section_path: Changes under the second Trump administration/Plans for State Department to take over rest of functions by July 1
section_name: Plans for State Department to take over rest of functions by July 1
paragraph_text: Plans for State Department to take over rest of functions by July 1
  
  On March 28, former DOGE member and current USAID executive Jeremy Lewin announced plans to wind-down USAID by July 1 "following congressional consultations." The Trump administration would fully put USAID under the State Department and would reduce its staff to 15 statutorily required positions down from a total of roughly 10,000 positions, effectively eliminating the agency in all but name.
  
  The United States State Department will then take over USAID’s remaining functions, presumably the approximately 20% Secretary of State Marco Rubio had previously spoken about. Some employees will remain at USAID until September 2 to responsibly shut down the agency.
  
  Secretary of State Rubio wrote, "Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high."
  
  Representative Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, stated as an example of what he viewed as abrupt and irresponsible cost-cutting: “Thanks to DOGE, the men we paid to guard the most vicious ISIS terrorists in the world in Syria walked off the job.”
  
  USAID employees won't be automatically transferred. Instead, the State Department will engage in a “separate and independent hiring process.”
  
  On March 28, former DOGE member and current USAID executive Jeremy Lewin announced plans to wind-down USAID by July 1 "following congressional consultations." The Trump administration would fully put USAID under the State Department and would reduce its staff to 15 statutorily required positions down from a total of roughly 10,000 positions, effectively eliminating the agency in all but name.
  
  The United States State Department will then take over USAID’s remaining functions, presumably the approximately 20% Secretary of State Marco Rubio had previously spoken about. Some employees will remain at USAID until September 2 to responsibly shut down the agency.
  
  Secretary of State Rubio wrote, "Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high."
  
  Representative Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, stated as an example of what he viewed as abrupt and irresponsible cost-cutting: “Thanks to DOGE, the men we paid to guard the most vicious ISIS terrorists in the world in Syria walked off the job.”
  
  USAID employees won't be automatically transferred. Instead, the State Department will engage in a “separate and independent hiring process.”