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US S2580

US S2580
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020


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Introduced
09/26/2019
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and 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, Departmental Offices, and Department-Wide Programs. The bill 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 Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality; the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; 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 Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts and 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; the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission; the World War I Centennial Commission; and the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children. Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

AI Summary

This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and various other related agencies. Key provisions include: - Providing emergency transfer authority and funding for wildland fire suppression, emergency rehabilitation of burned lands, and other natural disasters. - Allowing the Secretary of the Interior to redistribute Tribal Priority Allocation funds to address unmet needs and inequities. - Authorizing the acquisition of lands and facilities related to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands. - Establishing annual inspection fees for offshore oil and gas facilities. - Allowing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into long-term cooperative agreements for the care of excess wild horses and burros. - Prohibiting the use of funds to write proposed rules related to greater sage-grouse. - Providing appropriations for various EPA programs, including the Hazardous Substance Superfund and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. - Authorizing the transfer of excess Department of the Interior firefighting equipment to volunteer and rural fire departments.

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 227. (on 09/26/2019)

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