WASHINGTON—Today, President Donald Trump signed the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 into law. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson–Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee–attended the signing and released the following statement.
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WASHINGTON—Today, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson–Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee–released the following statement after the bill passed the… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, the United States House of Representatives passed an effort to fix Secure Rural Schools (SRS) payment allocations. The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 would reauthorize the United States Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through Fiscal Year 2026 and provide lapsed payments for 2024 and 2025. This initiative… Read more »
WASHINGTON— Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson introduced the Urban Canal Modernization Act. This legislation allows the Bureau of Reclamation to authorize a 35% non-reimbursable cost share to help repair and rehabilitate “urban canals of concern,” canals through urban areas that would cause significant property damage or possible loss of life if the canal were to fail. Many western canals,… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson cosponsored H.R. 1422 - the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act, a bill that aims to strengthen secondary sanctions on foreign entities enabling Iran’s illicit oil trade. This bipartisan legislation is sponsored by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL).
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WASHINGTON—Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Administrator Zeldin and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle released a new proposed definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act, delivering certainty and clarity to America’s farmers, ranchers,… Read more »
WASHINGTON— Today, Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Idaho Congressmen Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher released the following statements upon the Trump administration’s reversal of a Biden-era Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule. The public lands rule violated the legal mandate for managing public lands for multiple-uses like grazing, timber production, mining, and energy… Read more »
WASHINGTON— Today, the Department of the Interior announced its decision to cancel the right-of-way for the Lava Ridge wind project. This decision follows language authored by Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson to the fiscal year 2024 enacted spending bill to require the agency to re-evaluate the decision by the Biden administration to grant a right-of-way approval for the project,… Read more »
WASHINGTON— This week, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson–Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee–authored language that secures complete funding for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
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WASHINGTON—This week, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson–Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee–authored language to prohibit any funds to approve construction activities related to the out-of-touch Lava Ridge Wind… Read more »
