Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
124 Dirksen
05/14/2025 at 10:30AM
Subcommittee hearing.
Witness:
- Lee Zeldin, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
| 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. |