[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2431 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 124
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2431
[Report No. 119-46]
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 24, 2025
Ms. Murkowski, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the
calendar
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement,
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition
of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law,
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration
of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands
pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)),
$1,256,992,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for Bureau of Land Management,
Management of Lands and Resources in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in
the report accompanying this Act, of which amounts made available for
Wild horse and burro management, as authorized by Public Law 92-195 (16
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), Annual maintenance, and Deferred maintenance
shall remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $15,000
may be for official reception and representation expenses, of which the
amounts made available for Land management priorities are for the
projects specified for such purpose in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report accompanying
this Act, and of which the amounts made available for Construction
projects are for the projects specified for such purpose in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided, That amounts in the fee account of
the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau-
related expenses associated with the processing of oil and gas
applications for permits to drill and related use of authorizations:
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, up to $3,000,000 of the amounts made available for Wildlife
habitat management shall be available in fiscal year 2026 subject to a
match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau
lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum
grant without regard to when expenses are incurred: Provided further,
That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to $3,000,000
of the amounts made available for Recreation resources management shall
be for the purposes described in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G of
Public Law 115-31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)).
In addition, $42,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program
operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee
program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts
collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for
fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at
not more than $1,256,992,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau
for the cost of administering communication site activities.
oregon and california grant lands
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development
of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access
roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and
California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands;
$115,521,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Bureau of Land Management, Oregon and
California Grant Lands in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the Bureau of Land
Management shall maintain the current Western Oregon Operating Plan and
will fully participate in a unified wildfire protection system.
range improvements
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to
section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3
and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the amount
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing
receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the
Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $9,430,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall
be available for administrative expenses.
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures
For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of
public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official
public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and
termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and
for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and under
section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C.
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to
that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or
settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior to
improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through
the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of
a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person,
without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action
are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided
further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to
repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be
used to repair other damaged public lands.
miscellaneous trust funds
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing
laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed
under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys,
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under
section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available
until expended.
administrative provisions
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded
under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative
agreements, and reimbursable agreements with public and private
entities, including with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and
appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to
$100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for
information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted
for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $10,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the
Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in
connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the
Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality
standards: Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a
written commitment by a State government to provide an identified
amount of money in support of the project may be carried out by the
Bureau on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, That the Bureau of
Land Management shall maintain staffing levels by hiring, retaining,
and rehiring after separations in order to fulfill the mission required
under title 16, title 30, title 43, and title 54, United States Code,
including to protect natural and cultural resources, provide and
maintain appropriate access and recreation for visitors, provide safety
precautions for visitors and staff, maintain physical and natural
infrastructure, provide information and respond to stakeholders and the
general public, conduct tribal consultation, provide for administrative
support, manage energy and minerals resources, and carry out other
activities in support of effectively managing the National Conservation
Lands and other public lands in a timely manner.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
resource management
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies,
general administration, and for the performance of other authorized
functions related to such resources, $1,462,934,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes and
in the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource Management in the
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act,
of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which the amounts made available for
Stewardship Priorities shall remain available until September 30, 2028,
and are for the projects specified for such purpose in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report accompanying
this Act: Provided, That amounts made available for Listing in the
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act
shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)
(except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and
final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions
described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of
such section): Provided further, That amounts specified for
Stewardship Priorities in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred to
another appropriation under this heading and shall continue to only be
available for the purposes and in such amounts as such funds were
originally appropriated.
construction
(including transfer of funds)
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings
and other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein;
$13,709,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
Construction in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act.
cooperative endangered species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $22,080,000, to remain available
until expended, to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species
Conservation Fund.
national wildlife refuge fund
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16
U.S.C. 715s), $13,500,000.
north american wetlands conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.),
$49,000,000, to remain available until expended.
neotropical migratory bird conservation
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
multinational species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape
Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine
Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $20,500,000,
to remain available until expended, which shall be for the purposes and
in the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Multinational Species
Conservation Fund in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act.
state and tribal wildlife grants
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of
programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including
species that are not hunted or fished, $72,384,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein,
$6,100,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided
further, That $7,284,000 is for a competitive grant program to
implement approved plans for States, territories, and other
jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall, after deducting $13,384,000 and administrative
expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner:
(1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and
(2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not
more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Interior shall apportion the remaining amount in the
following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which
the land area of such State bears to the total land area of all such
States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the
population of such State bears to the total population of all such
States: Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this
paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be
apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than
5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the Federal share of
planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such
projects and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not
exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided
further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived
from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any amount
apportioned in 2026 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that
remains unobligated as of September 30, 2027, shall be reapportioned,
together with funds appropriated in 2028, in the manner provided
herein.
administrative provisions
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the
operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts,
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public
and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused
by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not
to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities incident to such
public recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria,
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service
and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant
to law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and
wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the
Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either in
cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable
of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all
fees collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be
deposited under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--
Resource Management'' and shall be available to the Secretary, without
further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of such
non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising regulations as
necessary, and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall
maintain staffing levels by hiring, retaining, and rehiring after
separations in order to fulfill the mission required under title 16,
title 43, and title 54, United States Code, including to protect
natural and cultural resources, provide and maintain appropriate access
and recreation for visitors, provide safety precautions for visitors
and staff, maintain physical and natural infrastructure, provide
information and respond to stakeholders and the general public, conduct
tribal consultation, provide for administrative support, enforce
Federal wildlife laws, protect species, uphold Acts, treaties,
conventions and agreements to conserve, protect, and enhance fish,
wildlife, plants, and their habitats, providing professional expertise
to other agencies and international and private partners, and carry out
other activities in support of effectively operating the National Fish
Hatchery System and National Wildlife Refuge System and carrying out
programs administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in
a timely manner.
National Park Service
operation of the national park system
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, protection,
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National
Park Service and for the general administration of the National Park
Service, $2,869,424,000, of which $110,980,000 for maintenance, repair,
or rehabilitation projects for constructed assets, $188,184,000 for
cyclic maintenance projects for constructed assets and cultural
resources, and $15,000,000 for uses authorized by section 101122 of
title 54, United States Code shall remain available until September 30,
2027, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 of
Public Law 95-348: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9 of
Public Law 115-102, $3,300,000 of the funds provided under this heading
shall be disbursed to the Commission established under section 3 of
that Act for the purposes specified by that Act: Provided further,
That sections 7(b) and 8(a) of that Act shall be amended by striking
``July 1, 2025'' and inserting ``July 1, 2027''. In addition, for
purposes described in section 2404 of Public Law 116-9, an amount equal
to the amount deposited in this fiscal year into the National Park
Medical Services Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act,
to remain available until expended, shall be derived from such Fund.
national recreation and preservation
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural
programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs,
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and
grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $91,596,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the``Committee
Recommendation'' column for National Park Service, National Recreation
and Preservation in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made available for
Statutory and Contractual Aid are for the projects specified for such
purpose in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items''
in the report accompanying this Act.
historic preservation fund
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic
Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States
Code), $168,246,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund
and to remain available until September 30, 2027, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for National Park Service, Historic
Preservation Fund in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act, of which, of the amounts made available for
Competitive grants: (1) $1,250,000 shall be for the survey and
nomination of properties to the National Register of Historic Places
and as National Historic Landmarks associated with communities
currently under-represented, as determined by the Secretary; (2)
$24,000,000 shall be to preserve the sites and stories of the African
American Civil Rights movement; and (3) $5,000,000 shall be to preserve
sites related to the struggle of all people to achieve equal rights in
America, and of which the amounts made available for Historic
Preservation Fund Projects are for the projects specified for such
purpose in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items''
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That an individual Save
America's Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds:
Provided further, That individual Save America's Treasures projects
shall only be eligible for one grant: Provided further, That of the
amounts for Save America's Treasures grants, three percent shall be
utilized for costs to award, administer, and oversee such grants:
Provided further, That all projects to be funded for Save America's
Treasures shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in
consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That Competitive grants for the restoration of
historic properties of national, State, and local significance listed
on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic
Places shall be made without imposing the usage or direct grant
restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National
Historic Preservation Act: Provided further, That such Competitive
grants shall be made without imposing the matching requirements in
section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code to States and
Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian
organizations, local governments, including Certified Local
Governments, and non-profit organizations.
construction
For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical
facilities, and related equipment, and compliance and planning for
programs and areas administered by the National Park Service,
$140,791,000, to remain available until expended, of which $3,190,000
is for projects specified for Line item construction and maintenance in
the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2026
with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5-Year Line
Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause availability of
funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That National Park
Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees
may be made available for the cost of adjustments and changes within
the original scope of effort for projects funded by the National Park
Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Committees on
Appropriations, in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds,
prior to making any charges authorized by this section.
centennial challenge
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section
101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost
share agreements, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
Centennial Challenge projects and programs, which shall be derived from
unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under
this heading: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of the total
cost of each project or program shall be derived from non-Federal
sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation
guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of
title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a sub-account
shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further
appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold
surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the
extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts
over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds
used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the
benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the
originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single
contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to
extinguish or reduce liability.
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432), the National Park
Service may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are authorized
to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain
available until expended.
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for
purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a
reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs.
Funding appropriated under the heading ``Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Construction'' in Public Law 118-158
shall be allocated and expended for each project and in the amounts
specified in the report submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on February 13, 2025
entitled ``American Relief Act (Public Law 118-158) Execution Status as
of February 13, 2025''.
The National Park Service shall maintain staffing levels by hiring,
retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to fulfill the
mission required under title 16, title 43, and title 54, United States
Code, including to protect natural and cultural resources, provide and
maintain appropriate access and recreation for visitors, provide safety
precautions for visitors and staff, maintain physical and natural
infrastructure, provide information and respond to stakeholders and the
general public, conduct tribal consultation, provide for administrative
support, administer historic and other preservation programs, and carry
out other activities in support of effectively operating the National
Park System and carrying out programs administered by the National Park
Service in a timely manner.
United States Geological Survey
surveys, investigations, and research
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography,
geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the
United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as
authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees;
administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct
inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1))
and related purposes as authorized by law; for official reception and
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $15,000; and to
publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities;
$1,485,354,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for United States Geological
Survey, Surveys, Investigations, and Research in the ``Department of
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, of which amounts made
available for Satellite Operations and Deferred maintenance and capital
improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost shall be available
until expended, and of which the amounts made available for Special
Initiatives are for the projects specified for such purpose in the
table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds provided for
the ecosystem research activity from amounts made available for
Ecosystems shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property,
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property owner:
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to
pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water
resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation
with States and municipalities: Provided further, That amounts
specified for Special Initiatives in the table titled ``Congressionally
Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act may be
transferred to another appropriation under this heading and shall
continue to only be available for the purposes and in such amounts as
such funds were originally appropriated.
administrative provisions
From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United
States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available
for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gaging stations,
observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the United States
National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation
and expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to
represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of
interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements (including noncompetitive
cooperative agreements with tribes) as defined in section 6302 of title
31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United States
Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements
directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit
organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or
intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be
considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work
injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to
tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for
any other purposes.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
ocean energy management
For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases,
easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and gas, other
minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental
Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law;
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other
laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial
delegation; and for grants and cooperative agreements, both with or
without a non-Federal share, $200,057,000, of which $142,057,000 is to
remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which $58,000,000 is
to remain available until expended: Provided, That this total
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of
the Interior and credited to this appropriation from additions to
receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on
August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted
by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis,
and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, That
the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are
received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year
2026 appropriation estimated at not more than $142,057,000: Provided
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup
activities: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
offshore safety and environmental enforcement
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to
leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and
gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer
Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing
laws and regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or
cooperative agreements, $170,330,000, of which $137,450,000, including
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, is to remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which
$32,880,000 is to remain available until expended, including $3,880,000
for offshore decommissioning activities: Provided, That this total
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of
the Interior and credited to this appropriation from additions to
receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on
August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted
by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments,
analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such
collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2026 appropriation estimated at not more than
$141,330,000.
