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Referenced Laws
Public Law 96–487
16 U.S.C. 3150(a)
Public Law 92–195
16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.
Public Law 115–31
43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)
43 U.S.C. 2605
43 U.S.C. 1751
43 U.S.C. 315b
Public Law 94–579
43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.
30 U.S.C. 185
43 U.S.C. 1735(a)
43 U.S.C. 1737
43 U.S.C. 1721(b)
Public Law 90–620
44 U.S.C. 501
16 U.S.C. 1533
16 U.S.C. 1535
16 U.S.C. 715s
16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.
31 U.S.C. 3302
Public Law 95–348
Public Law 115–102
Public Law 116–9
54 U.S.C. 3089
54 U.S.C. 302904
Public Law 109–432
43 U.S.C. 1331
23 U.S.C. 203
43 U.S.C. 31
30 U.S.C. 641
30 U.S.C. 3
50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)
41 U.S.C. 6101
chapter 171
30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.
Public Law 95–87
30 U.S.C. 1257
30 U.S.C. 1231-1245
Public Law 97–365
30 U.S.C. 1233(a)
25 U.S.C. 13
25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.
23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1)
25 U.S.C. 5324(l)
Public Law 87–483
25 U.S.C. 3804
Public Law 114–322
25 U.S.C. 2001–2019
25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.
25 U.S.C. 2008
Public Law 100–297
Public Law 87–279
25 U.S.C. 15
Public Law 103–413
25 U.S.C. 5342 et seq.
25 U.S.C. 2021
Public Law 106–113
Public Law 101–301
Public Law 103–412
chapter 69
48 U.S.C. 1661(c)
Public Law 94–241
chapter 35
Public Law 104–134
42 U.S.C. 5170c
Public Law 108–188
42 U.S.C. 1856d
42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.
Public Law 109–154
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
Public Law 117–58
30 U.S.C. 1245
42 U.S.C. 15907
33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.
54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq.
Public Law 93–638
Public Law 106–224
7 U.S.C. 7717(b)
43 U.S.C. 1348(c)
Public Law 113–76
Public Law 116–6
8 U.S.C. 1101
42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
43 U.S.C. 1332 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 15941
30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.
30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)
Public Law 99–338
15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)
42 U.S.C. 9611
33 U.S.C. 1381
Public Law 92–203
42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)
33 U.S.C. 1301
7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 300j–19a
42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)
42 U.S.C. 300j–19b
33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)
33 U.S.C. 1300
Public Law 115–270
33 U.S.C. 4282(a)
42 U.S.C. 300j–19g
33 U.S.C. 1302f(b)
33 U.S.C. 1276
Public Law 116–94
31 U.S.C. 6303(1)
7 U.S.C. 136w–8
42 U.S.C. 6939g
33 U.S.C. 1377(f)
41 U.S.C. 5
Public Law 117–169
16 U.S.C. 7303(f)
Public Law 106–393
7 U.S.C. 1012
16 U.S.C. 538(a)
16 U.S.C. 501
16 U.S.C. 484a
Public Law 96–586
Public Law 76–589
Public Law 76–591
Public Law 78–310
16 U.S.C. 1643(b)
16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.
Public Law 115–334
7 U.S.C. 2225
5 U.S.C. 3109
7 U.S.C. 2250
7 U.S.C. 428a
16 U.S.C. 558a
5 U.S.C. 5901–5902
31 U.S.C. 3718(c)
7 U.S.C. 2257
7 U.S.C. 7772
Public Law 107–171
7 U.S.C. 8316(b)
16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.
Public Law 101–593
Public Law 98–244
25 U.S.C. 5304(e)
chapter 63
Public Law 109–54
Public Law 99–663
42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)
29 U.S.C. 3197(d)
42 U.S.C. 238(b)
25 U.S.C. 1616a–1
25 U.S.C. 1613
20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 2004a
5 U.S.C. 5376
42 U.S.C. 2651–2653
Public Law 86–121
42 U.S.C. 9660(a)
Public Law 99–498
20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.
chapter 91
Public Law 99–190
20 U.S.C. 956a
Public Law 89–665
chapter 87
Public Law 106–292
36 U.S.C. 2301–2310
Public Law 116–282
Public Law 114–196
18 U.S.C. 1913
30 U.S.C. 35
30 U.S.C. 42
Public Law 104–208
Public Law 113–235
16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)
16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.
Chapter 33
Chapter 137
42 U.S.C. 9902(2)
Public Law 108–108
43 U.S.C. 1752
16 U.S.C. 1332
16 U.S.C. 580d
Public Law 112–74
Public Law 110–161
16 U.S.C. 565a–1
16 U.S.C. 528
Public Law 111–88
54 U.S.C. 200402(e)
54 U.S.C. 200401(2)
42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.
