Steve Scalise

This resolution provides for the House of Representatives (together with the Senate) to notify the President that a quorum of each chamber of Congress has assembled.

This resolution informs the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled, that Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected Speaker, and that Kevin McCumber has been elected Clerk of the House of Representatives of the 119th Congress.

**Rescissions Act of 2025** This bill rescinds $9.4 billion in unobligated funds that were provided to the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), various independent and related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  The rescissions were proposed by the President under procedures included in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress using specified procedures, and the rescissions must be enacted into law to take effect.  Specifically, the bill rescinds funds that were provided to the State Department or the President for * Contributions to International Organizations; * Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities; * Global Health Programs; * Migration and Refugee Assistance; * the Complex Crises Fund; * the Democracy Fund; * the Economic Support Fund; * Contributions to the Clean Technology Fund; * International Organization and Programs; * Development Assistance; * Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; * International Disaster Assistance; and * Transition Initiatives. The bill also rescinds funds that were provided for  * USAID Operating Expenses, * the Inter-American Foundation, * the U.S. African Development Foundation, * the U.S. Institute of Peace, and * the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

**Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act** This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must provide in the case of a child born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion. Specifically, a health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as would reasonably be provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure the child is immediately admitted to a hospital. Additionally, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the degree-of-care requirements must immediately report such failure to law enforcement. A health care practitioner who fails to provide the required degree of care, or a health care practitioner or other employee who fails to report such failure, is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. An individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder. The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive under this bill and allows her to bring a civil action against a health care practitioner or other employee for violations.

This concurrent resolution denounces socialism and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.