"The Senate Appropriations Committee released its fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment and Transportation bills Thursday." 

"Senate appropriators on Thursday approved a $41.5 billion spending bill to fund the Interior Department and EPA, setting up a showdown with the House and President Donald Trump.

The bill represents a bipartisan compromise on the agency budgets, a necessity given the need to attract 60 votes on appropriations measures in the Senate. Only Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) voted “no.”

The legislation includes $15.1 billion for the Interior Department. The House bill, in contrast, would appropriate $14.8 billion, a roughly $60 million cut."

Garrett Downs, Andres Picon, and Kevin Bogardus report for E&E News July 25, 2025. [2]