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Fiscal Year 2021 the Interior Budget in Brief February 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 The Interior Budget in Brief February 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 The Interior Budget in Brief February 2020 Table of Contents DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS . 1 DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW . DH-5 The 2021 Budget . DH-5 Protecting Our People and Our Borders . DH-7 Expanding Recreation and Access on Public Lands . DH-11 Stewarding Conservation . DH-14 Striking a Regulatory Balance . DH-19 Facilitating Responsible Energy Resource Management . DH-19 Upholding Commitments to Indian Country and Insular Areas . DH-23 Improving Government Services . DH-27 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS . DH-37 BUREAU HIGHLIGHTS . BH-1 Bureau of Land Management . BH-7 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management . BH-19 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement . BH-25 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement . BH-31 Bureau of Reclamation . BH-37 Central Utah Project Completion Act . BH-49 U.S. Geological Survey . BH-53 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service . BH-65 National Park Service . BH-81 Bureau of Indian Affairs . BH-93 Bureau of Indian Education . BH-107 Bureau of Trust Funds Administration . BH-115 Office of Insular Affairs . BH-119 Departmental Offices . BH-125 Department-wide Programs . BH-131 APPENDICES . I Comparison of 2019, 2020, and 2021 Budget Authority . A-1 Maintaining America’s Heritage . B-1 Construction Program . C-1 Land and Water Conservation Fund . D-1 Grants and Payments . E-1 Receipts by Source Category . F-1 Energy Revenue Payments to States . G-1 Staffing . H-1 iii Foreword Background and Organization This document highlights the programs of the Department of the Interior and its 2021 President’s budget request. The DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS section summarizes budgetary resource requirements at the Department level and presents major Department-wide initiatives, programs, and budget propos- als. The BUREAU HIGHLIGHTS section presents a narrative summary of the budget request for each bureau and an in-depth comparison in tabular form of 2020-2021 budgetary resource estimates with brief descriptions of programmatic changes. The APPENDICES present tabular summaries of pertinent budgetary data. Appendix A is a Department-wide table, presenting the 2021 request with prior year amounts. Other appendices contain summaries of Interior initiatives and crosscutting programs includ- ing maintenance and construction; grants and payments; receipt amounts; energy revenue payments to States; and staffing levels. Usage and Terminology All year references are fiscal years unless noted, and amounts presented reflect budget authority unless otherwise specified. Numbers in tables and graphs may not add to totals because of rounding. Numbers shown in brackets [ ] are displayed for informational purposes and are not included in totals. References to 2020 Estimate, 2020 Appropriations, or 2020 Enacted signify amounts appropriated in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-94), for both the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations and the Energy and Water Development Appropri- ations. The 2020 amounts appearing in this volume reflect adjustments required in the OMB Report to Congress on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2020 issued on March 18, 2019. References to 2019 Actual, 2019 Appropriations, or 2019 Enacted signify amounts appropriated in the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 115-244) for the Energy and Water Development Appropriations and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-6) for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations. The 2019 amounts appearing in this volume reflect adjustments required in the OMB Report to Congress on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2019 issued on February 12, 2018. Fixed costs refer to costs that are unavoidable in the short term (e.g. cost of living pay increases, General Services Administration-negotiated space rate costs, unemployment compensation, and governmentwide changes in health benefits). Additional information on the basis for the amounts used in this document is provided in the note following Appendix A. v A listing of frequently used acronyms follows: BA Budget Authority OIA Office of Insular Affairs BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs OIG Office of Inspector General BIE Bureau of Indian Education ONRR Office of Natural Resources Revenue BLM Bureau of Land Management OS Office of the Secretary BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy Management OSMRE Office of Surface Mining BSEE Bureau of Safety and Environmental Reclamation and Enforcement Enforcement OST Office of the Special Trustee BTFA Bureau of Trust Funds Administration for American Indians CR Continuing Resolution OTAR Office of Trust Analysis and Research CUPCA Central Utah Project Completion Act PILT Payments in Lieu of Taxes DO Departmental Offices SIPI Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute DWP Department-wide Programs SOL Office of the Solicitor FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service TPA Tribal Priority Allocations HCP Habitat Conservation Plan UPARR Urban Park and Recreation Recovery IBC Interior Business Center USBM U.S. Bureau of Mines LBBP Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations USGS U.S. Geological Survey LWCF Land and Water Conservation Fund USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NIGC National Indian Gaming Commission WCF Working Capital Fund NPS National Park Service NRDAR Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration vi Departmental Highlights Introduction Kontrashibuna Lake, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska The Department of the Interior is the steward of 20 percent of the Nation’s lands including national parks, national wildlife refuges, and the public lands; manages the Nation’s public lands and minerals including providing access to public lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for renewable and conventional energy; is the largest supplier and manager of water in the 17 western States and a supplier of hydropower energy; and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives. It is responsible for migratory wildlife conservation; historic preservation; endangered species conserva- tion; surface-mined lands protection and restoration; mapping, geological, hydrological, and biological science for the Nation; and financial and technical assistance for the insular areas. Interior’s budget request covers a broad spectrum of activities to protect the Nation’s resources and to ensure equity in their use. These activities include operation of the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; land management responsibilities of the Bureau of Land Management; delivery of quality services to American Indians and Alaska Natives; OCS management responsibilities of the Bureaus of Ocean Energy Management and Safety and Environmental Enforcement; research, data col- lection, and scientific activities of the U.S. Geological Survey; water management projects of the Bureau of Reclamation; regulatory responsibilities and reclamation activities of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; and support for U.S. Territories and other insular areas. Departmental Highlights | DH-3 Departmental Overview “As we look ahead to the year 2021, we will continue to advance the President’s priorities for the Department and for the American people, as we work to build our conservation stewardship legacy.” Secretary David Bernhardt February 10, 2020 The Department of the Interior (DOI)’s mission the Department. Investments outlined in the Pres- directly affects Americans across the country. ident’s 2021 budget will allow Interior to advance Interior plays an integral role in conserving Amer- the objectives articulated in Presidential directives. ica’s natural resources and heritage, honoring The 2021 budget advances key Presidential prior- the self-determination of Tribal communities, ities, including DOI’s Plan to Transform the Fire- supplying energy to power the Nation, and deliv- fighting Workforce, investments in active forest ering water in the West. Interior is the steward and rangeland management to better protect com- of 20 percent of the Nation’s lands, managing munities from fire, increased access to broadband national parks, national wildlife refuges, and other in rural areas, advancement of critical minerals public lands and assisting States, Tribes, and other exploration and development, and provision of stakeholders in managing natural and cultural law enforcement needs in Tribal communities. resources. While investing in key areas, this budget also sup- Delivering Interior’s mission creates economic ports the Administration’s broader fiscal objectives benefits for the Nation through both direct invest- through targeted reforms and program reductions. ment and facilitating private-sector activities and In 2021, Interior will continue to make important contributions. According to the Department of the operational reforms—revisiting outdated and Interior’s current Economic Report, in 2018, Inte- redundant processes and regulations, strength- rior’s lands generated roughly $315 billion in total ening Interior’s ethical culture, and transforming economic output across the country. Interior also internal administrative operations to deliver better grants access to public lands and offshore areas service to customers and employees. for conventional and renewable energy develop- ment. In FY 2018, DOI lands and waters produced nearly one-fifth of the Nation’s energy, generating The 2021 Budget
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