Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: DOI
The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL), which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021, has made historic investments in America’s infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)’s various grant programs for land management and environmental resilience have received substantial new financial support under BIL. The new resources that the DOI has obtained through BIL include:
- The law provides $8.3 billion for water and drought resilience. BIL’s investments will fund water efficiency and recycling programs, rural water projects, WaterSMART grants and dam safety to ensure that irrigators, Tribes and adjoining communities receive adequate assistance and support.
- The law provides $1.5 billion for wildfire resilience. These funds will specifically invest in forest restoration, hazardous fuels management and post-wildfire restoration activities across America’s national parks, forests/grasslands, and federal firefighters.
- The law provides $1.4 billion for ecosystem restoration and resilience, including funding for stewardship contracts, ecosystems restoration projects, invasive species detection and prevention and native vegetation restoration efforts.
- The law provides $466 million for tribal climate resilience and infrastructure. These funds will invest in projects including climate adaptation planning, ocean and coastal management planning, capacity building, and relocation, managed retreat and protect-in-place planning for climate risks. They will also help fund construction, repair, improvement and maintenance of irrigation and power systems, safety of dams, water sanitation and other facilities in Tribal communities.
- The law provides $16 billion for legacy pollution clean-up, such as plugging orphan wells and reclaiming abandoned mine lands, which will help communities eliminate dangerous conditions and pollution caused by past coal mining.
- The law provides $2.5 billion for Indian water rights settlements.
A full list of outstanding notice of funding opportunities for the DOI’s grant programs can be found below. These programs typically fall into several distinct categories that often repeat by state, which include:
- Forest and Woodlands Resource Management
- Plant Conservation and Restoration Management
- Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management
- Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management
- Invasive and Noxious Plant Management
- Threatened and Endangered Species
- Wildlife Resource Management
- Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance
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Funding Opportunity # |
Opportunity Title |
Agency |
Status |
Open Date |
Close Date |
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F23AS00187 Yukon River Salmon Research and Management Assistance FY 2023 |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
09/16/2022 |
01/06/2023 |
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Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects |
DOI-BOR |
posted |
09/14/2022 |
12/09/2022 |
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Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects |
DOI-BOR |
posted |
09/13/2022 |
11/30/2022 |
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FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
09/08/2022 |
11/08/2022 |
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F23AS00310 FY22/23 Recovery Challenge Fund |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
09/08/2022 |
11/15/2022 |
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Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
09/07/2022 |
11/09/2022 |
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FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund - Semiquincentennial Grants |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
09/07/2022 |
12/06/2022 |
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F23AS00028 National Outreach and Communication Program |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
08/30/2022 |
10/31/2022 |
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F23AS00017 - FY23 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
08/25/2022 |
11/03/2022 |
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Tribal Tourism Grant Program (TTGP) |
DOI-BIA |
posted |
08/24/2022 |
10/24/2022 |
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NT-22-01: Capacity Building and Collaboration with the Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes |
DOI-BOEM |
posted |
08/23/2022 |
09/23/2022 |
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AT-22-X15: Marine Species Surveys in Support of Massachusetts Offshore Wind Development |
DOI-BOEM |
posted |
08/19/2022 |
09/19/2022 |
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Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Development Grant Program |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
08/19/2022 |
10/31/2022 |
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Central Valley Project Habitat & Facility Improvements |
DOI-BOR |
posted |
08/17/2022 |
11/14/2022 |
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National Tribal Broadband Grant (NTBG) |
DOI-BIA |
posted |
08/17/2022 |
10/17/2022 |
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FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
08/04/2022 |
11/08/2022 |
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FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- Preservation Grants |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
08/04/2022 |
11/08/2022 |
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Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Resource Management |
DOI-BLM |
posted |
08/03/2022 |
01/31/2023 |
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F23AS00407 - FY 2023 Clean Vessel Act (CVA) |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
07/29/2022 |
11/22/2022 |
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Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
07/29/2022 |
05/31/2023 |
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BLM IIJA Bureau of Land Management (AK) Wildlife Resource Management |
DOI-BLM |
posted |
07/27/2022 |
09/30/2022 |
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IIJA Bureau of Land Management (Alaska) Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance |
DOI-BLM |
posted |
07/27/2022 |
09/30/2022 |
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BLM IIJA Bureau of Land Management (AK) Rangeland Resource Management |
DOI-BLM |
posted |
07/27/2022 |
09/30/2022 |
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Bureau of Land Management Colorado Rangeland Resource Management |
DOI-BLM |
posted |
07/26/2022 |
09/27/2022 |
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F22AS00420 - FY 22 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative – Joint Venture Habitat Restoration and Protection |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
07/22/2022 |
09/20/2022 |
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Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (WCAP) Not- for-Profit Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Reclamation Projects. |
DOI-OSM |
posted |
07/20/2022 |
09/20/2022 |
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OSMRE Mine Drainage Technology Initiative (MDTI |
DOI-OSM |
posted |
07/20/2022 |
09/20/2022 |
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Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation; Applied Science Projects |
DOI-OSM |
posted |
07/20/2022 |
09/20/2022 |
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OSMRE Semester Internship Program |
DOI-OSM |
posted |
