Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Key claim: This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the EPA, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and numerous related environmental and cultural agencies, and sets requirements and restrictions on use of the funds.
Abstract
(S2431 · 119th Congress) 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. Latest action (2025-07-24): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124.
Why this matters
Annual Interior-Environment appropriations set the operational funding baseline for EPA, BLM, NPS, USFWS, USGS, BOEM/BSEE, and the Forest Service, directly shaping the pace of permitting, enforcement, and public-lands management across the year. Attached funding restrictions and directives are also a common vehicle for policy riders that can constrain or accelerate rules tracked elsewhere in this area.