13. Environmental Protection Agency · Minor

Place career tribal staff under the American Indian Office, not regional offices

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Printed page 440 13. Environmental Protection Agency

“Because of this, tribal staff should be fully under the authority of the new American Indian Office and its Assistant Administrator, not the regional offices.”

What has happened

Aug 28, 2026 Not started
Career tribal staff are still in the regions. EPA's ten regional offices continue to run tribal programs — the Federal Register shows regional tribal permits and implementation actions throughout 2026 — and the American Indian Environmental Office remains a division inside the Office of International and Tribal Affairs with no line authority over them. The FY2026 reorganization addendum, which describes every office EPA restructured, does not mention OITA, AIEO or tribal staff; the only staff it moves into regional administrators' offices are the regional environmental-justice personnel doing other statutory work.
- About the Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA) — the American Indian Environmental Office is listed as one of OITA's three constituent offices
  Primary Executive branch Aug 19, 2026
- EPA FY2026 Congressional Justification addendum: EPA Consolidations, Reorganizations, Realignments, or Other Transfer of Resources
  Primary Executive branch Sep 1, 2025

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

One search covered the tribal asks on p. 440: #1178, #1179, #1180, #1181 and this item.
The reorganization record for EPA staff generally is #1057 and #1117; neither touches tribal staff.

Action: transfer
Object: EPA career tribal staff
ID: 1182