15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
5 U.S.C. 5547
Public Law 117–103
Public Law 115–141
16 U.S.C. 6502
16 U.S.C. 6511
section 501(a)
30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.
30 U.S.C. 612
Public Law 118–42
30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)
30 U.S.C. 28–28e
Public Law 90–171
16 U.S.C. 577g
7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 7543(e)
42 U.S.C. 6091 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 7545(o)
42 U.S.C. 7436
33 U.S.C. 1344
Chapter 203
Public Law 119–21
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Section 1
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely:
Section 2
101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible.
Section 3
102. The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any no-year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no-year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for wildland fire suppression shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.
Section 4
103. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.
Section 5
104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and Bureau of Trust Funds Administration and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for settlement support activities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds under this section, including the amount expended or transferred and how the funds will be used.
Section 6
105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including Tribal base funds, to alleviate Tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No Tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2026. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.
Section 7
106. In fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement account, from the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2026 shall be— $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing equipment or gathering lines; $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells. Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2026. Fees for fiscal year 2026 shall be— $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of 500 feet or more; and $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of less than 500 feet. Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2026. Fees for fiscal year 2026 shall be— $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths of less than 500 feet. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) with payment required by the end of the following quarter.
Section 8
107. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.
Section 9
108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and recreational fishers.
Section 10
109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2026, in carrying out work involving cooperation with State, local, and Tribal governments or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year.
Section 11
110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not— result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by the Department, including partial displacement through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits; result in the use of an individual under the Department of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the Department; or affect existing contracts for services.
Section 12
111. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Section 13
112. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education, may transfer funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this Act.
Section 14
113. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2026 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 15
114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian Tribes or authorized Tribal organizations that receive Tribally Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.), may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related services for performance of any activities carried out under such grants to the same extent as if they were contracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).
Section 16
115. For fiscal year 2026, funds made available in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.
Section 17
116. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— to write or issue a proposed or final rule with regard to the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) or any distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse; or to implement, administer, or enforce any threatened species or endangered species status of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) or any distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse.
Section 18
117. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment or Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning referenced in the notice titled Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning (89 Fed. Reg. 18963 (March 15, 2024)).
Section 19
118. For expenses necessary to carry out section 200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conservation Grants program to provide to States, the District of Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to support state program administrative costs.
Section 20
119. Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ for fiscal year 2023.
Section 21
120. In fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Secretary of the Interior may authorize and execute agreements to achieve operating efficiencies among and between two or more component bureaus and offices through the following activities: co-locating in facilities leased or owned by any such component bureau or office and sharing related utilities and equipment; detailing or assigning staff on a nonreimbursable basis for up to 5 business days; and sharing staff and equipment necessary to meet mission requirements. The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be to support areas of mission alignment between and among component bureaus and offices or where geographic proximity allows for efficiencies. Bureaus and offices entering into agreements authorized under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear costs for such agreements in a manner that reflects their approximate benefit and share of total costs, which may or may not include indirect costs. In furtherance of the requirement in subsection (c), the Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of funds in advance or on a reimbursable basis.
Section 22
121. Section 103101 of title 54, United States Code, is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking $250,000 and inserting $500,000.
Section 23
122. Section 113 of division G of Public Law 113–76, as amended by Public Law 116–6, is further amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2030.
Section 24
123. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of processing or approving any notice to proceed with any construction activities relating to the Lava Ridge Wind Project right-of-way authorization unless and until the Secretary of the Interior has completed a review of the Department of the Interior's Record of Decision authorizing the use of public lands through the Lava Ridge Wind Project right-of-way and, as appropriate, conducted a new, comprehensive analysis in accordance with Section 2(b) of the Presidential Memorandum titled Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects, dated January 20, 2025.
Section 25
124. If requested by the claimant of any mining claim located within the area covered by Public Land Order 7921, the Bureau of Land Management shall prioritize completion of a validity determination for such claim. The Bureau of Land Management shall strive to complete any such validity determination not later than 3 years of receipt of the request.
Section 26
125. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to prohibit the use of lead ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water that is made available for hunting or fishing activities or to issue regulations relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle to be used on Federal land or water, unless— the Secretary of the Interior determines that a decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on field data from the specific unit of Federal land or water; and the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, is— consistent with— the law of the State in which the specific unit of Federal land or water is located; or an applicable policy of the fish and wildlife department of the State in which the specific unit of Federal land or water is located; or approved by the fish and wildlife department of the State in which the specific unit of Federal land or water is located. In any case in which the Secretary of the Interior determines under subsection (a) that there is a wildlife population decline on a specific unit of Federal land or water that warrants a prohibition on or regulation relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle, the Secretary shall include in a Federal Register notice an explanation of how the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, meets the requirements of this section.
