HR1029-119

Introduced

To abolish the United States Agency for International Development.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 5, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill provides abolishes USAID by prohibiting all federal funding for its operations, rescinds unobligated balances, and transfers remaining assets and liabilities to the State Department. It relies on appropriations and definition changes. The main policy areas are Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

U.S. government efficiency advocates would be affected.

Who Bears the Burden and How

USAID employees and contractors could face higher costs, International development contractors and NGOs could lose revenue opportunities, and Foreign aid recipients (governments and populations) could lose revenue opportunities.

Key Provisions

  • Provides abolishes USAID by prohibiting all federal funding for its operations, rescinds unobligated balances, and transfers remaining assets and liabilities to the State Department.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill provides abolishes USAID by prohibiting all federal funding for its operations, rescinds unobligated balances, and transfers remaining assets and liabilities to the State Department.

Key Policy Areas

Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

The bill provides abolishes USAID by prohibiting all federal funding for its operations, rescinds unobligated balances, and transfers remaining assets and liabilities to the State Department.

Policy Domains

Foreign Aid Foreign Policy

Entire Bill - Single Section

Identified Gains
  • U.S. government efficiency advocates
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U.S. government efficiency advocates:
Identified Costs
  • USAID employees and contractors
  • International development contractors and NGOs
  • Foreign aid recipients (governments and populations)
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USAID employees and contractors:
International development contractors and NGOs:
Foreign aid recipients (governments and populations):

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 5, 2025

Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
?1 uncertain

State Department

Nonprofits
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

International development contractors and NGOs

Foreign Entities
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Foreign aid recipients (governments and populations)

Policy Advocacy
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

U.S. government efficiency advocates

1/1
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Foreign Aid Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of State
"the_administrator"
→ Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Foreign Assistance Act of 1961" §1

Referenced statute at 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq., which assigns functions to the USAID Administrator

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