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September 13, 2021
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2022 Appropriations
Introduction
Congress generally funds the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS, an agency within the Department of the
Interior [DOI]) in annual appropriations laws for the
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies. Discretionary appropriations for FWS fund many
of the essential functions related to the agency's mission,
namely the conservation, protection, and enhancement of
fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats. Discretionary
funding covers activities such as resource management and
conservation, construction projects, and payments and
grants to states and other parties. FWS also receives
mandatory appropriations, most of which are used to
provide funding to states. The Administration's FY2022
request estimated $1.639 billion in mandatory
appropriations for FWS in FY2022, including funding for
land acquisition and deferred maintenance pursuant to the
Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152).
This In Focus discusses FWS's discretionary appropriations
and certain mandatory appropriations pursuant to GAOA.
Issues of interest to Congress may include the level of
discretionary funding for FWS and how funding is allocated
across agency programs. Congress also may consider
various policy proposals in appropriations legislation.
FWS Discretionary Appropriations
From FY2013 to FY2021, FWS received $1.531 billion
annually, on average, in discretionary funding (Figure 1).
Enacted levels exceeded requested levels in five years, and
requested levels exceeded enacted levels in four years. The
FY2022 requested level is higher than the requested or
enacted level for any year from FY2013 to FY2021.
For FY2022, the Administration requested $1.916 billion in
discretionary funding (Table 1). This is an increase of
$332.3 million (21.0%) over the FY2021 amount provided
in P.L. 116-260 ($1.584 billion), which provided
discretionary appropriations across eight accounts for FWS.
The House of Representatives would appropriate $1.887
billion in H.R. 4502, as it passed the House on July 29,
2021 (hereinafter, H.R. 4502), an increase of $302.7 million
(19.1%) over the FY2021 enacted level. The House-passed
amount was $29.6 million (1.5%) less than the
Administration's FY2022 request.
Figure 1. FWS Discretionary Funding: Requested and
Enacted, FY20 1 3-FY2022
(nominal $ in billions)
$2.0
$1.5
$1.0
$0.5
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* Enacted Admin. Request
Sources: CRS; data from FWS budget justifications and enacted
appropriations laws during these fiscal years.
Table 1. Discretionary Funding by Account, FY2021 Enacted and FY2022 Administration Request and House
Passed (H.R. 4502)
(nominal $ in millions with percentage of total in parentheses)
Account FY2021 Enacted FY2022 Admin. FY2022 House
Resource Management
Construction
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund
National Wildlife Refuge Fund
North American Wetlands Conservation Fund
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund
Multinational Species Conservation Fund
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
Total (may differ from column sum due to rounding)
$1,379.8 (87.1%)
18.2 (1.1%)
30.8 (1.9%)
13.2 (0.8%)
46.5 (2.9%)
4.9 (0.3%)
18.0 (1.1%)
72.4 (4.6%)
$1,679.1 (87.6%)
39.6 (2.1%)
42.7 (2.2%)
- (0.0%)
46.5 (2.4%)
7.9 (0.4%)
18.0 (0.9%)
82.4 (4.3%)
$1,653.8 (87.7%)
34.6 (1.8%)
24.1 (1.3%)
13.2 (0.7%)
50.0 (2.7%)
6.5 (0.3%)
22.0 (1.2%)
82.4 (4.4%)
$1,583.9 (100%) $1,916.2 (100%) $1,886.6 (100%)
Sources: CRS; data from explanatory statement for H.R. 133 (P.L. 116-260), FY2022 FWS Request, H.R. 4502 passed by the House on July 29,
2021, and House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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