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handle is hein.crs/goveqcs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Servic~ Iiifcnming the Ieq~sIative debate since 1914 Updated July 23, 2024 National Park Service: FY2024 Appropriations The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National Park System, which includes 429 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 FY2024 appropriations; for information on FY2025, see CRS In Focus IF12713, National Park Service: FY2025 Appropriations. FY2024 Approp at ons P.L. 118-42, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, was enacted on March 9, 2024. Division E of the act contained $3.325 billion for NPS for FY2024, 4% less than the enacted FY2023 regular appropriations of $3.475 billion in P.L. 117-328. (The comparison does not reflect FY2023 supplemental funding in response to natural disasters- $1.500 billion in P.L. 117-328, Division N.) The FY2024 appropriations in P.L. 118-42 included decreases for all NPS accounts compared with FY2023 (Table 1). NPS's FY2024 appropriations in P.L. 118-42 were 12% lower than the Biden Administration's request of $3.764 billion. The enacted discretionary appropriations exceeded the Administration's request for one account and were less than requested for the remaining four accounts (Table 1). In addition to discretionary appropriations, NPS estimated mandatory appropriations for FY2024 at $1.200 billion, a decrease of 2% from estimated NPS mandatory funding for FY2023. NPS's mandatory appropriations 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 et seq.), designated as mandatory appropriations by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152). NPS's mandatory total does not include NPS's share from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF), the deferred maintenance fund established by the GAOA (see below for further discussion). In earlier action, on November 3, 2023, the House had passed H.R. 4821 (H.Rept. 118-155), with $3.043 billion for NPS for FY2024. On July 27, 2023, the Senate Committee on Appropriations reported S. 2605 (S.Rept. 118-83), with $3.457 billion for NPS for FY2024. Because FY2024 appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, a series of continuing resolutions provided funding at FY2023 levels before enactment of P.L. 118-42. NPS's Appropriations Accounts NPS had five discretionary appropriations accounts in FY2024 (Figure 1). About 86% of NPS's FY2024 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 FY2024 appropriation for the ONPS account was $2.888 billion; the Administration had requested $3.190 billion. Figure I. NPS Discretionary Appropriations Accounts (percentages reflect FY2024 appropriations) Source: Joint explanatory statement for P.L. 118-42. Notes: ONPS = Operation of the National Park System. NR&P = National Recreation and Preservation. Totals may not sum precisely due to rounding. The next-largest amount, 6% of the discretionary appropriation, went to the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) account. The HPF, established by the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. §§300101 et seq.), receives $150 million annually from offshore energy revenues, but monies are available only as provided in appropriations acts. P.L. 118-42 provided $188.7 million for FY2024, primarily for NPS formula grants to state and tribal historic preservation offices to preserve cultural and historical assets and sites. Portions of the total also were for competitive grant programs, historically black colleges and universities, and historic revitalization, as well as the Save America's Treasures program (which preserves nationally significant sites, structures, and artifacts) and sites related to the U.S. Semiquincentennial (the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States). Certain individual projects also were included as community project funding/congressionally directed spending (also called earmarks). NPS had requested $177.9 million overall for the HPF account.

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