CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 
wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 
or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 
and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 
at the discretion of the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2026, in carrying out work involv-
ing cooperation with State, local, and Tribal governments 
or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 
record obligations against accounts receivable from any 
such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-
vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 
of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-
thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 
Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-
ment would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals 
currently employed by the Department, including 
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partial displacement through reduction of non-over-
time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services 
Program for a job or function in a case in which a 
Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 
or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
ment; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 
Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 112. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education, may transfer funds among and between the 
successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-
tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-
lines described in this Act. 
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PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 113. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian Tribes 
or authorized Tribal organizations that receive Tribally 
Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 
297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.), may obtain interagency 
motor vehicles and related services for performance of any 
activities carried out under such grants to the same extent 
as if they were contracting under the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). 
APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 
SEC. 115. For fiscal year 2026, funds made available 
in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to 
the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and 
Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary 
of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic 
pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in 
the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 
15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal 
reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty 
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programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the 
minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 
higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) 
through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 
SAGE-GROUSE 
SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) to write or issue a proposed or final rule 
with regard to the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
urophasianus) or any distinct population segment of 
greater sage-grouse; or 
(2) to implement, administer, or enforce any 
threatened species or endangered species status of 
the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) 
or any distinct population segment of greater sage- 
grouse. 
SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce the Draft Resource Management Plan 
Amendment or Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
for Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning referenced 
in the notice titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Re-
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source Management Plan Amendment and Environmental 
Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide 
Planning’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 18963 (March 15, 2024)). 
STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 
SEC. 118. For expenses necessary to carry out section 
200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 
Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conserva-
tion Grants program to provide to States, the District of 
Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to sup-
port state program administrative costs. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND DEPOSITS 
SEC. 119. Section 303102 of title 54, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’. 
INTERIOR AUTHORITY FOR OPERATING EFFICIENCIES 
SEC. 120. (a) In fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may authorize and execute agree-
ments to achieve operating efficiencies among and between 
two or more component bureaus and offices through the 
following activities: 
(1) co-locating in facilities leased or owned by 
any such component bureau or office and sharing re-
lated utilities and equipment; 
(2) detailing or assigning staff on a nonreim-
bursable basis for up to 5 business days; and 
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(3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to 
meet mission requirements. 
(b) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be 
to support areas of mission alignment between and among 
component bureaus and offices or where geographic prox-
imity allows for efficiencies. 
(c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements au-
thorized under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear 
costs for such agreements in a manner that reflects their 
approximate benefit and share of total costs, which may 
or may not include indirect costs. 
(d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection 
(c), the Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of 
funds in advance or on a reimbursable basis. 
EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT CEILING 
SEC. 121. Section 103101 of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking 
‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. 
CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY EXTENSION 
SEC. 122. Section 113 of division G of Public Law 
113–76, as amended by Public Law 116–6, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
LAVA RIDGE WIND PROJECT 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of proc-
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essing or approving any notice to proceed with any con-
struction activities relating to the Lava Ridge Wind 
Project right-of-way authorization unless and until the 
Secretary of the Interior has completed a review of the 
Department of the Interior’s Record of Decision author-
izing the use of public lands through the Lava Ridge Wind 
Project right-of-way and, as appropriate, conducted a new, 
comprehensive analysis in accordance with Section 2(b) of 
the Presidential Memorandum titled ‘‘Temporary With-
drawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from 
Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Govern-
ment’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind 
Projects,’’ dated January 20, 2025. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 124. If requested by the claimant of any mining 
claim located within the area covered by Public Land 
Order 7921, the Bureau of Land Management shall 
prioritize completion of a validity determination for such 
claim. The Bureau of Land Management shall strive to 
complete any such validity determination not later than 
3 years of receipt of the request. 
LEAD AMMUNITION AND TACKLE 
SEC. 125. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to prohibit the use of 
lead ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water that 
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is made available for hunting or fishing activities or to 
issue regulations relating to the level of lead in ammuni-
tion or tackle to be used on Federal land or water, un-
less— 
(1) the Secretary of the Interior determines that a 
decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Fed-
eral land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead 
in ammunition or tackle, based on field data from the spe-
cific unit of Federal land or water; and 
(2) the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, is— 
(A) consistent with— 
(i) the law of the State in which the spe-
cific unit of Federal land or water is located; or 
(ii) an applicable policy of the fish and 
wildlife department of the State in which the 
specific unit of Federal land or water is located; 
or 
(B) approved by the fish and wildlife depart-
ment of the State in which the specific unit of Fed-
eral land or water is located. 
