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TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equip-
ment and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and develop-
ment, $744,195,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$27,253,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as specified 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which $6,278,000 
shall be for projects specified for Science and Technology in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, including nec-
essary expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 
library memberships in societies or associations which issue publica-
tions to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the 
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal 
combustion residual permit program under section 2301 of the 
Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $40,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $3,114,671,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of amounts 
made available for Environmental Programs and Management, not 
less than $33,024,000 is to carry out the Energy Star Program 
pursuant to section 324(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a(c)): Provided further, That of the funds 
included under this heading, $30,000,000 shall be for grants, 
including for projects and implementation and training: Provided 
further, That for the funds provided in the preceding proviso not 
less than 10 percent shall be for any county that has had 20 
percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 
30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty 
Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any territory or possession 
of the United States: Provided further, That of the funds included 
under this heading—
(1) $30,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: 
National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act);
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(2) $690,202,000 shall be for Geographic Programs as speci-
fied in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); and 
(3) $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for grants, including grants that may be awarded on a 
non-competitive basis, interagency agreements, and associated 
program support costs to establish and implement a program 
to assist Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaskan Native 
Village Corporations, federally-recognized tribes in Alaska, 
Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations and Alaska Native 
Nonprofit Associations, and intertribal consortia comprised of 
Alaskan tribal entities to address contamination on lands con-
veyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are contaminated 
at the time of conveyance and are on an inventory of such 
lands developed and maintained by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency: Provided, That grants awarded using funds made 
available in this paragraph may be used by a recipient to 
supplement other funds provided by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency through individual media or multi-media grants 
or cooperative agreements: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available in this paragraph, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may reserve up to $2,000,000 for 
salaries, expenses, and administration of the program and for 
grants related to such program that address contamination 
on lands conveyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or 
are contaminated at the time of conveyance and are on the 
EPA inventory of such lands. 
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) 
of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, 
That fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited 
in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts 
in fiscal year 2026 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 
and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in 
this paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2026 shall 
be reduced by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts 
received during fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 
realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those amounts in 
excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 
Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2026, shall 
be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds included in the first paragraph under this 
heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project 
shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of 
any fees appropriated, not less than the amount of appropriations 
for that program project for fiscal year 2014.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$43,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That the Office of Inspector General shall be subject to 
the terms, conditions, and requirements specified under this 
heading in Senate Report 118–83. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, 
the Environmental Protection Agency, $40,676,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 
U.S.C. 9611), and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, 
$282,749,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such 
sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2025, 
and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust Fund, as authorized 
by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $282,749,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for 
purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$11,328,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appro-
priation to remain available until September 30, 2027, and 
$17,607,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appro-
priation to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided 
further, That section 122(b)(3) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)) 
shall be applied in this fiscal year by inserting before the period: 
‘‘, including for the hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft’’: 
Provided further, That the matter preceding the first proviso in 
section 443(b) of title IV of division G of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) shall be applied in this 
fiscal year by inserting before the semicolon ‘‘, including for the 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft’’: Provided further, That 
amounts repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso shall con-
tinue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division 
A of Public Law 118–5. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, $88,903,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $64,583,000 shall be for carrying out leaking 
underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 
9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and $24,320,000 shall
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be for carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations 
made available under this heading to implement section 9013 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to 
federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and 
implementation of programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $20,561,000, 
to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain 
available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $4,409,609,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which—
(1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
$1,126,101,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That $892,762,272 
of the funds made available for capitalization grants for the 
Clean Water State Revolving Funds and $715,364,627 of the 
funds made available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the construction 
of drinking water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure 
and for water quality protection in accordance with the terms 
and conditions specified for such grants in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act) for projects specified for 
‘‘STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund’’ and ‘‘STAG—
Clean Water State Revolving Fund’’ in the table titled ‘‘Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
and, for purposes of these grants, each grantee shall contribute 
not less than 20 percent of the cost of the project unless 
the grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency: Provided 
further, That $13,300,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading for capitalization grants for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds and for capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used by the Administrator 
for salaries, expenses, and administration for Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending 
Items: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, to the extent 
there are sufficient eligible project applications and projects 
are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, not less than 
10 percent of the funds made available under this title to 
each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization