Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
124 Dirksen
05/21/2025 at 10:30AM
Subcommittee hearing.
Chair Lisa Murkowski
Witness:
- Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior
| Department of the Interior (DOI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Program Name | $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) | Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase |
| 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](https://www.npca.org/articles/8495-president-trump-s-proposed-budget-could-decimate-at-least-350-national-park), 75 percent of the total. |
| NPS Historic Preservation Fund | -158 | The Budget [eliminates almost all funding](https://ncshpo.org/2025/05/05/hpunderthreat/) 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](https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/policy-and-law/15123-trump-budget-proposes-deep-cuts-to-native-american-programs) 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](https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/policy-and-law/15123-trump-budget-proposes-deep-cuts-to-native-american-programs) 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. |