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Issues for Congress included determining the amount, terms, and conditions of funding for agencies and programs. \nFor FY2019, the enacted appropriation for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies was $35.61 billion. This total was composed of $13.02 billion for DOI agencies in Title I, $8.06 billion for EPA in Title II, $13.74 billion for the 23 \u201crelated agencies\u201d in Title III, and $791.0 million in Title IV for certain EPA activities. \nThe FY2019 appropriation was $300.0 million (0.8%) more than the FY2018 regular appropriation of $35.31 billion (in P.L. 115-141), but $975.4 million (2.7%) less than the FY2018 total appropriation of $36.59 billion, including $1.28 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (in P.L. 115-72 and P.L. 115-123). The FY2019 appropriation was $7.28 billion (25.7%) more than the President\u2019s request ($28.34 billion), $305.5 million (0.9%) more than the House-passed level ($35.31 billion), and $301.0 million (0.8%) less than the Senate-passed amount ($35.91 billion). \nBecause the FY2019 appropriation was not enacted until February 15, 2019, agencies received continuing appropriations for certain periods before that date. Specifically, from October 1, 2018, through December 21, 2018, and again from January 25, 2019, through February 15, 2019, appropriations were provided under a continuing resolution (CR) at the FY2018 level (in Division G of P.L. 115-141). Due to a lapse in funds after December 21, 2018, until January 25, 2019, a partial government shutdown went into effect. Agencies in the Interior bill generally operated under \u201ccontingency\u201d plans that summarize activities that would cease and activities that would continue during a lapse in appropriations. \nIn earlier action, President Trump\u2019s request of $28.34 billion for FY2019 for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies included $10.59 billion for DOI agencies, $6.19 billion for EPA, and $11.56 billion for related agencies. The versions of H.R. 6147 (115th Congress) passed by the House on July 19, 2018, and by the Senate on August 1, 2018, contained higher FY2019 appropriations overall, and for each title of the bill, than requested. The President\u2019s request also contained a legislative proposal for a $1.52 billion cap adjustment to the discretionary spending limits in law for certain wildland fire suppression activities. This cap adjustment was not approved by the chambers or enacted for FY2019. However, Congress enacted a similar proposal (in P.L. 115-141), under which the adjustment becomes available in FY2020. \nThe President, House, and Senate each proposed less funding for FY2019 relative to the FY2018 total of $36.59 billion (including emergency supplemental appropriations), proposing 22.5%, 3.5%, and 1.8% less, respectively. In contrast, relative to the regular FY2018 appropriation of $35.31 billion, the President would have reduced funding (19.8%), the House would have provided nearly level appropriations (<0.1% decrease), and the Senate would have increased funding (1.7%) for FY2019. \nFor individual agencies and programs in the bill, there are many differences among the funding levels enacted for FY2019 and those supported by the President, House, and Senate for FY2019 and enacted for FY2018. This report highlights funding for selected agencies and programs that have been among the many of interest to Congress, stakeholders, and the public.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/R44934", "sha1": "1c6a532d789be0e5bde8b7ebd1f59d2c1f77f427", "filename": "files/20190329_R44934_1c6a532d789be0e5bde8b7ebd1f59d2c1f77f427.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44934_files&id=/1.png": "files/20190329_R44934_images_d45a15265b46969e16925408fcce156a86d89d68.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44934_files&id=/0.png": "files/20190329_R44934_images_6fbfeddb562d567805a287e2f762ee6716baee49.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R44934", "sha1": "94e8bd22a3032fbb7b4a70bafb51256587ab4678", "filename": "files/20190329_R44934_94e8bd22a3032fbb7b4a70bafb51256587ab4678.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4773, "name": "Interior & Environment Appropriations" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4841, "name": "Federal Land Management" } ] }, { "source_dir": "crsreports.congress.gov", "title": "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2019 Appropriations", "retrieved": "2020-09-05T09:15:09.442749", "id": "R44934_8_2019-01-30", "formats": [ { "filename": "files/2019-01-30_R44934_f169ff7ddb2f92fd89c7f2a2f559cab8ef61464f.pdf", "format": "PDF", "url": "https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44934/8", "sha1": "f169ff7ddb2f92fd89c7f2a2f559cab8ef61464f" }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/2019-01-30_R44934_f169ff7ddb2f92fd89c7f2a2f559cab8ef61464f.html" } ], "date": "2019-01-30", "summary": null, "source": "CRSReports.Congress.gov", "typeId": "R", "active": true, "sourceLink": "https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/details?prodcode=R44934", "type": "CRS