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handle is hein.crs/govembf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Servic Iifcrning the Iegislative diebate since 1914 Updated June 26, 2023 National Park Service: FY2023 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 424 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. This CRS product discusses NPS's FY2023 appropriations; for information on FY2024, see CRS In Focus IF12436, National Park Service: FY2024 Appropriations. FY2023 Appropriatons P.L. 117-328, Division G, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, was enacted on December 29, 2022. It contained $3.475 billion for NPS, 6% more than the enacted FY2022 regular appropriation of $3.265 billion in P.L. 117-103. (The totals do not include supplemental funding in response to natural disasters-$1.500 billion for FY2023 in P.L. 117- 328, Division N, and $229.5 million for FY2022 in P.L. 117-43-which is designated as emergency spending outside of discretionary spending limits.) The regular appropriations in P.L. 117-328 included increases for four of the five NPS accounts compared with FY2022, and one account where funding was level with FY2022 (Table 1). FY2023 appropriations in P.L. 117-328 were 4% lower than the Biden Administration's request of $3.611 billion. The enacted discretionary appropriation exceeded the Administration's request in two accounts, matched the request for one account, and was lower than the request for two accounts (Table 1). In addition to discretionary appropriations, NPS estimated mandatory appropriations for FY2023 at $1.220 billion, a decline of 35% from NPS mandatory funding for FY2022. (The FY2022 mandatory funding had included $700 million from P.L. 117-169, commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.) NPS's mandatory appropriations generally 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), designated as mandatory appropriations by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152). NPS's FY2023 and FY2022 mandatory totals exclude allocations from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF), the deferred maintenance fund established by the GAOA (see further discussion below). In earlier action, on July 20, 2022, the House had passed H.R. 8294, an FY2023 consolidated appropriations bill with $3.643 billion for NPS (also see H.Rept. 117-400 on H.R. 8262, an earlier stand-alone House bill). On July 28, 2022, S. 4686 was introduced in the Senate with $3.578 billion in FY2023 discretionary appropriations for NPS. Because FY2023 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, a series of continuing resolutions provided funding at FY2022 levels before enactment of P.L. 117- 328. NPS's A ppropriations Accounts NPS had five discretionary appropriations accounts in FY2023 (Figure 1). About 84% of NPS's FY2023 discretionary appropriations went 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. The FY2023 appropriation for the ONPS account was $2.923 billion; the Administration had requested $3.090 billion. Figure 1. NPS Discretionary Appropriations Accounts (percentages reflect FY2023 appropriations) Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L. 117-328. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System; NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. FY2023 data do not reflect supplemental (emergency-designated) appropriations in P.L. 117-328 to address natural disasters. The next-largest amount, 7% of the regular appropriation, went to NPS's Construction account, which covers repair, replacement, and improvement of existing facilities as well as new construction. Projects are evaluated based on criteria related to the condition of assets, their importance to park purposes, and project benefits and risks. The account also covers other construction activities and planning. P.L. 117- 328 appropriated $239.8 million for the NPS Construction account for FY2023; the Administration's request was $279.3 million.

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