Review - HR 4754 Introduced – FY 2026 IER Spending

Back in July Rep Simpson (R,ID) introduced HR 4754, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [IER] Appropriations Act, 2026. The House Appropriations Committee published their Report on the bill. There is no specific cybersecurity funding mentioned in the bill. The bill does contain reduced funding for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).

HR 4754 is similar to HR 8998, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [IER] Appropriations Act, 2024, that was introduced by Simpson in July 2024. That bill was passed in the House on July 24th, 2024, in a party-line vote. No action was taken in the Senate.

Moving Forward

It is not clear at this point if this bill will make it to the floor of the House for consideration. It was hoped by the Republican leadership that a short CR would have allowed for consideration of each of the spending bills in an apparently outdated regular order. That process is wholly dependent on a CR being passed before midnight of September 30^th. A government shutdown will almost certainly ultimately lead to an agreement on another year end massive spending bill.

 

For more information on cybersecurity and CSB funding see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-4754-introduced-fy-2026-ier-spending - subscription required.