HR 8998 · 118th Congress
2023–2025, ended
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Latest action · Sep 12, 2024 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2024
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
This bill provides FY2025 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.
The bill also includes (i.e., incorporates by reference) H.R. 548 (Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act) and Title III of H.R. 7408 (America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act).
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
Recorded votes 16
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 399 | On Passage | Passed210–205 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 398 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed160–256 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 397 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to210–204 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 396 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed173–243 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 395 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed185–231 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 394 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed207–211 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 390 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed148–267 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 389 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed174–239 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 388 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to211–202 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 387 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed156–236 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House 386 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed147–269 | Jul 23, 2024 |
| House 385 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed145–268 | Jul 23, 2024 |
| House 384 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed208–211 | Jul 23, 2024 |
| House 383 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed145–267 | Jul 23, 2024 |
| House 382 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed134–272 | Jul 23, 2024 |
| House 381 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed146–264 | Jul 23, 2024 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
No cosponsors are on file for this measure.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Reported as an original measure Jul 11, 2024 |
Actions 97
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2024Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
- Aug 1, 2024Received in the Senate.
- Jul 24, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4867-4877)
- Jul 24, 2024DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1370, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McCormick amendment No. 56.
- Jul 24, 2024DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1370, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Miller (IL) amendment No. 57.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4867–H4877, H4881–H4891, H4909Amendments H4868, H4869, H4870, H4871, H4872, H4873, H4881, H4882, H4883, H4884, H4886, H4887, H4888, H4889, H4890Recorded votes H4874, H4875, H4876, H4905, H4906, H4907, H4908Brecheen amendment (prohibit funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program or office)Brecheen amendment (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding)Miller of Illinois amendment (reduce salary of EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticide Programs)makingPerry amendment (Council on Environmental Quality funding)Perry amendment (prohibit funding for Clean Air Act provisions requiring States to address emissions that endanger public health)Tenney amendment (reduce salary of Council on Environmental Quality Chairperson) | Andrew Ogles R-TN (amendment), Betty McCollum D-MN, Chellie Pingree D-ME, Claudia Tenney R-NY (amendment), Gary J. Palmer R-AL (amendment), Jay Obernolte R-CA (amendment), Mary E. Miller R-IL (amendment), Michael K. Simpson R-ID, Pete Stauber R-MN (amendment), Richard McCormick R-GA (amendment), Scott Perry R-PA (amendment), Thomas P. Tiffany R-WI (amendment) | Jul 24, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4735–H4742, H4798–H4857Text printed H4735, H4801–H4826Amendments H4740, H4826, H4827, H4827=, H4828, H4829, H4830, H4831, H4832, H4833, H4834, H4835, H4836, H4837, H4838, H4839, H4840, H4841, H4842, H4843, H4848, H4849, H4850, H4851, H4852, H4853, H4854, H4856Recorded votes H4741, H4843, H4844, H4845, H4846, H4847Boebert amendment (prohibit funding for certain Clean Air Act provisions relative to greenhouse gas reduction fund)Boebert amendment (reduce salary of BLM director)Boebert amendment (reduce salary of Dept. of the Interior Communcations Director)Boebert amendment (reduce salary of EPA Administrator)Brecheen amendment (National Endowment for the Humanities funding)consideration (H. Res. 1370), previous question | Alma S. Adams D-NC (amendment), Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY (amendment), Betty McCollum D-MN, Bill Huizenga R-MI (amendment), Chellie Pingree D-ME, Cliff Bentz R-OR (amendment), David Schweikert R-AZ (amendment), Debbie Dingell D-MI (amendment), Diana Harshbarger R-TN (amendment), Dina Titus D-NV (amendment), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA (amendment), Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC (amendment), Gabe Vasquez D-NM (amendment), Greg Stanton D-AZ (amendment), H. Morgan Griffith R-VA (amendment), Harriet M. Hageman R-WY (amendment), James C. Moylan R-GU (amendment), James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Jodey C. Arrington R-TX (amendment), Joe Neguse D-CO (amendment), John S. Duarte R-CA (amendment), Josh Brecheen R-OK (amendment), Josh Gottheimer D-NJ (amendment), Kat Cammack R-FL (amendment), Kathy Castor D-FL, Lauren Boebert R-CO (amendment), Marcus J. Molinaro R-NY (amendment), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WA (amendment), Mark Alford R-MO, Mark DeSaulnier D-CA (amendment), Michael K. Simpson R-ID (amendment), Michael Lawler R-NY (amendment), Michelle Fischbach R-MN, Nikki Budzinski D-IL (amendment), Pramila Jayapal D-WA, Randy Feenstra R-IA (amendment), Randy K. Weber, Sr. R-TX, Rashida Tlaib D-MI (amendment), Robert J. Wittman R-VA (amendment), Ronny Jackson R-TX (amendment), Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT, Stephanie I. Bice R-OK (amendment), Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA (amendment), Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY (amendment), Tom Cole R-OK, Vern Buchanan R-FL (amendment) | Jul 23, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-153 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON DESECRATING OLD GLORY: INVESTIGATING HOW THE PRO- HAMAS PROTESTS TURNED NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND INTO A VIOLENT DISGRACE81 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Dec 10, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-679 | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025771 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 10, 2024–May 23, 2024 |
