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Rep. Bean, Aaron [R-FL-4] · R–FL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-27 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would cancel federal funding that has not yet been legally committed to spending. It targets remaining COVID-19 relief money, subject to a ceiling, and separately cancels remaining funding for specified education and transportation programs. Agencies and recipients relying on those funds could be affected, but the text does not identify individual recipients or calculate the amounts that would be canceled.
The unobligated balances of any COVID–19 relief funds are hereby rescinded to the extent that the sum of such rescinded funds does not exceed the total amount appropriated under the following Acts:
(b) Infrastructure Rescissions Any unobligated funds appropriated to any of the following are hereby rescinded: (1) The Education Stabilization Fund under the heading Department of Education in title VIII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 564). (2) The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program established in section 149 of title 23, United States Code. (3) The Carbon Reduction Program established in section 175 of title 23, United States Code. (4) The PROTECT Program established in section 176 of title 23, United States Code.
Section 1 gives the proposal three alternative short titles: the Cutting Unobligated Tumultuous Spending Act, the CUTS Act, and the De-Supplemental Act.
1. Short titles This Act may be cited as any of the following: (1) The Cutting Unobligated Tumultuous Spending Act. (2) The CUTS Act. (3) The De-Supplemental Act.
Section 2(a) would rescind—cancel the authority to spend—uncommitted COVID-19 relief balances. The combined cancellation could not exceed the total funding appropriated by the three listed 2024 security supplemental laws for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific. Those laws supply the ceiling; this provision targets COVID-19 relief funds.
(a) COVID–19 Rescissions (1) In general The unobligated balances of any COVID–19 relief funds are hereby rescinded to the extent that the sum of such rescinded funds does not exceed the total amount appropriated under the following Acts: (A) The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (Division A of Public Law 118–50). (B) The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (Division B of Public Law 118–50). (C) The Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–50).
The proposal defines covered COVID-19 relief funds by six legislative sources: the 2020 coronavirus preparedness law, the CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, divisions M and N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The definition includes money appropriated or otherwise made available by those sources.
(2) COVID–19 relief funds defined In this section, the term COVID–19 relief funds means any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by— (A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123); (B) the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136); (C) the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139); (D) the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division M of Public Law 116–260); (E) division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260); or (F) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2).
Section 2(b) would separately cancel any uncommitted funds appropriated to the Education Stabilization Fund under the cited CARES Act provision. This subsection states no dollar ceiling for that cancellation.
(b) Infrastructure Rescissions Any unobligated funds appropriated to any of the following are hereby rescinded: (1) The Education Stabilization Fund under the heading Department of Education in title VIII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 564).
Section 2(b) would also cancel any uncommitted funds appropriated to three transportation programs: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement, Carbon Reduction, and PROTECT. The subsection states no dollar ceiling or restriction to a particular appropriations year for these cancellations.
(b) Infrastructure Rescissions Any unobligated funds appropriated to any of the following are hereby rescinded:
(2) The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program established in section 149 of title 23, United States Code. (3) The Carbon Reduction Program established in section 175 of title 23, United States Code. (4) The PROTECT Program established in section 176 of title 23, United States Code.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 2, 2025, records introduction in the House on February 27, 2025. It also records referrals that day to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, and to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Source snapshot updated 2025-09-02T17:43:46Z.
2025-02-27: Introduced in House
2025-02-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2025-02-27: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-27. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision was identified in the complete supplied introduced text; its substantive provisions concern funding cancellations. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish the contents or attachment history of other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; earmark disclosures and accompanying committee materials were not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No narrow beneficiary exemption, preferential treatment, or special carve-out was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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