# 119-hr-1654: CUTS Act

119-hr-1654, CUTS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bean, Aaron [R-FL-4] (R-FL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1654
- Congress: 119
- Title: CUTS Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Aaron [R-FL-4] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would rescind unobligated federal COVID-19 relief and certain infrastructure fund balances to offset the cost of supplemental foreign assistance for FY2024.** It directs leftover pandemic-era and select education and transportation balances to help pay for aid to Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo‑Pacific. - Federal accounts created by COVID-19 relief laws (including the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan) could have their unobligated balances reclaimed for other uses. - Specific infrastructure pools face rescissions: the Education Stabilization Fund under the CARES Act and three highway programs — Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement, the Carbon Reduction Program, and the PROTECT Program. - COVID-19 rescissions are capped so the total taken may not exceed the amount appropriated in the FY2024 supplemental acts for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo‑Pacific (Public Law 118-50). *Would offset FY2024 supplemental foreign assistance by reclaiming unobligated COVID-19 and specified infrastructure balances.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pull back unspent transportation and school funds: cost, high. This bill would rescind any unobligated funds left in four programs: the Education Stabilization Fund, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program, the Carbon Reduction program, and the PROTECT program. It would not touch money already obligated or spent. States, cities, and school districts…
- Take back unspent COVID relief funds: cost, high. This bill would take back unspent COVID-19 relief money. It would apply only to unobligated balances. The total rescinded could not be more than the amounts in three 2024 supplemental acts for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific. The funds covered come from six named COVID laws, including the CAR…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-4: Rescissions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1163: Prove It Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1654 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1654)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-4: Rescissions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4)
- [119-hr-1163: Prove It Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1163)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1654 (as of 2026-04-21).