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ergy Rule’’ published by the Environmental Protection 
Agency in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. 
Reg. 39798). 
ETHYLENE OXIDE 
SEC. 457. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed interim registration review decision and 
draft risk assessment addendum for ethylene oxide de-
scribed in the notice titled ‘‘Pesticide Registration Review; 
Proposed Interim Decision and Draft Risk Assessment 
Addendum for Ethylene Oxide; Notice of Availability’’ 
published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Federal Register on April 13, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 22447) 
unless the Commissioner of Food and Drugs certifies that, 
as relevant, finalization, implementation, administration, 
or enforcement of such rule, decision, or addendum for 
ethylene oxide will not adversely impact the availability of 
ethylene oxide to sterilize medical products in the United 
States or result in the movement of any sterilization ca-
pacity of such products outside of the United States. 
LIGHT- AND MEDIUM-DUTY VEHICLES 
SEC. 458. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Multi-Pollutant Emissions 
Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty 
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and Medium-Duty Vehicles’’ published by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 
18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 27842), or any substantially simi-
lar rule. 
HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES 
SEC. 459. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3’’ published by 
the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Reg-
ister on April 22, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29440), or any sub-
stantially similar rule. 
CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 401 
SEC. 460. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Clean Water Act Section 
401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule’’ pub-
lished by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Federal Register on September 27, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
66558). 
OIL AND NATURAL GAS 
SEC. 461. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Standards of Performance 
for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emis-
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sions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural 
Gas Sector Climate Review’’ published by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 
March 8, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16820). 
GHG REPORTING 
SEC. 462. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
Rule: Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for 
Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems’’ published by the 
Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register 
on May 14, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 42062). 
MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 
SEC. 463. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Clean Water 
Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the 
Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category’’ pub-
lished by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Federal Register on January 23, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 
4474). 
DISPOSAL OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS 
SEC. 464. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Hazardous and Solid 
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Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion 
Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface 
Impoundments’’ published by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024 (89 
Fed. Reg. 38950). 
AERIALLY APPLIED FIRE RETARDANT 
SEC. 465. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to ban the use of aerially 
applied fire retardant. 
CALIFORNIA RCRA ACTION 
SEC. 466. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement a regulation issued by the 
State of California, pursuant to the authority provided 
under the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement between the 
California Department of Toxic Substances Control and 
Region IX of the Environmental Protection Agency (or 
any successor agreement), to regulate metal shredding fa-
cilities in a manner that is inconsistent with or in any 
respect different from the requirements of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6091 et seq.). 
REPORT ON CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS 
SEC. 467. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a re-
port outlining a plan to qualify any fuel derived from 
waste plastic or waste tires as cellulosic biofuel under sec-
tion 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)). 
(b) In preparing the report described in subsection 
(a), the Administrator shall consult with relevant stake-
holders and incorporate into such report any input from 
such stakeholders that the Administrator determines ap-
propriate. 
METHANE FEE 
SEC. 468. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used— 
(1) to develop, propose, finalize, implement, or 
enforce regulations implementing subsection (c) of 
section 136 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7436); 
or 
(2) otherwise impose, collect, or enforce a 
charge on methane emissions under such section 
136. 
STATE PERMIT PROGRAM 
SEC. 469. The notice of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency approving the State of Florida’s request to 
carry out a permit program for the discharge of dredged 
or fill material pursuant to section 404 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344), published 
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on December 22, 2020, and titled ‘‘EPA’s Approval of 
Florida’s Clean Water Act Section 404 Assumption Re-
quest’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 83553) shall have the force and ef-
fect of law. 
NAAQS RULE 
SEC. 470. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Reconsideration of the Na-
tional Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Mat-
ter’’ published by the Environmental Protection Agency 
in the Federal Register on March 6, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 
16202). 
TITLE V 
OTHER MATTERS 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
SEC. 501. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act for payments to States and federally rec-
ognized Indian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine 
lands and other related activities under the heading ‘‘Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement— 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund’’ may be used to im-
plement, administer, or enforce section 200.311 of title 2, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
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TEXAS FRESHWATER MUSSELS 
SEC. 502. 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 
With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas 
Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones 
Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status 
With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas 
Fawnsfoot’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 48034 (June 4, 2024)). 
MULESHOE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the Land Protection Plan described in the docu-
ment titled ‘‘Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental 
Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge’’ published 
by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and dated 
February 2023. 
FLUID MINERAL LEASES 
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Fluid Mineral Leases and 
Leasing Process’’ published by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in the Federal Register on April 23, 2024 (89 
Fed. Reg. 30916). 
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LIMITATION 
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Determinations of Attain-
ment by the Attainment Date, Extensions of the Attain-
ment Date, and Reclassification of Areas Classified as 
Marginal for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Qual-
ity Standards’’ published by the Environmental Protection 
Agency in the Federal Register on October 7, 2022 (87 
Fed. Reg. 60897) in— 
(1) Allegan County, Michigan; 
(2) Berrien County, Michigan; or 
(3) Muskegon County, Michigan. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce 
the final rule titled ‘‘Control of Air Pollution From New 
Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Stand-
ards’’ published in the Federal Register by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency on January 24, 2023 (88 Fed. 
Reg. 4296). 
DRAFT RISK ASSESMENT 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the draft risk assessment titled ‘‘Draft Sewage 
Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid 
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(PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)’’ pub-
lished by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Federal Register on January 15, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 
3859). 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS REGARDING 
GRAZING ON PUBLIC LANDS 
SEC. 508. Section 122(a)(1) of division E of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 
125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking ‘‘For fiscal years 
2012 and 2013 only’’ and inserting ‘‘During fiscal year 
2012 and thereafter’’. 
HETCH HETCHY RESERVOIR AND LAKE ELEANOR BASIN 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated, expended, or used in any manner 
to restrict or impede access to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir 
and Lake Eleanor Basin areas for public recreation, ben-
efit, and use. 
PROHIBITION 
SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to procure, whether directly or by contract with a third 
party, computers, printers, or videoconferencing services 
in which the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, or any sub-
sidiary or parent entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or 
offeror, of the equipment is an entity, or parent company 
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of an entity in which the People’s Republic of China has 
any ownership stake. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to develop, finalize, issue, or use assess-
ments under the Integrated Risk Information System 
(IRIS). 
PROHIBITION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 512. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used by the Smithsonian Institution to implement the 
amendments to Chapter 203 of title 51, United States 
Code in Sec. 40005 of Public Law 119–21 relating to 
‘‘Space Vehicle Transfer’’. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 513. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2026’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 175 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4754 
[Report No. 119–215] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and 
for other purposes. 
JULY 24, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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