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handle is hein.crs/goveeuy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: National Park Service: FY2022 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 423 units valuedfortheir natural, cultural, and recreational importance. Systemlands cover 81 million federal acres and 4million 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 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 nonfederal entities. FY2022 Appropriations The Biden Administrationrequested $3.497 billion in FY2022 discretionary appropriations for NPS. The request was 12% higherthanNPS's FY2021 discretionary appropriation of $3.123 billion, enacted in P.L. 116-260. The request included increases or level funding for allNPS accounts as compared with FY2021 (Table 1). The Administration also estimated $1.108 billion in mandatory appropriations for NPS for FY2022, an increase of7% over estimated NPS mandatory funding for FY2021. These mandatory appropriations come fromentrance and recreation fees, concessioner fees, donations, and other sources and alsoinclude land acquisition funding underthe 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 fromthe NationalParks and Public Land Legacy RestorationFund (LRF, the DM fund established by the GAOA), which is recorded as a separate allocation froma 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 forFY2022. On July 29, 2021, the House passed H.R. 4502, a cons olidatedbill with the same amount for Updated November 15, 2021 NPS (Table 1). The House-passed amount is 1% lower than the Administration's request and 11% higher than the FY2021 appropriation. On October 18, 2021, the Senate Appropriations Committee chair released a majority draft bill (later introduced as S. 3034) with $3.463 million for NPS, also 1% less than the request and 11% more than FY2021. Because FY2022 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscalyear, continuing resolution P.L. 117-43 provides continuing appropriations at FY2021 levels through December 3, 2021, or until full-year appropriations are enacted. N PS's Appropriations Accounts NPS has five discretionary appropriations accounts (Figure 1), not counting its land acquisition account, for which funding is now provided by mandatory appropriations. Figure 1. NPS Appropriations Accounts (percentages reflect FY202 I appropriatio ns) Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L I I 6-260. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System. NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. Figure reflects a rescission of $23.0 million. Table I. NPS Discretionary Appropriations by Account ($ in millions) FY2021 Enacted FY2022 House-Passed % Change Senate % Change from Accounta (P.L. 116-260) Request H.R. 4502 from FY2021 S.3034 FY2021 Operation of the Nat'l. Park System 2,688.3 2,977.3 2,965.8 +10% 2,930.1 +9% Construction 223.9 278.6 252.6 +13% 253.1 +13% Historic Preservation Fund 144.3 151.8 155.8 +8% 180.1 +25% Nat'l. Recreation and Preservation 74.2 74.5 80.4 +8% 85.2 +15% Centennial Challenge 15.0 15.0 15.0 - 15.0 - Total 3,122.7a 3,497.2 3,469.6 +11% 3,463.4 +11% Sources: Data from House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Totals may not sum precisely due to rounding. tps://crsreports.cong re

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