S. 2431

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · July 24, 2025 · Sponsor: Ms. Murkowski · Committee: Committee on Appropriations

Table of contents

• S. 2431
  • SEC. undesignated-section.
  • TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
  • Sec. 101.
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  • TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  • TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES
  • TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SEC. undesignated-section.

• 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

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: 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: That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible.

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 (); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of ; 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: 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: That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for shall be exhausted within 30 days: That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible: That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred. wildland fire suppression Public Law 106–224; 7 U.S.C. 7717(b); Public Law 95–87

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.

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.

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.

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: That for purposes of , 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. 54 U.S.C. 200306(a)

Sec. 107.

• In fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the account, from the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under . Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement 43 U.S.C. 1348(c)
• 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—
  • $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing equipment or gathering lines;
  • $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and
  • $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells.
• Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2026. Fees for fiscal year 2026 shall be—
  • $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of 500 feet or more; and
  • $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of less than 500 feet.
• 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—
  • $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more;
  • $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and
  • $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths of less than 500 feet.
• 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.

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.

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.

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.

Sec. 111.

• 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.
• Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not—
  • result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by the Department, including partial displacement through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits;
  • 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
  • affect existing contracts for services.

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.

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.

Sec. 114.

• Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting for . fiscal year 2026 fiscal year 2019

Sec. 115.

• 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.
• The head of each bureau may exclude confidential business information.

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 on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is identified by the State or the District of Columbia. Permanent Impact to NPS Land
• (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—
    • 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
    • correct any minor errors in the Map referred to in subsection (a).
• (d) Definitions
  • For purposes of this section:
    • 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.
    • The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service.
    • 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.

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 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. Public Law 100–297

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.

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
  • a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus); and
  • a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse.

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.

Sec. 121.

• Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting for . fiscal year 2026 fiscal year 2023

Sec. 122.

• 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:
  • co-locating in facilities leased or owned by any such component bureau or office and sharing related utilities and equipment;
  • detailing or assigning staff on a non-reimbursable basis for up to 5 business days; and
  • sharing staff and equipment necessary to meet mission requirements.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Sec. 123.

• Section 103101 of title 54, United States Code, is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking 50,000and inserting $500,000.

Sec. 124.

• Section 113 of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (), as amended by section 114 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (), is further amended by striking In fiscal years 2014 through 2024and inserting In fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter. Public Law 113–76; Public Law 116–6

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: 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: That appointments under this authority shall be considered compliant with all applicable provisions of of title 5. chapter 33

Sec. 126.

• The first section of , as amended by subsection (c)(1) of section 139 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (), is further amended— Public Law 99–338; Public Law 108–447
  • by striking 3 renewalsand inserting 7 renewals; and
  • by striking .

Sec. 127.

• The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park shall hereafter be known and designated as the . Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center

Sec. 128.

• Section 1521 of the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act () is amended— 20 U.S.C. 4441
  • in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ; and
  • in subsection (c)(2)—
    • in subparagraph (A)—
      • (i) by striking be Native Hawaiians orand inserting include Native Hawaiians and; and
      • (ii) by striking the comma at the end and inserting ;
    • by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D);
    • in subparagraph (E), by striking ; and
    • by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (B).

Sec. 129.

• Within 30 days of enactment of this Act—
  • the Secretary of the Department of the Interior shall—
    • use funds made available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary to reinstate the name 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 Denali
    • use funds made available under the heading to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the renaming and reinstatement of and to notify all interested parties of the renaming. United States Geological Survey—Surveys, Investigations, and Research Denali
  • the United States Geological Survey shall use funds made available under the heading to update the Science Data Catalog to comply with the requirements of subsection (a)(1). United States Geological Survey—Surveys, Investigations, and Research
• 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 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
• 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
• For an additional amount for , $1,000,000, shall be made available for Leadership and Administration upon completion of the requirements in subsections (a) and (b). Departmental Offices—Office of the Secretary—Departmental Operations

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

TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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.

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.

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 (, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes () for mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 30 U.S.C. 35; 30 U.S.C. 42
• (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.

Sec. 405.

• Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 () shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2026. Public Law 113–235

Sec. 406.

• Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2026 under the headings and 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: 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. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support Costs

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 () 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 () or any other law: 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. 16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A); 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.

Sec. 408.

• No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act () or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act () within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 () as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument. 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.

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: 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.

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 of title 41, United States Code, or of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— Chapter 33; Chapter 137
  • 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;
  • such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (, ) or by any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (); or Public Law 93–638; 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)
  • such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

Sec. 411.

• 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.
• Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
  • the public posting of the report compromises national security; or
  • the report contains proprietary information.
• 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.

Sec. 412.

• Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the Arts—
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Sec. 413.

• 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.
• In this section:
  • 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.
  • 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 ()) applicable to a family of the size involved. 42 U.S.C. 9902(2)
• 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.
• With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965—
  • 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;
  • 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);
  • 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
  • the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to improve and support community-based music performance and education.

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.

Sec. 415.

• The terms and conditions of section 325 of (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 (), shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2026. Public Law 108–108; 43 U.S.C. 1752

Sec. 416.

• 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.
• 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.

Sec. 417.

• 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 ), 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.
• The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or local government agency.
• 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 (commonly known as the ) ()). Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act Public Law 92–195; 16 U.S.C. 1332
• A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not—
  • destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial product;
  • 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
  • euthanize the horse or burro, except on the recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe injury, illness, or advanced age.
• Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available for—
  • the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or
  • 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.

Sec. 418.

• Section 503(f) of ( note) shall be applied by substituting for . September 30, 2026 September 30, 2019 Public Law 109–54; 16 U.S.C. 580d

Sec. 419.

• (a)
  • 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 () 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. 42 U.S.C. 300j–12
  • In this section, the term 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. iron and steel
  • 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 ) finds that—
    • applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;
    • iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or
    • inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.
  • 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.
  • This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.
  • 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.

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.

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.

Sec. 422.

• Section 412 of division E of shall be applied by substituting for . fiscal year 2026 fiscal year 2019 Public Law 112–74

Sec. 423.

• Section 422 of division F of (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting for . fiscal year 2026 fiscal year 2019 Public Law 110–161

Sec. 424.

• Section 426 of division G of ( note) shall be applied by substituting for . September 30, 2026 September 30, 2019 Public Law 113–76; 16 U.S.C. 565a–1

Sec. 425.

• Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by ; note), as amended by section 335(6) of and section 432 of , shall be applied by substituting for . fiscal year 2026 fiscal year 2019 Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528; Public Law 108–108; Public Law 113–76

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

Sec. 427.

• 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 (), the initial lease term shall commence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease proposal. 25 U.S.C. 5324(l)
• 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 () on how to implement a consistent and transparent process for the payment of such leases. 25 U.S.C. 5324(l)

Sec. 428.

• The authority provided under the heading in title I of , as amended by section 117 of division F of , is further amended by striking each place it appears and inserting through fiscal year 2020. Public Law 111–88; Public Law 113–235

Sec. 429.

• (a)
  • 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 in the report accompanying this Act. Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal year 2026
  • If any portion of a project specified in the table titled 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. Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026
  • 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: 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)
  • 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 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: 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. Submission of Cost Estimates
  • 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 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 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. Submission of Cost Estimates
  • The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects in the 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. Submission of Cost Estimates
  • 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 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 () for the list of supplementary allocations required by paragraph (1) and (2). Submission of Cost Estimates Public Law 116–94

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.

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.

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—
  • ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy—
    • is consistent across all Federal departments and agencies; and
    • recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest management; and
  • establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that—
    • 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;
    • 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;
    • encourage forest management to improve forest health; and
    • recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest biomass.

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 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. small, remote incinerator

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.

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 () for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production. 42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.

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.

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 () or any other law. 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

Sec. 438.

• Section 1701 of division B of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act ( note), as amended by , is further amended in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sentence and inserting . 5 U.S.C. 5547; Public Law 117–103
• 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 ( note), as amended by , shall be applied in fiscal year 2026. 5 U.S.C. 5547; Public Law 117–103

Sec. 439.

• Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 () shall be applied by substituting for . October 1, 2026 December 24, 2022 Public Law 113–76

Sec. 440.

• Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act () is amended by striking 5-year periodand inserting 10-year period. 43 U.S.C. 1629g–1(b)(3)(B)

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 (): 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. 16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)

Sec. 442.

• Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (), as amended, shall be applied by substituting for . 16 U.S.C. 2113a

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.

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.

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 on December 27, 2020. Public Law 116–260

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.

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.

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.

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:
  • Program Funding for Management of Lands and Resources;
  • Program Funding for Resource Management;
  • Program Funding for Operation of the National Park System;
  • Program Funding for National Recreation and Preservation;
  • Program Funding for National Heritage Areas;
  • Program Funding for U.S. Geological Survey;
  • Program Funding for Operation of Indian Programs;
  • Program Funding for Science & Technology Programs;
  • Program Funding for National Estuary Programs;
  • Program Funding for Environmental Programs and Management;
  • Program Funding for Forest and Rangeland Research;
  • Program Funding for State, Private, and Tribal Forestry; and
  • Program Funding for National Forest System.

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 (), 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. 31 U.S.C. 1535

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.

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: , $41,000,000; and , $50,000,000: 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. Environmental Protection Agency—Buildings and Facilities John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts—Capital Repair and Restoration

Sec. 453.

• Of the amounts made available under the heading , $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 () as follows: (1) $250,000,000 from the unobligated balances under the heading 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 : 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 : That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this section shall not be available for wildfire suppression operations. Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management Environmental Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants Department of the Interior—Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement—Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund Public Law 117–58; Public Law 118–5
• Of the amounts made available under the heading , $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 (), 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: 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 . Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Office of Inspector General Public Law 117–58; Public Law 118–5