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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. 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
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
43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.
Public Law 95–87
30 U.S.C. 1257
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)
Public Law 106–462
Public Law 108–374
25 U.S.C. 5324(l)
Public Law 87–483
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. 452 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.
Public Law 117–58
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
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)
54 U.S.C. 200306(a)
43 U.S.C. 1348(c)
Public Law 113–76
Public Law 116–6
chapter 33
Public Law 99–338
Public Law 108–447
20 U.S.C. 4441
43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.
15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)
42 U.S.C. 9611
42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)
Public Law 117–328
Public Law 118–5
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)
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 106–554
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
42 U.S.C. 209
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. 450
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 93–531
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 104–333
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.
30 U.S.C. 181 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
16 U.S.C. 6809
Public Law 112–74
Public Law 110–161
16 U.S.C. 565a–1
16 U.S.C. 528
Public Law 116–260
Public Law 111–88
Public Law 118–42
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
43 U.S.C. 1629g–1(b)(3)(B)
16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)
16 U.S.C. 2113a
42 U.S.C. 18741(a)(5)
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, 2025, 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 2025. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.
Section 7
106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein, including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts, or other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable: Provided, That for purposes of 54 U.S.C. 200306(a), such lands, waters, or interests acquired under this heading shall be considered to be within the exterior boundary of a System unit authorized or established.
Section 8
107. In fiscal year 2025, 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 2025 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 2025. Fees for fiscal year 2025 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 2025. Fees for fiscal year 2025 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 9
108. 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 10
109. 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 11
110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2025, 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 12
111. 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 13
112. 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 14
113. 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 15
114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2025 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 16
115. Subject to subsection (b), in any case in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management prescribes or approves any departure or use of alternate procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head of such bureau shall post a description of such departure or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such bureau’s publicly available website not more than 15 business days after such issuance. The head of each bureau may exclude confidential business information.
Section 17
116. Hereafter, until the expiration of authority pursuant to subsection (e), on request by the State of Virginia or the District of Columbia for the purpose of the construction of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project, the Secretary of the Interior may convey to the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any portion of the approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land depicted as Permanent Impact to NPS Land on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is identified by the State or the District of Columbia. Such conveyance of the National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall be subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary may require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used for the purposes specified in this section, the lands or interests therein shall revert to the National Park Service after they have been restored or remediated to the satisfaction of the Secretary. The Secretary and the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement, may— make minor boundary adjustments to the National Park Service land to be conveyed to the State or the District of Columbia under subsection (a); and correct any minor errors in the Map referred to in subsection (a). For purposes of this section: The term Long Bridge Project means the rail project, as identified by the Federal Railroad Administration, from Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. The term State means the State of Virginia. The authority provided by this section shall expire once the conveyance described in subsection (a) has been completed.
Section 18
117. 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 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.
Section 19
118. For fiscal year 2025, 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 20
119. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus); a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse.
Section 21
120. 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 22
121. Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2025 for fiscal year 2024.
Section 23
122. In fiscal years 2025 and 2026, 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 non-reimbursable 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 24
123. Section 103101 of title 54, United States Code, is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking $250,000 and inserting $500,000.
Section 25
124. Section 113 of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), as amended by section 114 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6), is further amended by striking In fiscal years 2014 through 2024 and inserting In fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Section 26
125. The Secretary of the Interior may recruit and directly appoint qualified individuals into the competitive service who are certified as maintaining a permanent and exclusive residence within, or contiguous to, a field unit, into any position at or below grades GS-9 or WG-15 or equivalent within such field unit: Provided, That any action authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit principles of section 2301 of such title 5, and with the public notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 5: Provided further, That appointments under this authority shall be considered compliant with all applicable provisions of chapter 33 of title 5.
Section 27
126. The first section of Public Law 99–338, as amended by subsection (c)(1) of section 139 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), is further amended— by striking 3 renewals and inserting 7 renewals; and by striking of Southern California Edison Company.
