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handle is hein.crs/govelnj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Informing rsiona! Researet, Service heled Ilive cI bat since 1914 0 May 8, 2023 Forest Service: FY2024 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. For FY2023, Congress appropriated $10.08 billion in total discretionary appropriations for FS (P.L. 117-328), reflecting regular enacted funding of $4.86 billion, $2.21 billion provided pursuant to a wildfire adjustment (see below), and $3.00 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations (see Table 1, Table 2, and Figure 1). For more information, see CRS In Focus IF12141, Forest Service: FY2023 Appropriations. For FY2024, issues facing Congress include determining the amount of funding to provide FS accounts and activities and the terms and conditions of such funding, including whether to enact related Biden Administration proposals. Other issues relate to the FS's program implementation and progress toward forest management objectives. FY2024 Appropriations Budget Request The Biden Administration requested $9.73 billion in total FY2024 discretionary appropriations for FS (see Table 1). Comparing the FY2024 request with the FY2023 regular enacted funding is complicated by the FS receiving the bulk of its wildland fire management (WFM) funding through supplemental funding in FY2023; these funds typically are provided as regular appropriations. With one exception, the FY2024 request includes increases to all FS accounts over F2023 regular enacted funding; the request includes a decrease to the State and Private Forestry (SPF) account. The FS also receives mandatory appropriations, estimated by the agency at around $1.46 billion for FY2024. These mandatory appropriations are derived from and used for various sources and purposes (e.g., land acquisition funding under the Land and Water Conservation Fund, deferred maintenance funding under a mandatory transfer from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund). Supplemental Appropriations The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117- 58, Division J) provided FS with $5.45 billion in total from FY2022 through FY2026 for ecosystem restoration and wildfire risk reduction purposes. For FY2022, IIJA provided $1.67 billion. Starting in FY2023 and for each fiscal year thereafter, IIJA provided for $945.2 million in advance emergency appropriations to several FS accounts. The FY2024 spending plan for these funds is available as an appendix to FS's FY2024 budget justification. Table 1. Forest Service (FS) Discretionary Appropriations, by Account ($ in millions) FY2023 Enacted FY2024 Enacted Account Regular Total Request Supplemental Wildland Fire Management (WFM) $946.0 $2,528.0 $2,970.6 $36.0 Wildfire Adjustment 2,210.0 2,210.0 2,300.0 - Total WFM and Wildfire Adjustment 3,156.0 4,738.0 5,270.6 36.0 National Forest System (NFS) 1,974.4 2,714.2 2,226.3 529.8 Forest Service Operations (FSO) 1,152.7 1,152.7 1,316.5 - Forest and Rangeland Research (FRR) 307.3 311.3 349.1 2.0 State and Private Forestry (SPF) 337.8 791.1 327.7 305.4 Capital Improvement& Maintenance (CIM) 142.0 364.0 235.0 72.0 Other 3.7 3.7 5.7 - Total, Without Wildfire Adjustment 4,863.8 7,865.0 7,430.8 945.2 Total, With Wildfire Adjustment 7,073.8 10,075.0 9,730.8 945.2 Source: CRS, with information from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and FS budget documents. Notes: FY2023 Enacted Regular reflects appropriations provided in P.L. 117-328. FY2023 Enacted Total reflects regular appropriations plus the emergency supplemental appropriations provided in P.L. 117-58 and P.L. 117-328 (see Table 2 for supplemental funding by account). FY2024

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