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

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

Full committee markup.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies

The bill provides a total of $48.8 billion for the Department of Energy, a decrease of $1.4 billion below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level and $2.1 billion above the fiscal year 2026 request. The bill revokes $5.1 billion of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law resources from the Department of Energy’s programs that support hydrogen, direct air capture, carbon dioxide transportation infrastructure, battery recycling, and energy improvements in public schools. The bill provides $1.9 billion, a decrease of $1.6 billion, or 47 percent, below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The bill provides $225 million for Electricity, a decrease of $55 million below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level. The bill provides $25 million for Grid Deployment, a decrease of $35 million below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level. The bill provides $350 million for ARPA-E, a decrease of $110 million below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level and $150 million above the fiscal year 2026 request. The bill provides $54.3 million in gross administrative costs for Loan Programs, a decrease of $20 million below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level.

This bill includes riders that would:

  • Allow firearms on Corps of Engineers’ public lands.
  • Prohibit the Corps of Engineers from renaming items that commemorate the Confederacy.
  • Prohibit implementation of “Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings.”
  • Prohibit funds for private consolidated interim storage of commercial spent nuclear fuel.
  • Prohibit funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, training, programs, offices, officers, or policies or any program, project, or activity related to critical race theory.
  • Allow for discrimination based on same-sex marriage.
  • Limit the ability to fly flags at facilities, aimed at eliminating the use of pride flags.
  • Prohibit funds from being used to finalize any rule or regulation that has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more.

Updated Interim Subcommittee Allocations

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

Markup of FY26 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill

Subcommittee markup.

  • Subcommittee mark
  • GOP summary
  • Democratic fact sheet
  • Democratic summary
    • Provides $5.795 billion for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is $387.453 million (6%) below the FY25 enacted level.
      • Includes $4.152 billion for NOAA Operations, Research, and Facilities, which is $257.186 million below the FY25 enacted level.
      • Includes $1.59 billion for NOAA procurement, acquisition, and construction, which is $129.967 million below the FY25 enacted level.
    • Provides $24.838 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which is equal to the FY25 enacted level.
      • Science – $6 billion, $1.33 billion below the fiscal year 2025 enacted level and $2.1 billion above the request.
      • STEM Engagement – $84 million, $59 million below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level.
    • Provides $7 billion for the National Science Foundation, which is $2.06 billion (23%) below the FY25 enacted level.
    • Provides $1 million for the Marine Mammal Commission, which is $3.5 million (78%) below the FY25 enacted level

Budget request

Detailed budget requests:

Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Department of Commerce
Increases
Fair Trade and Trade Enforcement +134 The Budget includes $134 million to strengthen trade enforcement. This includes an additional $122 million for the Bureau of Industry and Security. These new funds would also increase antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) -624 EDA programs are cut. MBDA is fully eliminated.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—Operations, Research, and Grants -1,311 The Budget terminates a variety of climate-related research, data, and grant programs.
NOAA—Procurement of Weather Satellites and Infrastructure -209 The Budget rescopes NOAA’s Geostationary and Extended Observ by canceling contracts for instruments designed primarily for climate measurements.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) -325 Climate and environmental grants like NIST’s Circular Economy Program are eliminated.
International Trade Administration (ITA)—Global Markets -145 The Budget refocuses ITA’s footprint to countering China and securing access to fossil-fuel and mineral resources.
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Reduce State and Local Grant Programs -1,019 The Budget proposes to eliminate nearly 40 DOJ grant programs. The Budget eliminates programs such as Community Based Approaches to Advancing Justice, as well as programs that focus on hate crimes. Further, the Budget cuts Violence Against Women Act funding.
Cut the FBI -545 The Budget reflects a new focus on counterintelligence and counterterrorism, while reducing non-law enforcement missions, including DEI programs and intelligence activities.
DEA International Capacity -212 The Budget targets DEA’s foreign spending to Mexico, Central America, South America, and China.
Refocus ATF Enforcement and Regulatory Priorities -468 The Budget cuts funding for ATF offices and background checks.
General Legal Activities -193 The Budget focuses funding for General Legal Activities on the Civil Division ($441 million), and the Criminal Division ($220 million). The Budget reduces funding for the Civil Rights Division and the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Increases
Human Space Exploration +647 The Budget allocates over $7 billion for lunar exploration and introduces $1 billion in new investments for Mars-focused programs.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Space Science -2,265 In line with the Administration’s objectives of returning to the Moon before China and putting a man on Mars, the Budget would reduce lower priority research and terminate unaffordable missions such as the Mars Sample Return mission that is grossly overbudget and whose goals would be achieved by human missions to Mars. The mission is not scheduled to return samples until the 2030s.
Mission Support -1,134 The Budget cuts the workforce, IT services, NASA Center operations, facility maintenance, and construction and environmental compliance activities.
Earth Science -1,161 The Budget eliminates funding for climate monitoring satellites and restructures the Landsat Next mission.
Legacy Human Exploration Systems -879 The Budget phases out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule after three flights. budget. The Budget funds a program to replace SLS and Orion flights to the Moon with commercial systems. The Budget also proposes to terminate the Gateway, a small lunar space station in development with international partners, which would have been used to support future SLS and Orion missions.
Space Technology -531 The Budget reduces Space Technology by approximately half, including eliminating space propulsion projects. The reductions also scale back or eliminate technology projects in favor of private sector research and development.
International Space Station -508 The Budget reflects the transition to a commercial approach to human activities in space. The Budget reduces the space station’s crew size and onboard research, preparing for a decommissioning of the station by 2030 and replacement by commercial space stations. Crew and cargo flights to the station would be significantly reduced.
Aeronautics -346 The Budget eliminates climate-focused green aviation spending.
Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Engagement -143 NASA will cut STEM programming and research.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
General Research and Education -3,479 The Budget cuts funding for: climate; clean energy; social, behavioral, and economic sciences; and other programs. Funding for Artificial Intelligence and quantum information sciences research is maintained at current levels.
Broadening Participation -1,130 All DEI-related programs at NSF are eliminated.
Agency Operations and Awards Management -93 This reduction to operations aligns with the Agency’s reduced size.
House Appropriations Committee
   Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2362-B Rayburn

07/15/2025 at 12:00PM