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handle is hein.crs/govechs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Forest Service: FY2021 Appropriations The Forest Service (FS) is responsible for managing 193 million acres of land in the National Forest System(NFS); conducting forestry research; and providing assistance to state, local, private, and international forest owners. FS is an agency within the Department of Agriculture, but it receives discretionary appropriations through the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. FY202 Discretionary Appropriations Budget Request The Trump Administration requested $5.345 billion in FY2021 discretionary appropriations forFS, not including the wildfire adjustment. This would have been a decrease of $138.6 million (-3%) from the regular-enacted appropriations for FY2020 and a decrease of $209.4 million (-4%) from the FY2020 totalenacted figure. The Trump Administration also requested an additional $2.040 billion throughthewildfire adjustment, foratotalrequestof $7.385 billion. The requestreflected increases for some FS accounts and decreases for others, including no funding for one account (see Table 1). FY202 I Enacted Appropriations Congress appropriated $7.424 billion in totalFY2021 discretionary appropriations for FS, including $5.384 billion in regular funding and $2.040 billion pursuant to the Updated February 18,2021 wildfire adjustment (P.L. 116-260). The law specified that appropriations to most FS accounts are to remain available through FY2024. It included decreases for allFS accounts as compared with the regular-enacted FY2020 appropriations, in part due to a budget restructuring and because some activities thatpreviously were funded through discretionary appropriations received mandatory appropriations under the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152), enacted August 4,2020. In earlier action, the House Committee on Appropriations reported H.R. 7612 on July 14, 2020. The measure was incorporated into DivisionCofH.R. 7608, which passed the Houseon July 24, 2020. Because regularFY2021 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, several continuing resolutions provided funding at FY2020 levels before enactment of P.L. 116-260 on December27, 2020. Forest Service Appropriation Accounts Starting in FY2021, FS has sevenprimary discretionary appropriations accounts, discussedbelow, generally in order of decreasing funding. This includes a new Forest Service Operations account establishedin FY2021. In addition to those seven accounts, FS has severalother relatively small accounts. These accounts are combined into an Other category for this report. Table 1. Forest Service (FS) Discretionary Appropriations, by Account ($ in millions) FY2020 FY2021 H-passed Account Regular Suppl. Total Requested H.R. 7608 Enacted Forest Service Operations (FSO) - - - - - $1,026.2 Forest and Rangeland Research (FRR) $305.0 $3.0 $308.0 $249.3 $311.8 258.8 State and Private Forestry (SPF) 347.0 - 347.0 217.4 300.3 261.4 National Forest System (NFS) 1,957.5 34.0 1,991.5 2,005.1 2,062.4 1,786.9 Capital Improvement & Maintenance (CIM) 440.0 26.8 466.8 453.2 451.2 125.4 Land Acquisition (LA) 76.9 - 76.9 0 0 -5.6 Wildland Fire Management (WFM) 2,350.6 7.0 2,357.6 2,409.4 2,385.6 1,927.2 Wildfire Adjustment 1,950.0 - 1,950.0 2,040.0 2,040.0 2,040.0 Total WFM 4,300.6 7.0 4,307.6 4,449.4 4,425.6 3,967.2 Othera 6.4 - 6.4 10.4 5.4 3.7 Total, without wildfire adjustment 5,483.4 70.8 5,554.2 5,344.8 5,516.7 5,383.8 Total, with wildfire adjustment 7,433.4 70.8 7,504.2 7,384.8 7,556.7 7,423.8 Sources: P.L 1 16-94; P.L. 11 6-1 36; FY2021 FS Budgetjustification; H.R.7608 (II 6t Congress); and P.L. 11 6-260. Notes: Suppl. = supplemental appropriations. Figures reflect rescissions and deferrals. Column totals may not add dueto rounding. The FSO account was established in P.L 1 16-260. a. This row includes total appropriations for several small accounts, including specified land acquisition s; Range Betterment Fund; gifts, donations, and bequestsforresearch; managementoflandsforsubsistence uses; andcommunication site administration. https://crsreports.congres

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