Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

Bill: 117-s-3034
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Africa
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Alabama
Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Appropriations
Art, artists, authorship
Asia
Birds
Buy American requirements
California
Caribbean area
Coal
Commemorative events and holidays
Commission of Fine Arts
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
District of Columbia
Ecology
Economic development
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Endangered and threatened species
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Humanities programs funding
Hunting and fishing
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Metals
Mexico
Military history
Mining
Minority health
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
National Capital Planning Commission
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oil and gas
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Performing arts
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Smithsonian Institution
Solid waste and recycling
U.S. history
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

 
This bill provides FY2022 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several related agencies. 
 
The bill provides appropriations to Interior for
 
 
 the Bureau of Land Management,
 
 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
 
 the National Park Service,
 
 the U.S. Geological Survey,
 
 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
 
 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,
 
 the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
 
 the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
 
the Bureau of Indian Education,
 
the Office of the Special Trustee For American Indians,
 
Departmental Offices, and 
 
Department-Wide Programs.
 
 
The bill also provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service. 
 
Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for
 
 
 the Indian Health Service, 
 
 the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and 
 
 the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 
 
 
The bill provides appropriations to several related agencies, including
 
 
 the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality,
 
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,
 
 the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation,
 
 the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
 
 the Smithsonian Institution,
 
 the National Gallery of Art,
 
 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
 
 the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
 
the National Endowment for the Arts,
 
the National Endowment for the Humanities,
 
 the Commission of Fine Arts,
 
 the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
 
 the National Capital Planning Commission,
 
 the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum,
 
the Presidio Trust,
 
the World War I Centennial Commission,
 
 the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and 
 
the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission
 
 
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate