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handle is hein.crs/govdblr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Updated September 1, 2020 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2021 Budget Request and Appropriations The NationalOceanic andAtnospheric Administration's (NOAA's)mission is to understandandpredict changes in weather, climate, oceans, and coasts; to share that information with others; and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems andresources. NOAA's work is divided among sixline offices: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS); NationalMarine Fisheries Service (NMFS); National Ocean Service (NOS); NationalWeather Service (NWS); Office ofOceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR); and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). NOAA also has an overall MissionSupport (MS) office, which provides planning, adminis trative, financial, information technology, and otherservices to NOAA's line offices. Congress generally funds NOAA, an agency of the Department of Commerce (DOC), in the annual Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Congress provides NOAA with discretionary and mandatory appropriations. Discretionary appropriations support two broad accounts-operations, research, and facilities (ORF) and procurement, acquisition, and construction (PAC)-as well as several relatively small accounts. Mandatory appropriations generally provide a small percentage of total NOAA appropriations and are disbursed to a varietyoffunds that supportprograms in NOS, NMFS, and OMAO. This CRS product examines discretionary funding for ORF and PACfor FY2021 and potential is sues for Congress, such as NOAA's proposed changes to certain grant programs, satellite programs, and the agency's role in space commerce, and the Promote and Develop American Fishery Products & Research Pertaining to American Fisheries Fund (P&D Fund). Agen-y Fuding The Administration requested a totalof $4.86 billion in discretionary direct obligations for ORF and PAC for FY2021, including $4.63 billion in appropriations. Direct obligations include annual appropriations, transfers, and recoveries fromprior year obligations. TheFY2021 direct obligations request is $645.3 million (11.7%) below the enactedFY2020 level providedin P.L. 116-93. As passed by the House, H.R. 7617 includes DivisionB of the CJS and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021. Division B would provide $5.68 billion forORF and PACdirect obligations, $179.6 (3.3%) million greater than the FY2020 enacted level and $823.6 million (17.0%) greater than the FY2021 request. Over the last 10 years, NOAA direct obligations peaked in FY2018 (Figure 1). Since FY2012, the amounts enacted in the PAC account have ranged from about 28% to 41% of the totaldirect obligations. Figure I. NOAA Requested and Enacted Discretionary Direct Obligations, FY2012-FY2021 ($ in billions, nominal) Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), from NOAA budga ju stification san d congressional explanatory statements. Notes: Direct obligations in clu de annual appropriations, tran sfers, and recoveries from prior year obligations. Amounts do not include supplemental appropriations. issues for Congr;ess According to NOAA's FY2021 budget summary, the requestedbudget supports priorities to (1) reduce the impacts of extreme weather and water events, (2) expand the American Blue Economy, and (3) advance space innovation. roposed Program Fg For FY2021, NOAA proposed funding increases to 20 activities under ORF and PAC, totaling over $159.6 million, primarily for goods and services fromfederal and nonfederal entities (Table 1). NOAA also requested a reductionorelimination of 105 activities totaling $976.4 million. Grants, subsidies, and contributions (GSC) make up a majority ($573.2 million, 58.7%) of the $976.4 million. GSC includes grants awarded to nonfederal entities, such as states,universities, and corporations. GSC proposed to be eliminated represents between 0.3% (NFSDJS) and 34.5% (OAR) ofthe line offices' FY2021 base amounts. The remaining proposedeliminations are to services fromnonfederal entities, advisory services, contracts with federal entities, personnel compensation and benefits, travel, and other programadjustments. The Administration proposed similar changes in the previous three fiscal years. In H.Rept. 116-455, referenced in Sectn 3(b) offl.R. 7617, the House Appropriations Committee stated its support for NOAA's ongoing collaboration with academia and the private sector through cooperative institutes and competitive research. :.&u...B.,oZ <NY k ,\g nmq\ \\q pgpg\\\ \\

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