1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated August 26, 2020Forest Service: FY2019 and FY2020 AppropriationsThe Forest Service (FS) is responsible for managing 193 million acres of land in the National Forest System (NFS); conducting forestry research; and providing assistance to state, local, private, a
2、nd international forest owners. FS is an agency within the Department of Agriculture, yet it receives discretionary appropriations through the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. FY2019 Discretionary Appropriations For FY2019, the FS regular discretionary appropriation w
3、as $6.087 billion (P.L. 116-6). Congress provided an additional $854.3 million to FS in emergency supplemental appropriations (P.L. 116-20), bringing the total to $6.941 billion. The supplemental funding was provided to address hurricane and wildfire damage ($134.0 million) and to repay funds transf
4、erred from other FS accounts in FY2018 to pay for wildfire suppression ($720.3 million). P.L. 116-6 specified that appropriations to most FS accounts are to remain available through FY2022. FY2020 Discretionary Appropriations The Trump Administration requested $5.141 billion in FY2020 discretionary