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or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
ment; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 112. 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. 113. 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. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE 
APPROVAL 
SEC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 
in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En-
forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
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prescribes or approves any departure or use of alternate 
procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, 
under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 
550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head 
of such bureau shall post a description of such departure 
or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such 
bureau’s publicly available website not more than 15 busi-
ness days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 
business information. 
LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 
SEC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.— 
Hereafter, until the expiration of authority pursuant to 
subsection (e), on request by the State of Virginia or the 
District of Columbia for the purpose of the construction 
of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long 
Bridge Project, the Secretary of the Interior may convey 
to the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to any portion of the approximately 4.4 acres of National 
Park Service land depicted as ‘‘Permanent Impact to NPS 
Land’’ on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is identified 
by the State or the District of Columbia. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of 
the National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall 
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be subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary 
may require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used 
for the purposes specified in this section, the lands or in-
terests therein shall revert to the National Park Service 
after they have been restored or remediated to the satis-
faction of the Secretary. 
(c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or 
the District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agree-
ment, may— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 
National Park Service land to be conveyed to the 
State or the District of Columbia under subsection 
(a); and 
(2) correct any minor errors in the Map re-
ferred to in subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long 
Bridge Project’’ means the rail project, as identified 
by the Federal Railroad Administration, from 
Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to 
L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 
which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
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(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Virginia. 
(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
provided by this section shall expire once the conveyance 
described in subsection (a) has been completed. 
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 117. 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 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 con-
tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act. 
APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 
SEC. 118. 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. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-
tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 
STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 
SEC. 120. 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. 121. Section 303102 of title 54, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’. 
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INTERIOR AUTHORITY FOR OPERATING EFFICIENCIES 
SEC. 122. (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 offices and facilities leased or 
owned by any such component and sharing related 
utilities and equipment; 
(2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reim-
bursable basis for up to 5 business days; and 
(3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to 
meet mission requirements. 
(b) The authority provided by subsection (a) is 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. 
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EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT CEILING 
SEC. 123. 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. 124. 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’’. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 125. 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. 
RENEWAL 
SEC. 126. The first section of Public Law 99–338 
(100 Stat. 641) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘3 renewals’’ and inserting ‘‘7 
renewals’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘of Southern California Edison 
Company’’. 
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FIELD UNIT LOCAL HIRING 
SEC. 127. The Secretary of the Interior may recruit 
and directly appoint qualified individuals into the competi-
tive service who are certified as maintaining a permanent 
and exclusive residence in the vicinity of a field unit, into 
any position at or below grades GS–9 or WG–15 or equiv-
alent within such field unit: Provided, That any action au-
thorized herein shall be consistent with the merit prin-
ciples of section 2301 of such title 5, and with the public 
notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 5: Pro-
vided further, That appointments under this authority 
shall be considered compliant with all applicable provisions 
of chapter 33 of title 5. 
GRANT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 128. Section 1521 of the American Indian, 
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art De-
velopment Act (20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘private,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘be Native Hawaiians 
or’’ and inserting ‘‘include Native Hawai-
ians and’’; and 
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(ii) by striking the comma at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 
(D); 
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘of 
office’’; and 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (B). 
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 Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and 
development, $744,195,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 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 state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act), of which $6,278,000 shall 
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be for projects specified for Science and Technology in the 
table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending Items’’ included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
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 Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
gram 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 avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of amounts 
made available for Environmental Programs and Manage-
ment, not less than $33,024,000 is to carry out the En-
ergy Star Program pursuant to section 324(c) of the En-
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ergy 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 fur-
ther, 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 Pov-
erty Estimates, or any territory or possession of the 
United States: Provided further, That of the funds in-
cluded under this heading— 
(1) $30,700,000 shall be for Environmental 
Protection: National Priorities as specified in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act); 
(2) $690,202,000 shall be for Geographic Pro-
grams as specified in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act); and 
(3) $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for grants, including grants that 
may be awarded on a non-competitive basis, inter-
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agency agreements, and associated program support 
costs to establish and implement a program to assist 
Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaskan Na-
tive Village Corporations, federally-recognized tribes 
in Alaska, Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations 
and Alaska Native Nonprofit Associations, and 
intertribal consortia comprised of Alaskan tribal en-
tities to address contamination on lands conveyed 
under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement 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 main-
tained by the Environmental Protection Agency: 
Provided, That grants awarded using funds made 
available in this paragraph may be used by a recipi-
ent to supplement other funds provided by the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency through individual 
media or multi-media grants or cooperative agree-
ments: 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 administra-
tion of the program and for grants related to such 
program that address contamination on lands con-
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veyed 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 ex-
pended, 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 pursu-
ant 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 re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen-
eral 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 re-
ceipts in fiscal year 2026, shall be retained and used for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
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the funds included in the first paragraph under this head-
ing, 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. 
