Full Committee Markup of FY26 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill

Full committee markup.

  • Subcommittee mark
  • Draft report
    • "The Committee notes that no funding is provided for the American Climate Corps, ecogrief training, or environmental justice activities."
    • "Climate Adaptation Science Centers.—The recommendation includes $66,115,000 for these Centers that provide scientific data about changes in coastal water levels and flooding, drought conditions, weather patterns, migratory patterns of fish and birds, and ecosystems and habitats to State and local land managers who can use that information to respond to environmental challenges. The Committee directs the Survey to prioritize the funding to the Regional Centers and expedite the processing of funds to university-led consortia."
    • Rulemakings.—The bill includes a funding prohibition on the Agency’s final rule titled ‘‘Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review’’. The Committee is aware of concerns related to the impact of this rule on marginal wells and encourages the Agency to revisit aspects of the rule regarding reporting requirements, timelines for compliance, and any exemption petition process for marginal wells."
  • Democratic summary
  • GOP summary
    • Provides $7.01 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, which is $2.12 billion (23%) below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level
      • Provides $522.4 million for EPA Science and Technology, which is $233.7 million (30.9%) below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level
      • Provides $2.27 billion for Environmental Programs and Management, which is $922.9 million (28.9%) below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level.
    • Provides $51.8 million for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which is $27.9 million (35%) below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level and equal to the budget request
    • Provides $5 million for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, which is $10 million (67%) below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level
    • Provides $8.2 million for the Chemical Safety Board, $6.2 million below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level and $9 million below the budget request
    • Eliminates funding for the Presidio Trust, which is $90 million below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level and equal to the budget request
    • Includes 27 riders that hinder the EPA’s ability to protect the environment
    • Prohibits protection from oil and gas leasing and mining near pristine water and balancing development with protection of natural resources in arctic landscapes
    • Removes Endangered Species Act protections for numerous species
    • The bill does not include language to consolidate Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) wildland fire management into a new bureau within DOI.

Budget request

Department of the Interior (DOI)
Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project -609 The Budget provides $1.2 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project.
Operation of the National Park System -900 The Budget would transfer most properties to State-level management. Achieving a $900 million cut to operations would require eliminating funding for roughly 350 park sites, 75 percent of the total.
NPS Historic Preservation Fund -158 The Budget eliminates almost all funding except for projects in partnership with HBCUs.
NPS Construction -73 This reduction complements the Administration’s goals transferring most parks to State and tribal governments.
NPS National Recreation and Preservation -77
Bureau of Indian Affairs Programs that Support Tribal Self-Governance and Tribal Communities -617 The Budget eliminates the Indian Guaranteed Loan program for tribal business development. The Budget also terminates the Indian Land Consolidation Program. In addition, the Budget also reduces funding for programs that directly fund tribal operations such as roads, housing, and social services.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Public Safety and Justice -107 The Budget cuts the tribal law enforcement program by 20 percent.
Bureau of Indian Education Construction -187 The Budget eliminates funding for construction of tribal schools.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Surveys, Investigations, and Research programs -564 USGS provides science information on natural hazards, ecosystems, water, energy and mineral resources, and mapping of Earth’s features. The Budget eliminates programs that provide grants to universities and crucial climate science initiatives and instead focuses on support for minerals and fossil fuel extraction.
Bureau of Land Management Conservation Programs -198 The Budget proposes deep reductions. The Budget also reduces the Wildlife and Aquatic Habitat Management program.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) State, Tribal, and NGO Conservation Grant Programs -170 The Budget eliminates USFWS grant programs that fund conservation of species managed by States, Tribes, and other nations.
Renewable Energy Programs -80 The Budget proposes to eliminate support for renewable energy deployment.
USFWS Ecological Services -37 USFWS’ Ecological Services program and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources are jointly responsible for administering the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Budget consolidates these two programs into a single program housed within DOI with significantly reduced funding.
Federal Wildland Fire Service (consolidation of USDA and DOI Wildland Fire Management programs under a unified agency within DOI) -- Federal wildfire risk mitigation and suppression responsibilities currently are split across five agencies in two departments: the U.S. Forest Service in USDA and BIA, Bureau of Land Management, USFWS, and NPS in DOI. The Budget consolidates the Federal wildland fire responsibilities into a single new Federal Wildland Fire Service at DOI, including transferring USDA’s current wildland fire management responsibilities.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Program Name $ Change Enacted from 2025 (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Increases
Drinking Water Programs +9 The Budget provides $124 million in funding for the drinking water mission at EPA. The $9 million increase from the 2025 enacted level is to equip EPA with funds to respond to drinking water disasters.
Indian Reservation Drinking Water Program +27 The Budget increases funding for Tribes to retain access to funding for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure on their lands, with a total level of $31 million for the grant program.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Funds -2,460 The Budget provides the decreased funding level of $305 million total.
Categorical Grants -1,006 The Budget includes the elimination of 16 categorical grants, and maintains funding at 2025 enacted levels for Tribes.
Hazardous Substance Superfund -254 The IIJA and the Inflation Reduction Act helped finance the Superfund program.
Office of Research and Development -235 The Budget puts an end to research grants, environmental justice work, climate research, and modeling that influences regulations. The Budget provides $281 million.
Environmental Justice -100 EPA’s environmental justice program is eliminated in line with the vision the President set forth in Executive Order 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” and Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.”
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Grants -90 This program is eliminated.
Atmospheric Protection Program -100 The Atmospheric Protection Program imposes climate change regulations. This program is eliminated in the 2026 Budget.
Small Agency Eliminations
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
  • 400 Years of African American History Commission
  • Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps)
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • Institute of Museum and Library Sciences
  • Inter-American Foundation
  • Marine Mammal Commission
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
  • U.S. African Development Foundation
  • U.S. Agency for Global Media
  • U.S. Institute of Peace
  • U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Woodrow Wilson Center
  • Presidio Trust
-3,586 The Budget includes the elimination of, or the elimination of Federal funding for, the following small agencies. Agencies in bold are in this appropriations bill.
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Denali Commission
  • Northern Border Regional Commission
  • Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
  • Southwest Border Regional Commission
  • Great Lakes Authority
The Budget eliminates six small regional commissions. The Budget continues funding for Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) operations at $14 million.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) -2 The budget closes this office.
House Appropriations Committee
2359 Rayburn

