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handle is hein.crs/govdccj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: October 7,2020 NationalPark Service: FY2021 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 421 units valued for their natural, cultural, and recreational importance. Systemlands cover 81 million federal acres and 4 million nonfederal acres. As part of the Department of the Interior, NPS receives funding in annual appropriations laws for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Selected is sues for Congress include the total level of NPS appropriations, funding to address NPS's backlog of deferred maintenance (DM), and funds for NPS assistance to nonfederalentities. The Trump Administration requested $2.793 billion in FY2021 discretionary appropriations for NPS. The request was 17% less thanNPS's FY2020 appropriation of $3.377 billion, enactedin P.L. 116-94. The requestincluded reductions for all NPS accounts as compared with FY2020. NPS's budgetjustification also estimated $0.749 billion in mandatory appropriations for NPS for FY2021, an increase of 1% over estimated NPS mandatory funding for FY2020. These mandatory appropriations come fromentrance and recreation fees, concessioner fees, donations, and other sources. In July 2020, the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152) established additional mandatory spending for NPS, including a fund to address agency DM needs. The GAOA also designated, as mandatory spending, agency funding fromthe Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF; 54 U.S.C. §200301), previously provided through dis cretionary appropriations. On July 14, 2020, the House Committee on Appropriations reported H.R. 7612 (H.Rept. 116-448), with $3.224 billion for NPS forFY2021. On July 24, 2020, the House passed H.R. 7608, a cons olidatedbill with the same amount for NPS (Table 1). The amount is 15% higher than the Administration's request and5% lowerthan the FY2020 appropriation. The Housebill contains increases orlevel funding for most NPS accounts compared with FY2020 but would reduce funding for accounts that address construction and land acquisition, two activities affected by mandatory spending in the recently enacted GAOA. Because regular FY2021 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, a continuing resolution, P.L. 116-159, provides appropriations at FY2020 levels through December 11, 2020. NPS has six discretionary appropriations accounts (Figure 1). The majority of NPS discretionary appropriations typically have gone to the Operation of the National Park System(ONPS) accountto support day-to-day activities, programs, and services at parkunits. These include resource stewardship, visitor services, parkprotection, facility operations and maintenance, and administrative costs. Figure I. NPS Appropriations Accounts (nPrrPntnap rpflrct FY2020 nnnrnnrkinnO Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L I 16-94. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System. NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. Table I. NPS Discretionary Appropriations by Account ($ in millions) FY2020 Enacted FY2021 % Change from House-Passed % Change from Account (P.L. 116-94) Request FY2020 H.R. 7608 FY2020 Operation of the Nat'l. Park System 2,577.0 2,516.7 -2% 2,776.6 +8% Construction 389.3 192.6 -51% 223.9 -42% Land Acquisition and State Assistance 206.1 8.6 -96% -2.0a - 1 01% Historic Preservation Fund 118.7 40.7 -66% 136.4 +15% Nat'l. Recreation and Preservation 71.2 33.9 -52% 74.3 +4% Centennial Challenge 15.0 0 - 100% 15.0 - Total 3,377.3 2,792.6 -17% 3,224.3 -5% Sources: Data from House Committee on Appropriations and NPS FY2021 budget request. Totals may not sum precisely due to rounding. A A '2 k 4 F xa h: \5k k y\

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