Section 27
126. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment” (87 Fed. Reg. 72674 (November 25, 2022)).
Section 28
127. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat” (87 Fed. Reg. 73488 (November 30, 2022)).
Section 29
128. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife” (85 Fed. Reg. 69778 (November 3, 2020)).
Section 30
129. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for North American Wolverine” (88 Fed. Reg. 83726 (November 30, 2023)).
Section 31
130. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State” (89 Fed. Reg. 36982 (May 3, 2024)).
Section 32
131. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to establish an experimental population of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) within the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho.
Section 33
132. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to implement, administer, or enforce a proposed or final rule with regard to a fish legally held in captivity or in a controlled environment in a manner that maintains physical separation of such fish from any wild population of the same species.
Section 34
133. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate or allow for the introduction of American bison (Bison bison) on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (as originally established in Executive Order No. 7509, renamed in Public Land Order 2951, and redesignated in Public Land Order 5635).
Section 35
134. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce— the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants” (89 Fed. Reg. 23919 (April 5, 2024)); the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat” (89 Fed. Reg. 24300 (April 5, 2024)); or the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation” (89 Fed. Reg. 24268 (April 5, 2024)).
Section 36
135. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue and implement Order No. 3368 Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements dated September 11, 2018. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to— rescind the Order reissued under subsection (a); reissue, enforce, administer, or implement Order No. 3408 “Rescission of Secretary’s Order 3368” dated June 17, 2022; or issue, enforce, administer, or implement any substantially similar order to the order described in paragraph (2).
Section 37
136. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Conservation and Landscape Health” published by the Bureau of Land Management in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 40308).
Section 38
137. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used for management of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument except in compliance with the document titled Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (February 2020).
Section 39
138. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation” (86 Fed. Reg. 2373 (January 12, 2021)).
Section 40
139. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the National Park Service to provide housing to an alien without lawful status under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).
Section 41
140. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall prepare an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), prior to approving an operations permit, as described in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subpart B §§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or proposing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within the Big Cypress National Preserve.
Section 42
141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except within areas subject to existing oil and gas leasing moratoria beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and gas lease sales in the following planning areas of the Gulf of America region, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016): The Central Gulf of America Planning Area. The Western Gulf of America Planning Area. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior shall annually conduct a minimum of 1 region-wide oil and gas lease sale in the Alaska region of the Outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016). In conducting lease sales under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall— issue such leases in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1332 et seq.); and include in each such lease sale all unleased areas that are not subject to a moratorium as of the date of the lease sale.
Section 43
142. Nothing in this Act, or any amendments made by this Act, shall affect— the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposition” and dated September 8, 2020; the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposition” and dated September 25, 2020; the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the Atlantic Coast on the Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposition” and dated December 20, 2016; or the ban on oil and gas development in the Great Lakes described in section 386 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15941).
Section 44
143. The Secretary of the Interior shall immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure— that any oil and gas lease sale pursuant to paragraph (1) is conducted immediately on completion of all applicable scoping, public comment, and environmental analysis requirements under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and that the processes described in subparagraph (A) are conducted in a timely manner to ensure compliance with subsection (b)(1). Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting “Eligible lands comprise all lands subject to leasing under this Act and not excluded from leasing by a statutory or regulatory prohibition. Available lands are those lands that have been designated as open for leasing under a land use plan developed under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and that have been nominated for leasing through the submission of an expression of interest, are subject to drainage in the absence of leasing, or are otherwise designated as available pursuant to regulations adopted by the Secretary.” after “sales are necessary.”. In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of four oil and gas lease sales in each of the following States: Wyoming. New Mexico. Colorado. Utah. Montana. North Dakota. Oklahoma. Nevada. Alaska. Any other State in which there is land available for oil and gas leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or any other mineral leasing law. In conducting a lease sale under paragraph (1) in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer all parcels nominated and eligible pursuant to the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for oil and gas exploration, development, and production under the resource management plan in effect for the State. The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a replacement sale during the same fiscal year if— a lease sale under paragraph (1) is canceled, delayed, or deferred, including for a lack of eligible parcels; or during a lease sale under paragraph (1) the percentage of acreage that does not receive a bid is equal to or greater than 25 percent of the acreage offered. Not later than 30 days after a sale required under this subsection is canceled, delayed, deferred, or otherwise missed the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that states what sale was missed and why it was missed.