For an additional amount, $36,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and
credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from non-
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2026, as provided
in this Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 2026, not less than 50
percent of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission-
related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly development,
subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.), including the review of applications for permits to drill.
oil spill research
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016; title
IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title VIII, section 8201 of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $15,099,000, which shall be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
regulation and technology
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87,
$111,538,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, of which
$59,904,000 shall be available for State and tribal regulatory grants,
and of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided, That appropriations for the Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored
training.
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits
issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95-87 (30
U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting
collections, to remain available until expended: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced
as collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in
a fiscal year 2026 appropriation estimated at not more than
$111,538,000.
abandoned mine reclamation fund
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, $32,546,000, to
be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public Law
97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20
percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United
States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts:
Provided further, That funds made available under title IV of Public
Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of
projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of
environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid
mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That
amounts provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training: Provided
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed
$5,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
In addition, $130,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
payments to States and federally recognized Indian tribes for
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in
accordance with the terms and conditions described in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided, That such additional amount shall be
used for economic and community development in conjunction with the
priorities described in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further,
That of such additional amount, $86,000,000 shall be distributed in
equal amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest amount
of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of such section, $33,000,000 shall be distributed in equal
amounts to the three Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest
amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,000,000 shall
be for grants to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to
their status as certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in
accordance with the terms and conditions described in the report
accompanying this Act and shall be used for economic and community
development in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further,
That such payments shall be made to States and federally recognized
Indian tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
operation of indian programs
(including transfers of funds)
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25
U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,918,712,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided
herein; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception
and representation expenses, of which not to exceed $78,494,000 shall
be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of
designated Federal disasters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed
such cap for welfare payments from the amounts provided herein, to
provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the
disaster: Provided further, That federally recognized Indian tribes
and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use
their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:
Provided further, That not to exceed $69,995,000 shall remain available
until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, land
acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, land records
improvement, hearings and appeals, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement
Program: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, $8,491,000 shall be for projects specified for Special
Initiatives in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending
Items'' in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That
any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2027, may be transferred during
fiscal year 2028 to an Indian forest land assistance account
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the
holder's trust fund account: Provided further, That any such
unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30,
2028: Provided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau
field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other
identifying articles of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That
funds for trust, probate, and administrative functions may, as needed,
be transferred to the ``Office of the Secretary--Departmental
Operations'' account: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian
Affairs may accept transfers of funds from United States Customs and
Border Protection to supplement any other funding available for
reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
as identified on the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory,
23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1).
indian land consolidation
For the acquisition of fractional interests to further land
consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land Consolidation Act
Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-462), and the American Indian
Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-374), $4,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That any provision of the Indian
Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-462) that
requires or otherwise relates to application of a lien shall not apply
to the acquisitions funded herein.
contract support costs
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
Bureau of Indian Education for fiscal year 2026, such sums as may be
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September
30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no amounts made available under this heading shall be available for
transfer to another budget account.
payments for tribal leases
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases pursuant
to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2026, such sums as
may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through
September 30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall be available
for transfer to another budget account.
construction
(including transfer of funds)
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation
of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483; $136,280,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further,
That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the
Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available on a
nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this appropriation may
be reimbursed from the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
appropriation for the appropriate share of construction costs for space
expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund
established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114-322; 130
Stat. 1749): Provided further, That amounts provided under this
heading are made available for the modernization of Federal field
communication capabilities, in addition to amounts otherwise made
available for such purpose.
indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians
For payments and necessary administrative expenses for
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to
Public Laws 99-264, 101-618, and 117-349 and for implementation of
other land and water rights settlements, $976,000, to remain available
until expended.
indian guaranteed loan program account
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $13,329,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, of which $2,125,000 is for
administrative expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of
1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed
or insured, not to exceed $185,707,188.
Bureau of Indian Education
operation of indian education programs
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian education
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2,
1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $1,131,617,000 to remain
available until September 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided
herein: Provided, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal
organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their
tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:
Provided further, That not to exceed $833,592,000 for school operations
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall
become available on June 1, 2026, and shall remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed
$95,822,000 within and only from such amounts made available for school
operations shall be available for administrative cost grants associated
with grants approved prior to June 1, 2026: Provided further, That in
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of
clothing for personnel.
education construction
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of
buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the operation
of Indian education programs, including architectural and engineering
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands;
$234,725,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in
order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the
Secretary of the Interior may assume control of a project and all funds
related to the project, if, not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, any Public Law 100-297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et
seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior
Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the project and
commenced construction.
administrative provisions
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education may
carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure,
contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either
directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations.
Notwithstanding Public Law 87-279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau of
Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management,
operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos
Irrigation Project.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to
the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education for
central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative
Services (except Executive Direction and Administrative Services
funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and
facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for
contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau
of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-
Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by
this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian
Education, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government's
trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government
relationship between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe's
ability to access future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to
the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein
for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be
available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary
school in the State of Alaska.
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used
to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade
structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each
school in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1,
1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this
prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the
Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support accomplishment of
the mission of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade
to expand the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with
a K-2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made available
in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be
available, in accordance with the Bureau's funding formula, only to the
schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any
school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds
made available under this Act may not be used to establish a charter
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section
1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that
a charter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of
this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before
September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only
if the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to
reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property
(including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume
any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which the
school is located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees
of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and
performing functions related to the charter school's operation and
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal employees
for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113
of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, if in fiscal year 2003
or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative costs pursuant
to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101-301,
the Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative
cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula.
Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of
September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this prohibition
in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and cultural immersion
educational programs for non-public schools located within the
jurisdictional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those currently served at
the existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environment
with educator presence and academic facilities comparable to the
Bureau-funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or
State health and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities
Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a
satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as
for transportation or other impacts to students such as those caused by
busing students extended distances: Provided, That no funds available
under this Act may be used to fund operations, maintenance,
rehabilitation, construction, or other facilities-related costs for
such assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That
the term ``satellite school'' means a school location physically
separated from the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but
that forms part of the existing school in all other respects.
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations within
Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of Indian Education Programs
may be used to execute requested adjustments in tribal priority
allocations initiated by an Indian tribe.
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
federal trust programs
(including transfer of funds)
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants,
$100,009,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to
exceed $17,152,000 from this or any other Act, may be available for
settlement support: Provided, That funds for trust management
improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to
or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ``Operation of Indian
Programs'' and Bureau of Indian Education, ``Operation of Indian
Education Programs'' accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ``Salaries
and Expenses'' account; and the Office of the Secretary, ``Departmental
Operations'' account: Provided further, That funds made available
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2026, as
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or
grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly
statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit
the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express
written request of the account holder: Provided further, That not to
exceed $100,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to
correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits
to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002:
Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be
credited to and remain available in this account for this purpose:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required to reconcile
Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than $1,000 unless the
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration receives proof of ownership from a
Special Deposit Accounts claimant: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-412) or any other
provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of
individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a continuous period of at
least 5 years and shall not be required to generate periodic statements
of performance for the individual accounts: Provided further, That
with respect to the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall continue to
maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual
accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and such funds
shall remain available to the individual account holders.
Departmental Offices
Office of the Secretary
departmental operations
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the
Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by
law, $127,418,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for Departmental Offices, Office of
the Secretary, Departmental Operations in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act, of which not to exceed
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses, of
which up to $1,000,000 from amounts made available for Leadership and
administration shall be available for workers compensation payments and
unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure
of the United States Bureau of Mines, of which not less than $1,086,000
shall be provided to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to carry out
activities related to enforcement of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of
1990 (Public Law 101-644), as amended, and of which $14,295,000 for
Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities from amounts
made available for Leadership and administration shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and
resource valuation activities from amounts made available for
Leadership and administration may, as needed, be transferred to and
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ``Operation of Indian
Programs'' and Bureau of Indian Education ``Operation of Indian
Education Programs'' accounts and the Bureau of Trust Funds
Administration ``Federal Trust Programs'' account: Provided further,
That funds made available through contracts or grants obligated during
fiscal year 2026, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by
the contractor or grantee.
administrative provisions
For fiscal year 2026, up to $550,000 of the payments authorized by
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained for
administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program:
Provided, That the amounts provided under this Act specifically for the
Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts available for
payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code:
Provided further, That in the event the sums appropriated for any
fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to
make the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local
government, then the payment to each local government shall be made
proportionally: Provided further, That the Secretary may make
adjustments to payment to individual units of local government to
correct for prior overpayments or underpayments: Provided further,
That no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the
payment is less than $100.
Insular Affairs
assistance to territories
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $120,367,000, of which:
(1) $108,390,000 shall remain available until expended for territorial
assistance, including general technical assistance, maintenance
assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and natural
resources activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants
to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as
authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of
American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction
and support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the
Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam,
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the Northern
Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat.
272); and (2) $11,977,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027,
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided,
That all financial transactions of the territorial and local
governments herein provided for, including such transactions of all
agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such governments,
may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its
discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement of
the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104-
134: Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations
and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize
routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital
infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be
determined by the Secretary based on the grantee's commitment to timely
maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That any
appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds
for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to
section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).
compact of free association
For grants and necessary expenses, $813,000, to remain available
until expended, to support Federal services and programs provided to
the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
Federated States of Micronesia.
Administrative Provisions
(including transfer of funds)
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer
discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under section 104(e) of
Public Law 108-188 and Public Law 104-134, that are allocated for Guam,
to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or
guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the
subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for the
purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
for construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such
loans or loan guarantees may be made without regard to the population
of the area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the
types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of
Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available to
make or guarantee loans under such authorities.
Office of the Solicitor
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $97,950,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$67,000,000.