CRS reports 12
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 12
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44692 | Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Status and Issues in Brief | Report | Jul 29, 2026 |
| IF12782 | Offshore Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2025 | Resource | Mar 11, 2026 |
| IF12713 | National Park Service: FY2025 Appropriations | Resource | Sep 30, 2025 |
| R48267 | Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2025 Appropriations | Report | Sep 29, 2025 |
| IF12749 | Bureau of Land Management: FY2025 Appropriations | Resource | Aug 21, 2025 |
Amendments 54
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 1123 | An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 118-602 as en bloc: Nos. 1, 5, 12, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 86, 87, 94, 95, 96, and 97. | Michael K. Simpson R-ID | On agreeing to the Simpson amendments (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. |
| HAmdt 1124 | An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 118-602 to prohibit funding from being made available for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's final rule titled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot". | Jodey C. Arrington R-TX | On agreeing to the Arrington amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote. |
| HAmdt 1125 | An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 118-602 to prohibit funding from being made available for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's "Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge," which aims to increase the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Texas from 6,400 acres to 700,000 acres. | Jodey C. Arrington R-TX | On agreeing to the Arrington amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote. |
| HAmdt 1126 | An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 118-602 to prohibit the use of any federal funds to create National monuments in Malheur County, Oregon under the Antiquities Act. | Cliff Bentz R-OR | On agreeing to the Bentz amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote. |
| HAmdt 1127 | An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 118-602 to prohibit federal funding for drag shows at the Smithsonian Institution. | Stephanie I. Bice R-OK | On agreeing to the Bice amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote. |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 524 | To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites. | Related bill | Apr 15, 2024 |
| HR 548 | Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2023 |
| HR 1043 | To restore onshore energy production. | Related bill | Mar 22, 2023 |
| HRES 1370 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8997) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8998) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jul 23, 2024 |
| S 4802 | Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 | Identical bill | Jul 25, 2024 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Alaska
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Alternative and renewable resources
- American Samoa
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Appropriations
- Arkansas
- Art, artists, authorship
- Building construction
- Buy American requirements
- California
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child health
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Colorado
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Commission of Fine Arts
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- 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
- Earth sciences
- Economics and Public Finance
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal-Indian relations
- Firearms and explosives
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Fishes
- Florida
- 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 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
- HIV/AIDS
- Housing and community development funding
- Humanities programs funding
- Hunting and fishing
- Idaho
- Indian claims
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Infrastructure development
- Insects
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Lease and rental services
- Licensing and registrations
- Livestock
- Mammals
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Marshall Islands
- Mental health
- Metals
- Micronesia
- Mining
- Minority education
- Montana
- Monuments and memorials
- Motor vehicles
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- National Capital Planning Commission
- National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
- Neurological disorders
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oil and gas
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Outdoor recreation
- Palau
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Performing arts
- Pest management
- Pollution liability
- Public contracts and procurement
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Reptiles
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Smithsonian Institution
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- U.S. history
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Unemployment
- User charges and fees
- Utah
- Virgin Islands
- Wages and earnings
- Washington State
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply
- Wetlands
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- World history
- Wyoming
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2024Placed on Calendar Senate
- Jul 24, 2024Engrossed in House
- Jul 11, 2024Reported in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