Section 45
144. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Ten-Day Notices and Corrective Action for State Regulatory Program Issues” (89 Fed. Reg. 24714 (April 9, 2024)).
Section 46
145. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska” published by the Bureau of Land Management and dated May 7, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 38712), or any successor or substantially similar rule.
Section 47
146. The first section of Public Law 99–338 (100 Stat. 641) is amended— by striking “3 renewals” and inserting “7 renewals”; and by striking “of Southern California Edison Company”.
Section 48
147. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife” (82 Fed. Reg. 30502 (June 30, 2017)), without regard to any other provision of law that applies to the issuance of that final rule. The reissuance of the final rule described in subsection (a) (including this section) shall not be subject to judicial review.
Section 49
148. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the National Park Service to designate or manage Big Cypress National Preserve as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Section 50
401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
Section 51
402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Section 52
403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.
Section 53
404. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws. Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that date. On September 30, 2027, the Secretary of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). In order to process patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
Section 54
405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2026.
Section 55
406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2026 under the headings Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs and Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support Costs are the only amounts available for contract support costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2026 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by this Act are not available for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract support costs for prior years.
Section 56
407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.
Section 57
408. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument.
Section 58
409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes.
Section 59
410. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be entered into without regard for these requirements, including formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian Tribes; such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a contract within an Indian Tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
Section 60
411. Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— the public posting of the report compromises national security; or the report contains proprietary information. The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
Section 61
412. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the Arts— The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship. The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used to make a grant to any other organization or individual to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in exchange for goods and services. No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, including identified programs or projects.
Section 62
413. In providing services or awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations. In this section: The term underserved population means a population of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the poverty line or to geographic isolation. The term poverty line means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved. In providing services and awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts. With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965— the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of such Act; and the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to improve and support community-based music performance and education.
Section 63
414. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
Section 64
415. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2026.
Section 65
416. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is designed to block access to pornography websites. Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
Section 66
417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land administered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the Secretary concerned), may transfer excess wild horses and burros that have been removed from land administered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, State, and local government agencies for use as work animals. The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or local government agency. An excess wild horse or burro transferred under subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not— destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial product; sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro for processing into a commercial product; or euthanize the horse or burro, except on the recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available for— the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a commercial product.
Section 67
418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting September 30, 2026 for September 30, 2019.
Section 68
419. None of the funds made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States. In this section, the term iron and steel products means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the Administrator) finds that— applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest; iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements. The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this section.
Section 69
420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding section 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire management program to such organizations.
Section 70
421. None of the funds made available in this Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act.
Section 71
422. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2026 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 72
423. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2026 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 73
424. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by substituting September 30, 2026 for September 30, 2019.
Section 74
425. Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108–108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2026 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 75
426. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall commence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease proposal. The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal year 2026 consult with Tribes and Tribal organizations through public solicitation and other means regarding the requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and transparent process for the payment of such leases.
Section 76
427. The authority provided under the heading Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund in title I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of division F of Public Law 113–235, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2026 for fiscal year 2020 each place it appears.
Section 77
428. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies and accounts specified, for the projects specified under the accounts titled Land Acquisition Projects and Forest Legacy Projects in the Forest Service, and in the amounts specified in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to amounts in any account titled Land Acquisition Projects in the Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or National Park Service in such table. Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations project lists with project data sheets as described in subsection (c)(4), which shall include a sufficient number of projects to total the amounts for the account titled Land Acquisition Projects for each of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service, as specified in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That on the date on which the Secretary of the Interior provides to the Committees on Appropriations such project lists with such project data sheets, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations lists of supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition projects for each of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service that are prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, and that total no less than half the full amount allocated to each such account for that land management Agency in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That expenditure of funds under this paragraph is a reprogramming and shall be subject to section 421 of this Act. Within 45 days of the date on which a reprogramming is approved pursuant to the last proviso in subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts made available for expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the account titled Land Acquisition Projects for each of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service, as applicable, in the amounts specified in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026 in the report accompanying this Act and for the projects included in the project lists approved by the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with subparagraph (A). If any portion of a project specified under the accounts titled Land Acquisition Projects and Forest Legacy Projects in the Forest Service in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026 in the report accompanying this Act or for the projects included in the project lists approved by the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with subsection (a)(2)(A) is intended to be carried out within the Federal land unit or project boundary as specified in such table (or any prior allocation table incorporated by reference into a prior Act, as applicable) or project list but outside the specific tracts for the project described in the corresponding project data sheet submitted to the Committees on Appropriations required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, or paragraph (2), not later than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture expends amounts on the project, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall provide written notice to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of such expenditure. Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts and for projects and activities that are allocated by subsection (a)(1) or in accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing administration of programs allocated funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section. Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the Forest Service that are in addition to the Submission of Cost Estimates required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, and that total no less than half the full amount allocated to each such account for the Forest Service under the allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, are no longer needed because a project has been completed or can no longer be executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for reallocation in the annual budget submission. Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition projects at the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management that are in addition to the Submission of Cost Estimates required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, and that total the full amount allocated to each such account for that land management Agency in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, are no longer needed because a project has been completed or can no longer be executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for reallocation in the annual budget submission. The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects in the Submission of Cost Estimates required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, in the project lists provided under subsection (a)(2), in the list of supplementary allocations provided under subsection (a)(2), and on the lists of supplementary allocations required by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be comprised only of projects for which a willing seller has been identified and for which an appraisal or market research has been initiated. Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations project data sheets in the same format and containing the same level of detailed information that is found on such sheets in the Budget Justifications annually submitted by the Secretary of the Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects in the Submission of Cost Estimates required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the same format and containing the same level of detailed information that is found on such sheets submitted to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to section 427 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) for the list of supplementary allocations required by paragraphs (1) and (2). The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and the Land and Water Conservation Fund, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds.
Section 78
429. To support the key role that forests in the United States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, jointly— ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy— is consistent across all Federal departments and agencies; and recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest management; and establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that— reflect the carbon neutrality of forest bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy production does not cause conversion of forests to non-forest use; encourage private investment throughout the forest biomass supply chain, including in— working forests; harvesting operations; forest improvement operations; forest bioenergy production; wood products manufacturing; or paper manufacturing; encourage forest management to improve forest health; and recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest biomass.
Section 79
430. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alaska that are defined as small, remote incinerator units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law and regulations in effect prior to such date.
Section 80
431. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber sale holder.
Section 81
432. Funds made available or allocated in this Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limitations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 200401(2).
Section 82
433. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.
Section 83
434. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.
Section 84
435. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law.
Section 85
436. Section 1701 of division B of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law 117–103, is further amended in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sentence and inserting Any Services during a given calendar year that generate payments payable in the subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded in applying this subsection. The waivers of premium and overtime pay authorized in subsections (a) through (c) of section 1701 of division B of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note) shall be applied in fiscal year 2026.
Section 86
437. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) shall be applied by substituting October 1, 2026 for December 24, 2022.
Section 87
438. Section 104 of the Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (division O of Public Law 115–141) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking 90 and inserting 180; and in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), by inserting the following before the semi-colon: , and shall include an accounting of any spending in the first two quarters of the succeeding fiscal year that is attributable to suppression operations in the fiscal year for which the report was prepared.
Section 88
439. Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available by this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting if such use or access— was not prohibited on such Federal land as of January 1, 2013; and was conducted in compliance with the resource management plan (as defined in section 101 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such Federal land as of January 1, 2013. Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may temporarily close, for a period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land managed by that Secretary to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is necessary to accommodate a special event or for public safety reasons. The Secretary may extend a temporary closure for one additional 90-day period only if the Secretary determines the extension is necessary because of extraordinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the several States to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or regulations.
Section 89
440. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out any office, program, or activity for the purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training or implementation.
Section 90
441. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory.
Section 91
442. In general.—Notwithstanding section 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appropriations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman. Discriminatory action defined.—As used in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action taken by the Federal Government to— alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to in subsection (a); disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any charitable contribution made to or by such person; withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, employment, or other similar position or status from or to such person; withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a Federal benefit program, including admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational program, from or to such person; or withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person. Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for such purposes but for a determination against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection (a).
