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handle is hein.crs/govdcbu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FF.ri E.$~ & p\w -- , gnom go mppm qq\ , q I MM 11LIANJILiM, Updated October 15, 2020 National Park Service: FY2020 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 421 units valued for their natural, cultural, and recreational importance and covers 85 million acres (81 million acres of federal land and 4 million nonfederal). As an agency in the Department of the Interior, NPS receives funding in annual appropriations laws for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. This CRS product discusses NPS's FY2020 appropriations; for information on FY2021, see CRS In Focus IF11661, National Park Service: FY2021 Appropriations. P.L. 116-94, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, was enacted on December 20, 2019. The act provided $3.377 billion for NPS, 5% more than the enacted FY2019 regular appropriation of $3.223 billion. It included increases for five NPS accounts and a reduction for one account, as compared with the FY2019 regular appropriation (Table 1). FY2020 appropriations in P.L. 116-94 were 23% higher than the Trump Administration's request of $2.742 billion. The enacted discretionary appropriation exceeded the Administration's request for each NPS budget account. In addition to discretionary appropriations, NPS reported mandatory appropriations for FY2020 of $0.741 billion, an increase of 1% over NPS mandatory funding for FY2019. These mandatory appropriations come from entrance and recreation fees, concessioner fees, donations, and other sources, and they are used for a variety of specified purposes, including deferred maintenance. In earlier action, on June 25, 2019, the House had passed H.R. 3055, an FY2020 consolidated appropriations bill with $3.362 billion for NPS (also see H.Rept. 116-100 on H.R. 3052, an earlier stand-alone House Interior bill). On October 31, 2019, the Senate had passed its version of H.R. 3055, with $3.356 billion for NPS (also see S.Rept. 116- 123 on S. 2580, a Senate stand-alone bill). Because FY2020 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, two continuing resolutions, P.L. 116-59 and P.L. 116- 69, provided continuing appropriations at FY2019 levels prior to enactment of P.L. 116-94. NPS had six discretionary appropriations accounts funded in FY2020 (Figure 1 and Table 1). About 76% of the appropriation went to the Operation of the National Park System (ONPS) account to support day-to-day activities, programs, and services at park units. These include resource stewardship, visitor services, park protection, facility operations and maintenance, and administrative costs. The FY2020 appropriation for the ONPS account was $2.577 billion; the Administration had requested $2.426 billion. riations Accounts for FY2020 Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L. I 16-94. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System. NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. The next-largest amount, 12% of the regular appropriation, went to NPS's Construction account, which covers rehabilitation and replacement of existing facilities as well as new construction. A focus of the account is deferred maintenance projects, which are prioritized by NPS based on department-wide criteria related to the condition of assets and their importance to the park's purposes. The account also covers other construction activities and planning functions. P.L. 116-94 appropriated $389.3 million for the NPS Construction account for FY2020; the Administration's request was $246.3 million. Approximately 6% of the FY2020 discretionary appropriation went to the Land Acquisition and State Assistance (LASA) account. These monies came from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF; 54 U.S.C. §§200301 et seq.), the primary funding source for the federal land management agencies to acquire lands. For more information on the LWCF, see CRS Report RL33531, Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Issues. NPS's LASA account covers both NPS's own acquisitions (typically consisting of nonfederal inholdings inside the boundaries of national park units) and grants to states for outdoor recreation needs. The FY2020 appropriation included $68.4 million for NPS acquisitions and $140.0 million for state assistance, along with a $2.3 million rescission, for a total of $206.1 million. The federal portion included $13.0 million for American Battlefield Protection Program grants to assist states and localities with acquiring threatened battlefields. The Administration had requested $4.8 million in total for the LASA account, with no project funding for new NPS acquisitions and none for state assistance.

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