07/22/2025 at 10:30AM

A Review of Pipeline Safety Policy

The Subcommittee on Energy has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. (ET) in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is “Strengthening American Energy: A Review of Pipeline Safety Policy.” This hearing will examine reauthorization of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) pipeline safety program.

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Andrew Black, President and CEO, Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA)
  • Sarah Miller, President and CEO, GPA Midstream
  • Jim Moriarty, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Policy and Risk Officer, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
  • Bill Caram, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
House Energy and Commerce Committee
   Energy Subcommittee
2322 Rayburn

07/22/2025 at 10:30AM

Past Breakthroughs and Future Innovations in Crop Production

Full committee hearing.

Witnesses:

  • Don Cameron, Vice President and General Manager, Terranova Ranch, Inc., Helm, CA
  • Terry Abbott, Chairman, Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA), Lakewood, CO
  • Dr. Karl Wyant, Director of Agronomy, Nutrien, Tempe, AZ
  • Bryan Witherbee, Chief Executive Officer, Agragene, Inc., St. Louis, MO
House Agriculture Committee
1300 Longworth

07/22/2025 at 10:30AM

Oversight of NEPA Reviews

On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled “Permitting Purgatory: Restoring Common Sense to NEPA Reviews.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Tony Boals, Board Member, American Road and Transportation Builders Association; and Vice President, Wright Brothers Construction Company, Inc., Charleston, TN
  • Tony Campbell, CEO, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Winchester, KY
  • Andrew C. Mergen, Faculty Director, Emmett Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA [Minority Witness]
  • Alex Herrgott, President and CEO, The Permitting Institute, Washington, D.C.
House Natural Resources Committee
1324 Longworth

07/22/2025 at 10:15AM

Markup of Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Services and General Government Bill

Subcommittee markup.