Section 92
443. Section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection: The term ‘mill site’ means a location of public land that is reasonably necessary for waste rock or tailings disposal or other operations reasonably incident to mineral development on, or production from land included in a plan of operations. The terms ‘operations’ and ‘operator’ have the meanings given those terms in section 3809.5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection). The term ‘plan of operations’ means a plan of operations that an operator must submit and the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, must approve before an operator may begin operations, in accordance with, as applicable— subpart 3809 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations establishing application and approval requirements); and part 228 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations establishing application and approval requirements). The term ‘public land’ means land owned by the United States that is open to location under sections 2319 through 2344 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.), including— land that is mineral-in-character (as defined in section 3830.5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection)); nonmineral land (as defined in section 3830.5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection)); and land where the mineral character has not been determined. Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), where public land is needed by the proprietor of a lode or placer claim for operations in connection with any lode or placer claim within the proposed plan of operations, the proprietor may— locate and include within the plan of operations as many mill site claims under this subsection as are reasonably necessary for its operations; and use or occupy public land in accordance with an approved plan of operations. A mill site under this subsection does not convey mineral rights to the locator. A location of a single mill site under this subsection shall not exceed 5 acres. A mill site may be located under this subsection on a tract of public land on which the claimant or operator maintains a previously located lode or placer claim. The location of a mill site under this subsection shall not affect the validity of any lode or placer claim, or any rights associated with such a claim. A mill site under this section shall not be eligible for patenting. Nothing in this subsection— diminishes any right (including a right of entry, use, or occupancy) of a claimant; creates or increases any right (including a right of exploration, entry, use, or occupancy) of a claimant on land that is not open to location under the general mining laws; modifies any provision of law or any prior administrative action withdrawing land from location or entry; limits the right of the Federal Government to regulate mining and mining-related activities (including requiring claim validity examinations to establish the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit) in areas withdrawn from mining, including under— the general mining laws; the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); sections 100731 through 100737 of title 54, United States Code; the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘National Historic Preservation Act’); or section 4 of the Act of July 23, 1955 (commonly known as the ‘Surface Resources Act of 1955’) (69 Stat. 368, chapter 375; 30 U.S.C. 612); restores any right (including a right of entry, use, or occupancy, or right to conduct operations) of a claimant that— existed prior to the date on which the land was closed to, or withdrawn from, location under the general mining laws; and that has been extinguished by such closure or withdrawal; or modifies section 404 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42). There is established in the Treasury of the United States a separate account, to be known as the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund (referred to in this subsection as the Fund). Any amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the claim maintenance fee under section 10101(a)(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)) on mill sites located under subsection (c) of section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) shall be deposited into the Fund. The Secretary of the Interior may make expenditures from amounts available in the Fund, without further appropriations, only to carry out section 40704 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (30 U.S.C. 1245). Amounts made available under paragraph (3)— shall be allocated in accordance with section 40704(e)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (30 U.S.C. 1245(e)(1)); and may be transferred in accordance with section 40704(e)(2) of that Act (30 U.S.C. 1245(e)(2)). Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f) is amended— by striking the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28–28e) each place it appears and inserting sections 2319 through 2344 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.); in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— in the second sentence, by striking “Such claim maintenance fee” and inserting the following: The claim maintenance fee under subparagraph (A) in the first sentence, by striking “The holder of” and inserting the following: The holder of in paragraph (2)— in the second sentence, by striking Such claim maintenance fee and inserting the following: The claim maintenance fee under subparagraph (A) in the first sentence, by striking The holder of and inserting the following: The holder of in subsection (b)— in the second sentence, by striking The location fee and inserting the following: The location fee in the first sentence, by striking “The claim maintenance fee” and inserting the following: The claim maintenance fee (c)Additional mill sites
(1)DefinitionsIn this subsection: (A)Mill siteThe term ‘mill site’ means a location of public land that is reasonably necessary for waste rock or tailings disposal or other operations reasonably incident to mineral development on, or production from land included in a plan of operations.
(B)Operations; OperatorThe terms ‘operations’ and ‘operator’ have the meanings given those terms in section 3809.5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection). (C)Plan of operationsThe term ‘plan of operations’ means a plan of operations that an operator must submit and the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, must approve before an operator may begin operations, in accordance with, as applicable—
(i)subpart 3809 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations establishing application and approval requirements); and (ii)part 228 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations establishing application and approval requirements).
(D)Public landThe term ‘public land’ means land owned by the United States that is open to location under sections 2319 through 2344 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.), including— (i)land that is mineral-in-character (as defined in section 3830.5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection));
(ii)nonmineral land (as defined in section 3830.5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection)); and (iii)land where the mineral character has not been determined.
(2)In GeneralNotwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), where public land is needed by the proprietor of a lode or placer claim for operations in connection with any lode or placer claim within the proposed plan of operations, the proprietor may— (A)locate and include within the plan of operations as many mill site claims under this subsection as are reasonably necessary for its operations; and
(B)use or occupy public land in accordance with an approved plan of operations. (3)Mill sites convey no mineral rightsA mill site under this subsection does not convey mineral rights to the locator.
(4)Size of mill sitesA location of a single mill site under this subsection shall not exceed 5 acres. (5)Mill site and lode or placer claims on same tracts of public landA mill site may be located under this subsection on a tract of public land on which the claimant or operator maintains a previously located lode or placer claim.
