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handle is hein.crs/govehyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Con res&on I Research Servte Inkn mu t le i~ I ~ve d Ia 'e 1914 July 5, 2022 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2023 Budget Request and Appropriations The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the Department of Commerce whose mission is to understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans, and coasts; to share that information with others; and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources. NOAA's work is divided among six line offices: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS); National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); National Ocean Service (NOS) National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). NOAA also has an overall Mission Support (MS) office, which provides planning, administrative, financial, information technology, and other services to NOAA's line offices. Congress provides NOAA with annual mandatory and discretionary appropriations. Mandatory appropriations generally form a small percentage of total NOAA funding and are disbursed to a variety of funds that support programs in NOS, NMFS, and OMAO. Discretionary appropriations typically are included in the annual Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS), and Related Agencies appropriations act. Discretionary appropriations support two broad accounts-operations, research, and facilities (ORF) and procurement, acquisition, and construction (PAC)-and a few smaller accounts. This CRS product focuses on NOAA's FY2023 discretionary funding for ORF and PAC. The product also notes potential issues for Congress, including NOAA's satellite operations, climate- related products and services, and economic development activities. Agency Funding NOAA requested a total of $7.20 billion in discretionary direct obligations for ORF and PAC for FY2023, including $6.82 billion in appropriations (Table 1). Direct obligations include annual appropriations, transfers, and recoveries from prior-year obligations. Congress provided $6.11 billion for ORF and PAC in FY2022, including $5.83 billion in appropriations. The enacted amounts included $84.35 million for community project funding or congressionally directed spending items (the first time Congress included such funding since FY2012). The NOAA FY2023 requested amount is $1.09 billion above the FY2022 enacted level and $1.31 billion over the FY2023 base level (the FY2022 continuing resolution amount plus expected adjustments, such as inflation). Over the last 10 years, enacted annual NOAA ORF and PAC direct obligation amounts peaked in FY2016 in adjusted dollars and in FY2022 in nominal dollars (Figure 1). In recent years, Congress also has provided NOAA supplemental appropriations for ORF and PAC. Such appropriations include a total of $145 million for expenses related to hurricanes and wildfires in 2020 and 2021 to be obligated in FY2022 through FY2024 (P.L. 117-43) and a total of $2.79 billion for restoration, observation, modeling, and forecasting activities, among other purposes, for use in FY2022 through FY2026 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, IIJA; P.L. 117-58). Figure 1. Annual Direct Obligations for ORF and PAC Accounts, FY20 1 4-FY2023 ($ in billions, nominal and adjusted) NOAA Requested Congress Enacted $8 Billions Adjusted amounts $6 $5 $4 (N N (N C' C' (N f N fl N U_ U.. IL U_ it .. L .. L Sources: CRS, from NOAA budget justifications, congressional explanatory statements, and OMB, Historical Tables, Table 10.1. Notes: ORF = operations, research, and facilities; PAC = procurement, acquisition, and construction. Lighter shaded areas denote amounts adjusted for inflation. Direct obligations include appropriations, transfers, and recoveries from prior year obligations. Issues for Congress According to NOAA's FY2023 budget summary, the requested budget focuses on climate products and services, economic development, equity and workforce, satellites, and facilities. The largest portion of the funding increase was requested for satellites, followed by climate products and services, and economic development activities. S

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