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handle is hein.crs/goveown0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service lnformring the legislative debate since 1914 0 April 4, 2024 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FY2024 Appropriations Enacted on March 9, 2024, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42) provided funding for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, including funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). P.L. 118-42 provided a total of $9.16 billion in appropriations for EPA, including rescissions. Division J, Title VI, of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58), enacted on November 15, 2021, provided an additional $11.61 billion for EPA in advance appropriations for FY2024. Together, P.L. 118-42 and P.L. 117-58 provided a total of $20.77 billion for EPA for FY2024. EPA's FY2024 regular annual appropriations of $9.16 billion, including rescissions, are $2.92 billion (24.2%) less than the President's FY2024 request for EPA of $12.08 billion and $977 million (9.6%) less than FY2023 regular enacted appropriations of $10.14 billion. Total EPA FY2024 enacted appropriations of $20.77 billion (including IIJA advance appropriations) are $2.24 billion (9.7%) less than total FY2023 enacted appropriations of $23.01 billion (including supplemental appropriations and rescissions). Trends in requested and enacted appropriations for EPA since FY2015 are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 does not include $41.46 billion in FY2022 mandatory appropriations provided to EPA in P.L. 117-169, the measure known as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). From the beginning of FY2024 to the enactment of P.L. 118-42, EPA (and other federal departments and agencies) operated under the terms and conditions of a series of four continuing resolutions, generally at FY2023 regular enacted levels. Figure I. EPA Requested and Enacted Discretionary Appropriations, FY20 1 5-FY2024 $25 $ in billions Requested a Enacted - JA 520 ss ? >Y Y Y- 3- Y >.- Source: CRS, using information from the Congressional Record; House, Senate, and conference reports; and EPA's Congressional Budget justifications from FY2015 through FY2024. Notes: Enacted amounts reflect supplemental appropriations and rescissions and do not include FY2022 IRA appropriations. In recent years, Congress has provided appropriations to EPA through a combination of regular annual appropriations, supplemental appropriations in IIJA and the budgetary measure known as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA; P.L. 117-169), and other supplemental appropriations. Figure 2 shows the distribution of EPA appropriations in recent years among these acts. Figure 2. EPA Enacted Appropriations, FY2022- FY2024 M Regular IIJA IRA Supplemental FY2024 FY2023 - $1.7 FY2022 $0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 Nominal $ in billions Source: CRS, using information from the Congressional Record; House, Senate, and conference reports. Notes: P.L. 117-328 provided $1.67 billion in supplemental appropriations for EPA for FY2023. P.L. 117-169 provided $41.46 billion in mandatory appropriations for EPA for FY2022. E PA 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 and Facilities, Office of Inspector General, Inland Oil Spill Program, Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund, and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program accounts. As indicated in Figure 3, the proportional distribution of funding among these accounts has remained similar for more than a decade, prior to the enactment of IIJA supplemental appropriations. Historically, the STAG and EPM accounts have received the largest share of funding, followed by the Superfund and S&T accounts. The STAG account funds grants for water infrastructure, brownfields site assessment and remediation, diesel emissions reduction, targeted airsheds, and categorical grants to delegated states and tribes for implementing pollution control programs. The EPM account funds additional grants and cross-cutting agency activities. The Superfund account supports the environmental remediation of priority sites on nonfederal lands designated for federal attention in

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