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FY 2021 Fish and Wildlife Service The United States BUDGET Department of the Interior JUSTIFICATIONS and Performance Information Fiscal Year 2021 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NOTICE: These budget justifications are prepared for the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittees. Approval for release of the justifications prior to their printing in the public record of the Subcommittee hearings may be obtained through the Office of Budget of the Department of the Interior. Printed on Recycled Paper FY 2021 BUDGET JUSTIFICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fiscal Year 2021 President’s Budget Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................. EX - 1 Organization Chart .................................................................................................. EX - 5 Overview of Fiscal Year 2020 Request ................................................................... EX - 6 Strategic Objective Performance Summary .......................................................... EX - 12 Agency Priority Goals ............................................................................................ EX - 17 Budget at a Glance Table ..................................................................................... BG - 1 Summary of Fixed Costs ......................................................................................... BG - 6 Appropriation: Resource Management Appropriations Language .............................................................................RM - 1 Summary of Requirements .........................................................................RM - 12 Justification of Fixed Costs and Internal Realignments ..............................RM - 13 Ecological Services Overview ............................................................................................ ES - 1 Listing ................................................................................................ ES - 3 Planning and Consultation ................................................................. ES - 5 Conservation and Restoration ........................................................... ES - 8 Recovery ......................................................................................... ES - 12 Habitat Conservation Overview ............................................................................................ HC - 1 Partners for Fish and Wildlife ............................................................. HC - 3 Coastal Program ................................................................................ HC - 5 National Wildlife Refuge System Overview ...................................................................................... NWRS - 1 Refuge Wildlife and Habitat Management.................................... NWRS - 4 Refuge Visitor Services................................................................ NWRS - 7 Refuge Law Enforcement .......................................................... NWRS - 10 Refuge Conservation Planning .................................................. NWRS - 12 Refuge Maintenance .................................................................. NWRS - 13 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE i TABLE OF CONTENTS FY 2021 BUDGET JUSTIFICATION Migratory Bird Management Overview ............................................................................................ MB - 1 Conservation and Monitoring ............................................................. MB - 3 Permits............................................................................................... MB - 9 Federal Duck Stamp Program ......................................................... MB - 11 North American Waterfowl Management Plan/ Joint Ventures ........ MB - 13 Law Enforcement ........................................................................................ LE - 1 International Affairs ..................................................................................... IA - 1 Fish and Aquatic Conservation Overview .......................................................................................... FAC - 1 National Fish Hatchery System Operations ..................................... FAC - 5 Maintenance and Equipment ........................................................... FAC - 9 Aquatic Habitat and Species Conservation .................................... FAC - 12 Cooperative Landscape Conservation ................................................... CLC - 1 Science Support Overview ............................................................................................ SS - 1 General Operations Overview ............................................................................................GO - 1 Central Office Operations ..................................................................GO - 3 Management and Administration .......................................................GO - 5 Servicewide Bill Paying ......................................................................GO - 7 Aviation Management ........................................................................GO - 8 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation .............................................GO - 10 National Conservation Training Center ..........................................GO - 11 Appropriation: Construction Appropriations Language ............................................................................... C - 1 Applicable Laws, Acts, and Orders ................................................................. C - 1 Justification of Fixed Costs and Internal Realignments .................................. C - 3 Overview ........................................................................................................ C - 4 Nationwide Engineering Services .................................................................. C - 6 Dam, Bridge, and Seismic Safety ................................................................... C - 8 Line-Item Construction ................................................................................. C - 10 Construction Five-Year Plan ......................................................................... C - 21 Appropriation: Land Acquisition Appropriations Language ..............................................................................LA - 1 Authorizing Statutes ...................................................................................... LA - 1 Justification of Fixed Costs and Internal Realignments ................................. LA - 2 Overview ....................................................................................................... LA - 3 ii U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FY 2021 BUDGET JUSTIFICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Appropriation: National Wildlife Refuge Fund .................................................... RF - 1 Appropriation: Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund .... CESCF - 1 Appropriation: North American Wetlands Conservation Fund ..................... NAW - 1 Appropriation: Multinational Species Conservation Fund ............................... MS - 1 Appropriation: Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund .................... NEO - 1 Appropriation: State and Tribal Wildlife Grant Program............................. STWG - 1 Appropriation: Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration ...................................... SF - 1 Appropriation: Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration .......................................... WR - 1 Appropriation: Migratory Bird Conservation Account ................................... MBC - 1 Appropriation: Recreation Fee Program ..........................................................REC - 1 Appropriation: Contributed Funds. .................................................................... CF - 1 Appropriation: Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations ............................... MP - 1 Administrative Provisions and Legislative Proposals Administrative Provisions ............................................................................. AP - 1 Appendices Section 403 Compliance ............................................................................ .APX - 1 Employee Count by Grade ......................................................................... APX - 3 Allocations Received from Other Accounts ................................................ APX - 4 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE iii TABLE OF CONTENTS FY 2021 BUDGET JUSTIFICATION This page intentionally left blank. iv U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FY 2021 BUDGET JUSTIFICATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Conserving the Nature of America The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is the oldest Federal conservation agency, tracing its lineage back to 1871, and the only agency in the Federal government whose primary responsibility is management of fish and wildlife for the American public. The Service helps ensure a healthy environment for people while providing opportunities for Americans to enjoy the outdoors and our shared natural heritage. The Service began as the U.S. Fish Commission, which was established on February 9, 1871 under the Department of Commerce and renamed the Bureau of Fisheries on July 1, 1903. The second predecessor bureau was the Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy established in 1885 under the Department of Agriculture. In 1896, it was renamed the Division of Biological Survey and in 1905 renamed again the Bureau
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