Last progress July 24, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on July 24, 2025 by Lisa Murkowski
Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski. With written report No. 119-46.
This bill funds the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and many related programs for fiscal year 2026. It also funds Indian health and education programs and major cultural institutions like the Smithsonian, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities .
Beyond funding, it adds practical rules people may notice. Water system projects using certain state loan funds must use U.S.-made iron and steel. The bill protects wild horses and burros, allowing longer-term care contracts and transfers to government agencies for work animals, while banning their sale for slaughter. It blocks new federal rules that would require air permits for normal livestock emissions or mandate reporting of manure-related greenhouse gases, and it prevents regulating lead in ammo and fishing tackle under chemical law. It treats forest biomass as a renewable energy source under clear conditions. It requires federal materials to use the name Denali for the Alaska peak, keeps existing national park units as federal land, and allows a small land transfer to support the Long Bridge rail and trail project between Virginia and DC .
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