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Florida administrative boundary on military readiness and 
training, marine environment and ecology, tourism, and 
other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘administrative bound-
ary’’ means the offshore administrative boundary for a 
State depicted in ‘‘Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Administrative Boundaries Extending from the Sub-
merged Lands Act Boundary seaward to the Limit of the 
United States Outer Continental Shelf’’ published Janu-
ary 3, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 127). 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate Congres-
sional Committees’’ means the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
RECORD OF DECISION 
SEC. 469. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall issue a new Record of Decision for the 
Caldwell Canyon Mine project that addresses the defi-
ciencies identified by the United States District Court for 
the District of Idaho in its decisions and orders issued 
in Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. United States
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Bureau of Land Management, et al. (Case Number 4:21- 
CV-00182-BLW) on January 24, 2023, and June 2, 2023. 
EPA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SEC. 470. Beginning on October 1, 2023, of the 
amounts made available to the Environmental Protection 
Agency under each of sections 60101, 60102, 60104, 
60105, 60106, 60107, 60108, 60109, 60110, 60111, 
60112, 60113, 60115, 60116, and 60201 of Public Law 
117–169, two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall 
be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Environmental Protection Agency for oversight of 
funding provided to the Environmental Protection Agency 
by such Public Law: Provided, That amounts so trans-
ferred shall be derived from the unobligated balances of 
amounts under each such section. 
GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT 
SEC. 471. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for management of the Grand Staircase- 
Escalante National Monument except in compliance with 
the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Manage-
ment Plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument, dated February 2020. 
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING 
SEC. 472. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall con-
duct all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer Con-
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tinental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-
gram (November 2016) that have not been conducted as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act by not later than 
September 30, 2024. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except within areas subject to existing oil and gas leasing 
moratoria beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 re-
gion-wide oil and gas lease sales in the following planning 
areas of the Gulf of Mexico region, as described in the 
2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 
Proposed Final Program (November 2016): 
(1) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. 
(2) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, be-
ginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and 
gas lease sales 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). 
(d) In conducting lease sales under subsections (b) 
and (c), the Secretary of the Interior shall—
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(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. 
ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING 
SEC. 473. (a)(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall 
immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease 
sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 
(2) The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure— 
(A) that any oil and gas lease sale pursuant to 
paragraph (1) is conducted immediately on comple-
tion of all applicable scoping, public comment, and 
environmental analysis requirements under the Min-
eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
(B) that the processes described in subpara-
graph (A) are conducted in a timely manner to en-
sure compliance with subsection (b)(1). 
(3) Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Eligi-
ble lands comprise all lands subject to leasing under this
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Act and not excluded from leasing by a statutory or regu-
latory prohibition. Available lands are those lands that 
have been designated as open for leasing under a land use 
plan developed under section 202 of the Federal Land Pol-
icy and Management Act of 1976 and that have been nom-
inated for leasing through the submission of an expression 
of interest, are subject to drainage in the absence of leas-
ing, or are otherwise designated as available pursuant to 
regulations adopted by the Secretary.’’ after ‘‘sales are 
necessary.’’. 
(b)(1) In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), each fiscal year, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of four oil and 
gas lease sales in each of the following States: 
(A) Wyoming. 
(B) New Mexico. 
(C) Colorado. 
(D) Utah. 
(E) Montana. 
(F) North Dakota. 
(G) Oklahoma. 
(H) Nevada. 
(I) Alaska. 
(J) Any other State in which there is land 
available for oil and gas leasing under the Mineral
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Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or any other 
mineral leasing law. 
(2) In conducting a lease sale under paragraph (1) 
in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall offer all parcels nominated and eligible 
pursuant to the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for oil and gas exploration, devel-
opment, and production under the resource management 
plan in effect for the State. 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a re-
placement sale during the same fiscal year if— 
(A) a lease sale under paragraph (1) is can-
celed, delayed, or deferred, including for a lack of el-
igible parcels; or 
(B) during a lease sale under paragraph (1) the 
percentage of acreage that does not receive a bid is 
equal to or greater than 25 percent of the acreage 
offered. 
(4) Not later than 30 days after a sale required under 
this subsection is canceled, delayed, deferred, or otherwise 
missed the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
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a report that states what sale was missed and why it was 
missed. 
RESCISSION OF COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
FUNDS 
SEC. 474. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap-
propriated or otherwise made available for activities of the 
Council on Environmental Quality under sections 60401 
and 60402 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act are rescinded. 
RESCISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FUNDS 
SEC. 475. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap-
propriated or otherwise made available under section 
50224 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act are rescinded. 
OFFICIAL FLAGS 
SEC. 476. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag 
over a facility of a Department or agency funded by this 
Act other than the flag of the United States; the flag of 
a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag 
of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag 
of the Secretary of the Interior; the official flag of a U.S. 
Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag.
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PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR SECRETARIAL ORDER NO. 
3410 
SEC. 479. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to imple-
ment or execute Secretarial Order No. 3410 (regarding 
Restoration of American Bison and the Prairie Grass-
lands) or any appendix to that Order, dated March 3, 
2023. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 480. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-
posed rule titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz-
ardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility 
Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and 
Technology Review’’ and published April 24, 2023 (88 
Fed. Reg. 24854). 
LEAD AMMUNITION AND TACKLE 
SEC. 481. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to prohibit the use of lead ammuni-
tion or tackle on Federal land or water that is made avail-
able for hunting or fishing activities or to issue regulations 
relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle to 
be used on Federal land or water, unless— 
(1) the Secretary of the Interior determines that a 
decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Fed-
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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 
shall include in a Federal Register notice an explanation 
of how the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, meets 
the requirements of this section. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 482. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
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force the proposed rule titled ‘‘New Source Performance 
Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, 
Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 
Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse 
Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 
Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean En-
ergy Rule’’ published by the Environmental Protection 
Agency in the Federal Register on May 23, 2023 (88 Fed. 
Reg. 33240). 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 483. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 
subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
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sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 50l(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited,
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and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 
The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li-
censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 
that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec-
tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 
such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per-
son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 
religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 
(a). 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 484. None of the amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available to the Smithsonian Institution by 
this Act may be made available for partnerships or activi-
ties associated with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
Offices, including any use of facilities by the Hong Kong 
Economic and Trade Offices. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 485. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule titled ‘‘National Emission Stand-
ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emis-
sions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk 
and Technology Review’’ published by the Environmental
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Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 13, 
2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 22790) or the proposed interim reg-
istration review decision and draft risk assessment adden-
dum for ethylene oxide described in the notice titled ‘‘Pes-
ticide 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 finalization, implementa-
tion, administration, or enforcement of such rule, decision, 
or addendum for ethylene oxide will not adversely impact 
the availability of sterile medical products in the United 
States. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 486. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement a final rule listing the 
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as endangered or threatened 
pursuant to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sage-
brush Lizard’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 42661 (July 3, 2023)). 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 487. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the decisions proposed in the notice titled ‘‘Pesticide
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Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decisions for the 
Rodenticides; Notice of Availability’’ published by the En-
vironmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 
November 29, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 73297). 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 488. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be made available to finalize, implement, admin-
ister, or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Multi-Pollutant 
Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later 
Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles’’ and published 
May 5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 29184), or any substantially 
similar rule. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 489. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be made available to finalize, implement, admin-
ister, or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3’’ 
and published April 27, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 25926), or 
any substantially similar rule. 
FUNDING LIMITATION REGARDING BLM RULE 
SEC. 490. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to— 
(1) develop, finalize, or issue a final rule with 
respect to the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Conservation 
and Landscape Health’’ published by the Bureau of
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Land Management in the Federal Register on April 
3, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 19583); or 
(2) implement, administer, or enforce such pro-
posed rule or any substantially similar rule. 
GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR 
SEC. 491. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall reissue the final rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater 
Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From 
the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife’’ 
(82 Fed. Reg. 30502 (June 30, 2017)), without regard 
to any other provision of law that applies to the issuance 
of that final rule. 
(b) The reissuance of the final rule described in sub-
section (a) (including this section) shall not be subject to 
judicial review. 
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 
SEC. 492. 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-
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posing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within 
the Big Cypress National Preserve. 
SEC. 493. For ‘‘UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUR-
VEY’’ to implement the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the 
Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program, 
there is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise 
provided by this Act for ‘‘DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES—OF-
FICE OF THE SECRETARY—DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)’’ is hereby reduced 
by, $5,000,000. 
SEC. 494. (a) For ‘‘Department of the Interior—Of-
fice of the Secretary—Departmental Operations - (includ-
ing transfer of funds)’’ for carrying out section 4 of the 
Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act (Public Law 
117–114), there is hereby appropriated, and the amount 
otherwise provided for by this Act for ‘‘Department of the 
Interior—Office of the Secretary—Departmental Oper-
ations - (including transfer of funds)’’ is hereby reduced 
by, $5,500,000. 
