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handle is hein.crs/goveenh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IC o g e s o a R e e a c S e r vic September 15, 2021 National Park Service: FY2022 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 423 units valued for their natural, cultural, and recreational importance. System lands cover 81 million federal acres and 4 million nonfederal acres. As part of the Department of the Interior (DOI), NPS receives funding in annual appropriations laws for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Selected issues 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 nonfederal entities. FY2022 Appropriations The Biden Administration requested $3.497 billion in FY2022 discretionary appropriations for NPS. The request was 12% more than NPS's FY2021 discretionary appropriation of $3.123 billion, enacted in P.L. 116-260. The request included increases or level funding for all NPS accounts as compared with FY2021 (Table 1). NPS's budget justification also estimated $1.108 billion in mandatory appropriations for NPS for FY2022, an increase of 7% over estimated NPS mandatory funding for FY2021. These mandatory appropriations come from entrance and recreation fees, concessioner fees, donations, and other sources and also include land acquisition funding under the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF, 54 U.S.C. §200301). The LWCF funding previously had been provided through discretionary appropriations but was made mandatory in the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152). NPS's mandatory total does not include NPS's share from the DM fund established by the GAOA, which is recorded as a separate allocation from a DOI department-wide account. On July 6, 2021, the House Committee on Appropriations reported H.R. 4372 (H.Rept. 117-83), with $3.470 billion for NPS for FY2022. On July 29, 2021, the House passed H.R. 4502, a consolidated bill with the same amount for NPS (Table 1). The House-passed amount is 1% lower than the Administration's request and 11% higher than the FY2021 appropriation. The House bill contains increases or level funding for all NPS accounts compared with FY2021. N PS's Appropriations Accounts NPS has five discretionary appropriations accounts (Figure 1), not counting the land acquisition account (for which funding is now provided by mandatory appropriations). The majority of NPS discretionary appropriations typically have gone to the Operation of the National Park System (ONPS) account to support day-to-day activities, programs, and services at park units. These include resource stewardship, visitor services, park protection, facility operations and maintenance, and administrative costs. Figure I. NPS Appropriations Accounts (percentages reflect FY2021 appropriations) Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L. 116-260. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System. NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. The FY2021 appropriation included a rescission of $23.0 million from the Land Acquisition and State Assistance account. Table 1. NPS Discretionary Appropriations by Account ($ in millions) FY2021 Enacted FY2022 % Change fromHouse-Passed % Change from Accounta (P.L. 116-260) Request FY2021H.R. 4502 FY2021 Operation of the Nat'l. Park System 2,688.3 2,977.3 +11% 2,965.8 +10% Construction 223.9 278.6 +24% 252.6 +13% Historic Preservation Fund 144.3 151.8 +5% 155.8 +8% Nat'l. Recreation and Preservation 74.2 74.5 +<I% 80.4 +8% Centennial Challenge 15.0 15.0 - 15.0 - Total 3,122.7a 3,497.2 +12% 3,469.6 +11% Sources: Data from House Committee on Appropriations and NPS FY2022 budget request. Totals may not sum precisely due to rounding. a. Table does not show NPS's Land Acquisition and State Assistance (LASA) account. In past years this account has been supported by discretionary funding from the LWCF, but the funding was made mandatory by the GAOA (see above). No discretionary funds were :tps:/crsreports.c

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