(b) In any case in which the Secretary of the Interior 
determines under subsection (a) that there is a wildlife 
population decline on a specific unit of Federal land or 
water that warrants a prohibition on or regulation relating 
to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle, the Secretary 
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shall include in a Federal Register notice an explanation 
of how the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, meets 
the requirements of this section. 
LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threat-
ened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Dis-
tinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the 
Southern Distinct Population Segment’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 
72674 (November 25, 2022)). 
NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT 
SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for 
Northern Long-Eared Bat’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 73488 (Novem-
ber 30, 2022)). 
GRAY WOLF 
SEC. 128. Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall reissue the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis 
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lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened 
Wildlife’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 69778 (November 3, 2020)). 
WOLVERINE 
SEC. 129. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With 
Section 4(d) Rule for North American Wolverine’’ (88 
Fed. Reg. 83726 (November 30, 2023)). 
NORTH CASCADES ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR 
SEC. 130. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential 
Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North 
Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 
36982 (May 3, 2024)). 
BITTERROOT ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR 
SEC. 131. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to establish an experimental popu-
lation of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) within 
the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho. 
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FISH LEGALLY HELD IN CAPTIVITY 
SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to implement, administer, or enforce 
a proposed or final rule with regard to a fish legally held 
in captivity or in a controlled environment in a manner 
that maintains physical separation of such fish from any 
wild population of the same species. 
CHARLES M. RUSSELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
SEC. 133. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to facilitate or allow for the introduction of American 
bison (Bison bison) on the Charles M. Russell National 
Wildlife Refuge (as originally established in Executive 
Order No. 7509, renamed in Public Land Order 2951, and 
redesignated in Public Land Order 5635). 
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT RULES 
SEC. 134. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce— 
(1) the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Per-
taining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 23919 (April 5, 2024)); 
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(2) the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered 
and Threatened Species and Designating Critical 
Habitat’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 24300 (April 5, 2024)); or 
(3) the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for 
Interagency Cooperation’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 24268 
(April 5, 2024)). 
TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 135. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall reissue and implement Order No. 3368 ‘‘Promoting 
Transparency and Accountability in Consent Decrees and 
Settlement Agreements’’ dated September 11, 2018. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to— 
(1) rescind the Order reissued under subsection 
(a); 
(2) reissue, enforce, administer, or implement 
Order No. 3408 ‘‘Rescission of Secretary’s Order 
3368’’ dated June 17, 2022; or 
(3) issue, enforce, administer, or implement any 
substantially similar order to the order described in 
paragraph (2). 
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FUNDING LIMITATION REGARDING BLM RULE 
SEC. 136. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Conservation and Land-
scape Health’’ published by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. 
Reg. 40308). 
GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT 
SEC. 137. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used for management of the 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument except in 
compliance with the document titled ‘‘Record of Decision 
and Approved Resource Management Plans for the Grand 
Staircase-Escalante 
National 
Monument’’ 
(February 
2020). 
COTTONWOOD 
SEC. 138. Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Co-
operation’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 2373 (January 12, 2021)). 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HOUSING 
SEC. 139. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Park Service to provide 
housing to an alien without lawful status under the immi-
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gration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 
SEC. 140. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, shall 
prepare an environmental impact statement under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.), prior to approving an operations permit, as de-
scribed in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subpart B 
§§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or pro-
posing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within 
the Big Cypress National Preserve. 
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING 
SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except within areas subject to existing oil and 
gas leasing moratoria beginning in fiscal year 2026, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall annually conduct a min-
imum of 2 region-wide oil and gas lease sales in the fol-
lowing planning areas of the Gulf of America region, as 
described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 
2016): 
(1) The Central Gulf of America Planning 
Area. 
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(2) The Western Gulf of America Planning 
Area. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, be-
ginning in fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall annually conduct a minimum of 1 region-wide oil and 
gas lease sale in the Alaska region of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 
(November 2016). 
(c) In conducting lease sales under subsections (a) 
and (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(1) issue such leases in accordance with the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1332 
et seq.); and 
(2) include in each such lease sale all unleased 
areas that are not subject to a moratorium as of the 
date of the lease sale. 
EFFECT ON OTHER LAW 
SEC. 142. Nothing in this Act, or any amendments 
made by this Act, shall affect— 
(a) the Presidential memorandum titled ‘‘Memo-
randum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United 
States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposi-
tion’’ and dated September 8, 2020; 
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