(b) For ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Serv-
ice—Forest Service Operations - (including transfer of 
funds)’’ for carrying out section 4 of the Modernizing Ac-
cess to Our Public Land Act (Public Law 117–114), there 
is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise pro-
vided for by this Act for ‘‘Department of the Interior—
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Office of the Secretary—Departmental Operations - (in-
cluding transfer of funds)’’ is hereby reduced by, 
$5,500,000. 
SEC. 495. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Park Service to place 
any limitation on the number of air tours at national 
parks. 
SEC. 496. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to promulgate new rules that the Admin-
istrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Af-
fairs of the Office of Management and Budget finds has 
resulted in or is likely to result in— 
(1) an annual effect on the economy of 
$100,000,000 or more; 
(2) a major increase in costs or prices for con-
sumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local 
government agencies, or geographic regions; or 
(3) significant adverse effects on competition, 
employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or 
the ability of United States-based enterprises to 
compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic 
and export markets. 
SEC. 497. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environ-
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mental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs RMP Re-
vision, Wyoming, referred to in the notice of availability 
titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Man-
agement Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Rock Springs RMP Revision, Wyoming’’ published by 
the Bureau of Land Management on August 18, 2023 (88 
Fed. Reg. 56654). 
SEC. 498. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the establishment or modification of 
a national monument in Colusa County, California, under 
chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Antiquities Act of 1906’’). 
SEC. 499. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Park Service to enact 
the terms of NPS Lease#L-GATE912-2023, as executed 
on September 15, 2023. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 500. $0 (increased by $28,000,000) (increased 
by $15,000). 
SALINA MUCKET AND MEXICAN FAWNSFOOT 
SEC. 501. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for 
Salina Mucket and Mexican Fawnsfoot and Designation
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of Critical Habitat’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 47952; published July 
25, 2023). 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the establishment of a national monu-
ment in Malheur County, Oregon, under chapter 3203 of 
title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Antiquities Act of 1906’’). 
PROHIBITION ON FINALIZATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the Draft Resource Management Plan or Draft Sup-
plemental Environmental Impact Statement referenced in 
the Notice titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Re-
source Management Plan and Supplemental Environ-
mental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Valley 
Field Office and Grand Junction Field Office Resource 
Management Plans, Colorado’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 51855; pub-
lished August 4, 2023). 
PROHIBITION ON FINALIZATION OF PROPOSED RULE 
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Fluid Mineral Leases and 
Leasing Process’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 47562; published July 24, 
2023).
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SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the Bicycle Subsidy Benefit 
Program of the Department of the Interior. 
PROHIBITION ON FINALIZATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED 
RULES 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force— 
(1) the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of Regula-
tions for Interagency Cooperation’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 
40753; published June 22, 2023); 
(2) the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered 
and Threatened Species and Designating Critical 
Habitat’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 40764; published June 22, 
2023); or 
(3) the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Per-
taining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 40742; published June 22, 
2023). 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 
of 
the 
Environmental 
Protection 
Agency 
titled
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‘‘Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for 
Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air 
Act’’ and published December 15, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 
66496). 
SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement Executive Order No. 14057 
(relating to Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 
Through Federal Sustainability) (86 Fed. Reg. 70935; 
Dec. 8, 2021). 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to finalize any rule or regulation that meets the definition 
of section 804(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the cancellation or suspension of oil 
and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or 
the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Management and Protec-
tion of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ and 
published September 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 62025). 
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
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force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Amendments to the North 
Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule’’ (87 
Fed. Reg. 46921; published August 1, 2022). 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to reduce the number of oil and gas 
leases issued by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
for community-scale ambient air monitoring. 
CRAB ISLAND AREA COMMERCIAL SERVICES STRATEGY 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize or implement a Commercial 
Services Strategy for the Crab Island Area of the Gulf 
Islands National Seashore. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 
Presidential Proclamation 10606 of August 8, 2023 (88 
Fed. Reg. 55331, relating to the establishment of the Baaj 
Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand 
Canyon National Monument). 