Department-Wide Programs
wildland fire management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels
management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department of
the Interior, $1,148,171,000, of which $383,657,000 shall remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be
for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That
such funds are also available for repayment of advances to other
appropriation accounts from which funds were previously transferred for
such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided
$214,450,000 is for fuels management and post-fire activities:
Provided further, That of the funds provided $10,000,000 is for burned
area rehabilitation: Provided further, That of the funds provided
$4,000,000 is for the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further,
That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished
subsistence and lodging without cost from funds available from this
appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d,
sums received by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior
for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.,
protection of United States property, may be credited to the
appropriation from which funds were expended to provide that
protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided
further, That using the amounts designated under this title of this
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for (1) fuels management
and post-fire activities, or (2) training and monitoring associated
with such activities: Provided further, That activities for the
purposes specified in the preceding proviso may occur on Federal land,
or on non-Federal land when such activities benefit resources on
Federal land or federally-recognized Tribal land: Provided further,
That not to exceed 15 percent of funds provided for fuels management
and post-fire activities may be used for activities on non-Federal
land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative
agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may
be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use up to 10 percent of
amounts made available for Fuels Management to enter into a cooperative
agreement or contract with a state, Tribe, county or municipal
government, non-governmental organization or private entity to support
hazardous fuel reduction projects that incorporate treatments in
landscapes across ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal
lands: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the
Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of fuels
management activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition
among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth
Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109-154), or
related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3)
small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more,
of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further,
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written
guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent
application of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in
connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations
to enter into leases of real property with local governments, at or
below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire
facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited to fire
guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire
support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or
for construction activity associated with the lease: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may
authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite
wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, That
funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support
of Federal emergency response actions: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance to or
through the Department of State in connection with forest and rangeland
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries,
and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available
to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its territories and
possessions, including technical assistance, education and training,
and cooperation with United States and international organizations:
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading in this
Act and unobligated balances made available under this heading in prior
Acts, other than amounts designated by the Congress as being for an
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall
be available, in addition to any other funds made available for such
purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal wildland firefighter
base salary increases provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public
Law 117-58: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this
heading, $383,657,000 shall be available for wildfire suppression
operations and is provided to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B)
of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal
year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
wildfire suppression operations reserve fund
(including transfers of funds)
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ``Department
of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire Management''
for wildfire suppression operations, $370,000,000, to remain available
until transferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for
purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to
legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the
House of Representatives: Provided, That such amounts may be
transferred to and merged with amounts made available under the
headings ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire
Management'' and ``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide
Programs--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression
operations in the fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred:
Provided further, That amounts may be transferred to the ``Wildland
Fire Management'' accounts in the Department of Agriculture or the
Department of the Interior only upon the notification of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppression
operations funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will be
transferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to
any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That,
in determining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' in this and
prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agriculture or
the Department of the Interior will be obligated within 30 days
pursuant to the preceding proviso, any funds transferred or permitted
to be transferred pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by
law shall be excluded.
central hazardous materials fund
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of
its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including
associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq.) (CERCLA), $9,661,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That amounts provided under this heading in this or any prior
Act shall not be available to fund liabilities or obligations of the
United States, or any agency or department thereof, for past or future
response actions or costs agreed to pursuant to section 122 of CERCLA
or imposed by court order in any action pursuant to CERCLA or other
Federal or State environmental law.
energy community revitalization program
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior to
inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to hazardous
substance releases, remediate lands pursuant to section 40704 of Public
Law 117-58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), and carry out the purposes of section 349
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended,
$4,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
amount shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes: Provided further, That amounts appropriated under this
heading are available for program management and oversight of these
activities: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer the
funds provided under this heading in this Act to any other account in
the Department to carry out such purposes, and may expend such funds
directly, or through grants: Provided further, That these amounts are
not available to fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obligations
agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, whether for payment of
funds or for work to be performed.
natural resource damage assessment and restoration
natural resource damage assessment fund
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department of the
Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54
U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,715,000, to remain available until expended.
working capital fund
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial and
business management system, data management, information technology
improvements of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and
the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the
Department, $107,710,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other
Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund
account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of
equipment without prior advance notification and approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may
assess reasonable charges to State, local, and tribal government
employees for training services provided by the National Indian Program
Training Center, other than training related to Public Law 93-638:
Provided further, That the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide
space and related facilities, equipment, or professional services of
the National Indian Program Training Center to State, local and tribal
government employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural,
educational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a)
of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar
space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the
National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That all
funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited
to this account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used
by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian Program
Training Center: Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into
grants and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Natural
Resource Revenue's collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and
other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.
administrative provision
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources
within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may be obtained by
donation, purchase, or through available excess surplus property:
Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price
for the replacement aircraft.
office of natural resources revenue
For necessary expenses for management of the collection and
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds,
and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law,
$167,937,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027; of which
$59,751,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, $50,000 shall be available for refunds of
overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the
Secretary of the Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay
amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior
unrecoverable erroneous payments.
General Provisions, Department of the Interior
(including transfers of funds)
emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau
Sec. 101. Notwithstanding section 129 of this title,
appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or
transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, for the emergency reconstruction,
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other
facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made
available under this authority until funds specifically made available
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been
exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this
section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must
be requested as promptly as possible.
emergency transfer authority--department-wide
Sec. 102. Notwithstanding section 129 of this title, the Secretary
of the Interior may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any no
year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included
in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or
emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency
rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for
emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods,
volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency
planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural
resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the
prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper
and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law
106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under
section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year
funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of
regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That
appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be
available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding
fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for
destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection
with their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimbursement to
be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of
receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations,
no funds shall be made available under this authority until the
Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ``wildland fire
suppression'' shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further,
That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a
supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as
possible: Provided further, That such replenishment funds shall be
used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency
funds were transferred.
authorized use of funds
Sec. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in
this title shall be available for services as authorized by section
3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized by the Secretary
of the Interior, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and
replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law
enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for
telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized
under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues,
when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies
or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price
to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.
authorized use of funds, indian trust management
Sec. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and Bureau of
Trust Funds Administration and any unobligated balances from prior
appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be available for
expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform
activities. Total funding for settlement support activities shall not
exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose.
The Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any
funds under this section, including the amount expended or transferred
and how the funds will be used.
redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs
Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified,
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in
Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year
2026. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas
or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation
does not apply.
ellis, governors, and liberty islands
Sec. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or
interests therein, including the use of all or part of any pier, dock,
or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey,
for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support
of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors,
and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative
activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise
fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the
Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases,
concession contracts, or other agreements for the use of such
facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine
reasonable: Provided, That for purposes of 54 U.S.C. 200306(a), such
lands, waters, or interests acquired under this heading shall be
considered to be within the exterior boundary of a System unit
authorized or established.
outer continental shelf inspection fees
Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior
shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited
in the ``Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement'' account, from
the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 43
U.S.C. 1348(c).
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2026 shall be--
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with
processing equipment or gathering lines;
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any
combination of active or inactive wells; and
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with
any combination of active or inactive wells.
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections
completed in fiscal year 2026. Fees for fiscal year 2026 shall be--
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water
depths of 500 feet or more; and
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water
depths of less than 500 feet.
(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via non-rig
units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, F, and Q shall be
assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2026. Fees for
fiscal year 2026 shall be--
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in
water depths of 2,500 feet or more;
(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in
water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and
(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in
water depths of less than 500 feet.
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection
(b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The
Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within
30 days of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, with
payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill
designated operators under subsection (d) with payment required by the
end of the following quarter.
contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities
Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative
agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities,
and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with the
provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the
long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and
burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such
cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject
to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.
mass marking of salmonids
Sec. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in
carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered
species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid
stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated
or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish
releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have
a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and
recreational fishers.
contracts and agreements with indian affairs
Sec. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during
fiscal year 2026, in carrying out work involving cooperation with
State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision
thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts
receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at the
end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources
available at the end of the fiscal year.
department of the interior experienced services program
Sec. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating
to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative
agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the
Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to
utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other
provisions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent with
such provisions of law.
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not--
(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently
employed by the Department, including partial displacement
through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment
benefits;
(2) result in the use of an individual under the Department
of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or
function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff
status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the
Department; or
(3) affect existing contracts for services.
obligation of funds
Sec. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department of
the Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure not
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
separation of accounts
Sec. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement an
orderly transition to separate accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and the Bureau of Indian Education, may transfer funds among and
between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the
reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines
described in this Act.
payments in lieu of taxes (pilt)
Sec. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall be
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2026'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.
disclosure of departure or alternate procedure approval
Sec. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case in which the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management prescribes or approves any departure or use of
alternate procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, under
30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30
CFR 250.142, the head of such bureau shall post a description of such
departure or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such
bureau's publicly available website not more than 15 business days
after such issuance.
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential business
information.
long bridge project
Sec. 116. (a) Authorization of Conveyance.--Hereafter, until the
expiration of authority pursuant to subsection (e), on request by the
State of Virginia or the District of Columbia for the purpose of the
construction of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long
Bridge Project, the Secretary of the Interior may convey to the State
or the District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to any portion of the
approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land depicted as
``Permanent Impact to NPS Land'' on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is
identified by the State or the District of Columbia.
(b) Terms and Conditions.--Such conveyance of the National Park
Service land under subsection (a) shall be subject to any terms and
conditions that the Secretary may require. If such conveyed land is no
longer being used for the purposes specified in this section, the lands
or interests therein shall revert to the National Park Service after
they have been restored or remediated to the satisfaction of the
Secretary.
(c) Corrections.--The Secretary and the State or the District of
Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement, may--
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the National Park
Service land to be conveyed to the State or the District of
Columbia under subsection (a); and
(2) correct any minor errors in the Map referred to in
subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Long bridge project.--The term ``Long Bridge Project''
means the rail project, as identified by the Federal Railroad
Administration, from Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington,
Virginia, to L'Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC,
which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service.
(3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Virginia.
(e) Termination of Authority.--The authority provided by this
section shall expire once the conveyance described in subsection (a)
has been completed.
interagency motor pool
Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Federal
regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes or authorized tribal
organizations that receive Tribally-Controlled School Grants pursuant
to Public Law 100-297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related
services for performance of any activities carried out under such
grants to the same extent as if they were contracting under the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
appraiser pay authority
Sec. 118. For fiscal year 2026, funds made available in this or
any other Act or otherwise made available to the Department of the
Interior for the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office may be used by
the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of
basic pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in the
Appraiser (GS-1171) job series at grades 11 through 15 carrying out
appraisals of real property and appraisal reviews conducted in support
of the Department's realty programs at rates no greater than 15 percent
above the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such
higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through (h) of
section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.
sage-grouse
Sec. 119. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue
pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533)--
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus
urophasianus); and
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct
population segment of greater sage-grouse.
state conservation grants
Sec. 120. For expenses necessary to carry out section 200305 of
title 54, United States Code, the National Park Service may retain up
to 7 percent of the State Conservation Grants program to provide to
States, the District of Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants
to support state program administrative costs.
historic preservation fund deposits
Sec. 121. Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, shall be
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2026'' for ``fiscal year 2023''.
interior authority for operating efficiencies
Sec. 122. (a) In fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Secretary of the
Interior may authorize and execute agreements to achieve operating
efficiencies among and between two or more component bureaus and
offices through the following activities:
(1) co-locating in facilities leased or owned by any such
component bureau or office and sharing related utilities and
equipment;
(2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reimbursable
basis for up to 5 business days; and
(3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to meet mission
requirements.
(b) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be to support
areas of mission alignment between and among component bureaus and
offices or where geographic proximity allows for efficiencies.
(c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements authorized under
subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear costs for such agreements in a
manner that reflects their approximate benefit and share of total
costs, which may or may not include indirect costs.