07/20/2022 |
09/20/2022 |
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OSMRE AmeriCorps Program |
DOI-OSM |
posted |
07/19/2022 |
09/19/2022 |
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OSMRE VISTA Program |
DOI-OSM |
posted |
07/19/2022 |
09/19/2022 |
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Bureau of Land Management Colorado Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands |
DOI-BLM |
posted |
07/19/2022 |
09/19/2022 |
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F23AS00018 - Sea Duck Joint Venture FY23 Competitive Grants |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
06/23/2022 |
09/30/2022 |
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F23AS00015 - NAWCA 2023 US Small Grants |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
06/22/2022 |
10/13/2022 |
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F23AS00378 - FY 2023 - Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act - BIG Tier 2 |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
06/15/2022 |
09/22/2022 |
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F23AS00377 - FY 2023 - Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act - BIG Tier 1 |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
06/15/2022 |
09/22/2022 |
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2023 National Geological & Geophysical Data Preservation Program |
DOI-USGS1 |
posted |
06/13/2022 |
10/13/2022 |
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F22AS00359 Migratory Bird Joint Ventures: 2022 Arctic Goose Joint Venture Notice of Funding Opportunity |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
05/18/2022 |
09/30/2022 |
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FY 2022 - National Maritime Heritage Grant Program - Education Grants |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
05/10/2022 |
09/20/2022 |
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FY 2022 - National Maritime Heritage Grant Program - Preservation Grants |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
05/10/2022 |
09/20/2022 |
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Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program - Base Funding |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
04/13/2022 |
10/31/2022 |
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Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program – Competitive Funding |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
04/13/2022 |
10/31/2022 |
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FY22 NATIONAL FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
04/08/2022 |
12/30/2022 |
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Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes States - Fiscal Year 2022 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
02/03/2022 |
12/31/2022 |
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Aquatic Invasive Species Interjurisdictional Grants to the Great Lakes States and Tribes - Fiscal Year 2022 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
02/02/2022 |
12/31/2022 |
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Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes Tribes - Fiscal Year 2022 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
02/02/2022 |
12/31/2022 |
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2022 ABPP Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
12/30/2021 |
12/31/2022 |
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FY22 Recovery Implementation |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
12/21/2021 |
09/30/2022 |
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FY22 Candidate Species Conservation Fund |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
12/21/2021 |
09/30/2022 |
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Coastal Program - 2022 |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
12/13/2021 |
09/30/2022 |
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Partners for Fish and Wildlife FY22 |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
12/10/2021 |
09/30/2022 |
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Osage Nation Wildland Fire Response |
DOI-BIA |
forecasted |
04/07/2020 |
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USDA/USDOI Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) |
DOI-BLM |
forecasted |
03/16/2020 |
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Produce an Historic Resource Study for Devils Tower National Monument |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
06/12/2019 |
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
05/28/2019 |
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Cooperative Agriculture |
DOI-FWS |
posted |
10/20/2017 |
09/30/2023 |
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Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship Program |
DOI-USGS1 |
posted |
06/09/2017 |
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Cooperative Research and Training Programs |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
04/03/2017 |
12/31/2022 |
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Enhancing Interpretation at Ford's Theatre |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
09/28/2016 |
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R Package Development and Data Certification for the National Park Service Units of the National Capital Region and the Northeast |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
07/14/2016 |
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Regional Resource Condition Assessment |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
07/14/2016 |
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National Capital Parks- East Shaw Neighborhood Research Interns |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
07/14/2016 |
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Developing Methodologies for Coastal Impacts Associated with Climate Variability |
DOI-USGS1 |
posted |
08/27/2015 |
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Vegetation Interns |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
01/30/2012 |
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Data Management |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
08/10/2011 |
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Research Techs |
DOI-NPS |
posted |
08/10/2011 |
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Southeast Region Flex Funds |
DOI-FWS-REG4 |
posted |
06/17/2008 |
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The DOI mostly distributes funds in the form of grants. However, the DOI’s Bureau of Indian Affairs also provides loans through its Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (IGLP) and its Indian Loans Economic Development Program.
Bureau of Indian Affairs – Division of Capital Investments, Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program
Through the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (ILGP), the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Division of Capital Investment helps American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and individuals get reasonable interest rates on business loans.
Indian Loans Economic Development
This program provides assistance to Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, Native American Organizations, and individual American Indians in obtaining financing from private sources to promote business development initiatives to improve the economies of Federally Recognized Indian Reservations. However, this program does not appear to have any funding available at this time.
*Faegre Drinker Policy Assistant Andrew Bryant contributed to this article.
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