S. 2605 · 118th Congress

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Introduced on Jul 27, 2023 by Jeff Merkley (D-OR). Latest action (Jul 27, 2023): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 186.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 27, 2023
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Advisory bodies
  • Air quality
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • American Samoa
  • Appropriations
  • Aviation and airports
  • Birds
  • Books and print media
  • Building construction
  • California
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Commemorative events and holidays
  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Computers and information technology
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of the Interior
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • Florida
  • 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
  • Great Lakes
  • Guam
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Higher education
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Indian claims
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Lease and rental services
  • Libraries and archives
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Mammals
  • Mental health
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia
  • Military history
  • Mining
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • National Capital Planning Commission
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Neurological disorders
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York State
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Oceania
  • Oil and gas
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Palau
  • Pollution liability
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Puerto Rico
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Railroads
  • Research administration and funding
  • Rural conditions and development
  • School administration
  • Seashores and lakeshores
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • Transportation costs
  • U.S. history
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • User charges and fees
  • Virgin Islands
  • Wages and earnings
  • Washington State
  • Water quality
  • Water resources funding
  • Water storage
  • Water use and supply
  • Wetlands
  • Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
  • Women's health
  • World history

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jeff MerkleyD-ORSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 22, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-566.
  2. Mar 29, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-566.
  3. May 3, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-566.
  4. May 10, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-566.
  5. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in Senate
  6. Jul 27, 2023Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Merkley. With written report No. 118-83.
  7. Jul 27, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Merkley. With written report No. 118-83.
  8. Jul 27, 2023 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 186.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Open Space Institute, Inc.10 reports
    $345K reported (all issues)
  2. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago9 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  3. Ocean Conservancy7 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  4. XYLEM INC.7 reports
    $550K reported (all issues)
  5. CROPLIFE AMERICA6 reports
  6. Delta Air Lines, Inc.6 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.$8.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY5 reports
    $187.5K reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL5 reports
    $28.4M reported (all issues)
  10. Amazon Web Services, Inc.5 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$582.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. Cal Poly Corporation5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CAL POLY CORPORATIONAI match · 99%
  12. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.5 reports
    $93.5M reported (all issues)
  13. City of Twentynine Palms5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  14. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION5 reports
    $6.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  15. GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.5 reports
    $3.2M reported (all issues)
  16. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA5 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  17. Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District5 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  18. SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (SEMCOG)5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  19. TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)5 reports
    $7.4M reported (all issues)
  20. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $573.2K reported (all issues)
  21. Association of American Universities4 reports
    $244.5K reported (all issues)
  22. COVESTRO LLC4 reports
    $630K reported (all issues)
  23. Calaveras County Water District4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  24. City of Coronado4 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  25. City of Sacramento4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  26. HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION4 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HF SINCLAIR REFINING & MARKETING LLC$104.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 92%
  27. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN4 reports
    $860.6K reported (all issues)
  28. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California4 reports
  29. Navistar, Inc.4 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  30. SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL4 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)
  31. Shell USA, Inc. (fka Shell Oil Company)4 reports
    $6.7M reported (all issues)
  32. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow4 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  33. The Trust for Public Land4 reports
  34. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS4 reports
    $350K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  35. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON4 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$28.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  36. AMERICAN WATER3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN WATER SERVICES, INCAI match · 99%
  37. American Association of Museums3 reports
    $117.5K reported (all issues)
  38. Association of American Medical Colleges3 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  39. BOSTON UNIVERSITY3 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFAI match · 100%
  40. Environmental Working Group3 reports

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.