(d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection (c), the
Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of funds in advance or on
a reimbursable basis.
emergency law enforcement ceiling
Sec. 123. Section 103101 of title 54, United States Code, is
amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting
``$500,000''.
contribution authority extension
Sec. 124. Section 113 of division G of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), as amended by section 114
of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law
116-6), is further amended by striking ``In fiscal years 2014 through
2024'' and inserting ``In fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year
thereafter''.
field unit local hiring
Sec. 125. The Secretary of the Interior may recruit and directly
appoint qualified individuals into the competitive service who are
certified as maintaining a permanent and exclusive residence in the
vicinity of a field unit, into any position at or below grades GS-9 or
WG-15 or equivalent within such field unit: Provided, That any action
authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit principles of
section 2301 of such title 5, and with the public notice requirements
of section 3327 of such title 5: Provided further, That appointments
under this authority shall be considered compliant with all applicable
provisions of chapter 33 of title 5.
permit extension
Sec. 126. The first section of Public Law 99-338, as amended by
subsection (c)(1) of section 139 of division E of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447), is further amended--
(1) by striking ``3 renewals'' and inserting ``7
renewals''; and
(2) by striking ``of Southern California Edison Company''.
redesignation
Sec. 127. The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National
Park shall hereafter be known and designated as the ``Senator Dianne
Feinstein Visitor Center''.
grant application requirements
Sec. 128. Section 1521 of the American Indian, Alaska Native, and
Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act (20 U.S.C. 4441) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``private,''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``be Native Hawaiians or''
and inserting ``include Native Hawaiians and'';
and
(ii) by striking the comma at the end and
inserting ``; and'';
(B) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D);
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``of office'';
and
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as
subparagraph (B).
denali
Sec. 129. (a) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act--
(1) the Secretary of the Department of the Interior shall--
(A) use funds made available for the Immediate
Office of the Secretary to reinstate the name
``Denali'' for the mountain located at 63.0692 N,
151.0070 W, in the State of Alaska, consistent with 43
U.S.C. 364 through 364f; and
(B) use funds made available under the heading
``United States Geological Survey--Surveys,
Investigations, and Research'' to update the Geographic
Names Information System to reflect the renaming and
reinstatement of ``Denali'' and to notify all
interested parties of the renaming.
(2) the United States Geological Survey shall use funds
made available under the heading ``United States Geological
Survey--Surveys, Investigations, and Research'' to update the
Science Data Catalog to comply with the requirements of
subsection (a)(1).
(b) Within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior, using funds made available for Leadership
and Administration, shall update all public-facing materials, including
signage, websites, published materials, or any other materials to refer
to the mountain in subsection (a)(1) as ``Denali'' and any reference in
a law, map, regulation, document, paper or other record of the United
States to the mountain described in subsection (a)(1) shall be deemed
to be a reference to ``Denali''.
(c) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 2026
appropriations or any other Act, in any prior fiscal year
appropriations or any other Act, or in any future fiscal year
appropriations or any other Act may be used by the President of the
United States or his or her designee, the Secretary of the Interior or
his or her designee, or the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to provide a
Federal designation to the mountain described in subsection (a)(1) with
any name other than ``Denali''.
(d) For an additional amount for ``Departmental Offices--Office of
the Secretary--Departmental Operations'', $1,000,000, shall be made
available for Leadership and Administration upon completion of the
requirements in subsections (a) and (b).
maintaining national parks as federal land
Sec. 130. The Department of the Interior shall maintain all
Federal lands designated as, or as a part of, a national park unit, a
national scenic or national historic trail, or a wild and scenic river
as of May 2, 2025 as Federal land and continue to operate such unit,
trail, or river as an entity of the National Park Service including for
such purposes as Federal employee staffing and entry, permit, and other
fee collections.
TITLE II
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Office of the Administrator
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator,
$107,883,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator in the ``Department of
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, of which amounts made
available for Immediate Office of the Administrator are for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the table titled ``Immediate
Office of the Administrator'' in the report accompanying this Act.
Science and Technology
For science and technology, including research and development
activities, which shall include research and development activities
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related
costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and
supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and other
operating expenses in support of research and development, $742,595,000
to remain available until September 30, 2027, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Environmental Protection Agency, Science
and Technology in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made available for
Research: National Priorities are for the projects specified for such
purpose in the table titled ``Congressional Directed Spending Items''
in the report accompanying this Act.
Environmental Programs and Management
For environmental programs and management, including necessary
expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs
and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library
memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to
members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are
not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of
2002; implementation of a coal combustion residual permit program under
section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; $2,869,076,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Environmental Protection Agency,
Environmental Programs and Management, in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds
included under this heading from amounts made available for Enforcement
may be used for environmental justice implementation and training
grants, and associated program support costs: Provided further, That
of amounts made available for Environmental Programs and Management,
$36,000,000 is to carry out the Energy Star Program pursuant to section
324(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C 6294a(c)):
Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading for
Alaska Contaminated Lands shall remain available until expended and
shall be for grants, including grants that may be awarded on a non-
competitive basis, interagency agreements, and associated program
support costs to establish and implement a program to assist Alaska
Native Regional Corporations, Alaskan Native Village Corporations,
federally-recognized tribes in Alaska, Alaska Native Non-Profit
Organizations and Alaska Native Nonprofit Associations, and intertribal
consortia comprised of Alaskan tribal entities to address contamination
on lands conveyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are contaminated
at the time of conveyance and are on an inventory of such lands
developed and maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency:
Provided further, That grants awarded using amounts made available
under this heading for Alaska Contaminated Lands may be used by a
recipient to supplement other funds provided by the Environmental
Protection Agency through individual media or multi-media grants or
cooperative agreements and, in addition to amounts otherwise available
for such purposes, up to $2,000,000 of the amounts made available for
Alaska Contaminated Lands may be reserved for use by the Environmental
Protection Agency for salaries, expenses, and administration of the
program and for grants related to such program that address
contamination on lands conveyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are
contaminated at the time of conveyance and are on the EPA inventory of
such lands.
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That
fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited in
the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary offsetting receipts in
fiscal year 2026 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and
expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in this
paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2026 shall be reduced
by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during
fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0:
Provided further, That to the extent that amounts realized from such
receipts exceed $9,000,000, those amounts in excess of $9,000,000 shall
be deposited in the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary
offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2026, shall be retained and used for
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds included
in the first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and
Reduction program project shall be allocated for this fiscal year,
excluding the amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount
of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 2014.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$44,030,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided,
That the Office of Inspector General shall continue to be subject to
the terms, conditions, and requirements specified under this heading in
Senate Report 118-83.
Buildings and Facilities
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the
Environmental Protection Agency, $31,679,000, to remain available until
expended.
Hazardous Substance Superfund
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including
sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $291,912,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Substance Superfund in the
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act,
consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September
30, 2025, and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust Fund, as
authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $291,912,000 as a payment
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes
as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $11,328,000
shall be paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to
remain available until September 30, 2027, and $30,343,000 shall be
paid to the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain
available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That section
122(b)(3) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)) shall be applied in this
fiscal year by inserting before the period: ``, including for the hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft'': Provided further, That the
matter preceding the first proviso in section 443(b) of title IV of
division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law
117-328) shall be applied in this fiscal year by inserting before the
semicolon ``, including for the hire, maintenance, and operation of
aircraft'': Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in
section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage
tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, $87,350,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$63,838,760 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act; and $23,511,000 shall be for carrying out the other
provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is
authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading to
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide
financial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the
development and implementation of programs to manage underground
storage tanks.
Inland Oil Spill Programs
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $16,506,000, to
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available
until expended.
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance
partnership grants, $4,386,109,000, to remain available until expended,
of which--
(1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capitalization
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which
$1,126,101,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for
the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of
the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That $349,668,000 of
the funds made available for capitalization grants for the
Clean Water State Revolving Funds and $247,569,000 of the funds
made available for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water
State Revolving Funds shall be for the construction of drinking
water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure and for water
quality protection in accordance with the terms and conditions
specified for such grants for the projects and in the amounts
specified in the report accompanying this Act for projects
specified for ``STAG--Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
[SRF]'' and ``STAG--Clean Water State Revolving Fund [SRF]'' in
the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in
the report accompanying this Act, and, for purposes of these
grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 20 percent
of the cost of the project unless the grantee is approved for a
waiver by the Agency: Provided further, That $19,000,000 of
the funds appropriated under this heading for capitalization
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds and for
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Funds, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes, may be used by the Administrator for salaries,
expenses, and administration for Community Project Funding
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items: Provided
further, That the amounts in the preceding proviso under this
heading shall not be available for obligation until the report,
as specified under this heading in the report accompanying this
Act is received by the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2026, to the extent there are sufficient
eligible project applications and projects are consistent with
State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds
made available under this title to each State for Clean Water
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the
State for projects to address green infrastructure, water or
energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally
innovative activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year
2026, funds made available under this title to each State for
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants may,
at the discretion of each State, be used for projects to
address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency
improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities:
Provided further, That $1,500,000 of funds made available for
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under this heading under
title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1381) shall be used to continue research and data collection in
support of conducting the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the
amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply
to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in
fiscal year 2026 and prior years where such amounts represent
costs of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted
for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for
eligible purposes of the fund, including administration:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding
the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section
201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made
under title II of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin
Islands, and the District of Columbia may also be made for the
purpose of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans,
design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for
any proposed project for the construction of treatment works;
and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of
privately owned treatment works serving one or more principal
residences or small commercial establishments: Provided
further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding the
provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section
201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under
section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may
also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for facility
plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and
estimates for any proposed project for the construction of
treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or
replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or
more principal residences or small commercial establishments:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding
any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and
regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a total of
$2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator for
grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used for
grants for training, technical assistance, and educational
programs relating to the operation and management of the
treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, funds reserved
under section 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants
only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act
and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by
the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined
in Public Law 92-203: Provided further, That for fiscal year
2026, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000,
whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on
amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up
to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or
$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds
under such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for grants
under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding
the amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds
appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program
under the Act less any sums reserved under section 518(c) of
the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding the limitations on
amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe
Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for
grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act: Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made
available under this title to each State for Clean Water State
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent of the
funds made available under this title to each State for
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall
be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible
recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative
interest loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and
shall be so used by the State only where such funds are
provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient or to
buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of eligible
recipients only where such debt was incurred on or after the
date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt was incurred
prior to the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that such funds
could be used to help address a threat to public health from
heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal
or State emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a
municipal drinking water supply before the date of enactment of
this Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such an
emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more
than 14 percent of the funds made available under this title to
the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible
recipients: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(o)),
the Administrator shall reserve up to $12,000,000 of the
amounts made available for fiscal year 2026 for making
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregulated
contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided
further, That the funds made available under this heading for
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
grants in this or prior appropriations Acts are not subject to
compliance with Federal procurement requirements for
competition and methods of procurement applicable to Federal
financial assistance, if a Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending recipient has procured
services or products through contracts entered into prior to
the date of enactment of this legislation that complied with
state and/or local laws governing competition: Provided
further, That the Administrator may provide funding by grant or
cooperative agreement to States to administer or to support
administration of any Community Project Funding/Congressionally
Directed Spending project when the State and the project
recipient agree on such administration: Provided further, That
of the funds made available to the Administrator to administer
the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
projects, the Administrator may provide funding through grant
or cooperative agreement to the States which administer
Community Project Funding/Congressional Directed Spending
projects on a pro rata bases: Provided further, That when a
State administers the grant or cooperative agreement for any
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
projects, the projects will be subject to the same requirements
that apply to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund project grants: Provided further,
That the funds made available under this heading for Community
Project Funding/ Congressionally Directed Spending grants in
this or prior appropriations Acts are not subject to compliance
with Federal procurement requirements for competition and
methods of procurement applicable to Federal financial
assistance, if a Community Project Funding/Congressionally
Directed Spending recipient has procured services or products
through contracts that were entered into in compliance with
State and/or local laws governing competitions: Provided
further, That when a State does not administer or support
administration of any Community Project Funding/Congressionally
Directed Spending project, the Environmental Protection Agency
shall continue to administer such projects: Provided further,
That the Administrator may provide funding to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services to administer or to
support administration of any Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending project for Tribal recipients
when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the
Tribal project recipient agree;
(2) $36,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering,
planning, design, construction and related activities in
connection with the construction of high priority water and
wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico
Border, after consultation with the appropriate border
commission: Provided, That no funds provided by this
appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other
critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United
States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made
available to a county or municipal government unless that
government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or
other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the
development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or
the development within an existing colonia the construction of
any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water,
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure;
(3) $40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State of
Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority
list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal,
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that
are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate
not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in
regional hub communities;
(4) $98,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency
agreements, and associated program support costs: Provided,
That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance in
persistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for
purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty
counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or more of
its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as
measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates,
the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area
Income and Poverty Estimates, or any territory or possession of
the United States;
(5) $60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII,
subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
(6) $68,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in
accordance with the terms and conditions in the report
accompanying this Act;
(7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a)
through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300j-19a): Provided, That for fiscal year 2026, funds
provided under subsections (a) through (j) of such section of
such Act may be used--
(A) by a State to provide assistance to benefit one
or more owners of drinking water wells that are not
public water systems or connected to a public water
system for necessary and appropriate activities related
to a contaminant pursuant to subsection (j) of such
section of such Act; and
(B) to support a community described in subsection
(c)(2) of such section of such Act;
(8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d)
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-24(d));
(9) $32,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19b);
(10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l)
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a(l));
(11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under section
104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1254(b)(8));
(12) $39,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301);
(13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b)
of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law
115-270);
(14) $3,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) of
the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4282(a)), of which not
more than 2 percent shall be for administrative costs to carry
out such section: Provided, That notwithstanding section
302(a) of such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants
pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia consistent
with the requirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former Indian
reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Public Law
92-203;
(15) $8,500,000 shall be for grants under section 103(b)(3)
of the Clean Air Act for wildfire smoke preparedness grants in
accordance with the terms and conditions in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided, That not more than 3 percent
shall be for administrative costs to carry out such section;
(16) $20,364,000 shall be for projects specified for STAG-
Other in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending
Items'' in the report accompanying this Act;
(17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under section 1459F of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19g);
(18) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 2001 of
the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
270, 42 U.S.C. 300j-3c note): Provided, That the Administrator
may award grants to and enter into contracts with tribes,
intertribal consortia, public or private agencies,
institutions, organizations, and individuals, without regard to
section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title
41, United States Code, and enter into interagency agreements
as appropriate;
(19) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 50217(b)
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (33 U.S.C.
