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of the Interior concurred with the claimed refund due"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 488","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#HD5667A4EFE7248B9A82B93043A2B4875"},"heading":"","effect":"Requires the EPA Administrator to report within 30 days on a plan to qualify any fuel derived from waste plastic or waste tires as cellulosic biofuel under the Clean Air Act.","amount":null,"quote":"a report outlining a plan to qualify any fuel derived from waste plastic or waste tires as cellulosic biofuel under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act"}]},{"category":"policy_via_number","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 513","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#HD4C7836DFA0F48D2B9A9BCF0C8344CD9"},"heading":"","effect":"Reduces the salary of the named Secretary of the Interior to $1.","amount":"$1","quote":"The salary of Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, shall be reduced to 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Reg. 36982).","amount":null,"quote":"final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 133","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H3F8785FF81E64CF784B9FE290DD76272"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of Interior funds to establish an experimental population of the grizzly bear in the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho.","amount":null,"quote":"to establish an experimental population of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) within the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 134","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H340FC99037AE44A8B6A692A32E604258"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of Interior funds to implement, administer or enforce a proposed or final Endangered Species Act rule regarding fish legally held in captivity or a controlled environment kept separate from wild populations.","amount":null,"quote":"to implement, administer, or enforce a proposed or final rule with regard to a fish legally held in captivity or in a controlled environment"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 136","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H82CF808A37554D1BA1FEE18309E2F333"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of Act funds to implement, administer or enforce three April 2024 final Endangered Species Act rules on general regulations, listing and critical habitat, and interagency cooperation.","amount":null,"quote":"the final rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants” (89 Fed. Reg. 23919 (April 5, 2024));"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 137","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H7A0E5BB2FA374B629D439F12A2760D5E"},"heading":"","effect":"Requires reissuing Secretary's Order 3368 on consent decrees and settlement agreements within 60 days and bars Act funds to rescind it or to implement Order 3408 or a substantially similar order.","amount":null,"quote":"None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available to rescind the Order reissued under subsection (a), reissue, enforce, administer, or implement Order No. 3408"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 138","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H95A91751E44945929370244D26B0F891"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of funds to implement, administer or enforce the Bureau of Land Management final rule “Conservation and Landscape Health” (89 Fed. Reg. 40308).","amount":null,"quote":"the final rule titled “Conservation and Landscape Health” published by the Bureau of Land Management in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. 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this Act to implement, administer, or enforce the April 2024 final rule “Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process.”","amount":null,"quote":"the final rule titled “Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process” (89 Fed. Reg. 30916; published April 23, 2024)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 517","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#HBC3AFFD3795C4301B04C844DE74225B9"},"heading":"Texas kangaroo rat","effect":"Bars use of funds from this Act to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule listing the Texas kangaroo rat as endangered and designating critical habitat.","amount":null,"quote":"the proposed rule titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Texas Kangaroo Rat and Designation of Critical Habitat”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 519","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H7E87163942BF4B19A951C3BFFA50B3A9"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of funds from this Act to implement or enforce the EPA's January 2023 final rule on heavy-duty engine and vehicle standards.","amount":null,"quote":"the final rule titled “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards” published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency on January 24, 2023"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 520","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H4EFFA528F38F40E38DBD3042DE5A820F"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of funds from this Act to approve a Clean Air Act section 209(e) waiver for the California Air Resources Board's In-Use Locomotive Regulation.","amount":null,"quote":"approve a waiver, pursuant to section 209(e) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(e)), for the In-Use Locomotive Regulation adopted by the California Air Resources Board on April 27, 2023"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 521","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H26CFC9F0B7F447B3965AACED28537EAC"},"heading":"Mineral Leasing Act modernization","effect":"Bars use of funds from this Act to implement, administer, or enforce section 50262 of Public Law 117–169.","amount":null,"quote":"implement, administer, or enforce section 50262 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the “Inflation Reduction Act”)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 526","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#HF5254578BCB443F0AA37EA479E2BFF22"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of funds from this Act to implement, administer, or enforce the EPA's July 2024 final rule on hazardous air pollutant standards for lime manufacturing plants.","amount":null,"quote":"the final rule entitled “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Technology Review” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on July 16, 2024"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 135","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H90A9BA795EFE415CA5768B579DA489E3"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of Interior funds to facilitate or allow the introduction of American bison on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.","amount":null,"quote":"to facilitate or allow for the introduction of American bison (Bison bison) on the Charles M. 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under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2025"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998/text/eh#H873B41815F1A416F997600B1EF8387C7"},"heading":"","effect":"Directs any agency receiving funds under this Act to post congressionally required reports on its website when the agency head determines it serves the national interest, after a 45-day wait, with exceptions.","amount":null,"quote":"post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in 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H.R. 8998, 118th Congress: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025. House: 210 Yea, 205 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 24 Jul 2024."}}