S-2431 : Still Just a Bill


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

This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several 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,
  • the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration,
  • Departmental Offices, and
  • Department-Wide Programs.

The bill also 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 Council on Environmental Quality and 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 Endowment for the Arts,
  • 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, and
  • the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission.

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

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2025-07-24CalendarsPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124.Senate
2025-07-24CommitteeCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski. With written report No. 119-46.Senate
2025-07-24IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Vote Predictions


Sponsor :

Lisa Murkowski [R] (AK)
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Policy Area :

Economics and Public Finance
Related Subjects
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Advisory bodies
  • Air quality
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Appropriations
  • Art, artists, authorship
  • Birds
  • Building construction
  • Buy American requirements
  • Commemorative events and holidays
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Education programs funding
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employee hiring
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Geography and mapping
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Indian claims
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Lease and rental services
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marine pollution
  • Medical research
  • Mental health
  • Metals
  • Mining
  • Minority education
  • Minority health
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • Neurological disorders
  • Oil and gas
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Performing arts
  • Pest management
  • Pollution liability
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • State and local government operations
  • User charges and fees
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • Water quality
  • Water storage
  • Water use and supply
  • Wetlands
Related Geographic Entities
  • Alaska
  • American Samoa
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Great Lakes
  • Guam
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York State
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Oregon
  • Palau
  • Virginia
  • Virgin Islands
Related Organizations
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of the Interior
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Executive Office of the President
  • National Capital Planning Commission
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council

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