1302f(b); Public Law 117-58);
(20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under section 124 of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1276);
(21) $2,000,000 shall be for grants for remediation of
above ground leaking fuel tanks pursuant to Public Law 106-554;
and
(22) $1,106,333,000 shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal
Assistance Grants, Categorical grants, in the ``Department of
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act.
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans,
as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
2014, $56,870,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds shall be made available to eligible
recipients pursuant to 33 United States Code 3904 and for eligible
activities pursuant to 33 United States Code 3906 under the terms and
conditions of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
2014 (33 United States Code 3901-3915) to subsidize gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans, including capitalized
interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized interest, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $11,000,000,000:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of direct loans and for
the cost of guaranteed loans for projects described in section 5026(9)
of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State
infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by section 5033(e)
of such Act: Provided further, That the use of direct loans or loan
guarantee authority under this heading for direct loans or commitments
to guarantee loans for any project shall be in accordance with the
criteria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR
39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading ``Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account'' in division D
of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-
94): Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan guarantee
authority made available under this heading shall be available for any
project unless the Administrator and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget have certified in advance in writing that the
direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply
with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Provided
further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office may
request, and the Administrator shall promptly provide, documentation
and information relating to a project identified in a Letter of
Interest submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice of Funding
Availability for applications for credit assistance under the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, including with
respect to a project that was initiated or completed before the date of
enactment of this Act.
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until
expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $7,640,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027.
Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency
(including transfers of funds)
For fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in
carrying out the Agency's function to implement directly Federal
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of
an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to
federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if
authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in
implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian tribes required
or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance
agreements.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-8), to remain available until
expended.
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may assess fees
under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2026.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 3024
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2026,
to remain available until expended.
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $368,000,000 of
the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under
the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' to the head of
any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to
carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement programs, projects,
or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of
such Federal department or agency to carry out these activities; and to
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations,
institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring,
outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management,
Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for
the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $300,000 per
project.
For fiscal year 2026, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any
fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian
tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated
under the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' for fiscal
year 2026 from amounts made available for Southern New England
Estuaries to provide grants to implement the Southeast New England
Watershed Restoration Program.
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 320(i)(2)(B)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less than $2,535,714 of
the funds made available under this title for the National estuary
program/Coastal waterways shall be for making competitive awards
described in section 320(g)(4).
For fiscal year 2026, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention and the Office of Water may, using funds appropriated under
the headings ``Environmental Programs and Management'' and ``Science
and Technology'', contract directly with individuals or indirectly with
institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5,
for the temporary or intermittent personal services of students or
recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purposes of
chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be
considered to be Federal employees for any other purpose: Provided,
That amounts used for this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may not
exceed $2,000,000.
In this fiscal year and each fiscal year through 2031, the
Administrator may, after consultation with the Office of Personnel
Management, employ up to 100 persons at any one time at the
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the authority provided in
42 U.S.C. 209.
The Environmental Protection Agency shall provide the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate with copies
of any available Department of Treasury quarterly certification of
trust fund receipts collected from section 13601 of Public Law 117-169
and section 80201 of Public Law 117-58, an annual operating plan for
such receipts showing amounts allocated by program area and program
project, and quarterly reports for such receipts of obligated balances
by program area and program project.
The Environmental Protection Agency shall maintain staffing levels
within the Office of Research and Development by hiring, retaining, and
rehiring after separations in order to maintain the fiscal year 2021
missions and capacities of the Center for Environmental Measurement and
Modeling, the Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposures, the
Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, the Center for
Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, the Air, Climate, and
Energy Research Program, the Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Research Program, the Health and Environmental Risk Assessment Program,
the Homeland Security Research Program, the Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources Research Program, the Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Research Program, the National Air and Radiation Environmental
Laboratory, the National Center for Radiation Field Operations, the
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, the National
Enforcement Investigations Center, and each of the ten regional
laboratories.
TITLE III
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, $1,000,000: Provided, That funds
made available by this Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and
Environment mission area for salaries and expenses are available to
fund up to one administrative support staff for the office.
Forest Service
forest service operations
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, $1,106,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2029: Provided, That a portion of the funds made available under this
heading shall be for the base salary and expenses of employees in the
Chief's Office, the Work Environment and Performance Office, the
Business Operations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer's
Office to carry out administrative and general management support
functions: Provided further, That funds provided under this heading
shall be available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and
leases for buildings and sites where these administrative, general
management and other Forest Service support functions take place; the
costs of all utility and telecommunication expenses of the Forest
Service, as well as business services; and, for information technology,
including cybersecurity requirements: Provided further, That funds
provided under this heading may be used for necessary expenses to carry
out administrative and general management support functions of the
Forest Service not otherwise provided for and necessary for its
operation.
forest and rangeland research
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as
authorized by law, $308,497,000, to remain available through September
30, 2029, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified
in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Forest Service, Forest
and Rangeland Research in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That all authorities for
the use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and
cooperative agreements, available to execute amounts made available
under this heading, are also available in the utilization of funds for
Fire Science Research from amounts made available for Research and
development programs: Provided further, That the five regional
research stations, the International Institute of Tropical Forestry,
and the Forest Products Laboratory shall receive no less than fiscal
year 2024 funding to continue operations.
state, private, and tribal forestry
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, tribes,
and others, and for forest health management, including for invasive
plants, and conducting an international program and trade activities as
authorized, $319,594,000, to remain available through September 30,
2029, as authorized by law, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Forest
Service, State, Private, and Tribal Forestry in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act, of which amounts made
available for Forest resource information and analysis are for the
projects specified for such purpose in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report accompanying
this Act.
national forest system
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization
of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or
adjacent to such lands, $1,866,143,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2029, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Forest
Service, National Forest System, in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That for the funds
provided for and deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape
Restoration Fund, section 4003(d)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be applied by
substituting ``20'' for ``10'' and section 4003(d)(3)(B) of the Omnibus
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be
applied by substituting ``4'' for ``2'': Provided further, That of the
funds provided for Hazardous Fuels, not to exceed $30,000,000 may be
used to make grants, using any authorities available to the Forest
Service under the ``State, Private, and Tribal Forestry''
appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use
of biomass from National Forest System lands: Provided further, That
of the funds provided for Hazardous Fuels, no more than 15 percent may
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to, with respect to Federal
land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines such
activities benefit resources on Federal land, enter into procurement
contracts or cooperative agreements for hazardous fuels management
activities, issue grants for procurement contracts or cooperative
agreements for hazardous fuels management activities, or pay for
training or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels management
activities on Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary
determines such activities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided
further, That funds made available to implement the Community Forest
Restoration Act, Public Law 106-393, title VI, shall be available for
use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities made available
to the Forest Service under the ``State, Private, and Tribal Forestry''
appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of
the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of
Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland,
may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a
Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation practice
approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which the
cost of the conservation practice is incurred, and that the amount
credited shall remain available to the Grazing Association or the
direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the
credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project
for conservation practices approved by the Secretary: Provided
further, That amounts made available for Salaries and Expenses may be
used for the base salary and expenses of employees that carry out the
functions funded by the ``Capital Improvement and Maintenance''
account, the ``Range Betterment Fund'' account, and the ``Management of
National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses'' account.
capital improvement and maintenance
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, $151,250,000, to remain available through September 30,
2029, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance, and
acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; for
construction, reconstruction, and decommissioning of roads that are no
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of the
transportation system; and for maintenance of forest roads and trails
by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C.
101 and 205: Provided, That $6,000,000 shall be for activities
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, That $20,850,000
shall be for projects specified for Construction Projects in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That funds becoming available
in fiscal year 2026 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501)
shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not
be available for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless
the funds are appropriated.
acquisition of lands for national forests special acts
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland
National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita
National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $664,000, to be
derived from forest receipts.
acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to
Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 30, 2029, (16
U.S.C. 516-617a, 555a; Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589, Public Law
76-591; and Public Law 78-310).
range betterment fund
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal
year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National
Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of
Public Law 94-579, to remain available through September 30, 2029, of
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative
expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation,
protection, and improvements.
gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2029, to be derived from the fund
established pursuant to the above Act.
management of national forest lands for subsistence uses
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.),
$1,099,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029.
wildland fire management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on
National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire suppression
on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection
agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National
Forest System lands and water, $2,426,111,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such funds, including unobligated
balances under this heading, are available for repayment of advances
from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such
purposes: Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in
a previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be
transferred to the ``National Forest System'' account: Provided
further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and
other cooperating entities for services provided in response to
wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such
reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully
repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: Provided
further, That funds provided shall be available for support to Federal
emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of implementing
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected
parties: Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading in this Act and unobligated balances made available under this
heading in prior Acts, other than amounts designated by the Congress as
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any other funds made
available for such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal
wildland firefighter base salary increases provided under section
40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117-58: Provided further, That of the
funds provided under this heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available
for wildfire suppression operations and is provided to meet the terms
of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to
legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the
House of Representatives.
wildfire suppression operations reserve fund
(including transfers of funds)
In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ``Department
of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire
suppression operations, $2,480,000,000, to remain available until
transferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for
purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to
legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the
House of Representatives: Provided, That such amounts may be
transferred to and merged with amounts made available under the
headings ``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--
Wildland Fire Management'' and ``Department of Agriculture--Forest
Service--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression operations
in the fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred: Provided
further, That amounts may be transferred to the ``Wildland Fire
Management'' accounts in the Department of the Interior or the
Department of Agriculture only upon the notification of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppression
operations funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will be
transferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to
any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That,
in determining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' in this and
prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agriculture or
the Department of the Interior will be obligated within 30 days
pursuant to the preceding proviso, any funds transferred or permitted
to be transferred pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by
law shall be excluded.
communications site administration
(including transfer of funds)
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section
8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
334), shall be deposited in the special account established by section
8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be available to cover the costs described
in subsection (c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be
transferred to the ``National Forest System'' account.
administrative provisions--forest service
(including transfers of funds)
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles;
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire
of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and
acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in
Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2)
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration
of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4)
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National
Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for debt
collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
Funds made available under the heading ``Forest Service
Operations'' may be transferred to other appropriations affected by the
Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D
of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-
94): Provided, That any transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph
shall not decrease the funds made available under the heading ``Forest
Service Operations'' or increase the funds appropriated to any other
account in this fiscal year by more than a total of ten percent:
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition to any
other transfer authority provided by law.
