Lawmakers have less than a month to cement $9.4 billion in federal spending cuts made by the DOGE task force.

Republicans in the Senate have until July 18 to approve funding cuts to public broadcasting, AIDS and HIV prevention, and several other programs identified by the Department of Government Efficiency, formerly run by Elon Musk. If approved by the Senate, the rescission would claw back money that Congress previously authorized to be spent last year, and would give President Donald Trump a victory in his efforts to slash the federal budget.

Trump asked for the cuts on June 3, and the House of Representatives passed the rescission bill on June 13. Under the Impoundment Control Act, the spending cuts would be nullified if not passed within 45 days of Trump’s letter. Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act in 1974 to prevent presidents from cutting programs without congressional approval.

DOGE’s spending cuts have become a flashpoint in a debate over whether the White House can legally refuse to spend money that Congress already budgeted. The Constitution gives the House and Senate the power of taxing and spending, but Trump’s White House, through DOGE, has cut programs and budgets for entire agencies deemed wasteful.

Several key Republican senators have voiced concerns about the bill, muddying the prospects of its passage in the Senate, where Republicans only have a three-seat majority, according to reports by several media outlets. For instance, Maine Senator Susan Collins told reporters earlier in June that she opposed the bill because of its cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, The Hill reported.

In its rescission request, the White House said the cuts would not affect programs providing life-saving medical treatment, but did not make the same pledge about prevention programs.

What About The Rest Of The DOGE Savings?

If approved, the budget cuts would amount to a fraction of the spending cuts identified by DOGE, which claims to have cut $180 billion.

The White House may attempt to codify other spending cuts through a controversial legal maneuver called a “pocket rescission” that would sidestep Congress’s role in the process, Russell Vought, Trump’s Director of the Office of Budget and Management said in an interview on CNN last month.

The White House could also ask for more rescissions through the legislative process if this one passes, Vought told Congress in testimony earlier this month.