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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1654 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To rescind unobligated COVID–19 relief funds and certain infrastructure |
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| 6 | 6 | | funds to offset the cost of the supplemental foreign assistance made |
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| 7 | 7 | | available for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | EANof Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, |
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| 14 | 14 | | for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case |
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| 15 | 15 | | for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To rescind unobligated COVID–19 relief funds and certain |
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| 19 | 19 | | infrastructure funds to offset the cost of the supple- |
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| 20 | 20 | | mental foreign assistance made available for fiscal year |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2024, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as any of the following: 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) The ‘‘Cutting Unobligated Tumultuous 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Spending Act’’. 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) The ‘‘CUTS Act’’. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) The ‘‘De-Supplemental Act’’. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) COVID–19 R |
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| 35 | 35 | | ESCISSIONS.— 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | N GENERAL.—The unobligated balances of 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | any COVID–19 relief funds are hereby rescinded to 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the extent that the sum of such rescinded funds does 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | not exceed the total amount appropriated under the 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | following Acts: 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) The Israel Security Supplemental Ap-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | propriations Act, 2024 (Division A of Public 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Law 118–50). 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) The Ukraine Security Supplemental 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Appropriations Act, 2024 (Division B of Public 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Law 118–50). 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (C) The Indo-Pacific Security Supple-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | mental Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Public Law 118–50). 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) COVID–19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | RELIEF FUNDS DEFINED .—In 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | this section, the term ‘‘COVID–19 relief funds’’ 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | means any funds appropriated or otherwise made 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | available by— 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re-23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (Public Law 116–123); 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (B) the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 136); 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (C) the Paycheck Protection Program and 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 116–139); 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (D) the Coronavirus Response and Relief 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Divi-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | sion M of Public Law 116–260); 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (E) division N of the Consolidated Appro-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260); or 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (F) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (Public Law 117–2). 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (b) I |
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| 75 | 75 | | NFRASTRUCTURE RESCISSIONS.—Any unobli-13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | gated funds appropriated to any of the following are here-14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | by rescinded: 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (1) The Education Stabilization Fund under 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the heading ‘‘Department of Education’’ in title VIII 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | 136; 134 Stat. 564). 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (2) The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Improvement Program established in section 149 of 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | title 23, United States Code. 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (3) The Carbon Reduction Program established 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | in section 175 of title 23, United States Code. 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (4) The PROTECT Program established in sec-1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | tion 176 of title 23, United States Code. 2 |
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