Report" }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 585530, "date": "2018-09-19", "retrieved": "2018-09-25T13:12:14.326043", "title": "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2019 Appropriations", "summary": "The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill includes funding for more than 30 agencies and entities. They include most of the Department of the Interior (DOI) as well as agencies within other departments, such as the Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill also provides funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arts and cultural agencies, and other organizations and entities. At issue for Congress is determining the amount, terms, and conditions of funding for FY2019 for agencies and programs within the bill. \nFor FY2019, President Trump requested $28.34 billion for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. For DOI agencies (Title I), the request was $10.59 billion, or 37.4% of the total requested. For EPA (Title II), the request was $6.19 billion, or 21.8% of the total. For the more than 20 entities funded in Title III, the request was $11.56 billion, or 40.8% of the total. The President\u2019s request for FY2019 also included a legislative proposal to authorize a $1.52 billion cap adjustment to the discretionary spending limits in law for certain wildland fire suppression activities. Budget authority designated for those activities would cause the limits to be adjusted, making those funds effectively not subject to the discretionary spending limits. \nH.R. 6147, as passed by the House on July 19, 2018, contained $35.31 billion for FY2019 for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. H.R. 6147, as passed by the Senate on August 1, 2018, included $35.91 billion for FY2019. Neither chamber approved a discretionary cap adjustment for wildland fire suppression for FY2019 as proposed by the President. However, Congress enacted a similar proposal as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L. 115-141), although the cap adjustment is not available until FY2020.\nFor FY2018, the total enacted appropriation for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies was $36.59 billion, including $35.31 billion in regular appropriations (in P.L. 115-141) and $1.28 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (in P.L. 115-72 and P.L. 115-123). The President, House, and Senate each proposed less funding for FY2019 relative to the FY2018 enacted total of $36.59 billion, proposing 22.5%, 3.5%, and 1.8% less, respectively. In contrast, relative to the regular FY2018 appropriation of $35.31 billion, the President would reduce funding (19.8%), the House would provide nearly level appropriations (<0.1% decrease), and the Senate would increase funding (1.7%) for FY2019. \nFor individual agencies and programs in the bill, there are many differences among the funding levels enacted for FY2018 and those supported by the President, House, and Senate for FY2019. This report highlights funding for selected agencies and programs that have been among the many of interest to Congress, stakeholders, and the public. 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They include most of the Department of the Interior (DOI) as well as agencies within other departments, such as the Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill also provides funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arts and cultural agencies, and other entities. At issue for Congress is determining the length, amount, terms, and conditions of funding for FY2018 for agencies and programs within the bill. \nFrom October 1, 2017, through January 19, 2018, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies received appropriations under continuing resolutions (CRs) because no regular appropriations were enacted before the start of the 2018 fiscal year. The CR expired after January 19, before being extended on January 22, 2018, until February 8, 2018. As a result of the lapse in funds, a partial government shutdown went into effect. Agencies in the Interior bill generally operated under \u201ccontingency\u201d plans that summarize activities that would cease and activities that would continue during a lapse in appropriations. \nCurrently, the CR generally provides funding at the FY2017 level, minus an across-the-board reduction of 0.6791%. It also generally provides funds for continuing projects and activities, under the same authority and conditions and to the same extent and manner as for FY2017. However, the CR included exceptions (\u201canomalies\u201d) that changed the purposes or amounts of funds, extended expiring provisions of law, or made other changes to existing law. \nFor FY2018, President Trump requested $27.26 billion for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. For DOI agencies (Title I), the request was $10.62 billion, or 38.9% of the total requested. For EPA (Title II), the request was $5.66 billion, or 20.7% of the total. For the roughly 20 entities funded in Title III, the request was $10.99 billion, or 40.3% of the total.