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handle is hein.crs/govefty0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C o-n g r in a R e e a c S r v c 0 May 19, 2022 National Park Service: FY2023 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 423 units valued for their natural, cultural, and recreational importance. System lands cover 81 million federal acres and 4 million nonfederal acres. As part of the Department of the Interior (DOI), NPS receives funding in annual appropriations laws for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Selected issues for Congress include the total level of NPS appropriations, funding to address NPS's backlog of deferred maintenance, and funds for NPS assistance to nonfederal entities. FY2023 Request The Biden Administration requested $3.607 billion in discretionary appropriations for NPS for FY2023. The requested amount is 10% higher than NPS's FY2022 discretionary appropriation of $3.265 billion enacted in P.L. 117-103, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022. (The FY2022 total does not include $229.5 million provided in P.L. 117-43 as supplemental funding in response to natural disasters, which is designated as emergency spending outside of discretionary spending limits.) The FY2023 request includes increases for some accounts and level funding or reductions for others compared with FY2022 (Table 1). The Administration also estimated $1.143 billion in mandatory appropriations for NPS for FY2023, an increase of 5% over estimated NPS mandatory funding for FY2022. These mandatory appropriations come from entrance and recreation fees, concessioner fees, donations, and other sources, and also include land acquisition funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF, 54 U.S.C. §§200301 et seq.). The LWCF funding had been provided in discretionary appropriations through FY2020 but was made mandatory in the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152). NPS's mandatory total does not include NPS's share from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF)-the deferred maintenance fund established by the GAOA-which is allocated from a DOI department-wide account. N PS's Appropriations Accounts NPS has five discretionary appropriations accounts (Figure 1). The majority of NPS discretionary appropriations typically have gone to the Operation of the National Park System (ONPS) account to support day-to-day activities, programs, and services at park units. These include resource stewardship, visitor services, park protection, facility operations and maintenance, and administrative costs. Figure I. NPS Discretionary Appropriations Accounts (Dercentages reflect FY2022 aDDroDriations) Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L. 117-103. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System; NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. FY2022 data do not reflect supplemental (emergency-designated) appropriations in P.L. 117-43 to address natural disasters. Table 1. NPS Discretionary Appropriations by Account ($ in millions) FY2022 Enacted FY2023 % Change from Account (P.L. 117-103) Request FY2022 Operation of the Nat'l. Park System 2,767.0 3,086.6 +12% Construction 226.0a 279.3 +24% Historic Preservation Fund 173.1 151.8 -12% Nat'l. Recreation and Preservation 83.9 74.6 -11% Centennial Challenge 15.0 15.0 - Total 3,265.0 3,607.3 +10% Sources: Joint explanatory statement for P.L. 117-103, and NPS FY2023 budget request. Totals may not sum precisely due to rounding. a. Does not include supplemental funding provided in P.L. 117-43 to address natural disasters, which is designated as emergency spending outside of discretionary spending limits. https://trsrepor

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