Should Congress provide $25.4 billion in funding for interior, environment, $21.3 billion below the President’s budget request?

Environment and Energy
Department of Interior and Environment Appropriations Act (H.R. 4821)
This bill has Passed the House of Representatives
Bill Summary

This bill provides new non-defense discretionary spending totaling $25.417 billion, which is $21.317 billion below the President’s Budget Request. It will rescind the $9.373 billion in funding provided by the Environmental Protection Agency from the Environmental Quality by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). It also provides a $2.65 billion fire suppression cap adjustment and reduces funding for nearly all appropriations in the bill, including a $3.962 billion reduction to the EPA. Sponsor: Rep. Michael K. Simpson (Republican, Idaho, District 2)
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Opponents say

 •     "The House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee passed a budget cutting CDC by $1.6 billion. The budget funds the National Center for Environmental Health within CDC at only $130 million, down from $246 million in the FY 2023 budget. U.S. EPA suffered even deeper cuts. The full House Appropriations Committee passed the FY 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which reduces the budget for U.S. EPA to $6.2 billion, down from $10.1 billion in FY 2023. Many programs, including climate change and environmental justice, will be eliminated. Clean air will be reduced by $101 million and enforcement by $141 million." Source: National Environmental Health Association 


 "We are writing to express our strong opposition to several legislative provisions included in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill (H.R. 4821) pending in the House of Representatives. Pollution from fossil fuels is fueling climate disasters–including the wildfires, hurricanes, and extreme heat experienced throughout the nation this past summer. The offshore drilling needed to produce those fuels poses considerable risks to the health of coastal communities, workers, businesses, and wildlife. Without bold action from Congress and the President to phase out offshore drilling, these impacts will only get worse. That is why community-led organizations in the Gulf and Alaska, alongside allied national environmental organizations, have united in a call to end new offshore oil and gas lease sales as the first step to phasing out oil and gas development. " Source: Ian Giancarlo, Environment America

Proponents say

•      "For communities across our country to thrive, we have to keep investing in tackling the climate crisis and making sure we have clean water, clean air, and thriving ecosystems—and that’s what this bill helps do. The funding this bill provides is critical in protecting our kids from polluted air and contaminated water, protecting our public lands and essential wildlife, and protecting communities from wildfire, droughts, and other climate threats. And this bill plays a critical role in making sure we keep our promises to Tribes and deliver on key federal investments by sustaining funding for the Indian Health Service and providing new resources to support Tribal families, protect Tribal treaty rights, and more. " Source: Senator Patty Murray (Democrat, Washington), Appropriations 

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