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GAO-22-105904 1 (2022-09-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaonor0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Government Accountability Office Depa ment of the Interior GAO-22-105904 September 2022 Report to Congressional Committees The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $117.2 million to the Department of the Interior for 75 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called Congressionally Directed Spending in the U.S. Senate and Community Project Funding in the House of Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support for requests. This report examines how Interior intends to identify the provisions, distribute the funds made available through these provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds. What are the intended uses of these funds? The $117.2 million broadly supports three types of Interior projects: (1) projects related to water resources in the western U.S., including design, construction, and operation of such resources; (2) land acquisition projects for national parks, wildlife refuges, and national monuments; and (3) other projects related to Interior's mission. Department of the Interior: Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending Provisions Subunit Bureau of Reclamation National Park Service Fish and Wildlife Service ,-Bureau of Land Management T Bureau of Indian Affairs Budget account Water and Related Resources _________ .- Historic Preservation Fund Land Acquisition National Recreation and Preservation Land Acquisition Resource Management Land Acquisition Operation of Indian Programs United States Surveys, Investigations, Geoloaical Survev and Research Number of fiscal year 2022 provisions 15 36 5. 4 9 2 Percentage of budget I Examples of projects account designated for fiscal year 2022 provisionsa 4% Improve water systems and supplies and conduct studies on the cost of improvements to water systems 9% Rehabilitate and preserve historic sites and artifacts 8% Purchase land for national parks and operate national parks 4% Conserve beaches and connect trails in national parks 12% 0.5% 4% 0.1% 0.1% Purchase of lands for wildlife refuges Support conservation projects and restoration efforts Purchase land for a national monument Assess locations for domestic violence shelters and provide assistance to address public safety and child welfare in Alaska Develop implementation plan for earthquake early warning system Source: GAO analysis of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and accompanying joint explanatory statement; and information provided by the Department of the Interior. I GAO-22-105904 aBased on total amount appropriated for each of the budget accounts for fiscal year 2022. GAO-22-105904 Tracking the Funds: Department of the Interior 1 Page 1

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