RICE’S WHALE 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Director of the Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management or the Director of the Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement to implement the
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terms of the ‘‘Stipulated Agreement to Stay Proceedings’’ 
(July 21, 2023; Docket No. 8:20-cv-03060-DLB) entered 
into by the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, 
Friends of the Earth, and Turtle Island Restoration Net-
work and the National Marine Fisheries Service and the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service, including the ‘‘Notice to Lessees 
and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas, and Sulphur 
Leases in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf; Ex-
panded Rice’s Whale Protection Efforts During Reiniti-
ated Consultation with NMFS’’ (BOEM NTL No. 2023- 
G01; August 17, 2023). 
SEC. 518. 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). 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, revise, implement, administer, 
or enforce the notice of interim guidance entitled ‘‘Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consider-
ation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change’’ 
published by the Council on Environmental Quality in the 
Federal Register on January 9, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
1196).
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SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, titled ‘‘Clean 
Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Im-
provement Rule’’, and published on September 27, 2023 
(88 Fed. Reg. 66558). 
TEXAS KANGAROO RAT 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to final-
ize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule 
titled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
Endangered Species Status for Texas Kangaroo Rat and 
Designation of Critical Habitat’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 55962; 
published August 17, 2023). 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the Draft Resource Management Plan or Draft En-
vironmental Impact Statement referenced in the notice ti-
tled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Manage-
ment Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Redding and Arcata Field Offices and an Associated Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement, California’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 
67344; published September 29, 2023).
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SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Solar For All competition of the 
Environmental Protection Agency. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the shooting of cattle in the Gila Na-
tional Forest or any other National Forest. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the American Climate Corps. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available by this 
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 Standards’’ published in 
the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection 
Agency on January 24, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 4296). 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Interagency Working Group on 
the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available by this 
Act made be used to fund the Justice, Equity, Diversity 
and Inclusion Workgroup of the Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
for 
the 
U.S. 
Global 
Change 
Research 
Program 
(USGCRP).
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SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce any COVID–19 mask man-
dates. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out section 216 of Executive Order No. 14008 
(86 Fed. Reg. 7627, relating to tackling the climate crisis 
at home and abroad). 
SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-
posed rule titled ‘‘Reconsideration of the National Ambi-
ent Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter’’ and 
published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
Federal Register on January 27, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
5558). 
SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out Executive Order No. 14037 of August 5, 
2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 43583; relating to strengthening 
American leadership in clean cars and trucks), Executive 
Order No. 14057 of December 8, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 
70935; relating to catalyzing clean energy industries and 
jobs through Federal sustainability), or Executive Order 
No. 14096 of April 21, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 25251; relat-
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ing to revitalizing our Nation’s commitment to environ-
mental justice for all). 
SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Environmental Financial Advi-
sory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
DOMESTIC MINING 
SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 
recommendation of the Interagency Working Group on 
Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting of the Depart-
ment of the Interior contained in the report titled ‘‘Rec-
ommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands’’ (pub-
lished September 12, 2023). 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
to carry out the powers granted under section 3063 of title 
18, United States Code. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to give formal notification under, or pre-
pare, propose, implement, administer, or enforce any rule 
or recommendation pursuant to, section 115 of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7415). 
SEC. 538. The amount otherwise made available by 
this Act for ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency–Environ-
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mental Programs and Management’’ for the Office of Air 
and Radiation is hereby reduced by 50 percent. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out any plastic straw prohibitions. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used implement or enforce the final rule of 
the Council on Environmental Quality titled ‘‘National 
Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revi-
sions’’ and published April 20, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 
23453). 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-
posed rule of the Council on Environmental Quality titled 
‘‘National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regu-
lations Revisions Phase 2’’ and published July 31, 2023 
(88 Fed. Reg. 49924). 
OCEAN JUSTICE STRATEGY 
SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to develop, finalize, implement, admin-
ister, or enforce the Ocean Justice Strategy referenced in 
the Notice titled ‘‘Ocean Justice Strategy’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 
37518; published June 8, 2023).
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MINERAL LEASING ACT MODERNIZATION 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce sec-
tion 50262 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act’’). 
SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for environmental justice activities. 
SEC. 545. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to implement any of the following executive 
orders: 
(1) Executive Order No. 13990, relating to 
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and 
Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis. 
(2) Executive Order No. 14008, relating to 
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 
(3) Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, re-
lating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To 
Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of 
Climate Change on Migration. 
(4) Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Cli-
mate-Related Financial Risk. 
(5) Executive Order No. 14057, relating to 
Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 
Through Federal Sustainability.
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(6) Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Im-
plementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Pro-
visions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. 
(7) Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Re-
vitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environ-
mental Justice for All. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2024’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 3, 
2023. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4821 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and 
for other purposes.