International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA)

What this funds

1IHA consolidates funding of multiple accounts (International Disaster Assistance and Migration and Refugee Assistance) that previously supported a range of humanitarian assistance initiatives. 2FY 2025 Estimate includes rescissions enacted in the FY 2025 full-year CR (P.L 119-4) and the Rescissions Act of 2025 (P.L. 119-28); it excludes `shifted base' emergency funds that were not designated as emergency by the President per the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3The FY 2027 Budget includes a $1 billion cancellation from recovered and unobligated balances in the International IHA account and $500 million for the President's Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA) Fund (please refer to the ERMA justification section for additional details on ERMA). The Department has embraced a new approach to humanitarian response, demonstrated by its successful response to crises such as Hurricane Melissa's devastation in the Caribbean. The FY 2026 enactment of the consolidated IHA account, along with the Department's recent landmark Memorandum of Understanding with the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), are two important steps to address the fragmentation in the U.S. and global humanitarian response architecture. The IHA account supports core U.S. national interests in humanitarian crises by refocusing these resources to reduce illegal migration and provide life-saving assistance when there is a clear, direct nexus to U.S. national interests, all while pursuing efficiencies and fairer burden sharing with other donors. The account enables the Administration to deliver results advancing America First priorities, particularly in those areas where there are crises near U.S. borders and where key rivals such as China would step in for political or economic gain. IHA funding will span all aspects and authorities of overseas humanitarian assistance, including but not internally-displaced persons, and others affected by crises. IHA funding will provide life-saving aid to people globally in the case of a natural or humanmade disaster or a protracted emergency when there is a clear, direct connection to U.S. national interests. To improve the delivery of efficient, targeted, and accountable humanitarian assistance, the Department is undertaking efforts to leverage key partners in the humanitarian response while replacing the fragmented model of cost inefficient individual grants. IHA funding will also support efforts to reduce mass and illegal immigration, such as funding voluntary returns of illegal aliens, incentivizing governments to implement Safe Third Country Agreements, and building the migration management capacity of other countries. IHA may also provide potential contributions to the Board of Peace, The IHA account could also support the resettlement of up to 7,500 refugees in the United States (a continuation of the FY 2026 level), pending the President's official refugee resettlement determination for FY 2027 upon consultation with Congress, as required by law. The IHA account also includes $5 million for the

Extracted from Foreign Operations, p. 92. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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