Section 28
127. The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park shall hereafter be known and designated as the Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center.
Section 29
128. Section 1521 of the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act (20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking private,; and in subsection (c)(2)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking be Native Hawaiians or and inserting include Native Hawaiians and; and by striking the comma at the end and inserting ; and; by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D); in subparagraph (E), by striking of office; and by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (B).
Section 30
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 31
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 32
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 33
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, 2026, 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 34
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 2025.
Section 35
406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2025 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 2025 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 36
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 37
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 38
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 39
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 40
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 41
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 42
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 43
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 44
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 2025.
Section 45
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 46
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 47
418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting September 30, 2025 for September 30, 2019.
Section 48
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 49
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 50
421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting October 1, 2026 for September 30, 2019.
Section 51
422. 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 52
423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2025 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 53
424. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2025 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 54
425. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by substituting September 30, 2025 for September 30, 2019.
Section 55
426. 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 2025 for fiscal year 2019.
Section 56
427. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and dated April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of the cultural resources investigation identified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260).
Section 57
428. 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 2025 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 58
429. 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, is further amended by striking through fiscal year 2020 each place it appears and inserting hereafter.
Section 59
430. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts made available from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such section of such title, to the agencies of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names specified, and for the projects and activities specified in the table titled Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2025 in the report accompanying this Act. 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 2025 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activities specified in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2025 in the report accompanying this Act. Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of this section, neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts and for projects and activities that are allocated by subsections (a)(1) and (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 National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund or 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. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s Contingency Fund line in the table titled Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2025 to any project funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen cost overruns, in accordance with the following requirements: Contingency Fund amounts may only be reallocated if there is a risk to project completion resulting from unforeseen cost overruns; Contingency Fund amounts may only be reallocated for cost of adjustments and changes within the original scope of effort for projects funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund; and The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture must provide written notification to the Committees on Appropriations 30 days before taking any actions authorized by this subsection if the amount reallocated from the Contingency Fund line for a project is projected to be 10 percent or greater than the following, as applicable: The amount allocated to that project in the table titled Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2025 in the report accompanying this Act; or The initial estimate in the most recent report submitted, prior to enactment of this Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to section 430(e) of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2025 (Public Law 118–42). Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for the projects in the Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress required by section 200402(h) of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That the Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress must include a Contingency Fund line for each agency within the allocations defined in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code: Provided further, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to that agency’s Contingency Fund line: Provided further, That any proposals to change the scope of or terminate a previously approved project must be clearly identified in such submission. Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. 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 account for that land management Agency 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. 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, and on the list of supplementary allocations required by subparagraph (A) 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 2026, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 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 Department 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 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 subparagraph (A). The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
Section 60
431. 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 61
432. 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 62
433. 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 63
434. 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 64
435. 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 65
436. 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 66
437. 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 67
438. 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; and in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting or 2025 after or 2024 each place it appears.
Section 68
439. 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, 2025 for December 24, 2022.
Section 69
440. Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g–1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking 5-year period and inserting 10-year period.
Section 70
441. The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, may waive, in whole or in part, the non-Federal cost sharing requirement of any appropriate conservation project under section 212(a)(1) of the Public Lands Corps Act (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)): Provided, That in the event of such a waiver, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, is authorized to pay up to 100 percent of the costs of such conservation project.
Section 71
442. Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a), as amended, shall be applied by substituting 2025 for 2024.
Section 72
443. In implementing regulations related to tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions standards under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency shall assess and report to Congress on the impact such regulations would have on the amount of critical minerals extracted, processed, or recycled by a foreign entity of concern (as defined in section 40207(a)(5) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18741(a)(5))).
Section 73
444. Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
Section 74
445. Sections 1 through 3 of S. 2272 (A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters, and for other purposes) of the 118th Congress, as placed on the calendar of the Senate on September 11, 2023, are 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 bill referred to in subsection (a).