Climate provisions:

  • $6 million for the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, $2 million less than fiscal year 2025 but $6 million above the request, to fund infrastructure improvements (TITLE IV, p. 68)
  • Prohibits funding for any environmental, social, or governance policies, training, or programs within the Department of Treasury (SEC. 134)
  • Prohibits the Consumer Product Safety Commission from promulgating rules to “ban gas stoves” (SEC. 502)
  • Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from establishing an ESG advisory committee (SEC. 509)
  • Prohibits the SBA from funding climate change initiatives to help small businesses cut energy costs and reduce carbon pollution (SEC. 534)
  • Prohibits the SEC from implementing rules on climate-related disclosures (SEC. 633)
  • Prohibits the procurement of electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, electric vehicle charging stations or infrastructure (SEC. 636)
  • Blocks implementation of the FAST-21 critical minerals rule (SEC. 642)
  • Codifies a version of the Regulations in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (SEC. 647)
  • Prohibits the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees from investing in ESG funds (SEC. 753)
  • Prohibits DC from implementing more stringent auto emissions standards (SEC. 821)
  • Prohibits DC from implementing or enforcing provisions of the Consumer Protection Act (§28–3901–28–3913) against oil and gas companies for environmental claims (SEC. 832)

Budget request

Treasury:

Other agencies:

The budget request cuts:

  • Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation (100% cut)
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (100% cut)
  • Election Assistance Commission (35% cut)
  • Federal Election Commission (10% cut)
  • Federal Trade Commission (78% cut)
  • Merit Systems Protection Board (11% cut)
  • National Archives and Records Administration (8% cut)
Department of Treasury
Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Rural Financial Award Program +100 The Budget would require 60 percent of Community Development Financial Institutions’ (CDFIs’) loans and investments to go to rural areas.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) -2,488 The Budget cuts IRS enforcement and taxpayer services.
CDFI Fund Discretionary Awards -291 The Budget recommends eliminating CDFI Fund discretionary awards. Remaining funding supports oversight and closeout of prior awards, maintaining CDFI certification, and support for New Markets Tax Credit administration and the zero-cost Bond Guarantee Program.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Entrepreneurial Development Programs (EDP) Consolidation -167 The Budget ends 15 programs, leaving only the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) program. The SBDC request includes a $10 million increase for business technical assistance services for veteran-owned small businesses.
Salaries and Expenses (S&E) -111 The Budget provides $250 million for SBA’s S&E, a 34 percent cut.
House Appropriations Committee
   Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
H-140 Capitol

07/21/2025 at 05:30PM

POSTPONED Markup of FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill

Subcommittee markup has been postponed.

Budget request:

