CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

W. Steube (R-FL)

To abolish the United States Agency for International Development.

H.R. 1029 · House bill International Affairs

A Republican bill with 11 Republican cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes to abolish the United States Agency for International Development. It prohibits the use of Federal funds for any functions, duties, or responsibilities assigned to the Agency's Administrator under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or other laws. Additionally, the bill mandates the rescission of all unobligated balances available to the Administrator as of the day before the Act's enactment. Any remaining assets or liabilities of the Agency must be transferred to the Secretary of State.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill reduces government spending by abolishing USAID and rescinding its unobligated balances.

The opposite

  • Scored -10

    Does this send more money or help to other countries?

    The bill eliminates foreign aid by abolishing the agency responsible for administering it.

  • Scored -5

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The abolition of USAID likely reduces international development assistance to low-income populations globally.

  • Scored -3

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill consolidates agency assets and responsibilities by transferring them to the Secretary of State.