Agency funding bill passes Congress
Congress passed a final spending package on Dec. 16 for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes increases for many natural resource agencies’ conservation and management ...
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Senate vote on Interior spending bill imminent
The Senate will vote this week on a package of four spending bills that includes Fiscal Year 2020 funding for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental ...
Continuing resolution passes as lawmakers hammer out funding bills
The Senate sent the president a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 as the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year approached. While the ...
Interior fee use during shutdown was against the law, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office determined that the Department of the Interior broke the law when it used entry fees to keep national parks open during the ...
Senate approaches recess with much left undone
With the August recess fast approaching, the Senate faces a long to-do list of priority actions, including pending nominations and appropriations work. ...
House passes Interior, Agriculture spending bills
Last week, the House passed the appropriations bill authorizing funding for the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection ...
The Wildlife Society pushes for invasives work funding
The Wildlife Society joined with partners from the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species to request that leaders of the Senate Interior ...
House bill would increase wildlife funding, defund reorganization
As the Senate begins its process of drafting its Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills, the House is moving forward with its slate of appropriations bills and several are ...
House Interior appropriations bill clears first hurdle
The appropriations bill that includes programs in the Department of the Interior, U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency was advanced last week ...
House sets spending levels for 2020 budget
Top-level funding for programs in the U.S. Department of the Interior and related agencies would see an increase in Fiscal Year 2020 under spending caps approved ...