The Biden administration plans to cut the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, started by the Bush administration, by more than 6% in the fiscal 2025, according to a recent news report.
The State Department has confirmed the cuts are in the works, according to Politico, which first reported them July 2.
The department has gradually spent down a glut in the PEPFAR budget from years in which funding from Congress exceeded State’s ability to spend it. Now the glut is gone, and Congress in March held the program’s $4.4 billion budget flat, Politico reported.
On Monday, the agency released a report on the matter – titled “Update on PEPFAR’s Programming Budget.” However, it did not return a request later in the week to clarify the numbers. […]
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