Provides funding for fiscal year 2026 to the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and related agencies, and sets conditions on how that money may be spent.

Official title: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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Reported 24-JUL-2025

On the calendar 24-JUL-2025

Key points

Appropriates specific dollar amounts to the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other Interior programs for the year ending September 30, 2026.
Provides funding to the Environmental Protection Agency, including State and Tribal assistance grants for clean water and drinking water infrastructure, and to the Forest Service, Indian Health Service, Smithsonian Institution, and National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities.
Includes general provisions that bar funds from being used to enforce or implement a number of listed environmental and endangered species rules, and that direct oil and gas lease sales in specified areas.
Sets offshore inspection fee amounts and directs the Secretary of the Interior to collect them in fiscal year 2026.

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 24-JUL-2025).

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor Michael K. Simpson (R-ID) Cosponsors · 0

No cosponsors.

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