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On July 17, 2003, the House passed\n H.R. 2691 (268-152) containing a total of $19.60 billion for Interior and related\nagencies for FY2004. On September 23, 2003, the Senate passed its version of H.R. 2691 with a total of $20.01 billion. A conference report was filed on October 28, 2003, and agreed\nto by the House (216-205) on October 30 and approved by the Senate (87-2) on November 3, 2003. \nThe bill was signed into law on November 10, 2003 ( P.L. 108-108 ). \n The final FY2004 appropriation provided $20.01 billion for the Department of Interior and\nRelated agencies, which reflected two across-the-board cuts: a 0.646% cut in the Interior\nappropriations statute ( P.L.108-108 ), and a 0.59% cut in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of\n2004 ( P.L. 108-199 ). \n The FY2004 enacted level is slightly less than enacted for FY2003 (less than 1% lower). It is\nessentially the same as the amount approved by the Senate (less than 1% higher), and higher than\nthe House-passed total (2% higher) and the President's request (less than 1% higher). The\nappropriate levels of funding for wildland firefighting and land acquisition were among the major\nissues debated. The FY2004 law contained $2.76 billion for wildland fire fighting by the Forest\nService and the Department of the Interior, approximately 13% less than the total enacted for\nFY2003. For land acquisition (and state assistance) by the four major federal land management\nagencies, the law contained $263.4 million, 36% less than enacted for FY2003. \n \n Many controversial issues arose during consideration of the FY2004 Interior and related\nagencies appropriations bill, and were addressed by conferees. 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