H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
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H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
118th Congress · introduced 2024-07-11 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2024-07-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 16 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 387 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24), Failed. See all
- Where it stands now: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
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Official text
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
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Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
Agencies named in this bill
- Department of the Interior: its federal spending and other bills that name it
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 381 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-23): Failed
- House roll call 382 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-23): Failed
- House roll call 383 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-23): Failed
- House roll call 384 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-23): Failed
- House roll call 385 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-23): Failed
- House roll call 386 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-23): Failed
- House roll call 387 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Failed
- House roll call 388 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Agreed to
- House roll call 389 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Failed
- House roll call 390 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Failed
- House roll call 394 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Failed
- House roll call 395 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Failed
- House roll call 396 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Failed
- House roll call 397 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Agreed to
- House roll call 398 (2024): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Failed
- House roll call 399 (2024): On Passage, HR8998 (2024-07-24): Passed
Words on this page, explained (1)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Official summary
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr8998.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>
Record fed-us-cong118-hr8998 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118