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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysawpy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRON- MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Lisa Murkowski (Chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Murkowski, Daines, Udall, and Merkley. U.S. FOREST SERVICE OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI Senator MURKOWSKI. Good morning, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. Today we are reviewing the fiscal year 2020 budget proposal for the Forest Service. I am pleased to welcome Chief Vicki Christiansen to testify before us today. I am also welcoming John Rapp who serves as the Director of the Office of Strategic Planning, Budget, and Accountability at the Forest Service, accompanying the Chief. Thank you both for being with us here today. The budget request for Forest Service for fiscal year 2020 is $5.14 billion. This request is $947 million less than the enacted level, not including the $1.95 billion proposed to be made available by the wildfire budget cap adjustment. Including the wildfire cap adjustment brings the overall Forest Service total to $7.09 billion. Fiscal year 2020 marks the first year of availability for the wild- fire cap adjustment that was created by the fiscal year 2018 Omni. The cap adjustment will allow the Forest Service to address fire suppression needs without disrupting programmatic activities. I am pleased that we have this mechanism available, finally, to stop the fire borrowing and the repayment cycle, as well as to stop the accompanying lack of budget certainty and discipline. The creation of the wildfire cap adjustment is about more than just adequately funding wildfire suppression. It is about making sure the Forest Service can deliver on its multiple-use mission. Now that we have the ability to fund wildfire without fire bor- rowing, it is time for us to focus on working with the Service to modernize and improve your budget structure. Securing a cap adjustment was the first phase in increasing transparency and accountability for your budgeting practices, and (1)

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