(6)Effect on mining claimsThe location of a mill site under this subsection shall not affect the validity of any lode or placer claim, or any rights associated with such a claim. (7)PatentingA mill site under this section shall not be eligible for patenting.
(8)Savings provisionsNothing in this subsection— (A)diminishes any right (including a right of entry, use, or occupancy) of a claimant;
(B)creates or increases any right (including a right of exploration, entry, use, or occupancy) of a claimant on land that is not open to location under the general mining laws; (C)modifies any provision of law or any prior administrative action withdrawing land from location or entry;
(D)limits the right of the Federal Government to regulate mining and mining-related activities (including requiring claim validity examinations to establish the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit) in areas withdrawn from mining, including under— (i)the general mining laws;
(ii)the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); (iii)the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.);
(iv)sections 100731 through 100737 of title 54, United States Code; (v)the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
(vi)division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘National Historic Preservation Act’); or (vii)section 4 of the Act of July 23, 1955 (commonly known as the ‘Surface Resources Act of 1955’) (69 Stat. 368, chapter 375; 30 U.S.C. 612);
(E)restores any right (including a right of entry, use, or occupancy, or right to conduct operations) of a claimant that— (i)existed prior to the date on which the land was closed to, or withdrawn from, location under the general mining laws; and
(ii)that has been extinguished by such closure or withdrawal; or (F)modifies section 404 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42).. (B)FeeThe claim maintenance fee under subparagraph (A); and (A)In GeneralThe holder of; and (B)FeeThe claim maintenance fee under subparagraph (A); and (A)In GeneralThe holder of; and (2)FeeThe location fee; and (1)In GeneralThe claim maintenance fee.
Section 93
444. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enforce Public Land Order 7917 (88 Fed. Reg. 6308 (January 31, 2023)).
Section 94
445. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and not subject to further judicial review, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall reinstate the hardrock mineral leases in the Superior National Forest in the State of Minnesota issued in 2019 and identified as MNES-01352 and MNES-01353.
Section 95
446. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to consider or incorporate the social cost of carbon— as part of any cost-benefit analysis required or performed pursuant to— any law; Executive Order No. 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to protecting public health and the environment and restoring science to tackle the climate crisis); Executive Order No. 14094 (88 Fed. Reg. 21879; relating to modernizing regulatory review); the Presidential Memorandum titled “Modernizing Regulatory Review” issued by the President on January 20, 2021; any revisions to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-4 proposed or finalized under Executive Order No. 14094; or “Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990,” published under the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, in February of 2021; in any rulemaking; in the issuance of any guidance; in taking any other agency action; or as a justification for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action.
Section 96
447. The provisions of H.R. 226 (Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act) of the 119th Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on February 4, 2025, is hereby enacted into law. In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes at large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the bills referred to in subsection (a).
Section 97
448. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be obligated to require or request, as a condition of the issuance, renewal, or extension of any Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management permit, lease, allotment, easement, or other land use and occupancy, arrangement, the transfer, or relinquishment of any water right, in whole, or in part, granted under State law.
Section 98
449. Subject to the terms provided in this section, if the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District submits to the Secretary of Agriculture, not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a written request for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land located in the County of Riverside, California, as generally depicted on the map titled Sunnymead Cactus Avenue Channel Proposed Land Conveyance and dated May 13, 2024 the Secretary shall convey to that District all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to those lands: Provided, That the exact acreage and legal description of the National Forest System land herein identified shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary: Provided further, That then conveyance shall be made by quitclaim deed and subject to existing rights and any other terms and conditions the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States: Provided further, That the District shall pay to the United States fair market value for the conveyed National Forest System land herein identified: Provided further, That the Secretary shall deposit any funds received by the United States from such conveyance in the fund established under Public Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484a) (commonly known as the “Sisk Act”) and such deposits shall be made available without future appropriations: Provided further, That as a condition of the conveyance, the District shall pay all costs associated with the conveyance, including the survey herein required and any environmental analysis and resource surveys required by Federal law: Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C, 9620(h)), with respect to the National Forest System land herein identified, the Secretary shall only be required to meet disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants under section 120(h) and shall not otherwise be required to remediate or abate any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants: Provided further, That if the National Forest System land herein identified is conveyed to the District, the Secretary shall not be required to contribute to the cost of any infrastructure, facilities, or improvements developed on that land after the conveyance.
Section 99
450. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to withdraw any Federal land from any form of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, or patent under the general mining laws, or disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, or geothermal leasing laws unless such withdrawal is authorized by an Act of Congress.
