[20210816]IF11636_《美国户外大行动》（P.L116-152).pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated August 16, 2021The Great American Outdoors Act (P.L. 116-152)The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-152) established a new fund with mandatory spending authority to address deferred maintenance needs of five federal agencies. The law also made available the deposits to an existing fundthe Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)as mandatory spending and made other changes to the LWCF Act (54 U.S.C. 200301 et seq.). This CRS In Focus addresses selected provisions of the law. National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service (FS), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service (NPS) maintain thousands of diverse assets, such as roads and buildings. Each agency has a backlog of deferred maintenance (DM), defined as maintenance not performed as needed and put off for a future time. For FY2020, the backlog for NPS was reported at $14.4 billion, FS at $5.9 billion, BLM at $4.1 billion, and FWS at $1.5 billion. Additionally, the Department of the Interior (DOI) reported DM of $1.7 billion for Indian Affairs, including the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). For all the agenci