S. 2431 · 119th Congress

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

Introduced on Jul 24, 2025 by Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Latest action (Jul 24, 2025): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 24, 2025
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, 2026, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Advisory bodies
  • Air quality
  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • American Samoa
  • Appropriations
  • Art, artists, authorship
  • Birds
  • Building construction
  • Buy American requirements
  • California
  • Commemorative events and holidays
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of the Interior
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employee hiring
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • 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
  • Marshall Islands
  • Medical research
  • Mental health
  • Metals
  • Micronesia
  • Mining
  • Minority education
  • Minority health
  • 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
  • Oil and gas
  • Oregon
  • Palau
  • 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
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • State and local government operations
  • U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • User charges and fees
  • Virgin Islands
  • Virginia
  • Water quality
  • Water storage
  • Water use and supply
  • Wetlands

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, Jul 24, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Lisa MurkowskiR-AKSponsor

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. May 14, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-67.
  2. May 21, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-67.
  3. Jun 11, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-67.
  4. Jul 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
  5. Jul 24, 2025Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski. With written report No. 119-46.
  6. Jul 24, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski. With written report No. 119-46.
  7. Jul 24, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124.

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.8 reports
    $475K reported (all issues)
  2. SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL7 reports
    $780K reported (all issues)
  3. The Nature Conservancy7 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%
  4. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON6 reports
    $165K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$28.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE5 reports
    $6.8M reported (all issues)
  6. Spokane Tribe of Indians5 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $430K reported (all issues)
  8. American Association for Justice4 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)
  9. Boise State University4 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$37.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION4 reports
    $890K reported (all issues)
  11. CROPLIFE AMERICA4 reports
  12. California State Coastal Conservancy4 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  13. Citizens Energy Group4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITIZENS ENERGY GROUPAI match · 100%
  14. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION4 reports
    $10.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$29.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN4 reports
    $769.8K reported (all issues)
  16. LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER4 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER$120K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA4 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  18. Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Coalition4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  19. Society of Chemical Manufacturers4 reports
  20. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow4 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  21. The Trust for Public Land4 reports
  22. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS4 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  23. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER4 reports
    $564.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  24. ALABAMA-COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TEXAS3 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  25. AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  26. American Council on Education3 reports
    $166.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION$5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. Appalachian Voices3 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  28. Association of American Universities3 reports
    $426.7K reported (all issues)
  29. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE3 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$313.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  30. BAYER US LLC3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  31. BRISTOW GROUP INC.3 reports
    Federal contractor: BRISTOW LLCAI match · 100%
  32. Bay Area Air Quality Management District3 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  33. Bayer Corporation (consolidated report)3 reports
    $5.8M reported (all issues)
  34. Calista Corporation3 reports
  35. City of Auburn, AL3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  36. City of Sacramento3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  37. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION$290.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  38. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE3 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  39. DUCTILE IRON PIPE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  40. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION3 reports
    $6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.