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

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Explore the details of House Bill 8998 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Economics and Public Finance. Stay informed on legislative developments.

10/4/2024, 8:07 PM

Summary of Bill HR 8998

The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8998) was introduced in the 118th Congress on July 11, 2024. The bill aims to allocate funding for the Department of the Interior, environmental programs, and related agencies for the fiscal year 2025. Specific provisions within the bill dictate the budgetary allocations for various initiatives and departments under its jurisdiction. The bill has undergone several stages, including being reported in the House, engrossed in the House, and placed on the Senate calendar. The latest update on the bill was on September 14, 2024, indicating ongoing legislative activity regarding its progress.

Congressional Summary of HR 8998

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.

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Current Status of Bill HR 8998

Bill HR 8998 is currently in the status of Introduced to Senate since August 1, 2024. Bill HR 8998 was introduced during Congress 118 and was introduced to the House on July 11, 2024. Bill HR 8998's most recent activity was Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509. as of September 12, 2024

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 8998

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Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 8998

Primary Policy Focus

Economics and Public Finance

Potential Impact Areas

- 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

- Educational facilities and institutions

- Elementary and secondary education

- 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

- 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

- HIV/AIDS

- 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

- 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. Holocaust Memorial Council

- U.S. history

- 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

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 8998

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

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.