EPA's main functions are to enforce federal environmental laws, oversee national regulations, and assist state, local, and tribal governments in controlling pollution. Regarding climate change activities, the conference report on the FY2000 budget resolution included the sense of the Senate that federal funding should not be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if such reductions are made to meet U.S. commitments to the Kyoto Protocol prior to Senate ratification. Under the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Geological Survey conducts research on land, water, mineral, and biological resources and on natural hazards. The conference report on the FY2000 budget resolution did not include any specific funding assumptions regarding research and technical support. Tax Revenues and Incentives Major sources of federal revenue under Function 300 include timber sales, recreational fees, park concessions, grazing fees, mineral royalties from leases on onshore sites, and OCS revenues from offshore oil and gas leases.
Superfund taxes are another source.
The Senate's version of the budget resolution indicated that such offsets could possibly include the reinstatement of Superfund taxes in anticipation of or in conjunction with fundamental Superfund reform legislation, but the conference committee did not include this language in its report on H.Con. Res. 68 . The Senate's version of the budget resolution also expressed the sense of the Senate on allowing budgetary levels to be adjusted for legislation that would use OCS revenues for historic preservation, recreation, conservation, and coastal needs as long as the costs of such legislation would not increase the federal deficit from FY2000 to FY2009. However, the conference committee on H.Con. 68 did not adopt the Senate's funding assumption.