Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 - Detailed breakdown
Crime and Safety
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $1,164,721,000 | Funding the United States Wildland Fire Service. | |
| $380,000,000 | Providing additional budget authority for the Wildfire Suppression Operation Reserve Fund. | |
| $2,628,000,000 | Funding forest fire presuppression, emergency suppression, and rehabilitation of burned-over lands. | |
| $2,570,000,000 | Providing additional new budget authority for the Wildfire Suppression Operations Reserve Fund. |
Economy and Commerce
Abandoned mine land grants for economic development
Directs that $135,000,000 in payments to States and Tribes for abandoned mine land reclamation shall also be used for economic and community development.
Transfer of Guam funds for rural development loans
Allows the Governor of Guam to request the transfer of funds to the Secretary of Agriculture to subsidize rural electrification and development loans for projects in Guam.
Education and Research
Limitation on Bureau of Indian Education school grade expansion
Prohibits funds from being used to support expanded grades for any Bureau of Indian Education school beyond the structure in place as of October 1, 1995, with limited waiver authority.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $1,367,928,000 | Performing surveys, investigations, and research for the United States Geological Survey. | |
| $1,243,283,000 | Operating Indian education programs. | |
| $527,935,000 | Providing for science and technology, including research and development activities for the EPA. | |
| $851,692,000 | Funding necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, including research, exhibits, and facility maintenance. |
Energy and Environment
Use of BLM permit processing improvement fund
Allows amounts in the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund to be used for expenses associated with processing oil and gas applications for permits to drill.
Cooperative agreements for wildland fire management
Allows the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements for fuels management and burned area rehabilitation on Federal or adjacent non-Federal land.
Emergency transfer authority for disasters
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer no-year appropriations for emergencies like wildland fires, floods, and oil spills, requiring replenishment by a supplemental appropriation.
Outer Continental Shelf inspection fees
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to collect non-refundable inspection fees from operators of offshore oil, gas, and wind facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Long-term contracts for wild horse and burro care
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into multiyear contracts of up to 10 years for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild horses and burros on private land.
Prohibition on funding for specific species-related rules
Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce rules related to the greater sage-grouse, lesser prairie-chicken, northern long-eared bat, wolverine, and various grizzly bear populations.
Prohibition on funding for specific land and project management rules
Prohibits funds from being used for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, the BLM 'Conservation and Landscape Health' rule, and the 'Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska' rule.
Limitation on banning lead ammunition and tackle
Prohibits using funds to ban lead ammunition or tackle on federal lands unless a wildlife population decline is primarily caused by lead and the relevant state fish and wildlife agency concurs.
Mandate to reissue previous wildlife management rules
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reissue previous final rules that delisted the gray wolf and the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear, and revised the northern spotted owl's critical habitat.
Delisting of grizzly bears
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue a final rule removing the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Endangered and Threatened Wildlife list within 180 days.
Limitation on mining patent applications
Prohibits funds from being used to accept or process patent applications for mining or mill site claims, with exceptions for applications filed on or before September 30, 1994.
Prohibition on mineral leasing within national monuments
Prohibits funds from being used for leasing activities under the Mineral Leasing Act or Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act within the boundaries of a National Monument as they existed on January 20, 2001.
Humane treatment of wild horses and burros
Allows the transfer of excess wild horses and burros to government agencies for use as work animals and prohibits funds for the destruction of healthy animals or their sale for commercial processing.
Policy on forest biomass energy
Directs federal agencies to establish consistent policies that recognize the carbon neutrality of forest bioenergy and encourage private investment in the forest biomass supply chain.
Prohibition on regulating livestock emissions
Prohibits funds from being used to regulate carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions from biological processes associated with livestock production under the Clean Air Act.
Prohibition on regulating lead in ammunition and fishing tackle
Prohibits funds from being used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, its components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act or any other law.
Prohibition on use of social cost of carbon
Prohibits funds from being used to consider or incorporate the social cost of carbon in any cost-benefit analysis, rulemaking, guidance, or other agency action.
Prohibition on banning aerially applied fire retardant
Prohibits any funds made available by this or any other Act from being used to ban the use of aerially applied fire retardant.
Redesignation of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Redesignates the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as the Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve, establishing its boundaries, administration, and rules for hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Prohibition of funds for IRIS assessments
Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being used to develop, finalize, or issue assessments under the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
Protection for certain BLM mining claims
Prevents the Secretary of the Interior from declaring certain unpatented mining claims forfeited for the 2012 assessment year if the maintenance fee was paid on time.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $1,212,095,000 | Managing lands and resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. | |
| $104,954,000 | Managing and protecting resources on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands. | |
| $10,000,000 | Improving Federal rangelands, with a minimum funding level. | |
| $1,362,899,000 | Supporting resource management for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. | |
| $22,202,000 | Funding the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund. | |
| $52,000,000 | Funding the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund. | |
| $21,000,000 | Funding the Multinational Species Conservation Fund for various international conservation acts. | |
| $75,000,000 | Providing wildlife conservation grants to States, territories, and Indian Tribes. | |
| $2,874,162,000 | Operating and maintaining the National Park System. | |
| $92,346,000 | Carrying out recreation, natural, cultural, and heritage partnership programs. | |
| $119,786,000 | Carrying out the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. | |
| $135,000,000 | Providing payments to States and Indian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands. | |
| $10,000,000 | Supporting the long-term sustainability of the Great Salt Lake watershed. | |
| $527,935,000 | Mandating the removal of the Northern Continental Divide grizzly bear population from the endangered species list. | |
| $659,202,000 | Funding Geographic Programs as specified in the accompanying report. | |
| $290,043,000 | Carrying out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) through the Hazardous Substance Superfund. | |
| $3,696,414,000 | Providing environmental programs and infrastructure assistance through State and Tribal Assistance Grants. | |
| $1,876,907,000 | Managing, protecting, and improving the National Forest System, including hazardous fuels management. |
Government Operations
Use of National Park Service franchise fees
Authorizes the use of National Park Service franchise fees to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest at any unit within the National Park System.
