H.R. 9171

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

Sponsor: Michael K. Simpson · 0 cosponsors

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Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several related agencies.

The bill provides appropriations to Interior for

  • the Bureau of Land Management,
  • the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
  • the National Park Service,
  • the U.S. Geological Survey,
  • the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
  • the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,
  • the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
  • the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
  • the Bureau of Indian Education,
  • the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration,
  • the U.S. Wildland Fire Service,
  • Departmental Offices, and
  • Department-Wide Programs.

The bill also provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service.

Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for

  • the Indian Health Service,
  • the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and
  • the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

The bill provides appropriations to several related agencies, including

  • the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality,
  • the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,
  • the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
  • the Smithsonian Institution,
  • the National Gallery of Art,
  • the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
  • the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
  • the National Endowment for the Arts,
  • the National Endowment for the Humanities,
  • the Commission of Fine Arts,
  • the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
  • the National Capital Planning Commission,
  • the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and
  • the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission.

Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

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I DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

III RELATED AGENCIES

IV GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 508.

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to require, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, testing on dogs or the submission of data derived from testing conducted in dogs in order to approve an application for any product regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) or the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) except for cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that, as of the date on which the application is submitted—

(1) there is not a viable alternative to such testing or the use of such data; or

(2) use of such an alternative is not consistent with the best available science.