\nH.R. 3354, as passed by the House on September 14, 2017, contained $31.50 billion in appropriations for FY2018 for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. On November 20, 2017, the Senate Appropriations Committee released a chairmen\u2019s draft that included $32.60 billion for the bill, an amount $1.09 billion (3.5%) higher than the House-passed level.\nThe President\u2019s request, House-passed bill, and Senate chairmen\u2019s draft would provide lower appropriations for FY2018 than the $32.63 billion enacted for FY2017. Under each of the three FY2018 proposals (President, House, Senate chairmen\u2019s draft), funding for Title II (EPA) would have the largest dollar reduction from FY2017 levels of the three titles. Specifically, the President\u2019s overall request was a decrease of $5.37 billion (16.5%) from the total FY2017 appropriations. Funding for each of the bill\u2019s three titles was decreased, with EPA funding reduced by $2.40 billion (29.8%). The $31.50 billion in the House-passed bill would be a reduction of $1.13 billion (3.5%) from FY2017. The House-passed bill decreased funding for each of the three titles, with EPA declining by $665.1 million (8.3%). The $32.60 billion in the Senate chairmen\u2019s draft would be a reduction of $35.2 million (0.1%). The Senate chairmen\u2019s draft would decrease funding for DOI agencies and EPA (by $149.5 million, 1.9%, for EPA), while increasing funding for Related Agencies.\nThis report first presents a brief overview of the major agencies in the annual Interior appropriations bill. It then describes the appropriations requested by President Trump for FY2018. It next compares the FY2018 funding levels requested by the President, passed by the House, and contained in the Senate chairmen\u2019s draft with each other and with FY2017 appropriations. 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They include most of the Department of the Interior (DOI) as well as agencies within other departments, such as the Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill also provides funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arts and cultural agencies, and other entities. At issue for Congress is determining the amount, terms, and conditions of funding for FY2018 for agencies and programs within the bill. \nFor FY2018, President Trump requested $27.26 billion for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. For the DOI agencies in Title I of the bill, the request was $10.62 billion, or 38.9% of the total requested. For EPA, funded in Title II of the bill, the request was $5.66 billion, or 20.7% of the total. For the roughly 20 agencies and other entities funded in Title III of the bill, the request was $10.99 billion, or 40.3% of the total.\nThe President\u2019s request would be an overall decrease of $5.37 billion (-16.5%) from the total FY2017 enacted appropriations of $32.63 billion. This FY2017 total includes $407.0 million in emergency funding for wildfire suppression by the Forest Service and DOI. Under the President\u2019s proposal, funding for each of the bill\u2019s three titles would decrease by a different amount relative to the FY2017 enacted levels. DOI agencies (Title I) would receive $1.64 billion (-13.4%) less than in FY2017. EPA funding (Title II) would decrease by $2.40 billion (-29.8%), the largest dollar amount and percentage of the three titles. The total for all Related Agencies (Title III) would decline by $1.33 billion (-10.8%).\nOn July 21, 2017, the House Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 3354, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, containing $31.52 billion in appropriations for FY2018 for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. The bill would provide $1.12 billion (-3.4%) less than the FY2017 appropriation of $32.63 billion. For each of the bill\u2019s three titles, H.R. 3354 would decrease funds by a different amount relative to the FY2017 enacted levels. Funding for DOI agencies would decrease by $302.7 million (-2.5%). Funding for EPA would decline by $534.4 million (-6.6%), the largest dollar amount and percentage of the three titles. The total for all Related Agencies in Title III would decline by $284.9 million (-2.3%).\nThe $31.52 billion for FY2018 in H.R. 3354, as reported, was $4.26 billion (15.6%) higher than the President\u2019s FY2018 requested appropriation of $27.26 billion. The bill contained more funding than the President sought for each of the three titles. Under the House committee-reported bill, as compared with the President\u2019s request, funding for DOI agencies would be $1.33 billion (12.6%) greater, funding for EPA would be $1.87 billion (33.1%) greater, and funding for Title III agencies would be $1.05 billion (9.5%) greater.\nThis report first presents a brief overview of the major agencies in the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. It then describes the appropriations requested by President Trump for FY2018. Next, it compares the President\u2019s request for FY2018 with appropriations enacted for FY2017. 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