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.

Text of the bill

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I DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

III RELATED AGENCIES

IV GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 514.

(a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to declare forfeited, abandoned, or void any unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site described in section 10101(a)(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)) for which the claim maintenance fee required by that section (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)) was paid on or before September 1, 2012, on the ground that the holder of such unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site did not comply with the assessment work requirement or the related filing requirements described in that section (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)), for the assessment year ending on September 1, 2012.

(b) Subsection (a) shall apply notwithstanding receipt by the holder of an unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site described in that subsection of a refund of the claim maintenance fee described in that subsection from the Secretary of the Interior.

(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site described in subsection (a) for which the claim maintenance fee described in that subsection was waived under section 10101(d) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(d)) for the assessment year ending on September 1, 2012.