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handle is hein.crs/goveipi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Informning thce Iegislative debate since 1914 August 24, 2022 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Appropriations: FY2023 President's Budget Request Since FY2006, Congress has funded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bills. For FY2023, the President requested $11.88 billion for EPA. The request was $2.32 billion (24.3%) greater than the $9.56 billion FY2022 regular enacted appropriations for EPA provided in Division G, Title II of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-103). Division J, Title VI of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58), enacted on November, 15, 2021, provided an additional $14.06 billion for EPA in emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2022. Division VI of P.L. 117-169 (commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022), enacted on August 16, 2022, provided an additional $41.47 billion for EPA in permanent appropriations for FY2022 (see CRS Insight IN 11987, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Selected Other Environmental Provisions, for more information). The FY2023 request was $647.56 million more than the FY2022 request of $11.23 billion for EPA. Trends in requested and enacted appropriations for EPA since FY2014 are shown in Figure 1. Figure I. EPA Requested and Enacted Discretionary Appropriations, FY2014-FY2023 r Requested U Enacted $30 Nominal $ in billions $20 $10 $0 -T tt o -t m L- c LL L- !- L- e u.. u . u Source: CRS, using information from the Congressional Record; House, Senate, and conference reports; and EPA's FY2023 Congressional Budget Justification. Enacted amounts include rescissions and supplemental appropriations. P.L. 117-169 provided an additional $41.47 billion in permanent appropriations to EPA for FY2022. Authorization of Appropriations The statutory authorization of appropriations for many of the programs and activities administered by EPA has expired, but Congress has continued to fund them through the appropriations process. Congress may appropriate funding for a program or activity for which the authorization of appropriations has expired if no Member raises a point of order or if the rules are waived for consideration of a bill. H istory of E PA Budget Authority Figure 2 presents EPA discretionary budget authority since FY1976 in nominal dollars and adjusted for inflation. EPA's budget authority is provided through annual appropriations and constitutes the amount of funding available to the agency for obligation in a fiscal year to carry out a specific purpose authorized in law. The trend in nominal dollars presented in Figure 2 is based on a history of agency budget authority prepared by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Congress has funded EPA since the agency's creation in 1970, but OMB histories do not include fiscal years prior to FY1976. Figure 2. EPA Discretionary Budget Authority, FY1976-FY2022 Enacted and FY2023 Request $24 Billions $18 $12 $6 $6 ~Namina! Dollars FY1976 FY1988 FY2000 FY2012 FY2022 Source: CRS, based on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2023, Historical Tables, Table 5.4. CRS adjusted for inflation using OMB deflators presented in Table 10.1. Enacted amounts reflect regular annual and supplemental appropriations, including supplemental appropriations in P.L. 111-5, FY2022 supplemental appropriations in P.L. 117-58, and other supplemental funding. EPA Appropriations Accounts Funding for discretionary spending is annually appropriated to EPA among 10 statutory accounts established by Congress over time. These include State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG), Environmental Programs and Management (EPM), Hazardous Substance Superfund (Superfund), Science and Technology (S&T), Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program, Buildings S

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