# 119-hr-9171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 119-hr-9171, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] (R-ID); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9171 - As of: 2026-10-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-9171 - Congress: 119 - Title: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2026-06-05 - Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] (R-ID) - Cosponsors: 0 - Policy area: Economics and Public Finance - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-04 ## Summary **This bill would fund the Department of the Interior, EPA, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and related agencies for FY2027.** It focuses on money for public lands, water and infrastructure, wildfire response, and Tribal programs. ## Provisions PRIA read - Payments for mine cleanup and grants: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would provide $135,000,000 for abandoned mine reclamation payments to States and Tribes, with set distributions and payment due within 90 days of enactment. If payments are late, OSMRE salaries would be cut $100,000 per day until paid. The bill would also provide $1,700,000 for… - Smithsonian operations funding: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would provide $851,692,000 to the Smithsonian Institution, available until Sept. 30, 2028, with up to $27,000,000 for specified programs remaining available until spent. The funds would support museums, research centers, exhibitions, and related projects and allow advance payme… - Big boost for Wildland Fire Service: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would provide $1,164,721,000 for the United States Wildland Fire Service for FY2027, to remain available until expended. It would set aside funds for facilities ($11 million), fuels management ($219 million), and burned area rehabilitation ($10 million). The money could priorit… - More Forest Service funding: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would give the Forest Service $1,000,283,000 for operations and $152,800,000 for construction and upkeep. The funds would be available through Sept. 30, 2030. The money would pay for staff offices, facilities, utilities, IT, and roads. This would help Forest Service employees,… - Big loan subsidies for water projects: benefit, high. This bill would provide $64.63 million to pay costs of direct and guaranteed WIFIA loans and guarantees, with the funds remaining available until expended. Those funds could subsidize up to $12.5 billion in loan principal for water infrastructure projects, including a $5 million reservation for cer… - Protect hunting, fishing access: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar funds from being used to close federal land to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting if access was allowed and followed the land plan on January 1, 2013. The Secretary could temporarily close land for up to 30 days and extend once for up to 90 days for extreme we… - Alaska rural water grants rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would fund Alaska rural and Native Village drinking water and wastewater projects but require the State to provide a 25% match. No more than 5% of funds may pay admin costs. Awards must follow a State priority list made with EPA and USDA. At least 25% of funds must go to region… - No livestock GHG permits or reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would stop funds from being used to require Title V air permits for CO2, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions from livestock biological processes. It would also bar funds from being used to implement any rule that mandates reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from… - CERCLA set‑aside for poor counties: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require that at least 10 percent of CERCLA section 104(k) grants, interagency agreements, and program support costs be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties. The bill defines persistent poverty counties as those with 20 percent or more of their populatio… - Emergency spending flexibility rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Interior Secretary move or spend money inside bureaus to rebuild or repair assets after disasters only after emergency funds are exhausted. Any funds used must be repaid by a later supplemental appropriation. For wildland fire, the Secretary could use no-year fund… - EPA fees and Great Lakes transfers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let EPA collect pesticide registration and certain solid waste fees for FY2027 and keep them until spent. It would also allow transferring up to $369,000,000 of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds to other federal agencies, with concurrence, for grants and projects s… - Indian trust management changes: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let appropriations under the BIA, BIE, and Bureau of Trust Funds Administration, and some prior unobligated balances, be used or moved for Indian trust management and reform. The Secretary must notify the Appropriations Committees within 60 days of any transfer. It would… - Surface mining regulatory grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would appropriate $119,786,000 to carry out the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, available until Sept. 30, 2028. At least $66,000,000 would be for State and Tribal regulatory grants. The bill would also authorize travel and per diem for State and Tribal staff to atte… - More BSEE fee money for permitting: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would provide $35,000,000 from non-refundable inspection fees for BSEE, available until expended. For FY2027, at least 50 percent of inspection fees expended by BSEE must fund personnel and mission costs to expand permitting and review capacity, including permit-to-drill review… - Higher offshore inspection fees for operators: cost, high. This bill would set FY2027 nonrefundable inspection and annual fees for Outer Continental Shelf operators. Annual facility fees would be $10,500 for facilities with no wells but processing or gathering, $17,000 for 1–10 wells, and $31,500 for more than 10 wells. Drilling rig inspection fees would b… - Limits on tribal contract support costs: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would say that the FY2027 amounts in this Act for IHS, BIA, and BIE are the only funds available to cover contract support costs for self-determination and self-governance contracts in FY2027. Those amounts could not be used to pay claims or settlements for prior years. - Block Lava Ridge wind project: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would bar spending from this Act to issue a