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handle is hein.crs/govedpi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Updated June 7, 2021 Bureau of Land Management: FY2021 Appropriations The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in the Department of the Interior (DOI), manages 244 million acres offederalland, nearly allin the West. Under its multiple-use mission, BLM manages lands for divers e purposes, includinglivestockgrazing, energy development, recreation, and conservation. The agency also administers onshore federalenergy and mineralresources generally. This In Focus pertains to discretionary appropriations for BLM, particularly those enacted for FY2021, in comparison with appropriations enacted for FY2020 and requested by President Trump for FY2021. The FY2021 enacted appropriation for BLM was $1,309.6 million (P.L. 116-260, Division G), with direction and details in an explanatory statement. This total was $60.2 million less than in FY2020 ($1,369.8 million, P.L. 116-94, Division D) and $87.3 million more than requested by the Trump Administration for FY2021 ($1,222.4 million). The FY2021 enactedtotal also was $14.9 million more than the totalp assed by the House ($1,294.7 million, H.R. 7608, Division C) and $31.3 million less than that in a Senate Appropriations Committee majority draft measure ($1,340.9 million) released on November 10, 2020. BLM discretionary appropriations generally are provided in 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. BLM mandatory appropriations were $335.8 million for FY2020 and are estimated at $297.0 million for FY2021. ForFY2021, issues for Congress included determining the amount of funding to provide BLM accounts and activities and the terms and conditions of such funding, as well as whether to enact related Trump Administration proposals. Appropriations Accounts BLM discretionary appropriations are provided through several accounts. For each account, Table 1 shows amounts enacted forFY2020, requestedby the Trump Administration forFY2021, and enacted forFY2021. Management of Lands and Resources. The largest account-Management of Lands and Resources-funds diverse programs including energy and minerals, wild horses andburros, rangelands, wildlife and fisheries, facility maintenance, resource protection, law enforcement, and recreation. For FY2021, the enacted appropriation for this account was $1,184.3 million, $13.0 million less than enacted for FY2020 ($1,197.2 million) and $105.7 million more than President Trump requested ($1,078.5 million). Both the FY2020 and FY2021 appropriations contained general rescissions fromunoblig ated prior-year funds (of $19.0 million and $13.0 million, respectively). The allocations among activities and programs are notreadily available; thus, comparisons in this section exclude these general rescissions. Both the FY2021 appropriation and the Administration's request included increases for certain programs over FY2020 enactedlevels. For example, cadastral, lands and realty management-which performs cadastral surveys, manages rights-of-way, and implements changes to land ownership-received increased funds to convey lands to Alaska Native veterans and to facilitate broadband infrastructureon BLM lands. Wild horse and burro management funding also was augmented for BLM's proposal to institute an aggressive, non-lethalpopulation control strategy to address the current unsustainable trajectory of on-range wild horse and burro population growth ... to include a robust expansion offertility control. (CongressionalRecord, explanatory statement, December 21, 2020, p. H8528.) In 2020, the number of wild horses and burros on BLM lands was 95,114, more than triple the appropriate management level-thelevel that the range can support, as determined by BLM-of 26,770. For other programs,boththeFY2021 appropriation and the Administration's request included decreases fromFY2020 enacted levels. For instance, administrative support was reduced; les s funding was needed due to the completion of organizational changes to new, unified DOIregions, according to BLM. Funding for deferred maintenance (DM) for transportation as sets and other facilities also was reduced. (See Deferred Maintenance, below.) The FY2021 BLM appropriation provided level or increased funding (relative to FY2020) for some programs that the Trump Administrationhad proposed to cut. These programs included rangeland management, wildlife and aquatic habitat management, resource management planning, abandoned minelands andhazardous materials management, andthe national landscape conservation system. The FY2021 appropriation also included level funding for coal management, which the Trump Administration had sought to increase, to improve coal leasing, permitting, and inspections. Land Acquisition. BLM typically receives appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to acquire lands. The FY2021 appropriations law rescinded unoblig ated funds (-$5.4 million) and did not contain discretionary appropriations, given the establishment of $900 million in mandatory spending (fromthe LWCF) under the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-

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