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handle is hein.crs/govefud0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service MasasInferrnin g the legislative debate sin ce 1914 Updated May 19, 2022 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. This CRS product discusses NPS's FY2022 appropriations; for information on FY2023, see CRS In Focus IF12112, National Park Service: FY2023 Appropriations. FY2022 Appropriations P.L. 117-103, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, was enacted on March 15, 2022. It contained $3.265 billion for NPS, 5% more than the enacted FY2021 regular appropriation of $3.123 billion in P.L. 116-260. (The FY2022 total does not include $229.5 million provided in P.L. 117-43 as supplemental funding in response to natural disasters, which is designated as emergency spending outside of discretionary spending limits.) The regular appropriations in P.L. 117-103 included increases for four of the five NPS accounts compared with FY2021 and one account where funding was level with FY2021 (Table 1). FY2022 appropriations in P.L. 117-103 were 7% lower than the Biden Administration's request of $3.497 billion. The enacted discretionary appropriation exceeded the Administration's request in two accounts, matched the request for one account, and was lower than the request for two accounts (Table 1). In addition to discretionary appropriations, NPS estimated mandatory appropriations for FY2022 at $1.093 billion, a decline of 1% from 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). Through FY2020, the LWCF funding had been provided through discretionary appropriations, but it was made mandatory in the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152). NPS's FY2022 mandatory total does not include $1.330 billion for NPS from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF), the deferred maintenance fund established by the GAOA. In earlier action, on July 29, 2021, the House had passed H.R. 4502, an FY2022 consolidated appropriations bill with $3.470 billion for NPS (also see H.Rept. 117-83 on H.R. 4372, an earlier stand-alone House bill). On October 18, 2021, the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee had released a majority draft bill, later introduced as S. 3034, with $3.463 billion for NPS. Because FY2022 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, a series of continuing resolutions provided funding at FY2021 levels before enactment of P.L. 117-103. N PS's Appropriations Accounts NPS had five discretionary budget accounts in FY2022 (Figure 1), not counting the land acquisition account, for which funding is now provided by mandatory appropriations. About 85% of NPS's FY2022 discretionary appropriations went 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. The FY2022 appropriation for the ONPS account was $2.767 billion; the Administration had requested $2.977 billion. Figure I. NPS Appropriations Accounts (Dercentages reflect FY2022 aDorooriationsl Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L. 117-103. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System' NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. FY2022 data do not reflect supplemental (emergency-designated) appropriations in P.L. I 17-43 to address natural disasters. The next-largest amount, 7% of the regular appropriation, went to NPS's Construction account, which covers repair, replacement, and improvement of existing facilities as well as new construction. Projects are evaluated based on criteria related to the condition of assets, their importance to park purposes, and project benefits and risks. The account also covers other construction activities and planning. P.L. 117- 103 appropriated $226.0 million for the NPS Construction account for FY2022; the Administration's request was $278.6 million. https://crsrepor

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