Department of Labor
Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Make America Skilled Again (MASA) Grant Consolidation -1,640 States would have to spend at least 10 percent of their MASA grant on apprenticeship.
Job Corps -1,584 The Budget eliminates Job Corps.
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) -405 SCEP is eliminated.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Increases
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) +500 Building on the work of the President’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission and Executive Order 14212, “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission,” the Budget provides $500 million for the MAHA initiative.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) -4,025 The Budget proposes to end this program.
Refugee and Unaccompanied Alien Children Programs (UAC) -1,970 Refugee arrivals have dropped significantly under Executive Order 14163, “Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program.” The Budget proposes eliminating these programs.
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) -770 The Budget proposes to eliminate this program.
Preschool Development Grants (PDG) -315 The Budge proposed to eliminate this program.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Consolidations -1,732 The Budget consolidates a variety of programs that are part of HRSA, including the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program activities, such as: education and training (-$74 million); multiple Maternal and Child Health programs (-$274 million); multiple Health Workforce Programs (-$1 billion) which provide scholarships and support for individuals to enter medical careers; and family planning programs (-$286 million). The Budget maintains $6 billion for other activities.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Programs -3,588 The Budget proposes merging multiple programs into one grant program. Specifically, the Budget proposes consolidating funding for Infectious Disease and Opioids, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Tuberculosis programs into one grant program funded at $300 million. The Budget eliminates programs including: the National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion; National Center for Environmental Health; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; the Global Health Center; Public Health Preparedness and Response; and the Preventive Health and Human Services Block Grant. The Budget maintains more than $4 billion for CDC.
National Institute of Health (NIH) -17,965 The Budget proposes to consolidate multiple programs into five new focus areas with associated spending cuts: the National Institute on Body Systems Research; National Institute on Neuroscience and Brain Research; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; National Institute of Disability Related Research; and National Institute on Behavioral Health. The Budget also eliminates funding for the National Institute on Minority and Health Disparities (-$534 million), the Fogarty International Center (-$95 million), the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (-$170 million), and the National Institute of Nursing Research (-$198 million). This new structure retains the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The Budget maintains $27 billion for NIH research.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Eliminations -1,065 The Budget proposes to eliminate SAMHSA and eliminate funding for the Mental Health Programs of Regional and National Significance, Substance Use Prevention Programs of Regional and National Significance, and the Substance Use Treatment Programs of Regional and National Significance.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) -129 The Budget eliminates funding for grants and contracts. In the Budget, AHRQ’s functions would be a part of the new HHS Office of Strategy.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Program Management -674 The Budget eliminates health equity-focused activities and Inflation Reduction Act-related outreach and education activities.
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program -240 The Budget eliminates funding for ASPR’s Hospital Preparedness Program.
Administration for a Healthy America— Sexual Risk Avoidance Program and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, HHS Office on Women’s Health, HHS Office of Minority Health -180 The Budget eliminates the Sexual Risk Avoidance Program. The Budget also eliminates the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program. The Budget also reduces funding levels for the HHS Office of Minority Health and Office on Women’s Health. These programs are under the Office of Assistant Secretary of Health. Consistent with the recently announced HHS reorganization, the Budget relocates these programs within the newly formed Administration for Healthy America.
Department of Education (ED)
Increases
Charter Schools +60 The Budget invests $500 million, a $60 million increase, to expand the number of charter schools.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Replace K-12 Programs with state grants -4,535 The K-12 Simplified Funding Program consolidates 18 competitive and formula grant programs into a new $2 billion formula grant. The Budget preserves full funding for Title I, the supplemental Federal financial assistance to school districts for children from low-income families.
Special Education Simplified Funding Program -- The Special Education Simplified Funding Program consolidates seven Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) programs into a formula grant.
TRIO programs and Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) -1,579 TRIO and GEAR UP are eliminated.
Federal Work-Study (FWS) -980 The Budget cuts FWS and distributes remaining funding to institutions that serve the most low-income students and provide a wage subsidy to gain career-oriented opportunities to improve long-term employment outcomes of students.
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) -910 The Budget proposes to eliminate SEOG.
English Language Acquisition -890 The Budget proposes to eliminate the English Language Acquisition program.
Adult Education -729 The Budget proposes to eliminate Adult Education programs.
Migrant Education and Special Programs for Migrant Students -428 The Budget eliminates these programs.
ED Program Administration -127 The Budget provides $293 million for program administration, a reduction of $127 million, or 30 percent with the intention of eliminating the Department of Education.
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Ed (FIPSE) and Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need -195 The Budget proposes eliminating this program.
Strengthening Institutions -112 The Budget proposes to eliminate this program.
Teacher Quality Partnerships -70 The Budget proposes to eliminate this program.
Training and Advisory Services— Equity Assistance Centers -7 The Budget eliminates Equity Assistance Centers.
Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) -75 The Budget proposes to eliminate CCAMPIS.
Howard University -64 The Budget reduces funding for Howard University to the 2021 Budget level.
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) -49 The Budget provides OCR with $91 million, a reduction of $49 million, or 35 percent, compared to the 2024 enacted level.
Small Agency Eliminations
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
  • 400 Years of African American History Commission
  • Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps)
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • Institute of Museum and Library Sciences
  • Inter-American Foundation
  • Marine Mammal Commission
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
  • U.S. African Development Foundation
  • U.S. Agency for Global Media
  • U.S. Institute of Peace
  • U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Woodrow Wilson Center
  • Presidio Trust
-3,586 The Budget includes the elimination of, or the elimination of Federal funding for, the following small agencies. Agencies in bold are in these appropriations bills.
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Denali Commission
  • Northern Border Regional Commission
  • Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
  • Southwest Border Regional Commission
  • Great Lakes Authority
The Budget eliminates six small regional commissions. The Budget continues funding for Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) operations at $14 million.
House Appropriations Committee
   Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

07/21/2025 at 05:00PM

Full Committee Markup of FY26 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bill, FY26 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill

Full committee markup.

Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development

  • Subcommittee mark
  • GOP summary
    • Cuts HUD staff by 26%, consistent with Trump's illegal reductions in force
    • Eliminates and reduces 38 programs, totaling $7.3 billion
    • Cuts Federal Transit Administration by $1.7 billion
    • HUD Office of Policy Development and Research cut by $44 million (32% cut) to $95 million

Energy and Water Development

  • Subcommittee mark
  • GOP summary
    • $1.85 billion for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which is $1.6 billion below the FY25 enacted level
    • $225 million for Electricity, which is $55 million below the FY25 enacted level
    • $25 million for Grid Deployment, which is $35 million below the FY25 enacted level
    • $350 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), which is $110 million below the FY25 enacted level

Budget request:

Department of Transportation:

Department of Housing and Urban Development:

Department of Energy:

Department of Transportation
Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Increases
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Operations +359 The Budget requests an increased amount of $13.8 billion. This funding level would support air traffic controller hiring and salary increases, as well as FAA’s ongoing updates to its outdated telecommunications systems.
FAA Facility and Radar Upgrades +824 The Budget delivers an $5 billion investment in the modernization of the systems and facilities that comprise U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). In addition to a previously-provided $1 billion advance appropriation, the Budget requests an additional $4 billion for NAS upgrades including a $450 million down-payment on a multiyear, multi-billion-dollar radar replacement program. A substantial amount will also be requested as mandatory funding through reconciliation.
Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Program (INFRA) +770 The Budget provides $770 million, on top of the $1.5 billion in provided by IIJA, for the INFRA grants program, which assists highway, port, and freight rail projects.
Rail Safety and Infrastructure Grants +400 The Budget provides $500 million for Rail Safety and Infrastructure grants, a 400-percent increase over 2025 levels.
Shipbuilding and Port Infrastructure +596 The Budget provides $105 million for the Assistance to Small Shipyards program. The Budget delivers $550 million for the Port Infrastructure Development Program.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Essential Air Service (EAS) Discretionary Funding -308 The Budget proposes a reduction of eligibility and subsidy rates.
Electric Vehicle Charger Grants -5700 The Budget cancels an additional $5.7 billion in IIJA funding provided to the Department of Transportation for electric vehicle charger grant programs.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
State Rental Assistance Block Grant (Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, Public Housing, Project-Based Rental Assistance, Housing for the Elderly, and Housing for Persons with Disabilities) -26,718 The Budget transforms the current Federal rental assistance into a State-based formula grant. The Budget would also newly institute a two-year cap on rental assistance for able bodied adults. A State-based formula program would also lead to significant terminations of Federal regulations. The Budget includes $25 million in housing grants for youth aging out of foster care.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) -3,300 The Budget proposes to eliminate the CDBG program, which provides formula grants to over 1,200 State and local governments for a wide range of community and economic development activities.
HOME Investment Partnerships Program -1,250 The Budget eliminates HOME, a formula grant that provides State and local governments with funding to expand the supply of housing.
Native American Programs and Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant -479 The Budget eliminates competitive grant programs for Native American housing and eliminates the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant.
Homeless Assistance Program Consolidations -532 The Budget consolidates the Continuum of Care and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS programs into an Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program that provides short- and medium-term housing assistance, capped at two years, to homeless and at-risk individuals. T
Surplus Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Funding -296 This set of programs has unobligated balances that should be depleted.
Self-Sufficiency Programs -196 HUD’s Self-Sufficiency Programs are eliminated.
Pathways to Removing Obstacles (PRO) Housing -100 Consistent with the Executive Order 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” the Budget proposes to eliminate PRO Housing, an affordable housing development program.
Fair Housing Grants -60 The Budget eliminates the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), which provides competitive grants to public and private fair housing organizations. The Budget also eliminates the National Fair Housing Training Academy, which provides training for Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) and FHIP professionals as well as funding to translate HUD materials to languages other than English. The Budget, however, maintains support for FHAP, which funds State and local enforcement agencies that collectively process about 80 percent of the Nation’s fair housing complaints under the Fair Housing Act.
Department of Energy
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
IIJA Cancellation -15,247 The Budget cancels over $15 billion in funds committed to build renewable energy, removing carbon dioxide from the air, and other technologies. The Budget also ends programs for electric vehicle and battery makers and cancels the Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) -2,572 The Budget reorients EERE programs to early-stage research and development programming, eliminating funding for Justice40. This proposal would support technologies that promote fossil-fuel and nuclear power and bioenergy.
Office of Science -1,148 The Budget reduces funding for climate change and renewable energy research. The Budget maintains priority areas such as high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, quantum information science, fusion, and critical minerals.
Environmental Management (EM) -389 The EM program performs activities at 14 active cleanup sites and operates a geologic disposal facility (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico). The EM topline is being reduced by $389 million, which reflects a reduction of about $178 million for the transfer of responsibility from the EM program to the National Nuclear Security Administration for the Savannah River site in South Carolina, where plutonium pit production capabilities would be developed. The Budget maintains the Hanford site in Washington at the 2025 enacted level but reduces funding for various cleanup activities at other sites.
Advanced Research Project Agency‒ Energy (ARPA-E) -260 The Budget reduces funding for ARPA-E, limiting support to research advancing fossil-fuel technologies and other technologies. Pollution-reducing technologies are not supported.
Office of Nuclear Energy -408 The Budget reduces funding for research on nuclear energy. Funding priorities include innovative concepts for nuclear reactors, researching advanced nuclear fuels, and maintaining the capabilities of the Idaho National Laboratory.
Office of Fossil Energy -270 The Budget restores the name and function of the Office of Fossil Energy to its original purpose, which is funding for the research of technologies that could produce an abundance of domestic fossil energy and critical minerals.
Corps of Engineers—Civil Works (Corps)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) Surplus -1,071 The HMTF, whose funding is subject to annual appropriations, finances operation and maintenance projects for the Nation’s water channels. The Budget reduces funding for HMTF.
Corps WIFIA program -7 The Corps WIFIA program provides direct loans and loan guarantees for non-Federal dam safety projects. The Budget eliminates this program.
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project -609 The Budget provides $1.2 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project, eliminating funds for habitat restoration.
Small Agency Eliminations
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
  • 400 Years of African American History Commission
  • Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps)
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • Institute of Museum and Library Sciences
  • Inter-American Foundation
  • Marine Mammal Commission
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
  • U.S. African Development Foundation
  • U.S. Agency for Global Media
  • U.S. Institute of Peace
  • U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Woodrow Wilson Center
  • Presidio Trust
-3,586 The Budget includes the elimination of, or the elimination of Federal funding for, the following small agencies. Agencies in bold are in these appropriations bills.
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Denali Commission
  • Northern Border Regional Commission
  • Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
  • Southwest Border Regional Commission
  • Great Lakes Authority
The Budget eliminates six small regional commissions. The Budget continues funding for Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) operations at $14 million.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) -2 The budget closes this office.
House Appropriations Committee
2359 Rayburn