Wildfire suppression reserve fund transfer authority
Allows funds from the Wildfire Suppression Operation Reserve Fund to be transferred to suppression accounts upon notification that existing funds will be obligated within 30 days.
Prohibition on National Park Service housing for certain aliens
Prohibits the National Park Service from using funds to provide housing to an alien without lawful status under immigration laws.
Extension of National Park Service temporary seasonal appointments
Amends federal regulations to extend the maximum length of temporary seasonal appointments within the National Park Service from 6 months (1,040 hours) to 9 months (1,560 hours).
Local hiring authority for Interior Department field units
Allows the Secretary of the Interior to recruit and directly appoint qualified individuals who reside near a field unit into certain positions within that unit.
Judicial review prohibition for grizzly bear delisting
Prohibits judicial review of the final rule delisting the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears.
EPA cooperative agreements with tribal nations
Authorizes the EPA to award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal consortia to assist in implementing Federal environmental programs.
Forest Service fund transfer authority
Allows the Forest Service to transfer funds between accounts affected by its budget restructure, with transfers not to exceed 10% of any account's appropriation.
Council on Environmental Quality membership
Specifies that the Council on Environmental Quality shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, who will serve as chairman and exercise all duties of the Council.
Prohibition on lobbying with appropriated funds
Prohibits using any funds from this Act for activities or literature that promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal where Congressional action is not complete.
Disclosure of administrative expenses
Requires that estimated overhead charges, deductions, and reserves from programs be presented in annual budget justifications for approval by the Committees on Appropriations.
Prohibition on funding for DEI and Critical Race Theory
Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being used for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training or implementation, or for any activity that promotes Critical Race Theory.
Prohibition on funding for the Presidio Trust
Specifies that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Presidio Trust.
Prohibition of funds for Smithsonian space vehicle transfer
Prohibits funds from this Act from being used by the Smithsonian Institution to implement amendments related to 'Space Vehicle Transfer'.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $115,217,000 | Providing assistance to territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. | |
| $500,000 | Authorizing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, in a total amount not to exceed $500,000. | |
| $2,293,668,000 | Supporting environmental programs and management, including personnel, travel, and administrative costs. | |
| $1,000,283,000 | Funding necessary expenses of the Forest Service for operations and general management. | |
| $0 | Allocating funds to the Spending Reduction Account. |
Health
Flexibility for ATSDR health studies
Allows the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to conduct various health studies in lieu of formal health assessments under CERCLA and removes associated deadlines.
Limitation on animal testing
Prohibits funds from being used to require testing on dogs for products regulated under FIFRA or the Toxic Substances Control Act, unless no viable alternative exists or is not consistent with best science.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $5,192,661,000 | Providing advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2028. |
Infrastructure
Use of American iron and steel in water projects
Requires all iron and steel products used in projects funded by state water pollution control revolving funds to be produced in the United States, with certain waiver provisions.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $13,705,000 | Constructing and improving facilities for fish and wildlife resource conservation. | |
| $90,139,000 | Constructing and improving facilities for the National Park Service. | |
| $167,096,000 | Constructing and maintaining facilities for Indian programs. | |
| $304,678,000 | Constructing and maintaining facilities for Indian education programs. | |
| $1,192,296,000 | Making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds. | |
| $910,755,000 | Making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. | |
| $871,074,000 | Providing advance appropriations for Indian Health Service facilities for fiscal year 2028. | |
| up to 0.25 percent | Managing and overseeing 'Buy American' requirements for iron and steel in water infrastructure projects. |
Social services
Termination of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Sets a termination date of September 30, 2026, for the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, with its remaining functions to be assumed by the Secretary of the Interior.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $2,269,716,000 | Operating Indian programs, including welfare assistance and housing improvement. |
Other
Restrictions on National Endowment for the Arts grants
Limits grants to individuals to specific fellowships and establishes procedures to prevent sub-granting to other organizations or individuals.
Protection for beliefs on marriage
Prohibits funds from being used to take discriminatory action against any person who acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief that marriage is a union of one man and one woman.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $163,650,000 | Carrying out the National Historic Preservation Act. | |
| $58,897,000 | Implementing Indian land and water claim settlements. |