Notwithstanding the last paragraph under this heading, any
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture's notification of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire
suppression funds appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire
Management'' will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all
funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as
possible.
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest
Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the
Department of the Interior for wildland fire management, fuels
management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would
facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this or
prior Acts may be used to transfer any functions, personnel, or
resources from the United States Forest Service to the Department of
the Interior for the purposes of establishing a U.S. Wildland Fire
Service within the Department of the Interior.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this or
prior Acts may be used to transfer any functions or funding for
Hazardous Fuels currently performed by the United States Forest Service
to any other Department or agency: Provided, That for the purposes of
this paragraph, Hazardous Fuels includes prescribed fire activities,
mechanical treatments, transportation assistance grants, wood
innovation grants, and any other fuels reduction activities or
projects.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest Service
may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated
to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the National Forest
System Account, or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of
Hazardous Fuels and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over National
Forest System lands and water: Provided, That such transferred funds
shall remain available through September 30, 2028: Provided further,
That none of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be
available for obligation without written notification to and the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
assistance to or through the U.S. Department of State and other
Departments in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be
available to support forestry and related natural resource activities
outside the United States and its territories and possessions,
including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation
with United States government, private sector, and international
organizations: Provided, That amounts made available for International
Programs and Trade may utilize all authorities related to forestry,
research, and cooperative assistance regardless of program
designations.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to
enter into a cooperative agreement with the section 509(a)(3)
Supporting Organization, ``Forest Service International Foundation'' to
assist the Foundation in meeting administrative, project, and other
expenses, and may provide for the Foundation's use of Forest Service
personnel and facilities.
Notwithstanding the last paragraph under this heading, funds
appropriated to the Forest Service from amounts made available for
Vegetation and Watershed Management shall be available for expenditure
or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild
horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the
performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such
lands.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act
or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to
transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public
Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107-171
(7 U.S.C. 8316(b)).
Notwithstanding the last paragraph under this heading, not more
than $82,000,000 of funds made available under the heading ``Forest
Service Operations'' shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
of the Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds
available under the heading ``Forest Service Operations'' shall be
transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department
Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges:
Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the
use of reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest Service in order
to obtain information technology services, including telecommunications
and system modifications or enhancements, from the Working Capital Fund
of the Department of Agriculture.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation
Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands
Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.).
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and
representation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of
the funds made available under the heading ``National Forest System'',
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest
Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the
Forest Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs
expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands
or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal
funds made available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the
Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial
assistance, private contributions to match funds made available by the
Forest Service on at least a one-for-one basis: Provided further, That
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has
obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, of the funds made
available under the heading ``National Forest System'', up to
$3,000,000 may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard
to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or
its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer
Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at
the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds.
Amounts made available under the heading ``National Forest System''
in this fiscal year, including available collections, may be used by
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service, to enter into Federal financial assistance grants and
cooperative agreements to support forest or grassland collaboratives in
the accomplishment of activities benefitting both the public and the
National Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands.
Eligible activities are those that will improve or enhance Federal
investments, resources, or lands, including for collaborative and
collaboration-based activities, including but not limited to
facilitation, planning, and implementing projects, technical
assistance, administrative functions, operational support, participant
costs, and other capacity support needs, as identified by the Forest
Service. Eligible recipients are Indian tribal entities (defined at 25
U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local governments, private and
nonprofit entities, for-profit organizations, and educational
institutions. The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of
the Forest Service, may enter into such cooperative agreements
notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31 when the Secretary determines
that the public interest will be benefited and that there exists a
mutual interest other than monetary considerations. Transactions
subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be publicly
advertised and require competition when required by such Title 2. For
those transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, the agency may require public advertising and competition
when deemed appropriate. The term ``forest and grassland
collaboratives'' means groups of individuals or entities with diverse
interests participating in a cooperative process to share knowledge,
ideas, and resources about the protection, restoration, or enhancement
of natural and other resources on Federal and adjacent non-Federal
lands, the improvement or maintenance of public access to Federal
lands, or the reduction of risk to such lands caused by natural
disasters.
For this fiscal year, amounts made available under the headings
``National Forest System'' and ``Forest and Rangeland Research'' from
amounts made available for Salaries and expenses under each such
heading may be used for expenses associated with primary and secondary
schooling for dependents of agency personnel stationed in Puerto Rico,
who are subject to transfer and reassignment to other locations in the
United States, at a cost not in excess of those authorized for the
Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the
Chief of the Forest Service that public schools available in the
locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such
dependents. Congress hereby ratifies and approves payments by the
Forest Service made in accordance with this paragraph to agency
employees stationed in Puerto Rico after August 2, 2005.
Amounts made available for National Forest System to the Forest
Service shall be available for interactions with and providing
technical assistance to rural communities and natural resource-based
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of
Public Law 99-663.
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet
the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of
performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and
decommissioning.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations
or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 may be
used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department
of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of
OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase
negotiations, and similar matters unrelated to civil litigation:
Provided, That future budget justifications for both the Forest Service
and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums
previously transferred and the sums requested for transfer.
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and
administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal
employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
The Forest Service may employ or contract with an individual who is
enrolled in a training program at a longstanding Civilian Conservation
Center (as defined in section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for
necessary hours of work on National Forest System lands.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to pay,
from a single account, the base salary and expenses of employees who
carry out functions funded by other accounts for Enterprise Program,
Geospatial Technology and Applications Center, National Applications
Liaison Office, Job Corps, and National Technology and Development
Program.
The Forest Service shall maintain staffing levels by hiring,
retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to fulfill the
mission required under title 7, title 16, title 30, title 43, and title
54, United States Code, including to protect natural and cultural
resources, provide and maintain appropriate access and recreation for
visitors, provide safety precautions for visitors and staff, maintain
physical and natural infrastructure, provide information and respond to
stakeholders and the general public, conduct tribal consultation,
provide for administrative support, administer forestry assistance
programs, provide technical assistance to states, tribes and private
landowners, manage energy and minerals resources, and carry out other
activities in support of effectively operating the National Forest
System and carrying out programs administered by the Forest Service in
a timely manner.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
indian health services
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act,
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service,
$82,409,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, except as
otherwise provided herein, which shall be in addition to funds
previously appropriated under this heading that become available on
October 1, 2025; in addition, $264,702,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, for the Electronic Health Record System and the
Indian Healthcare Improvement Fund, of which $74,138,000 is for the
Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to
carry out activities typically funded under the Indian Health
Facilities account; and, in addition, $4,805,147,000, which shall
become available on October 1, 2026, and remain available through
September 30, 2028, except as otherwise provided herein; together with
payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b)
and 233 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b),
for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the
time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year
limitation: Provided further, That from the amounts that become
available on October 1, 2026, $2,500,000 shall be available for grants
or contracts with public or private institutions to provide alcohol or
drug treatment services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification
services: Provided further, That from the amounts that become
available on October 1, 2026, $996,755,000 shall remain available until
expended for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, That of the
total amount specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred
Care, $54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency
Fund: Provided further, That from the amounts that become available on
October 1, 2026, up to $51,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for implementation of the loan repayment program under section
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That
from the amounts that become available on October 1, 2026, $58,000,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be for costs related to or
resulting from accreditation emergencies, including supplementing
activities funded under the heading ``Indian Health Facilities'', of
which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise
available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, That the
amounts collected by the Federal Government as authorized by sections
104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a
and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts
shall be deposited in the Fund authorized by section 108A of that Act
(25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain available until expended and,
notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)),
funds shall be available to make new awards under the loan repayment
and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act (25
U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, That the amounts made
available within this account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide
Prevention Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery
Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero
Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for civilian
employees, for Aftercare Pilot Programs at Youth Regional Treatment
Centers, for transformation and modernization costs of the Indian
Health Service Electronic Health Record system, for national quality
and oversight activities, to improve collections from public and
private insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally operated
facilities, for an initiative to treat or reduce the transmission of
HIV and HCV, for a maternal health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial
Health Center of Excellence, for Alzheimer's activities, for Village
Built Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accreditation
emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the
Indian Health Service and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for
annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided
the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds are
appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title IV
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain
available until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with
the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of
the Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning,
design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, That
funding contained herein for scholarship programs under the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and
tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available to
the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided
further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian
Health Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations operating
health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93-638, such individually
identifiable health information relating to disabled children as may be
necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.):
Provided further, That none of the funds provided that become available
on October 1, 2026, may be used for implementation of the Electronic
Health Record System or the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or
any other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic Health
Record system shall be available for obligation or expenditure for the
selection or implementation of a new Information Technology
infrastructure system, unless the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in
advance of such obligation.
contract support costs
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal
year 2026, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available
under this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget
account: Provided further, That amounts obligated but not expended by
a tribe or tribal organization for contract support costs for such
agreements for the current fiscal year shall be applied to contract
support costs due for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years.
payments for tribal leases
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases pursuant
to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2026, such sums as
may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through
September 30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall be available
for transfer to another budget account.
indian health facilities
For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, improvement, and
equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including
quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and
drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular
buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and
community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7
of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-
Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for
expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the
Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and
facilities support activities of the Indian Health Service, $8,726,000,
to remain available until expended, which shall be in addition to funds
previously appropriated under this heading that become available on
October 1, 2025; in addition, $289,306,000, to remain available until
expended, for Sanitation Facilities Construction and Health Care
Facilities Construction; and, in addition, $519,500,000, which shall
become available on October 1, 2026, and remain available until
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, renovation,
or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or
tribes may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be
located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be used for
fiscal year 2027 by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM
equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian
Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided that become available on October 1, 2026, may be
used for Health Care Facilities Construction or for Sanitation
Facilities Construction: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 2026 for Sanitation
Facilities Construction, $10,806,000 shall be for projects specified
for Sanitation Facilities Construction in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report accompanying
this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the
Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities
construction for new homes funded with grants by the housing programs
of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
administrative provisions--indian health service
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable
for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of
reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of modular buildings and
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations
approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or
allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for
expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or
activities of the Indian Health Service: Provided, That in accordance
with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-
Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally
administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges,
and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to the
account of the facility providing the service and shall be available
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be
administered under Public Law 86-121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities
Act and Public Law 93-638: Provided further, That funds appropriated
to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for
administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to
limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges
by the Department of Health and Human Services unless such assessments
or charges are identified in the budget justification and provided in
this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations through the reprogramming process: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or
herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a
contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-
determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement
under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian Health
Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published
in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of
Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health
care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health
Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs
associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the Indian
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health
Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities
on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subsequent
adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent
appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived,
with such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total
costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead costs associated
with the provision of goods, services, or technical assistance:
Provided further, That the Indian Health Service may provide to
civilian medical personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian
Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that would be
provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the United States
Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such hospitals:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian
Health Service in this Act shall be used for non-federally recognized
Tribes or Tribal Organizations: Provided further, That the
appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may not be
altered without advance notification to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
National Institutes of Health
national institute of environmental health sciences
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $79,714,000.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
toxic substances and environmental public health
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in
sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section
3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $81,619,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a
health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or
activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited healthcare
providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator
of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during
fiscal year 2026, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
Executive Office of the President
council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and
representation expenses, $4,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger
vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901-5902, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and for services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under
5 U.S.C. 5376, $14,400,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and
Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three
career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to
the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of
the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of
EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and
shall not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $7,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That funds shall be used
for certifying applicants eligible for relocation, reviewing appeals,
providing relocation homes, the temporary administration of land taken
into trust, and related activities: Provided further, That funds
provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to
relocate eligible individuals and groups including evictees from
District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly
substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible and not
included in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none of
the funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office
of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or
Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on
the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement
home is provided for such household: Provided further, That no
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement home:
Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Public
Law 93-531 (88 Stat. 1716).
