Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 75.
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and 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,
Departmental Offices, and
Department-Wide Programs.
The bill 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 Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and the 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 Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts and 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; and
the World War I Centennial Commission.
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House" stage on June 3, 2019. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 3, 2019: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 75.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 116th Congress (2019-20), 344 of the 14,345 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN) introduced it on June 3, 2019. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 3, 2019, 2656 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2656 days ago, on June 3, 2019.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 116th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2021 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers