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handle is hein.crs/govenko0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Informing the legislative debate since 1914 Updated November 9, 2023 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2024 Budget Request and Appropriations The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency in the Department of Commerce whose mission is to understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans, and coasts; share that information; and conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources. NOAA's work is divided among six line offices: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS); National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); National Ocean Service (NOS); National Weather Service (NWS); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR); and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). NOAA's Mission Support provides planning, leadership, finances, information technology, educational programming, and other support across the line offices. Congress provides NOAA with annual mandatory and discretionary appropriations. Mandatory appropriations, which generally comprise a small percentage of total NOAA funding, are disbursed to various accounts that support programs in NOS, NMFS, and OMAO. NOAA's discretionary appropriations typically are included in the annual Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations acts. Discretionary appropriations support two broad accounts-Operations, Research, and Facilities (ORF) and Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction (PAC)-as well as a few smaller accounts. This product focuses on NOAA's FY2024 discretionary funding for ORF and PAC. It also notes potential topics of interest for Congress from NOAA's FY2024 budget request, including NOAA's satellite operations, science and data for economic development, and climate-related products and services. Agency Funding NOAA requested over $7.1 billion in discretionary direct obligations for ORF and PAC for FY2024, including almost $6.8 billion in appropriations (Figure 1 and Table 1). NOAA requested a total of $7.3 billion in direct obligations for all accounts. Direct obligations include annual appropriations, transfers, and recoveries from prior year obligations. For FY2023, Congress provided $6.5 billion in annual ORF and PAC direct obligations and an additional $150.8 million in supplemental funding through P.L. 117-328, for a total of $6.7 billion (Table 1). According to NOAA, the supplemental amounts are considered base or discretionary funding designated as emergency. Supplemental appropriations are described in the right column. For FY2024, H.R. 5893, as introduced, would provide a total of $5.8 billion in direct obligations; S. 2321, as reported, would provide $6.9 billion in direct obligations. Figure 1. ORF and PAC Annual Direct Obligations, FY20 1 4-FY2024 ($ in billions, nominal and adjusted) * NOAA Requested Congress Enacted $8 Billions Congress Enacted in 2022 Dollars 2~ $6 $5 $4 r44 r4N - - r-4 r 'J N rJ N4 Cd Cl. Nl ClJ N 3 N' N' CV LL. LL LL LL LL~ - LI- LL LI- L U Sources: CRS, from NOAA budget justifications, congressional explanatory statements, and Office of Management and Budget, Historical Tables, Table 10.1. Notes: ORF = Operations, Research, and Facilities; PAC = Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction. Figure does not include supplemental appropriations. Direct obligations include appropriations, transfers, and recoveries from prior year obligations. Supplemental Appropriations Available in FY2024 Congress also has made supplemental appropriations available to NOAA for ORF and PAC, including * $52.2 million for expenses related to hurricanes and wildfires in 2020 and 2021, through FY2024 (P.L. 117- 43); * $1.2 billion for restoration, observation, modeling, forecasting activities, and other purposes, through FY2024 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; P.L. 117-58); * $3.3 billion for conservation, restoration, protection, construction, reviews, research and forecasting, computing, aircraft acquisition, and other purposes, through FY2026 (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; P.L. 117-169); and * $527.5 million for expenses related to hurricanes, typhoons, flooding, and wildfires in 2022; fishing gear and techniques; aircraft acquisition; and other uses, through FY2024 or until expended (P.L. 117-328, of which $150.8 million is included in Table 1 amounts).

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