Title II contains appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Title III funds agencies in other departments, such as the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture and the Indian Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services; arts and cultural agencies, such as the Smithsonian Institution; and various other entities. FY2014 Continuing Appropriations

As of the start of the fiscal year on October 1, 2013, none of the 12 regular appropriations bills for FY2014, including Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, had been enacted. As a result, a funding gap and partial government shutdown began on October 1, 2013, and lasted 16 days until the enactment of a short-term continuing resolution (CR) on October 17, 2013 ( P.L. 113-46 ). The CR included appropriations for continuing projects and activities funded in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations law for FY2013, at the FY2013 post-sequestration, post-rescission levels. The law provided exceptions for Wildland Fire Management of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, under specified terms and conditions. P.L. FY2014 Enacted Appropriations

		Components of the FY2014 Appropriation

For FY2014, $30.12 billion was appropriated for the approximately 30 agencies and entities typically funded in the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations law. Most of this funding was provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. For the 10 major DOI agencies in Title I of the bill, the appropriation was $10.47 billion, or 34.8% of the total enacted. For EPA, funded by Title II of the bill, the appropriation was $8.20 billion, or 27.2% of the total. For about 20 agencies and other entities typically funded in Title III of the bill, the appropriation was $11.44 billion, or 38.0% of the total. FY2014 Appropriations Compared with FY2013 Appropriations

The FY2014 appropriation of $30.12 billion for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies was an increase of $431.5 million (1.5%) over the total FY2013 appropriation of $29.69 billion. This FY2013 level included full-year appropriations in P.L. 113-6 , reimbursement for transfers to DOI and FS Wildland Fire Management in P.L. 113-2 . It also reflected reductions under the President's sequester order of March 1, 2013, and an across-the-board rescission of 0.2% under P.L. However, the FY2014 appropriation was an increase of $1.80 billion (6.4 %) over the FY2013 appropriation of $28.32 billion, which excluded the supplemental appropriations for disaster relief in P.L. 113-46 ). The FY2014 appropriation of $30.12 billion was $5.78 billion (23.7%) more than the House Interior draft total of $24.34 billion. The FY2014 appropriation of $30.12 billion was $717.0 million (2.3%) less than the $30.84 billion recommended in the Senate Interior draft. For agencies within the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, the three bar graphs below compare FY2014 enacted appropriations with FY2013 total appropriations; FY2014 requested appropriations; FY2014 appropriations recommended by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; and FY2014 appropriations recommended by the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill includes funding for most of the Department of the Interior (DOI) and for agencies within other departments—including the Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. It also provides funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arts and cultural agencies, and numerous other entities.
For FY2014, $30.12 billion was appropriated for the approximately 30 agencies and entities typically funded in the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations law. This total included appropriations in P.L. 113-76, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, and additional funding for Wildland Fire Management in P.L. 113-46, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014. For the 10 major DOI agencies in Title I of the bill, the appropriation was $10.47 billion, or 34.8% of the total enacted. For EPA, funded by Title II of the bill, the appropriation was $8.20 billion, or 27.2% of the total. For about 20 agencies and other entities typically funded in Title III of the bill, the appropriation was $11.44 billion, or 38.0% of the total.
The FY2014 total appropriation was an increase of $431.5 million (1.5%) over the total FY2013 appropriation of $29.69 billion. This FY2013 level included full-year and supplemental appropriations, and reflected reductions from sequestration and an across-the-board rescission. Excluding supplemental appropriations for FY2013 for disaster relief (in P.L. 113-2), the FY2014 appropriation was an increase of $1.80 billion (6.4%) over the $28.32 billion FY2013 appropriation. In addition, relative to FY2012 appropriations of $29.23 billion, the FY2014 appropriation was an increase of $891.4 million (3.0%).
Neither the House nor Senate Appropriations Committee reported a regular appropriations bill for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for FY2014. However, the FY2014 appropriation was $5.78 billion (23.7%) more than the $24.34 billion in a House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee draft, but $717.0 million (2.3%) less than the $30.84 billion in a draft of the leaders of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. Further, as compared with the President's request of $29.91 billion, the FY2014 appropriation was $206.3 million (0.7%) higher.
Because a FY2014 appropriations bill for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies had not been enacted at the start of the fiscal year on October 1, 2013, agencies funded by the bill initially received FY2014 appropriations under a short-term continuing resolution (P.L. 113-46, extended by P.L. 113-73). The continuing resolution generally extended appropriations for continuing projects and activities at the FY2013 post-sequestration, post-rescission levels. The law provided exceptions for Wildland Fire Management. The enactment of P.L. 113-46 ended the funding gap and partial government shutdown that began on October 1, 2013.