Returning Unspent COVID Funds Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Rescinds unobligated balances from major COVID-era laws, subject to a limited presidential waiver process, and reserves the rescinded amounts for deficit reduction.
Who Benefits and How
Federal deficit reduction efforts could benefit from recapturing unused COVID-era funding.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Programs and agencies with remaining unobligated COVID-era balances could lose funding unless the President submits a timely waiver notice.
Key Provisions
- Provides the short title for the Act.
- Rescinds unobligated balances from several major COVID-era statutes.
- Allows the President to waive specific rescissions within 60 days and dedicates rescinded amounts to deficit reduction.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Rescinds unobligated balances from major COVID-era laws, subject to a limited presidential waiver process, and reserves the rescinded amounts for deficit reduction.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Fiscal Policy, Health Care
Primary Purpose
Rescinds unobligated balances from major COVID-era laws, subject to a limited presidential waiver process, and reserves the rescinded amounts for deficit reduction.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal deficit reduction efforts and taxpayers seeking lower unused balances
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Programs and agencies with unobligated COVID-era funding balances
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under …
Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following …
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Programs and agencies with unobligated COVID-era funding balances
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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