Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Bill

House Appropriations Committee
2359 Rayburn

07/23/2025 at 10:00AM

Full committee markup.

Department of State

Department of State
Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Increases
America First Opportunity Fund (A1OF)+2,900The Budget includes $2.9 billion for a new America First Opportunity (A1OF) Fund.
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation+2,820 The Budget increases the DFC. This investment includes $3 billion for a new revolving fund.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Economic Support Fund, Development Assistance, Democracy Fund, and Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia -8,326 The Budget eliminates funding for these programs and combines accounts into the single A1OF.
International Disaster Assistance, Migration and Refugee Assistance, and Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA)—International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA) -3,207 The Budget provides $1.5 billion in ERMA for the President to use at his discretion and consolidates accounts into a new $2.5 billion IHA account to fund disaster relief when it fulfills the President’s foreign policy aims.
State and USAID Operations -2,462 Consistent with Executive Order 14169, the Budget eliminates USAID.
International Narcotics Control & Law Enforcement (INCLE) -1,160 The Budget eliminates rule-of-law programs, while providing $125 million to fund programs that support counter-drug, organized crime, and border security missions.
Peacekeeping Missions -1,614 The Budget does not provide funding for United Nations (UN) and other peacekeeping missions.
Assessed and Voluntary Contributions to International Organizations -1,716 The Budget pauses most assessed and all voluntary contributions to UN and other international organizations, including for the UN Regular Budget, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the World Health Organization.
Educational and Cultural Exchanges-691 The Budget eliminates this program.
Transition Initiatives (TI)-75 The Budget eliminates the TI account.
Complex Crisis Fund -55 The Budget eliminates this account.
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) -315 The Budget eliminates funding for NED.
Global Health Programs/Family Planning -6,233 The Budget eliminates this program.
Food for Peace (Title II) -1,619 The Budget eliminates this program.
Contribution to the Global Environmental Facility and Climate Investment Funds -275 The Budget proposes to eliminate contributions to the Global Environment Facility and the Climate Investment Funds.
Contributions to Multilateral Development Banks (African Development Bank, African Development Fund) -555 Consistent with Executive Order 14169, “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid,” the Budget proposes to eliminate contributions to the African Development Fund.
Other Treasury International Reductions -86 The Budget likewise proposes to eliminate several of the Department of the Treasury’s international assistance programs, including the Debt Restructuring account, and contributions to the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.