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handle is hein.crs/govdarn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: July 1, 2020 Bureau of Land Management: FY2021 Appropriations The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 244 million acres of federal land, nearly all in the West. Under its Imultiple-use mission, BLM manages lands for diverse purposes, including lives tock grazing, energy development, recreation, and conservation. The agency also administers onshore federalenergy and mineralresources generally. This In Focus pertains to discretionary appropriations for BLM, particularly appropriations under consideration for FY2021 in comparis on with appropriations enacted for FY2020. For FY2021, the Trump Administrationrequested $1,222.4 million for BLM. This would be a decrease of $147.5 million (-11%) from the FY2020 appropriation of $1,369.8 million (P.L. 116-94, Division D). BLM discretionary appropriations generally are providedin Title I of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations laws. Mandatory (permanent) appropriations also are provided to BLM under various statutes within the jurisdiction of authorizing committees. For FY2021, BLM estimated its mandatory appropriations at $102.6 million. This would be a decrease fromthe $298.7 million estimated for FY2020, largely due to an anticipated reduction in receipts fromBLM land sales in Nevada and aproposalby the Administration to cancel unoblig atedb alanc es from prior s ales. For FY2021, issues for Congress include determining the amount of funding to provide BLM accounts and activities and the terms and conditions of suchfunding, as well as whether to enact related Trump Administration proposals. $\ccckuts BLM discretionary appropriations are provided through several accounts. For each account, Table 1 contains amounts enacted for FY2020 and requested by the Adminis tration for FY2021. Management of Lands and Resources. The largest account-Management of Lands and Resources-was 88% of the Adlinistration's request. It funds diverse programs including energy and minerals, wild horses and burros, rangelands, wildlife and fisheries, facility maintenance, resource protection, law enforcement, andrecreation. For FY2021, the Administration sought $1,078.5 million for this account, a decrease of $118.7 million (-10%). The FY2020 appropriation ($1,197.2 million) included a general rescissionof$19.0 million from unobligatedprior-year funds for which the allocation among activities and programs is not readily available. For this reason, activity and programcomparisons in this section exclude this general rescission. The Adminis trationproposed various changes relative to FY2020 enactedlevels. Decreases included deferred maintenance of transportation and facilities (-39%). (See Deferred Maintenance, below.) Funding forwildlife and aquatic habitat management also would be reduced (-38%) for activities pertaining to threatened and endangered species, habitat restoration, and sagebrush conservation, among others. Other reductions were proposed for resource management planning (-28%), management of abandoned minelands and hazardous materials (-28%), rangeland management (-11%), and administrative support (-12%), in recognition of the completion of organizational changes to new, unified DOI regions, according to BLM. The Administration's FY2021 request containedadditional funds for some programs, including wild horse and burro management (+15%). The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (16 U.S.C. § § 1331 et seq.) provides for management and protection of wild horses and burros on BLM (and Forest Service) lands. As of March 2020, the number of wild horses and burros on BLM land was 95,114, more than triple the appropriate management level determined by the agency (26,770). Another 47,725 animals were being cared for off-range in pastures andcorrals as of May 2020. The Administration s ought appropriations to care for animals off-range, pursue s ales and adoptions, and expand methods of population control, among other activities. The Administration also proposed additional funds for coal management (+19%) to improve coalleasing, permitting, and inspections. Further, appropriations for cadastral, lands, and realty managenent would increase (+7%). The additional funding for this program-which generally performs cadastral surveys, manages rights-of-way, and implements changes to land ownership-was intended to facilitate broadband infrastructure on BLM lands. Land Acquisition. BLM typically receives appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire lands. To focus onmaintaining current BLM lands, the Administration' sFY2021 request did not include funding for particular acquisition projects. The requestproposed $3.0 million for acquisitions that generally facilitate access to BLM land for recreation. The overallrequestwas -$5.0 million, reflecting arescissionofunobligated funds, resulting in a decrease of $34.9 million (-117%) from the FY2020 enacted amount ($29.9 million). The FY2020 appropriation provided funding for eight individual acquisition projects and recreational access generally. Oregon and California Grant Lands. This account funds management of more than 2 million acres of forested lands in western Oregon, primarily for timber production. For A A '2 k yg

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