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jeremyjh • yesterday at 9:12 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

No, those are the talking points you are fed. The appropriation act assigns specific dollar amounts to specific program types and countries or regions. US AID would allocate to specific providers/NGO programs but its not like there were any substitutions made. They just stopped the flow of dollars with no warning. More than 81% of programs were simply stopped and the funds expired without being spent.

For 2025 there was a continuing resolution to keep funding at 2024 levels.

The 2024 bill[1] section 7019 references the state division document[2], which has the spending by category, the tables start on page 20.

[1] - http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240318/WDI39597.PDF

[2] - https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240318/Division%20F%2...


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rayiner • yesterday at 9:17 PM

But in mid-2025 there was a bill that rescinded already appropriated funds: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4

And for 2026 the appropriations bills allocated the money directly to the state department.

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