A term of 17:00 est (22:00 GMT) is set. Every agency is told to make the suspension of new awards, as well as the payment of funds that are included in the existing awards.
The memory additionally requires that all agencies report which programs were stopped by February 10.
The White House has not yet commented on the document leak.
The Democrats in Washington quickly caused anxiety that is concerned about the plan.
The best democratic apparatus in Congress – Washington Senator Patti Murray and Congress – Jeanchyna Connecticut Rosa Delour – sent a letter to the White House on Monday, which expressed “extreme alarm” with a memo.
“The volume of what you order is exciting, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” Congress writes. “We are writing today to call you in the strongest conditions to support the law and the Constitution and ensure the delivery of all federal resources in accordance with the law.”
The leader of the US Democratic minority, Chuck Sumer, was also critical of the pause: “Congress approved these investments, and they are not obligatory; they are the law.”
He added: “It will mean missed salaries and rental payments and all between them: chaos from universities to non -profit charity organizations.”
This step stems from the news last week that the State Department stopped almost all existing foreign aid and stopped new assistance, according to an internal memoir sent by officials and US embassies abroad.
It turned out that this affects everything from the help of development to military assistance, makes exceptions only for emergency food and military financing Israel and Egypt.
Earlier, Trump issued an executive order for a 90-day pause to assist in foreign development before consideration of efficiency and sequence with his foreign policy.
The US is the world’s largest international aid donor by spending $ 68 billion (66 billion pounds) in 2023 according to the government. The State Department seems to affect everything from the development of military assistance.