right-of-way or to approve work for the Lava Ridge Wind Project. The provision would prevent federal actions that would allow construction or operation tied to that project's right-of-way. - No NPS housing for undocumented people: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would bar the National Park Service from using funds to provide housing to an alien without lawful immigration status. The restriction would apply upon enactment. - More funding and changes for Tribes: mixed, high. This bill would provide about $2.27 billion for operation of Indian programs through Sept. 30, 2028. It would allow up to $1.5 million for taking on functions from the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation and keep $78.66 million available until spent for housing improvements, road work, land… - Ban use of social cost of carbon: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would bar agencies from using the "social cost of carbon" or similar social cost estimates in any required cost-benefit analysis, rulemaking, guidance, or agency action. The restriction would take effect upon enactment and cover specified Executive Orders and guidance documents. - NEA money plus grant rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would give the National Endowment for the Arts $135,000,000, available until expended, with $72,000,000 for State grants. The NEA would have to prioritize projects serving underserved populations, create a national-impact grant category, and cap awards to any single State at 15… - Mining claims and patent rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require reinstatement of two named mineral leases in the Superior National Forest within 30 days. It would bar the Department from cancelling certain unpatented claims tied to fees paid by Sept. 1, 2012. The bill would also stop processing most new mining patent applicati… - Restore wolf and grizzly delistings: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Interior Secretary to reissue the rule that removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list within 60 days and to reissue the rule that removed the Greater Yellowstone grizzly within 180 days. The reissuances would not be subject to judicial review. - Limits on EPA testing and lead rules: mixed, medium. This bill would bar use of funds to require testing on dogs or to accept dog-test data for EPA approvals under FIFRA or TSCA, except when the EPA Administrator finds no viable alternative or that alternatives would not meet the best available science as of the application date. It would also bar us… - Buy American for SRF water projects: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar State Revolving Fund money for a water project unless all iron and steel used are produced in the United States. EPA could waive the rule if it hurts the public interest, U.S. supply is inadequate, or U.S. iron and steel raises project cost by more than 25 percent. EP… - Fixed LWCF list and land limits: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require Interior and Agriculture to allocate Land and Water Conservation Fund money for FY2027 exactly as listed in the bill report within 45 days of enactment. The President may not change those allocations. The agencies must notify the Appropriations Committees 30 days… - Alaska remote incinerator rule block: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would prohibit using funds to apply the March 21, 2011 air emission rules to small, remote incinerators in Alaska. Until EPA issues a new rule, the agency must use the pre-2011 law and regulations for those units. - Block pornography on funded networks: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would prohibit using funds from this Act to create or maintain any computer network unless that network is designed to block access to pornography websites. The restriction would not apply to networks needed for Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement or for criminal i… - No funds to limit Hetch Hetchy access: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would bar use of funds made available by this Act for the Presidio Trust. It would also bar using those funds to restrict or impede public recreational access to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Lake Eleanor Basin areas. - No reprogramming without committee OK: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would stop agencies from shifting money made available in this Act without advance approval from the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, following the reprogramming procedures in the bill report. Agencies would need committee sign-off before reallocating funds. - Transfers of wild horses and burros: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would let Interior and Agriculture transfer excess wild horses and burros removed from Federal lands to other government agencies for use as work animals immediately on request. Transferred animals would lose wild status. Recipient agencies could not destroy animals for commerc… - Changes to toxic site health studies: mixed, low. This bill would give the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry $78 million for CERCLA and related public health work. ATSDR would be allowed to perform alternative health studies, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referrals instead of some CERCLA health as… - Border colonia infrastructure funding rule: mixed, low. This bill would fund high-priority water, wastewater, and related projects in colonias along the U.S.-Mexico border only if the recipient county or city has an enforceable ordinance or zoning rule that prevents new colonia development. The local rule must also stop building new homes, businesses, o… ## Related bills - 119-hr-4754: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 - 119-hr-3227: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4709: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3654: TERRA Act - 119-hr-907: Northern Montana Water Security Act of 2025 - 119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026 ## Sources - [119-hr-9171 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9171) ## Related - [119-hr-4754: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Ac…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4754) - [119-hr-3227: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3227) - [119-hr-4709: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4709) - [119-hr-3654: TERRA Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3654) - [119-hr-907: Northern Montana Water Security Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-907) - [119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9535) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9171 (as of 2026-10-04).