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handle is hein.crs/govemff0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional H search Se Informing helegisIltive d bate sin e 1914 Updated July 13, 2023 Offshore Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2023 Three entities in the Department of the Interior (DOI) share responsibility for managing the nation's ocean energy resources on almost 2.5 billion acres of the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) administers offshore energy leasing and mineral development; the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) oversees offshore operational safety and environmental protection; and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) manages public revenues from federally regulated offshore and onshore energy and natural resource projects. BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR receive appropriations in the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations act. Issues for FY2023 included determining the aggregate and program-level appropriations for each entity and considering several Biden Administration proposals. P.L. 117-328, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, was enacted on December 29, 2022, with FY2023 appropriations for BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR. Because appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, several continuing resolutions had earlier provided appropriations at FY2022 levels. Earlier House and Senate bills with FY2023 appropriations for the three entities included H.R. 8294, a consolidated appropriations measure passed by the House on July 20, 2022 (also see H.Rept. 117-400 on H.R. 8262, a stand-alone Interior bill), and S. 4686, introduced in the Senate on July 28, 2022. Total budget authority for BOEM and BSEE includes both discretionary appropriations and offsetting collections derived from a portion of OCS rental receipts, cost- recovery fees, and (for BSEE) inspection fees. The discretionary appropriations for each fiscal year are reduced by the amount of eligible fees and receipts collected, so that the final amount appropriated to each agency is the net of those collections. Discussions of account- and activity-level funding in the sections below refer to total budget authority, regardless of offsets. ONRR's funding does not include offsetting collections. BOE M Appropriations The Biden Administration requested $237.4 million in total budget authority for BOEM for FY2023 (Table 1). This would have been a 15% increase over total FY2022 budget authority of $206.7 million. P.L. 117-328 provided $220.0 million in total FY2023 budget authority for BOEM, 6% more than the FY2022 total budget authority and 7% less than requested by the Administration. House-passed H.R. 8294 would have provided $229.8 million, and S. 4686 contained $232.6 million. BOEM's funding is contained in a single budget account, titled Ocean Energy Management. Within this account, the Conventional Energy activity ($60.5 million FY2022; $63.6 million FY2023 request; $61.5 million enacted) funds administration of oil and gas leasing, including the development of five-year leasing programs. The joint explanatory statement (JES) for P.L. 117-328 directed that at least $2.0 million of enacted BOEM FY2023 funding be used for work on geologic carbon sequestration and that BOEM build and support necessary expertise on this topic using funds from the budgets for Conventional Energy and Environmental Programs (also called Environmental Assessment). The Renewable Energy activity ($36.8 million FY2022; $51.7 million FY2023 request; $42.8 million enacted) supports BOEM's management of renewable ocean energy resources. BOEM requested added funding to extend its workforce capacity and invest in research and stakeholder engagement, among other purposes. The JES directed BOEM to collaborate with maritime users and stakeholder groups in drawing project boundaries. The Environmental Assessment activity ($79.8 million FY2022; $86.4 million FY2023 request; $82.4 million enacted) supports BOEM's assessments of environmental impacts of ocean energy activities. The JES directed that up to $5.0 million of the enacted funds be used to establish a center for paleoenvironmental records of extreme events. Table 1. BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR Appropriations, FY2022 and FY2023 ($ millions) FY2022 Enacted FY2023 House-Passed Senate FY2023 Enacted Agency (P.L. 117-103) Request H.R. 8294 S. 4686 (P.L. 117-328 ) % Change from FY2022 BOEM Total Budget Authority 206.7 237.4 229.8 232.6 220.0 +6% BOEM Net Appropriation 163.7 200.4 192.8 195.6 183.0 +12% BSEE Total Budget Authority 210.9 261.2 234.2 235.0 229.0 +9% BSEE Net Appropriation 155.9 198.2 171.2 172.0 172.0 +10% ONRR Total Appropriation 169.6 175.0 175.0 175.0 174.9 +3% Source and Notes: JES for P.L. 117-328. Net appropriations reflect estimated offsetting collections. BSEE total budget authority for FY2022 includes a $10.0 million rescission and excludes supplemental appropriations of $0.2 million in P.L. 117-43 to address natural disasters.

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