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development
payment to the institute
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native
Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A of title XV of
Public Law 99-498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,482,000, which shall
become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available until
September 30, 2027.
Smithsonian Institution
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science,
and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances;
collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no
more than 30 years including lease agreements with the same terms as
the multi-year contracting authority provided in section 3903 of title
41, United States Code, except that notwithstanding such section, lease
agreements may be for a period of not more than 30 years, and
protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase,
rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $924,521,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027, except as otherwise
provided herein, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Smithsonian
Institution, Salaries and Expenses in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in
the report accompanying this Act; of which the amounts made available
for National Museum of the American Latino, the amounts made available
for Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, $2,461,000 of the
amounts made available for National Museum of Natural History for
exhibition reinstallation and the repatriation of skeletal remains, the
amounts made available for Major scientific instruction, and $435,000
of the amounts made available for Smithsonian Exhibits for collections
acquisition shall remain available until expended; and including such
funds as may be necessary from amounts made available for
Administration to support American overseas research centers:
Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance
payments to independent contractors performing research services or
participating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further,
That the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropriations
designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to
the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may be deposited
into the general trust funds of the Institution to be available as
trust funds for expenses associated with the purchase of a portion of
the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent
that federally supported activities will be housed there: Provided
further, That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds of the
Institution for such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt
service for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an
obligation of the Federal Government: Provided further, That no
appropriated funds may be used directly to service debt which is
incurred to finance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, and
constructing improvements to such building: Provided further, That any
agreement entered into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of
its ownership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building so
acquired may not take effect until the expiration of a 30 day period
which begins on the date on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the Committees on House Administration and
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report, as
outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 of the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133
Stat. 2536) on the intended sale: Provided further, That up to
$1,000,000 made available under this heading in this Act may be
transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are
notified at least 15 days in advance of such transfer.
facilities capital
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August
22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary
personnel, $120,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109.
National Gallery of Art
salaries and expenses
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the
protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative
expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937
(50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer
of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations
or societies whose publications or services are available to members
only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public;
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or
allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration,
improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and
purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of art for the
National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without advertising, with
individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $173,254,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027, of which not to exceed
$3,875,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available
until expended.
repair, restoration and renovation of buildings
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and renovation of
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating lease
agreements of no more than 10 years, that address space needs created
by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as
authorized, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That funds made available in prior Acts under this heading for the
design and construction of an off-site storage facility in partnership
with the Smithsonian Institution may be used for the repair,
restoration, and renovation of other National Gallery of Art buildings,
grounds, and facilities: Provided further, That contracts awarded for
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or
renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be
negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of
contractor qualifications as well as price.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
operations and maintenance
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance, and security
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including rent
of temporary office space in the District of Columbia during
renovations of such Center, $32,340,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of
passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
grants and administration
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 for the support of projects and
productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach
activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals
pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for
administering the functions of the Act, $207,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
National Endowment for the Arts, Grants and Administration, in the
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act.
National Endowment for the Humanities
grants and administration
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 for support of activities in the
humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for administering
the functions of the Act, and to carry out the matching grant program
pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including for the purposes of
section 7(h) of the Act, $207,000,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified
in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for National Endowment for
the Humanities, Grants and Administration, in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That
appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be available for
obligation from amounts made available for Matching Grants only in such
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests,
devises of money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by
grantees of the National Endowment for the Humanities under the
provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current
and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously
been appropriated.
Administrative Provisions
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That funds from
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of
the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up to
$10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed
5 percent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year:
Provided further, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to
the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from the
National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson: Provided further,
That no award made by the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities may be cancelled without 60 days prior written notification
to the award recipient, the state humanities council for awards made by
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the state arts agency for
awards made by the National Endowment for the Arts, and to the
Committees on Appropriation of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
Commission of Fine Arts
salaries and expenses
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 91 of
title 40, United States Code, $3,661,000: Provided, That the
Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its
publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an
offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without
further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork,
drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the
Nation's Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of
Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or education:
Provided further, That one-tenth of 1 percent of the funds provided
under this heading may be used for official reception and
representation expenses.
national capital arts and cultural affairs
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20
U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000: Provided, That the item relating to
``National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs'' in the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into
law by section 101(d) of Public Law 99-190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), shall be
applied in fiscal year 2026 in the second paragraph by inserting ``,
calendar year 2020 excluded'' before the first period: Provided
further, That in determining an eligible organization's annual income
for calendar years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, funds or grants received
by the eligible organization from any supplemental appropriations made
available in 2020 and 2021 in connection with the public health
emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on
January 31, 2020 (including renewals thereof) shall be counted as part
of the eligible organization's annual income.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (Public Law 89-665), $8,585,000.
National Capital Planning Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission
under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,750,000: Provided, That one-quarter of
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for
official reception and representational expenses associated with
hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical
development of world capitals.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
holocaust memorial museum
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by
Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), $66,731,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027, of which $1,000,000 shall be for
the Museum's equipment replacement program, $4,000,000 shall be for the
Museum's repair and rehabilitation program, and $2,014,000 shall be for
the Museum's outreach initiatives program.
United States Semiquincentennial Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Semiquincentennial
Commission to plan and coordinate observances and activities associated
with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, as
authorized by Public Law 116-282, the technical amendments to Public
Law 114-196, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.
TITLE IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers of funds)
restriction on use of funds
Sec. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of
literature that in any way tends to promote public support or
opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is
not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
obligation of appropriations
Sec. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
disclosure of administrative expenses
Sec. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges,
deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including working capital fund
charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to
support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative
functions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be
presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the
Committees on Appropriations for approval not less than 90 days before
implementation.
mining applications
Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining
or mill site claim located under the general mining laws.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of
the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent
application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30,
1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims,
sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C.
35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were
fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
(c) Report.--On September 30, 2027, the Secretary of the Interior
shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by
the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1997 (Public Law 104-208).
(d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent applications
in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent
applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to
fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director
of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as
set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have
the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in
accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
contract support costs, prior year limitation
Sec. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235)
shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2026.
contract support costs, fiscal year 2026 limitation
Sec. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2026 under
the headings ``Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health
Service, Contract Support Costs'' and ``Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract
Support Costs'' are the only amounts available for contract support
costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts,
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2026
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the
Indian Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by this
Act are not available for payment of claims for contract support costs
for prior years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or
judgments awarding contract support costs for prior years.
forest management plans
Sec. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to
be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A))
solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section
exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or
any other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to
revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section
shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.
prohibition within national monuments
Sec. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct
preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National
Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431
et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where
such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation
establishing such monument.
limitation on takings
Sec. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated
in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be
expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in
condemnation without the advance notification and approval of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this provision
shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades
National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds
appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire
lands for Everglades restoration purposes.
prohibition on no-bid contracts
Sec. 410. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter
into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in
accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United
States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless--
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be
entered into without regard for these requirements, including
formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian
tribes;
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638,
25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that
specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as
defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of
enactment of this Act.
posting of reports
Sec. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the
Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national
security; or
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
national endowment for the arts grant guidelines
Sec. 412. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the
Arts--
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an
individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a
literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or
American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure
that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made
to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used
to make a grant to any other organization or individual to
conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in
exchange for goods and services.
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group,
unless the application is specific to the contents of the
season, including identified programs or projects.
national endowment for the arts program priorities
Sec. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects,
productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population
of individuals, including urban minorities, who have
historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities
programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income
below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
(2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised
annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a
family of the size involved.
(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance under
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with
funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions,
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education,
understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965--
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of
national impact or availability or are able to tour several
States;
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15
percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State,
excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually
and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each
grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to
improve and support community-based music performance and
education.
status of balances of appropriations
Sec. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate monthly reports on the status of balances of
appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, obligated, and
unobligated funds in each program and activity within 30 days of
enactment of this Act.
extension of grazing permits
Sec. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public Law
108-108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued by the
Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration under section
402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752),
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2026.
funding prohibition
Sec. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is
designed to block access to pornography websites.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
humane transfer and treatment of animals
Sec. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, or the Secretary of Agriculture, with
respect to land administered by the Forest Service (referred to in this
section as the ``Secretary concerned''), may transfer excess wild
horses and burros that have been removed from land administered by the
Secretary concerned to other Federal, State, and local government
agencies for use as work animals.
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under subsection
(a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or local government
agency.
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under subsection (a)
shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro (as defined in
section 2 of Public Law 92-195 (commonly known as the ``Wild Free-
Roaming Horses and Burros Act'') (16 U.S.C. 1332)).
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an
excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not--
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results in
the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial
product;
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a
manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro
for processing into a commercial product; or
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the
recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe
injury, illness, or advanced age.
(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available for--
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild
horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
concerned (including a contractor); or
(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the
destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a
commercial product.
forest service facility realignment and enhancement authorization
extension
Sec. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109-54 (16 U.S.C. 580d
note) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 2026'' for
``September 30, 2019''.
use of american iron and steel
Sec. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State water
pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project
for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel
products used in the project are produced in the United States.
(2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel'' products means the
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings,
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves,
structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction
materials.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases
in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in
this section referred to as the ``Administrator'') finds that--
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the
public interest;
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of
a satisfactory quality; or
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the
United States will increase the cost of the overall project by
more than 25 percent.
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this
section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an
informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the
Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal
public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a
finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request
and accompanying information available by electronic means, including
on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with
United States obligations under international agreements.
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds
appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State
Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection
(a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this
section.
local cooperator training agreements and transfers of excess equipment
and supplies for wildfires
Sec. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter
into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments,
rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and
similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training and
equipment, including supplies and communication devices.
Notwithstanding section 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or
section 521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior
firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of
the Department's wildland fire management program to such
organizations.
reprogramming guidelines
Sec. 421. None of the funds made available in this Act, in this
and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the advance
notification and approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the report accompanying this Act.
local contractors
Sec. 422. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112-74 shall be
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2026'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.
shasta-trinity marina fee authority authorization extension
Sec. 423. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110-161 (121
Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year
2026'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.
interpretive association authorization extension
Sec. 424. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113-76 (16
U.S.C. 565a-1 note) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30,
2026'' for ``September 30, 2019''.
forest botanical products fee collection authorization extension
Sec. 425. Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by
Public Law 106-113; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), as amended by section 335(6)
of Public Law 108-108 and section 432 of Public Law 113-76, shall be
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2026'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.
chaco canyon
Sec. 426. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et
seq., or to offer for oil and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the
withdrawal area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National
Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and dated
April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of the cultural resources
investigation identified in the explanatory statement described in
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
tribal leases
Sec. 427. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the
case of any lease under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease
term shall commence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease
proposal.
