[20170613]IF10670_林业局：2017财年拨款和2018财年预算申请.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov June 13, 2017Forest Service: FY2017 Appropriations and FY2018 Budget RequestThe 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, and 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. For FY2017, total FS discretionary appropriations were $5.596 billion (P.L. 115-31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017). This figure includes $342.0 million designated as emergency funding and outside of discretionary spending limits. In total, FY2017 discretionary appropriations were 12% lower than the FY2016 appropriations of $6.364 billion. For FY2018, the Administration requested $4.732 billion, 15% less than FY2017 enacted level. FY2017 Discretionary Appropriations FS discretionary appropriations for FY2017 were almost entirely in seven main accounts (see Table 1 and Figure 1). The largest sharea combined 57% ($3.175 billion)went to two accounts: the Wildland Fire Manage