USA FIRST Act
This bill redirects unspent funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the federal disaster relief fund. It requires transferring any unobligated USAID funds - those not yet committed to specific projects as of the bill's enactment - to support disaster response under the Robert T. Stafford Act. The change affects USAID's budget by shifting unused resources to immediate disaster relief efforts, rather than new spending. This is a procedural reallocation of existing funds, not new funding.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 14, 2025
Last action Feb 14, 2025
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Feb 14, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
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Feb 14, 2025
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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Josh Brecheen
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Byron Donalds
RRepublican
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Ralph Norman
RRepublican
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