(b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human Services
shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal year 2026 consult with
tribes and tribal organizations through public solicitation and other
means regarding the requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and transparent process for
the payment of such leases.
forest ecosystem health and recovery fund
Sec. 428. The authority provided under the heading ``Forest
Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund'' in title I of Public Law 111-88,
as amended by section 117 of division F of Public Law 113-235, is
further amended by striking ``through fiscal year 2020'' each place it
appears and inserting ``hereafter''.
allocation of projects, land and water conservation fund
Sec. 429. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, as
appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for expenditure from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to
subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to
the agencies and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for
the projects and activities specified in the table titled ``Allocation
of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal year 2026'' in the
report accompanying this Act.
(2) If any portion of a project specified in the table titled
``Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year
2026'' in the report accompanying this Act is intended to be carried
out within the Federal land unit or project boundary as specified in
such table (or any prior allocation table incorporated by reference
into a prior Act, as applicable) but outside the specific tracts for
the project described in the corresponding project data sheet submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations required by section 200303(c)(1) of
title 54, United States Code, not later than 30 days before the date on
which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture
expends amounts on the project, the Secretary of the Interior or the
Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall provide written notice
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of such
expenditure.
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts
that are made available for any fiscal year under subsection (c) of
section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, or subsection (a) of
section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts
and for projects and activities that are allocated by subsections
(a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That in any fiscal year,
the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation of
amounts for continuing administration of programs allocated funds from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may be allocated only in
amounts that are no more than the allocation for such purposes in
subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.
(c)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the
President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary allocations for
Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the U.S. Forest
Service that are in addition to the ``Submission of Cost Estimates''
required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that
are prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, and that
total no less than half the full amount allocated to each account for
that land management Agency under the allocations submitted under
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That
in the event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to
subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code are no
longer needed because a project has been completed or can no longer be
executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for
reallocation in the annual budget submission.
(2) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President
for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition
projects at the National Park Service, the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management that are in
addition to the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are prioritized and
detailed by account, program, and project, and that total no less than
half the full amount allocated to each such account for that land
management Agency under the allocations submitted under section
200303(c)(1) of title 54 United States Code Provided, That in the
event amount allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to
subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, are
no longer needed because a project has been completed or can no longer
be executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for
reallocation in the annual budget submission.
(3) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects in the
``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section 200303(c)(1) of
title 54, United States Code, in the project lists provided under
subsection (a)(2),in the list of supplementary allocations provided
under subsection (a)(2), and on the supplementary allocations required
by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be comprised only of projects for which
a willing seller has been identified and for which an appraisal or
market research has been initiated.
(4) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President
for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets in the
same format and containing the same level of detailed information that
is found on such sheets in the Budget Justifications annually submitted
by the Department of the Interior with the President's Budget for the
projects in the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the same format
and containing the same level of detailed information that is found on
such sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant to section 427 of
division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public
Law 116-94) for the list of supplementary allocations required by
paragraph (1) and (2).
status of balances for the national parks and public land legacy
restoration fund and the land and water conservation fund
Sec. 430. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of
balances of projects and activities funded by the National Parks and
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts and the status of
balances of projects and activities funded by the Land and Water
Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2)
of this section, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated
funds.
land and water conservation fund project lists
Sec. 431. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this section, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a list of project
allocations for the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the
Interior (including any prior year outstanding allocations), in
accordance with section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, for
review by the committees. The list shall include proposed allocations
by account, program, and project, and shall include projects under
consideration by the departments (including projects approved by
regional or state offices, and projects for which funds have been
appropriated for a portion of a multi-stage project), together with an
assessment whether the projects, as of the date of the submission of
the list, are ready to be implemented.
policies relating to biomass energy
Sec. 432. To support the key role that forests in the United
States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United States,
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, consistent
with their missions, jointly--
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest
bioenergy--
(A) is consistent across all Federal departments
and agencies; and
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of
forest biomass for energy, conservation, and
responsible forest management; and
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of
forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that--
(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy
source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy
production does not cause conversion of forests to non-
forest use;
(B) encourage private investment throughout the
forest biomass supply chain, including in--
(i) working forests;
(ii) harvesting operations;
(iii) forest improvement operations;
(iv) forest bioenergy production;
(v) wood products manufacturing; or
(vi) paper manufacturing;
(C) encourage forest management to improve forest
health; and
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use
forest biomass.
small remote incinerators
Sec. 433. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 21, 2011 at 40
CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State
of Alaska that are defined as ``small, remote incinerator'' units in
those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the
Administrator shall implement the law and regulations in effect prior
to such date.
timber sale requirements
Sec. 434. No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised
if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is
not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a
normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal
process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western
red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the
domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic
processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic
prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or
contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to
foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska
yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of
the timber sale holder.
prohibition on use of funds
Sec. 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to
promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of
permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for
carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions
resulting from biological processes associated with livestock
production.
greenhouse gas reporting restrictions
Sec. 436. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement
any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting
of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.
funding prohibition
Sec. 437. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition
components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law.
firefighter pay cap
Sec. 438. (a) Section 1701 of division B of the Extending
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C.
5547 note), as amended by Public Law 117-103, is further amended in
subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sentence and inserting ``Any
Services during a given calendar year that generate payments payable in
the subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded in applying this
subsection''.
(b) The waivers of premium and overtime pay authorized in
subsections (a) through (c) of section 1701 of division B of the
Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5
U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law 117-103, shall be applied
in fiscal year 2026.
alaska native regional health entities authorization extension
Sec. 439. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76) shall be
applied by substituting ``October 1, 2026'' for ``December 24, 2022''.
extension of the alaska native vietnam era veterans land allotment
program
Sec. 440. Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-
1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``5-year period'' and inserting
``10-year period''.
cost share waiver
Sec. 441. The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of
Agriculture, may waive, in whole or in part, the non-Federal cost
sharing requirement of any appropriate conservation project under
section 212(a)(1) of the Public Lands Corps Act (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)):
Provided, That in the event of such a waiver, the Secretary of the
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, is authorized
to pay up to 100 percent of the costs of such conservation project.
good neighbor authority
Sec. 442. Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C.
2113a), as amended, shall be applied by substituting ``2026'' for
``2024''.
five year construction plan
Sec. 443. The Department of the Interior and the Forest Service
are directed to maintain updated 5-year deferred maintenance plans
that, to the extent practicable, include a list of all outstanding
deferred maintenance needs, and to provide them to the Committee on a
quarterly basis.
quarterly disaster estimates
Sec. 444. The Department of the Interior, the United States Forest
Service, and the Environmental Protection agency shall provide
quarterly estimates to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate within 30 days of a quarter closing
detailing the costs to repair, restore, or otherwise remediate damages
to Federal lands and infrastructure caused by disasters and, for the
Environmental Protection Agency, the costs to repair and improve the
resiliency of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure damaged in
states, territories, and on tribal lands.
american women's history museum and national museum of the american
latino
Sec. 445. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to close, halt development of, merge with or transfer
to another function or program, reduce funding, or otherwise diminish
the operations of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum or
the National Museum of the American Latino established by Public Law
116-260 on December 27, 2020.
grant cancellations
Sec. 446. Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act
shall provide written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate and the grantee or contractor
not less than 7 days after cancellation of any grant or contract with a
value of more than $200,000 and such notice shall include the reason
for such cancellation, the background, justification, and the authority
for such cancellation.
grant award timeframes
Sec. 447. All grants and cooperative agreements funded by amounts
made available in this Act shall be awarded to eligible recipients by
not less than the average number of days between the enactment of
annual appropriations for each fiscal year 2019 through 2022 plus 15
days and the enactment of this Act.
reorganizations and workforce actions
Sec. 448. Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act
shall provide written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate not less than 45 days prior to
initiating the execution of any reorganization or workforce action
increasing, decreasing, or transferring functions of 10 staff members
or 10 percent of the staffing of an existing affected program of or
office compared to the actual number of staff of an existing program or
office on the first day of the fiscal year, whichever is less, even
without a change in funding and without regard to the type of workforce
actions such as voluntary, involuntary, incentive-based, or any other
such action adding or removing staff from agency payroll.
program funding incorporated by reference
Sec. 449. Amounts provided in this Act shall be allocated in the
amounts specified for the programs, projects and activities specified
in the tables in the report accompanying this Act titled:
(1) Program Funding for Management of Lands and Resources;
(2) Program Funding for Resource Management;
(3) Program Funding for Operation of the National Park
System;
(4) Program Funding for National Recreation and
Preservation;
(5) Program Funding for National Heritage Areas;
(6) Program Funding for U.S. Geological Survey;
(7) Program Funding for Operation of Indian Programs;
(8) Program Funding for Science & Technology Programs;
(9) Program Funding for National Estuary Programs;
(10) Program Funding for Environmental Programs and
Management;
(11) Program Funding for Forest and Rangeland Research;
(12) Program Funding for State, Private, and Tribal
Forestry; and
(13) Program Funding for National Forest System.
compensation and benefits
Sec. 450. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to transfer, merge, or otherwise shift funding between appropriations
or program projects using the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), any working
capital fund or similarly operating account, or any other such
mechanism to pay compensation or benefits for a federal employee unless
expressly provided for in such appropriation unless such funds are
utilized to pay the compensation of a federal employee performing a
detail to fulfill the usual and longstanding functions of the receiving
account.
notifications on leases and disposals
Sec. 451. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to take any official action to terminate a lease or dispose of a
Federal building unless written notice has been provided to the
Committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the
Senate 180 days prior that discloses details including the exact
location of the property, including the address as applicable, list of
current uses and Federal occupants, lease terms, and annual cost of the
lease or direct Federal cost of owning and maintaining the building,
and detailed plans related to personnel currently occupying and
activities currently conducted on the property.
rescissions
Sec. 452. Of the unobligated balances from discretionary amounts
made available by prior appropriations Acts, the following funds are
hereby permanently rescinded from the following accounts in the
specified amounts: ``Environmental Protection Agency--Buildings and
Facilities'', $41,000,000; and ``John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts--Capital Repair and Restoration'', $50,000,000:
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
repurposing
Sec. 453. (a) Of the amounts made available under the heading
``Department of the Interior--Departmental Offices--Department-Wide
Programs--Wildland Fire Management'', $764,514,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts previously
appropriated in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act (Public Law 117-58) as follows: (1) $250,000,000 from the
unobligated balances under the heading ``Environmental Protection
Agency--State and Tribal Assistance Grants'' from amounts that will
become available for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph (3); and (2)
$515,060,000 from the unobligated balances under the heading
``Department of the Interior--Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement--Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund'': Provided, That amounts
derived by transfer as described in the preceding proviso shall
continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of
division A of Public Law 118-5: Provided further, That amounts derived
by transfer pursuant to this section shall not be available for
wildfire suppression operations.
(b) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Department of
the Interior--Departmental Offices--Office of Inspector General'',
$67,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances
of amounts previously appropriated in division J of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), including amounts that
will become available for fiscal year 2026, that have been or will be
transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the
Interior for oversight of funding provided to the Department of the
Interior in title VI of division J of that Act: Provided, That amounts
derived by transfer as described in the preceding proviso shall
continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of
division A of Public Law 118-5.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
Calendar No. 124
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2431
[Report No. 119-46]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and
for other purposes.
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July 24, 2025
Read twice and placed on the calendar