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: Provided, 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, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$40,676,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 
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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 Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 
and up to $282,749,000 as a payment from general reve-
nues 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’’ appropriation 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, and 
$17,607,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Tech-
nology’’ appropriation 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’’: Pro-
vided further, That the matter preceding the first proviso 
in section 443(b) of title IV of division G of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) 
shall be applied in this fiscal year by inserting before the 
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semicolon ‘‘, including for the hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation 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 under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title 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 be for 
carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code: Provided, 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 Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
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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 ex-
pended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$4,409,609,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capital-
ization 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 cap-
italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolv-
ing Funds and $715,364,627 of the funds made 
available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the con-
struction of drinking water, wastewater, and storm 
water infrastructure and for water quality protection 
in accordance with the terms and conditions speci-
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fied for such grants in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
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 Incor-
poration of Community Project Funding Items/Con-
gressionally 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: Pro-
vided further, That $13,300,000 of the funds appro-
priated 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 Ad-
ministrator for salaries, expenses, and administra-
tion for Community Project Funding Items/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2026, to the extent there are 
sufficient eligible project applications and projects 
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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 grants shall be used 
by the State for projects to address green infrastruc-
ture, water or energy efficiency improvements, or 
other environmentally innovative activities: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2026, funds made avail-
able under this title to each State for Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants 
may, at the discretion of each State, be used for 
projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 
the Administrator is authorized to use up to 
$1,500,000 of funds made available for the Clean 
Water State Revolving Funds under this heading 
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the Clean Wa-
tersheds Needs Survey: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts 
in a State water pollution control revolving fund that 
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall 
not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 
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made by such fund in fiscal year 2026 and prior 
years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering the fund to the extent that such amounts 
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 
accounted for separately from other assets in the 
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, in-
cluding administration: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding the provisions of 
subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made 
under title II of such Act for American Samoa, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari-
anas, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Dis-
trict of Columbia may also be made for the purpose 
of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, 
design activities, or plans, specifications, and esti-
mates for any proposed project for the construction 
of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, re-
pair, or replacement of privately owned treatment 
works serving one or more principal residences or 
small commercial establishments: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of sec-
tion 201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, funds reserved by the Admin-
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istrator for grants under section 518(c) of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act may also be used 
to provide assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, de-
sign activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates 
for any proposed project for the construction of 
treatment works; and (2) for the construction, re-
pair, or replacement of privately owned treatment 
works serving one or more principal residences or 
small commercial establishments: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding any pro-
vision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a 
total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Ad-
ministrator for grants under section 518(c) of such 
Act may also be used for grants for training, tech-
nical assistance, and educational programs relating 
to the operation and management of the treatment 
works specified in section 518(c) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2026, funds re-
served under section 518(c) of such Act shall be 
available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined 
in section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian res-
ervations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined 
in Public Law 92–203: Provided further, That for 
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appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolv-
ing Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent of the 
funds made available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants and 14 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be 
used by the State to provide additional subsidy to el-
igible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin-
cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any com-
bination of these), and shall be so used by the State 
only where such funds are provided as initial financ-
ing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 
restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients 
only where such debt was incurred on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt 
was incurred prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act if the State, with concurrence from the Adminis-
trator, determines that such funds could be used to 
help address a threat to public health from height-
ened exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Fed-
eral or State emergency declaration has been issued 
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due to a threat to public health from heightened ex-
posure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply 
before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That in a State in which such an emergency 
declaration has been issued, the State may use more 
than 14 percent of the funds made available under 
this title to the State for Drinking Water State Re-
volving Fund capitalization grants to provide addi-
tional subsidy to eligible recipients: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 1452(o) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the 
Administrator shall reserve up to $12,000,000 of the 
amounts made available for fiscal year 2026 for 
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds to pay the costs of moni-
toring for unregulated contaminants under section 
1445(a)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading for 
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending grants in this or prior appropria-
tions Acts are not subject to compliance with Fed-
eral procurement requirements for competition and 
methods of procurement applicable to Federal finan-
cial assistance, if a Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending recipient has pro-
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cured services or products through contracts entered 
into prior to the date of enactment of this legislation 
that complied with state and/or local laws governing 
competition; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
(3) $39,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
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infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
(4) $98,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 
assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
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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; 
(5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $67,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act); 
(7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under sub-
sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a): Pro-
vided, That for fiscal year 2026, funds provided 
under subsections (a) through (j) of such section of 
such Act may be used— 
(A) by a State to provide assistance to 
benefit one or more owners of drinking water 
wells that are not public water systems or con-
nected to a public water system for necessary 
and appropriate activities related to a contami-
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nant pursuant to subsection (j) of such section 
of such Act; and 
(B) to support a community described in 
subsection (c)(2) of such section of such Act; 
(8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 
(9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19b); 
(10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
(11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 
(12) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1301); 
(13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); 
(14) $3,500,000 shall be for carrying out sec-
tion 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 
4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be 
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