S-2580 : Still Just a Bill

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies.

The bill provides appropriations to Interior for

  • the Bureau of Land Management,
  • the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
  • the National Park Service,
  • the U.S. Geological Survey,
  • the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
  • the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,
  • the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
  • the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
  • the Bureau of Indian Education,
  • Departmental Offices, and
  • Department-Wide Programs.

The bill provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service.

Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for

  • the Indian Health Service,
  • the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and
  • the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

The bill provides appropriations to several related agencies, including

  • the Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality;
  • the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board;
  • the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation;
  • the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development;
  • the Smithsonian Institution;
  • the National Gallery of Art;
  • the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;
  • the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars;
  • the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities;
  • the Commission of Fine Arts;
  • the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation;
  • the National Capital Planning Commission;
  • the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum;
  • the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission;
  • the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission;
  • the World War I Centennial Commission; and
  • the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children.

Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-09-26CalendarsPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 227.Senate
2019-09-26CommitteeCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski. With written report No. 116-123.Senate
2019-09-26IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
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Policy Area :

Economics and Public Finance
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  • Advisory bodies
  • Appropriations
  • Art, artists, authorship
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Commemorative events and holidays
  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of the Interior
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental health
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Land use and conservation
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Medical research
  • Military history
  • Mining
  • Minority education
  • Minority health
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • National Capital Planning Commission
  • National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Performing arts
  • Policy sciences
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • U.S. history
  • Voting rights
  • War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
  • Women's rights

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