07/17/2025 at 10:00AM

Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Recovery Under PROMESA and the Road Ahead

The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Recovery Under PROMESA and the Road Ahead” on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building.

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Robert F. Mujica Jr., Executive Director, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
  • D. Andrew Austin, Ph.D., Analyst in Economic Policy, Congressional Research Service
  • Michelle Sager, Managing Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office
House Natural Resources Committee
   Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

07/16/2025 at 10:00AM

Weather Forecasting Technologies

Subcommittee hearing entitled “Protecting Lives and Property: Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Enhance Weather Forecasting”.

The purpose of this hearing is to examine emerging technologies for the collection of weather data and how the utilization of diverse sources of data can enhance the accuracy and timeliness of weather forecasting, including commercial satellites and AI models.

The recent flash floods in central Texas and New Mexico are a stark reminder of the necessity for accurate and timely weather forecasts. Just as important is ensuring that those emergency forecasts reach emergency responders, local and state authorities, and the general public.

Hearing charter

Witnesses:

  • Thomas Cavett, Vice President of Government Affairs and Strategy, Tomorrow.io
  • Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist; Director, Southern Regional Climate Center, Regents Professor
  • Dr. Waleed Abdalati, Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science; Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Dr. Jayesh Kumar Gupta, CEO, Silurian AI
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
   Environment Subcommittee
2318 Rayburn

07/16/2025 at 10:00AM