HR8998-118

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

118th Congress Introduced Aug 1, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE9FD9D889D17412EB409F352AC828B6E: That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and...
  • Section H82A3C7D3A21E4781BD097E6D01E3E5C7: 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...
  • Section HFE25AEDF01E546CEB6873CB2977DECFF: 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...
  • Section H3D79F84A3304463E899F9D9AF962E31E: 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...
  • Section HD21B85D7B4AB46538CCDD6BB01F0835D: 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...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Sep 12, 2024

Read twice and placed on the calendar

Aug 1, 2024

Received

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
72 mentions across 64 clauses
+26 positive -40 negative ?6 uncertain

American Climate Corps program and participants, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education

Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Forest Service, National Park Service face effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of the Interior bureaus, EPA Office of Inspector General, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Federal Highway Administration, Federal agencies, Federal employees, Federal wildland firefighters, Federal wildland firefighters (USFS, BLM, NPS, FWS), Federal wildland firefighters on incident assignments, Forest Service firefighting operations, Interior Department real property appraisers

Negative-direction: American Climate Corps program and participants, DEIA programs and offices, EPA Environmental Financial Advisory Board, EPA and Army Corps of Engineers, EPA climate and environmental programs, EPA diversity and environmental justice programs, EPA, Interior, and related agencies, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal DEI programs and staff, Federal agencies and facilities, Federal agencies conducting voter registration activities, Federal agencies funded by this Act, Federal agencies implementing climate policy, Federal environmental justice programs, Federal land management agencies, Federal regulatory agencies, Federal revenue from methane charges, Federal revenue from mineral leasing, Forest Service and Interior Department, Hong Kong government trade offices, Indian Health Service, Interior Department DEIA programs, Interior Department employees who bike to work, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Treasury (federal revenue)

Oil & Gas
31 mentions across 30 clauses
+29 positive -2 negative

Energy companies on federal lands, Fossil fuel and carbon-intensive industries, Fossil fuel and infrastructure projects requiring NEPA review

Oil and gas companies faces effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Energy companies on federal lands, Fossil fuel and carbon-intensive industries, Fossil fuel and infrastructure projects requiring NEPA review, Fossil fuel industry, Fossil fuel industry and carbon-intensive industries, Offshore decommissioning contractors, Offshore drilling contractors, Offshore oil and gas companies, Oil and gas companies in NPR-A, Oil and gas companies leasing federal lands, Oil and gas companies on federal lands, Oil and gas companies with Alaska leases, Oil and gas operators in the Permian Basin, Oil and gas operators with mineral rights in Allegheny National Forest, Oil and gas producers in Permian Basin, Oil and gas producers in prairie-chicken habitat, Oil and gas producers in sage-grouse habitat, Oil and gas producers subject to methane fee, Oil and natural gas extraction and processing companies, Oil and natural gas producers and processors, Oil, gas, and mining operators in southwestern Wyoming, Oil, gas, and ranching interests in Wyoming, Onshore oil and gas companies, Pipeline and transmission line developers

Negative-direction: Offshore drilling operators

Environment
28 mentions across 28 clauses
+2 positive -26 negative

Arctic conservation organizations, Bison conservation efforts, Boundary Waters watershed protection

Positive-direction: Everglades restoration projects, Wildlife habitat conservation programs

Negative-direction: Arctic conservation organizations, Bison conservation efforts, Boundary Waters watershed protection, Climate advocates, Climate policy advocates, Conservation economists and organizations, Conservation groups, Conservation groups seeking monument protection, Conservation organizations, Environmental justice grant recipients, Environmental litigation organizations, Environmental organizations, Forest conservation organizations, Grizzly bear conservation efforts, Water bodies receiving power plant discharge, Wilderness conservation advocates, Wildlife and sage grouse conservation, Wildlife conservation interests, Wildlife conservation organizations

Manufacturing
27 mentions across 19 clauses
+20 positive -7 negative

Ammunition manufacturers, Automobile manufacturers, Carbon capture technology providers

Positive-direction: Ammunition manufacturers, Automobile manufacturers, Chemical facilities and refineries subject to Risk Management Program, Chemical manufacturers and industrial users, Diesel locomotive manufacturers, Domestic iron and steel manufacturers, Facilities subject to EPA enforcement, Fire retardant manufacturers, Fishing tackle manufacturers, Heavy-duty truck and bus manufacturers, Heavy-duty truck and engine manufacturers, Industrial facilities and power plants emitting particulates, Industrial facilities in western Michigan counties, Internal combustion engine vehicle industry, Lime manufacturing plants, Pesticide manufacturers, Small engine manufacturers (lawn equipment, generators), Wood products manufacturers

Negative-direction: Carbon capture technology providers, Electric heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers, Electric lawn equipment manufacturers, Electric locomotive manufacturers, Electric vehicle manufacturers, Foreign steel producers, Methane monitoring and control equipment manufacturers

Mining
15 mentions across 14 clauses
+14 positive -1 negative

Coal mining companies, Energy and mining companies, Extractive industries on federal lands

Positive-direction: Coal mining companies, Energy and mining companies, Extractive industries on federal lands, Mining and energy companies in monument area, Mining and energy companies seeking federal land access, Mining companies, Mining companies near Boundary Waters, Mining companies near Boundary Waters (Twin Metals), Mining companies on public lands, Mining companies seeking access to Minnesota federal lands, Mining companies seeking federal permits, Mining companies with historical operations on Upper Columbia River, Oil, gas, and mining companies in southwestern Colorado, Third-party mineral examination contractors

Negative-direction: Mining companies seeking patents

General Public
13 mentions across 13 clauses
-13 negative

Communities disproportionately affected by pollution, Communities in the Permian Basin, Communities near chemical facilities

Fishing & Forestry
10 mentions across 9 clauses
+9 positive -1 negative

Commercial fishing operations, Fishing interests on federal lands, Forest restoration contractors

Positive-direction: Commercial fishing operations, Fishing interests on federal lands, Forest restoration contractors, Logging and timber companies, Recreational fishers, Timber and logging companies, Timber and logging industry, Timber companies, Wildfire suppression contractors

Negative-direction: Timber exporters

Agriculture
10 mentions across 9 clauses
+10 positive

Agricultural and development interests in Texas kangaroo rat habitat, Agricultural operations subject to EPA oversight, Agricultural producers using pesticides

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sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Labor
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"wildland firefighter" §H2E922B9BFC99458682BF156BB366B819

a firefighter— who is employed by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior

"prescribed fire incident" §H490C5C95D5FF433387EAE7159A8FD1D0

a wildland fire originating from a planned ignition in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives

"prescribed fire incident" §H67837CF6552A4A5A8D079486778411B6

a wildland fire originating from a planned ignition in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives

"wildland firefighter" §HDB22B3993721484895AA23783FBA9F9C

a firefighter— who is employed by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior

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