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

Key Points

• The bill funds the Department of the Interior, EPA, Forest Service, and Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2027. Major allocations include $2.87 billion for National Park Service operations, $3.7 billion for EPA state and tribal assistance grants (including water infrastructure), $2.63 billion for Forest Service wildland fire management, and over $5 billion for Indian Health Services.
• The bill blocks federal protections for several species, requiring the Interior Secretary to delist gray wolves, Greater Yellowstone grizzly bears, and Northern Continental Divide grizzly bears. It also bars funds from enforcing endangered status for the lesser prairie-chicken, northern long-eared bat, wolverine, and other species, and prohibits listing the sage-grouse.
• The bill blocks the BLM's conservation leasing rule, prohibits using the social cost of carbon in any federal rulemaking or cost-benefit analysis, bans mandatory greenhouse gas reporting from livestock manure systems, and prevents the EPA from requiring permits for livestock-related emissions under the Clean Air Act.
• It includes social policy riders banning funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion training, prohibiting programs promoting Critical Race Theory, and protecting individuals and organizations that oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds from losing federal benefits or tax-exempt status.
• More than $2 billion in clean water and drinking water state revolving fund grants are included, along with $135 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and $135 million for abandoned mine reclamation payments to Appalachian states and tribes.
• The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin would be redesignated as Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve, and hardrock mineral leases in Minnesota's Superior National Forest would be reinstated within 30 days of enactment.