Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

# Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 - Summary This comprehensive appropriations bill provides funding for various federal agencies and programs for fiscal year 2025, with key elements including: ## Major Funding Allocations - **Department of the Interior**: $249.76 million for Indian Health Services, $16.89 million for Indian Health Facilities - **Environmental Protection Agency**: Specific funding for environmental programs - **Forest Service**: Funding for forest management, wildfire prevention, and facility maintenance - **Indian Health Service**: $4.93 billion for health services, with $278.02 million for Electronic Health Record System and Indian Healthcare Improvement Fund - **National Institutes of Health**: $81.61 million for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $83.09 million for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - **Smithsonian Institution**: $912.35 million for operations, $197.65 million for facilities capital - **National Endowment for the Arts**: $209 million for arts programs - **National Endowment for the Humanities**: $209 million for humanities programs ## Key Provisions and Restrictions - **Contract Support Costs**: Specific limitations on funding for contract support costs under self-determination agreements - **Wild Horse and Burro Management**: Provisions for humane transfer and treatment of excess wild horses and burros - **Funding Restrictions**: - Prohibits use of funds for certain regulations (e.g., requiring permits for greenhouse gas emissions from livestock) - Limits on using funds for certain types of activities (e.g., no funding for destruction of healthy wild horses) - Requires blocking access to pornography websites on federal computer networks - **Reporting Requirements**: Mandates quarterly reports on fund balances to congressional committees - **Extension of Programs**: Several program authorizations extended through fiscal year 2025 (e.g., Shasta-Trinity Marina fee authority, Interpretive Association authorization) - **Environmental Restrictions**: Prohibits funding for certain environmental regulations related to greenhouse gas emissions and lead content in ammunition ## Specific Program Requirements - **Indian Health Service**: Specific funding for Purchased/Referred Care, Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, and loan repayment programs - **National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund**: Requirements for allocation of funds to specific projects - **Land and Water Conservation Fund**: Specific allocation requirements for conservation projects This bill establishes the funding levels and specific restrictions for numerous federal programs, with particular emphasis on environmental protection, Native American health services, cultural institutions, and land management activities.