advanced Test Reactor

3 The Office of Technology Commercialization, formerly known as the Office of Technology Transitions, is funded in the Departmental Administration appropriation in FY 2026 at $10 million.

4 Funding for the Grid Deployment account in FY 2026 will support OE programs and projects, with close coordination with CESER, that increase generation and transmission capacity and strengthen grid security.

5 Funding for the MESC account in FY 2026 will support EERE and FE activities to address supply chain vulnerability areas, to include critical minerals and materials. The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains was funded at $19 million in the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy appropriation in both FY 2024 Enacted and FY 2025 Enacted.

6 FY 2026 Requested Funding includes $4.782 billion in mandatory Reconciliation resources for NNSA Weapons Activities.

House Energy and Commerce Committee
   Energy Subcommittee
2123 Rayburn

06/10/2025 at 10:00AM

Nominations of Jacob Helberg and Paul Kapur to be State Officials, Ben Black to be USIDFC CEO, and Andrew Puzder and Howard Brodie to be Ambassadors

Nomination hearing.

Nominees:

  • Jacob Helberg, of Florida, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment)
  • Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Paul Kapur, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of State (South Asian Affairs)
  • Benjamin Black, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation
  • Howard Brodie, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland

Jacob Helberg is senior advisor to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies.

Ben Black is the son of billionaire Leon Black.

Andrew Puzder is the former chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., a spousal abuser and Trump mega-donor.

Howard Brodie is a financier and Trump donor.

S. Paul Kapur is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee
419 Dirksen

06/10/2025 at 10:00AM

Markup of FY26 Homeland Security Bill

Subcommittee markup.

Budget request:

Department of Homeland Security
Increases
Program$ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions)Description
DHS +43,800 Amounts for DHS in the 2026 Budget complement amounts that the Administration has requested as part of the reconciliation bill currently under consideration in the Congress. Reconciliation would allocate more than $175 billion in additional multiyear budget authority to implement the Administration’s priorities in the homeland security space of which at least an estimated $43.8 billion would be allocated in 2026. Reconciliation funding in 2026 would enable DHS to fully implement the President’s mass removal campaign, finish construction of the border wall on the Southwest border, procure advanced border security technology, modernize the fleet and facilities of the Coast Guard, and enhance Secret Service protective operations. Reconciliation would also provide funding to bolster State and local capacity to enhance security around key events and facilities, and prepare for upcoming special events like the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Program$ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions)Description
Non-Disaster Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant Programs -646 The Budget reduces FEMA grant programs. FEMA under the previous administration made equity a top priority for emergency relief, which will end. The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium will be eliminated.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) -491 The Budget refocuses CISA on Federal network defense and enhancing the security and resilience of critical infrastructure. The Budget eliminates programs focused on misinformation and propaganda as well as external engagement offices such as international affairs.
Shelter and Services Program -650 The Budget proposes eliminating the Shelter and Services Program.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Screening -247 The Budget reduces Transportation Security Officer levels.
House Appropriations Committee
   Homeland Security Subcommittee
H-140 Capitol

06/09/2025 at 06:00PM

Save Our Clean Energy Jobs Lobby Training

Join us on Thursday, June 5th, from 6:00-6:45 P.M. ET for CCAN’s lobby training. We’ll be learning best practices and how tos for lobbying Senate staff on the issue of protecting the clean energy tax credits that have brought tens of thousands of jobs into our states.

In addition to jobs, these investments help lower energy costs and enable the decarbonization that is required to protect against the worst effects of climate change. We’ll learn how to best talk about these issues, the details of the clean energy tax credits we’re fighting for, and how to schedule these meetings with your Senator’s office. Join us this Thursday at 6:00 P.M. ET.

Chesapeake Climate Action Network
06/05/2025 at 06:00PM

Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Commerce

Subcommittee hearing.

