# What This Bill Actually Does

This bill would completely eliminate federal funding for the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program for the year 2024. In plain terms, it would cut off all money going to this international exchange program, reducing its budget from whatever it currently receives to zero dollars.

The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program is a long-standing initiative that brings international leaders and professionals to the United States to learn about American society, business, and government, while also sending Americans abroad for similar experiences. The program focuses on building relationships and understanding between the U.S. and other countries through educational exchanges. By cutting funding to zero, this bill would effectively shut down the program's operations for that fiscal year, preventing any new exchanges from happening and halting the program's activities.

Who would this affect? Primarily, it would impact the international professionals and Americans who were selected or hoping to participate in exchanges that year. It would also affect the organizations and institutions that partner with the program to coordinate these exchanges. From a broader perspective, it represents a decision by Congress to deprioritize this particular form of international engagement and diplomacy.

It's worth noting that this bill was introduced by a group of House members but appears to have been referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee. Whether it actually became law would depend on whether it passed both the House and Senate and was signed by the President—which didn't happen, as this was from 2023.

To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Related Programs, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program for fiscal year 2024.

Biggs, Andy

 <p>This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program.</p>