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S. 3034 117th Congress Senate

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

Official title: A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 20, 2021 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 4372 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
  • HR 4502 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Se…
  • HR 2471 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
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 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
    for PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. · Alaska · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
    for PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. · Alaska · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
    for PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. · Alaska · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
    for PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. · Alaska · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
    for PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. · Alaska · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
    for PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. · Alaska · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3034: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3034/
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"S. 3034: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3034/.
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