Section 100
451. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to issue or revise any regulation pursuant to Section 17(o) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(o)) relating to oil and gas development of outstanding and reserved mineral rights within the Allegheny National Forest.
Section 101
452. Section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 570; 16 U.S.C. 577g), is amended by striking of the fair appraised value of such and inserting of the highest fair appraised value, including the historical fair appraised value, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with this section, of such.
Section 102
453. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to issue or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory action, or approve any labeling or change to such labeling that is inconsistent with or in any respect different from the conclusion of— a human health assessment performed pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); or a carcinogenicity classification for a pesticide.
Section 103
454. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to approve a waiver submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by the State of California, pursuant to section 209(e) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(e)), for the State of California’s amendments to its rule titled “Small Off-Road Engine Regulations: Transition to Zero Emissions”.
Section 104
455. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Federal ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on June 5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 36654).
Section 105
456. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 39798).
Section 106
457. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed interim registration review decision and draft risk assessment addendum for ethylene oxide described in the notice titled “Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decision and Draft Risk Assessment Addendum for Ethylene Oxide; Notice of Availability” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 13, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 22447) unless the Commissioner of Food and Drugs certifies that, as relevant, finalization, implementation, administration, or enforcement of such rule, decision, or addendum for ethylene oxide will not adversely impact the availability of ethylene oxide to sterilize medical products in the United States or result in the movement of any sterilization capacity of such products outside of the United States.
Section 107
458. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 27842), or any substantially similar rule.
Section 108
459. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29440), or any substantially similar rule.
Section 109
460. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on September 27, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 66558).
Section 110
461. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on March 8, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16820).
Section 111
462. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on May 14, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 42062).
Section 112
463. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled “Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on January 23, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 4474).
Section 113
464. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 38950).
Section 114
465. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to ban the use of aerially applied fire retardant.
Section 115
466. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement a regulation issued by the State of California, pursuant to the authority provided under the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement between the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and Region IX of the Environmental Protection Agency (or any successor agreement), to regulate metal shredding facilities in a manner that is inconsistent with or in any respect different from the requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6091 et seq.).
Section 116
467. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report outlining a plan to qualify any fuel derived from waste plastic or waste tires as cellulosic biofuel under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)). In preparing the report described in subsection (a), the Administrator shall consult with relevant stakeholders and incorporate into such report any input from such stakeholders that the Administrator determines appropriate.
Section 117
468. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used— to develop, propose, finalize, implement, or enforce regulations implementing subsection (c) of section 136 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7436); or otherwise impose, collect, or enforce a charge on methane emissions under such section 136.
Section 118
469. The notice of the Environmental Protection Agency approving the State of Florida's request to carry out a permit program for the discharge of dredged or fill material pursuant to section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344), published on December 22, 2020, and titled “EPA's Approval of Florida's Clean Water Act Section 404 Assumption Request” (85 Fed. Reg. 83553) shall have the force and effect of law.
Section 119
470. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on March 6, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16202).
Section 120
501. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act for payments to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities under the heading Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement—Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund may be used to implement, administer, or enforce section 200.311 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations.
Section 121
502. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 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 (89 Fed. Reg. 48034 (June 4, 2024)).
Section 122
503. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the Land Protection Plan described in the document titled Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and dated February 2023.
Section 123
504. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process published by the Bureau of Land Management in the Federal Register on April 23, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 30916).
Section 124
505. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled Determinations of Attainment by the Attainment Date, Extensions of the Attainment Date, and Reclassification of Areas Classified as Marginal for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on October 7, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 60897) in— Allegan County, Michigan; Berrien County, Michigan; or Muskegon County, Michigan.
Section 125
506. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule titled Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency on January 24, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 4296).
Section 126
507. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the draft risk assessment titled Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 3859).
Section 127
508. Section 122(a)(1) of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking For fiscal years 2012 and 2013 only and inserting During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter.
Section 128
509. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated, expended, or used in any manner to restrict or impede access to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Lake Eleanor Basin areas for public recreation, benefit, and use.
Section 129
510. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to procure, whether directly or by contract with a third party, computers, printers, or videoconferencing services in which the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary or parent entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of the equipment is an entity, or parent company of an entity in which the People’s Republic of China has any ownership stake.
Section 130
511. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to develop, finalize, issue, or use assessments under the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
Section 131
512. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used by the Smithsonian Institution to implement the amendments to Chapter 203 of title 51, United States Code in Sec. 40005 of Public Law 119–21 relating to Space Vehicle Transfer.
Section 132
513. $0.