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handle is hein.crs/goveiyt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Inforrming the legislative debate since 1914 September 30, 2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2023 Appropriations Introduction The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), an agency within the Department of the Interior (DOI), has a mission to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats. Congress funds FWS through discretionary and mandatory appropriations. FWS discretionary appropriations typically are included in the annual Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Discretionary appropriations fund many activities related to the agency's mission, such as resource management and conservation, construction projects, and payments and grants to states and other parties. This In Focus pertains primarily to annual discretionary funding for FWS for FY2023. FWS Discretionary Appropriations From FY2014 to FY2022, FWS received $1.54 billion annually, on average, in discretionary funding (Figure 1). For FY2023, the Administration requested $1.97 billion in discretionary funding (Table 1). This would be an increase of $326.4 million (19.8%) over the FY2022 enacted amount of $1.65 billion in P.L. 117-103, Division G, which provided discretionary appropriations across eight accounts for FWS. The FY2023 requested level is higher than the requested or enacted level (in nominal dollars) for any year from FY2014 to FY2022. For FY2023, the House-passed bill, H.R. 8294, Division E, would appropriate $1.88 billion for FWS, an increase of $230.8 million (14.0%) over the FY2022 enacted level and $95.6 million (4.8%) less than Table 1. Discretionary Funding by Account for FWS (nominal $ in millions) the Administration's FY2023 request. The Senate- introduced bill, S. 4686, would appropriate $1.84 billion for FWS in FY2023, $192.4 million (11.7%) above the FY2022 enacted level and $134.0 million (6.8%) below the FY2023 request. There is no Senate-passed bill as of the date on this In Focus. Figure I. FWS Discretionary Funding: Requested and Enacted, FY20 1 4-FY2023 (nominal $ in billions) $2.0 $1.5 $ 5 $0.0 LL Lt L_ IL LL LL LL LL LL LL U Enacted Admin Request Sources: CRS; data from FWS budget justifications and House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. FY2022 FY2023 FY2023 FY2023 Account Enacted Admin. H.R. 8294 S. 4686 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) $1,451.5 I 1.6a 23.1 a 13.2 48.5 5.0 20.0 72.6 $1,645.6 $1,746.1 46.4 23.7 46.5 7.9 19.0 82.4 $1,972.0 Sources: CRS; data from House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. a. This figure includes a rescission/cancellation of unobligated balances. b. This figure does not include the $63.1 million in emergency funding included in Title V of S. 4686 in Resource Management Account The Resource Management account comprises the majority of the FWS discretionary appropriations. For FY2023, the Administration, House-passed, and Senate-introduced bills response to natural disasters. supported varying increases over the FY2022 enacted level for this account of $294.6 million (20.3%), $198.2 million (13.7%), and $152.3 million (10.5%), respectively (Table 2). $1,649.8 32.9 24.6 13.2 50.0 5.1 25.5 75.4 $1,876.4 $1,603.8 46.4b 24.1 13.2 48.5 5.5 20.0 76.5 $1,838.1

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