S. 4802 · 118th Congress

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

Introduced on Jul 25, 2024 by Jeff Merkley (D-OR). Latest action (Jul 25, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 25, 2024
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, 2025, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Advisory bodies
  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • American Samoa
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Appropriations
  • Arkansas
  • Birds
  • Building construction
  • California
  • Child health
  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Congressional oversight
  • Connecticut
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of the Interior
  • Disability and paralysis
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • 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 trust funds
  • Great Lakes
  • Guam
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Higher education
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Hydrology and hydrography
  • Indian claims
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • International law and treaties
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Livestock
  • Maine
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marshall Islands
  • Massachusetts
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Mental health
  • Micronesia
  • Mining
  • Minority education
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • National Capital Planning Commission
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York State
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Oil and gas
  • Oregon
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Palau
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Rhode Island
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • State and local government operations
  • U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • User charges and fees
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virgin Islands
  • Virginia
  • Water quality
  • Water resources funding
  • Watersheds
  • Wetlands
  • Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

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. Apr 10, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-679.
  2. May 1, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-679.
  3. May 8, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-679.
  4. May 23, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-679.
  5. Jul 25, 2024Introduced in Senate
  6. Jul 25, 2024Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Merkley. With written report No. 118-201.
  7. Jul 25, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Merkley. With written report No. 118-201.
  8. Jul 25, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.

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. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION12 reports
    $6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$29.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Open Space Institute, Inc.9 reports
    $595K reported (all issues)
  3. California Department of Water Resources6 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  4. Federation of State Humanities Councils6 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  5. Interstate Council on Water Policy6 reports
  6. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  7. Capital Concerts, Inc.4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  8. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION4 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  9. Earthjustice Action4 reports
    $448K reported (all issues)
  10. HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION4 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HF SINCLAIR REFINING & MARKETING LLC$104.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 92%
  11. National Institute for Water Resources4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  12. PPG INDUSTRIES INC.4 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.$8.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL4 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  14. Serrano Water District4 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  15. Spokane Tribe of Indians4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  16. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON4 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$28.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER4 reports
    $388.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. Amazon Web Services, Inc.3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$582.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. American Forests3 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN FORESTSAI match · 99%
  20. BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY3 reports
  21. CLEAN WATER SERVICES3 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  22. CROPLIFE AMERICA3 reports
  23. City of Clearwater, FL3 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  24. City of Del Rio and Val Verde County3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  25. City of Fort Myers, Florida3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  26. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION3 reports
    $5.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. Delta Air Lines, Inc.3 reports
    $4.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.$8.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. Desert Research Institute3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  29. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND3 reports
  30. Eastern Municipal Water District3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  31. Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  32. Electric Drive Transportation Association3 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)
  33. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California3 reports
  34. NATIONAL COALITION FOR HISTORY3 reports
    $36K reported (all issues)
  35. Nevada System of Higher Education3 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$7.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  36. Oregon Institute of Technology3 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  37. Pacific Soda LLC3 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  38. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY3 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY$15.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  39. Riverside Community College District3 reports
    $72K reported (all issues)
  40. Riverside County Transportation Commission3 reports
    $126K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.