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handle is hein.crs/govebuu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ressipnnl Aesearc~h $ervn~e [at rwdnu iii I i~hhiw' irt~d~ ~ 1~14 Updated January 26, 2021 National Park Service: FY2021 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 423 units valuedfortheir natural, cultural, and recreational importance. Systemlands cover81 million federalacres and 4million nonfederal acres. As p art 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. FY202I Appropriations The Trump Administration requested $2.793 billion in FY2021 discretionary appropriations for NPS. This amount 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. P.L. 116-260, enacted on December27,2020, contained $3.123 billion for NPS, 8% less than the FY2020 regular appropriation and 12% more than requested by the Administration. The law included increases for some NPS accounts compared with FY2020 appropriations in P.L. 116-94 (Table 1) but decreased or eliminated funding for two accounts, both covering activities thatreceived mandatory appropriations in the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152), enacted in August 2020. In earlier action, on July 14, 2020, the HouseCommittee on Appropriations hadreported H.R. 7612 (H.Rept. 116-448), with $3.224 billion for NPS for FY2021. On July 24, 2020, the HousepassedH.R.7608, a consolidatedbill with the same amount for NPS. On November 10, 2020, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released a draft bill with $3.122 billion for NPS for FY2021. Because regular FY2021 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscalyear, several continuing resolutions provided funding at FY2020 levels before enactment of P.L. 116-260. NPS also receives mandatory appropriations. NPS's budget justification estimated $0.749billion in mandatory appropriations forFY2021, a 1% increase overestimated NPS mandatory funding for FY2020. These mandatory appropriations come fromentrance and recreation fees, concessioner fees, donations, andother sources. In August 2020, the GAOA established additional mandatory spending for NPS, including a fund to address agency DM needs. The GAOA also designated as mandatory spending agency funding fromthe Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF; 54 U.S.C. §200301), previously provided through dis cretionary appropriations. N PS's Appropriations Accounts NPS has six discretionary appropriations accounts. However, in FY2021, one account-Land Acquisitionand State Assistance-did notreceivediscretionary appropriations (Figure 1). The majority of NPS discretionary appropriations typically have gone to the Operation ofthe National Park System (ONPS) account to support day-to-day activities, programs, and services at p ark units. These include res ource stewardship, visitor services, parkprotection, facility operations and maintenance, and adminis trative costs. NPS's Construction accountcovers rehabilitation and replacement of existing facilities as well as new construction. NPS prioritizes DM in project planning. Projects are evaluated based on department-wide criteria related to the condition of as sets and their importance to the park's purposes. The account also covers other construction activities and planning. Table I. NPS Discretionary Appropriations by Account ($ in millions) FY2020 Enacted FY2021 House-Passed Senate Comm. % Change Account (P.L. 116-94) Request H.R. 7608 Draft P.L. 116-260 FY2020-FY2021 Operation of the Nat'l. Park System 2,577.0 2,516.7 2,776.6 2,648.6 2,688.3 +4% Construction 389.3 192.6 223.9 249.0 223.9 -42% Land Acquisition and State Assistance 206.1 8.6 -2.0a -2.0a -23.02 -111% Historic Preservation Fund 118.7 40.7 136.4 138.0 144.3 +22% Nat'l. Recreation and Preservation 71.2 33.9 74.3 74.0 74.2 +4% Centennial Challenge 15.0 0 15.0 15.0 15.0 - Total 3,377.3 2,792.6 3,224.3 3,122.3 3,122.7 -8% Sources: Data from House Committee on Appropriations and NPS FY2021 budget request. Totals may not sum precisely due to rounding. a. Forthe Land Acquisition and StateAssistance account, the legislation provides no newfundingandcontainsarescission. In pastyears,this account has been supported byfundingfromthe LWCF, which was made mandatory spending by the GAOA (see above). https://crsrept

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