Witness:

  • Howard Lutnick, Secretary, Department of Commerce

Budget request

Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Department of Commerce
Increases
Fair Trade and Trade Enforcement +134 The Budget includes $134 million to strengthen trade enforcement. This includes an additional $122 million for the Bureau of Industry and Security. These new funds would also increase antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) -624 EDA programs are cut. MBDA is fully eliminated.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—Operations, Research, and Grants -1,311 The Budget terminates a variety of climate-related research, data, and grant programs.
NOAA—Procurement of Weather Satellites and Infrastructure -209 The Budget rescopes NOAA’s Geostationary and Extended Observ by canceling contracts for instruments designed primarily for climate measurements.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) -325 Climate and environmental grants like NIST’s Circular Economy Program are eliminated.
International Trade Administration (ITA)—Global Markets -145 The Budget refocuses ITA’s footprint to countering China and securing access to fossil-fuel and mineral resources.
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Reduce State and Local Grant Programs -1,019 The Budget proposes to eliminate nearly 40 DOJ grant programs. The Budget eliminates programs such as Community Based Approaches to Advancing Justice, as well as programs that focus on hate crimes. Further, the Budget cuts Violence Against Women Act funding.
Cut the FBI -545 The Budget reflects a new focus on counterintelligence and counterterrorism, while reducing non-law enforcement missions, including DEI programs and intelligence activities.
DEA International Capacity -212 The Budget targets DEA’s foreign spending to Mexico, Central America, South America, and China.
Refocus ATF Enforcement and Regulatory Priorities -468 The Budget cuts funding for ATF offices and background checks.
General Legal Activities -193 The Budget focuses funding for General Legal Activities on the Civil Division ($441 million), and the Criminal Division ($220 million). The Budget reduces funding for the Civil Rights Division and the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Increases
Human Space Exploration +647 The Budget allocates over $7 billion for lunar exploration and introduces $1 billion in new investments for Mars-focused programs.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Space Science -2,265 In line with the Administration’s objectives of returning to the Moon before China and putting a man on Mars, the Budget would reduce lower priority research and terminate unaffordable missions such as the Mars Sample Return mission that is grossly overbudget and whose goals would be achieved by human missions to Mars. The mission is not scheduled to return samples until the 2030s.
Mission Support -1,134 The Budget cuts the workforce, IT services, NASA Center operations, facility maintenance, and construction and environmental compliance activities.
Earth Science -1,161 The Budget eliminates funding for climate monitoring satellites and restructures the Landsat Next mission.
Legacy Human Exploration Systems -879 The Budget phases out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule after three flights. budget. The Budget funds a program to replace SLS and Orion flights to the Moon with commercial systems. The Budget also proposes to terminate the Gateway, a small lunar space station in development with international partners, which would have been used to support future SLS and Orion missions.
Space Technology -531 The Budget reduces Space Technology by approximately half, including eliminating space propulsion projects. The reductions also scale back or eliminate technology projects in favor of private sector research and development.
International Space Station -508 The Budget reflects the transition to a commercial approach to human activities in space. The Budget reduces the space station’s crew size and onboard research, preparing for a decommissioning of the station by 2030 and replacement by commercial space stations. Crew and cargo flights to the station would be significantly reduced.
Aeronautics -346 The Budget eliminates climate-focused green aviation spending.
Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Engagement -143 NASA will cut STEM programming and research.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
General Research and Education -3,479 The Budget cuts funding for: climate; clean energy; social, behavioral, and economic sciences; and other programs. Funding for Artificial Intelligence and quantum information sciences research is maintained at current levels.
Broadening Participation -1,130 All DEI-related programs at NSF are eliminated.
Agency Operations and Awards Management -93 This reduction to operations aligns with the Agency’s reduced size.
House Appropriations Committee
   Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2359 Rayburn

06/05/2025 at 11:00AM

Markup of FY26 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill

Subcommittee markup.

Budget request:

Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Increases
Program(millions of $)Description
Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) +15 FSIS inspects meat, poultry, and egg product plants to ensure food safety nationwide. Several States have their own equivalent inspection program, and FSIS shares in the cost of these programs. Increases are needed to support increased production and demand for services.
Rental Assistance Grants +74 The Budget provides funding to renew the rental assistance grant contracts at $1.7 billion. This prevents the default of the $9 billion in USDA underwritten multifamily housing direct loans, that depend on the rental assistance grants for the debt service.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Program(millions of $)Description
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) -602 The Budget eliminates programming in NIFA, such as activities related to climate change, renewable energy, and promoting DEI in education that were prioritized under the Biden Administration. In addition, the Budget reduces funding for formula grants. Instead, the Budget focuses on the merit-based Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The Budget protects funding to youth and K-12 programs such as 4-H clubs, tribal colleges, and universities. It also ensures HBCUs are amply funded.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and USDA Research Statistical Agencies -159 The Budget reduces funding for research sites across the Nation and reduces funding for research projects. The Budget also makes small reductions to the Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service to stop climate research added by the Biden Administration while ensuring some analysis and data collection continues.
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)—Private Lands Conservation Operations -754 The Budget eliminates discretionary funding for conservation technical assistance. While funding has helped producers deploy conservation practices on their lands, many have been forced to participate in the program in order to comply with State environmental regulations such as California’s Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, which regulates agricultural runoff.
NRCS Watershed Operations -16 The Budget eliminates funding to renovate locally owned dams in the NRCS Watershed Programs. These programs received an influx of funding through IIJA. Currently, there is over $100 million in unobligated balances between the two programs.
Rural Development Programs -721 Infrastructure loans are prioritized for aging rural water and wastewater systems, as well as technical assistance through the “Circuit Rider” program balanced with reductions in the grants. Other specialty water grants and earmarks are not funded except where the tax base cannot support loans, including maintaining funding for Native American Tribes. Community facility grants are eliminated, as the Congress has been earmarking nearly 100 percent of them. No new USDA funding is needed for broadband expansion. The Budget would also eliminate rural business programs, single family housing direct loans, self-help housing grants, telecommunications loans, and rural housing vouchers. Rural Development salaries and expenses are reduced commensurately.
Farm Service Agency (FSA) Salaries and Expenses: Farm Production and Conservation-Business Center (FPACBC) -358 The first Trump Administration placed the FSA, NRCS, and Risk Management Agency under one umbrella: FPAC-BC. The staff-heavy FSA struggles with hiring due in part because of labor market competition. The Budget reduces funding in order to reflect the Agency’s plans for efficiencies, which include improving online services.
National Forest System Management -392 The Budget reduces salaries and expenses by $342 million, and saves an additional $50 million by eliminating funding for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration program, and reducing funding for recreation, vegetation and watershed management, and land management regulation. The Budget fully supports the Executive Order 14225, “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production,” to improve forest management and increase domestic timber production. The requested funding level supports timber sales, hazardous fuels removal, mineral extraction, grazing, and wildlife habitat management.
Forest Service Operations -391 The Budget reduces funding for expenses including salaries and facility leases to streamline the Agency’s management structure and reduce their real property footprint.
State, Local, Tribal, and NGO Conservation Programs -303 The Budget reduces grant programs that subsidize management of State and privately-owned forests. While the Budget provides reduced support for Federal wildland fire management activities, these partners should be encouraged to fund their own community preparedness and risk mitigation activities.
Forest and Rangeland Research (Except Forest Inventory and Analysis) -300 The President has pledged to manage national forests for their intended purpose of producing timber. The Budget reduces funding for the Forest and Rangeland Research program because it is out of step with timber production, but maintains funding for Forest Inventory and Analysis, a longstanding census of forest resources and conditions.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) -425 The Budget ends CSFP and replaces it with MAHA food boxes. The MAHA food boxes provide food directly to seniors. Unlike the current approach using food banks, which provide those in need with shelf-stable foods, MAHA boxes would be filled with commodities sourced from domestic farmers and given directly to American households.
McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program -240 The McGovern-Dole Food for Education program buys agricultural commodities from U.S. farmers and donates them in the form of foreign aid. Only a small portion of the program’s funding goes toward purchasing U.S. commodities, given the high transportation costs and large portion of funding provided for technical assistance. While these donated commodities totaled only $37 million in 2023 (0.01 percent of all U.S. crop sales), they undercut commodity prices in markets abroad. The elimination of this program is consistent with the elimination of other in-kind international food donation programs in the Budget, including Food for Progress and Food for Peace Title II Grants.
House Appropriations Committee
   Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

06/05/2025 at 10:30AM

Markup of Legislation on Foreign Mining Deals, Foreign Nuclear Energy Deals, and Other Matters

A business meeting to consider nominations and legislation.

Legislation:

  • S.1397, International Quantum Research Exchange Act
  • S.1463, Finding ORE Act, To allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements
  • S.1478, Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025
  • S.1579, PARTNER with ASEAN, CERN, and PIF Act
  • S.1731, COUNTER Act of 2025
  • S.1780, A bill to provide for congressional oversight of security assistance to Mexico, and for other purposes.
  • S.1801, International Nuclear Energy Act (“INEA”) of 2025, A bill to facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports, and for other purposes.
  • S.Res.227, A resolution condemning Hamas for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, against Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately release all remaining hostages and return them to safety, and for other purposes.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
S-116 Capitol

06/05/2025 at 10:30AM

Conservation and Agriculture

A subcommittee hearing entitled “Supporting Farmers, Strengthening Conservation, Sustaining Working Lands.”

House Agriculture Committee
   Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
1300 Longworth

06/05/2025 at 10:00AM