Now, instead of simply pushing back, the Interior subcommittee is focused on strengthening and promoting domestic energy production, investing in Indian Country, reining in the EPA, expanding access to critical minerals, and ensuring that land management agencies have the tools to manage our lands effectively and efficiently—just to name a few.
Rein in the EPA.
Occurrences
Evidence
The committee said Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson produced legislation signed into law, and that the bill reverses Biden-era regulations; the release also says the package eliminates the EPA Environmental Justice program.
The enacted law is Public Law 119-74 and includes Division C, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, with Title II covering the Environmental Protection Agency.
The full committee print for FY27 shows Mr. Simpson of Idaho reporting the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill from committee; the draft includes EPA Title II and EPA administrative provisions such as pesticide registration fee authority and reporting requirements.
Assessments
The promise is broad and oversight-oriented, so enacted limits on EPA funding and operations count as delivery. As House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee chairman, Simpson materially advanced and reported the appropriations measure that became Public Law 119-74 in the same term. The enacted package governed EPA spending and included provisions described as constraining EPA programs and reversing Biden-era regulatory priorities, including elimination of the EPA Environmental Justice program. Because Simpson had direct legislative responsibility for the vehicle that became law, this is stronger than partial credit.