Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Jan. 5, 2010 |
| Report Number |
R40685 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Carol Hardy Vincent, Robert Bamberger, David M. Bearden, Robert Esworthy, Marc Humphries, Pervaze A. Sheikh, Roger Walke, R. Sam Garrett, Shannon S. Loane, Kelsi Bracmort |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill includes funding for the Department of the Interior (DOI), except for the Bureau of Reclamation, and for agencies within other departmentsincluding the Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and the Indian Health Service (IHS) within the Department of Health and Human Services. It also includes funding for arts and cultural agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency, and numerous other entities.
The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-88), contained a total of $32.29 billion for FY2010. This was $4.45 billion (16%) higher than the FY2009 appropriation of $27.84 billion (excluding stimulus appropriations). The House, Senate, and Administration had all supported significantly higher levels for FY2010ranging between 15% and 16% higherthan the FY2009 appropriation of $27.84 billion.
P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, contained an additional $10.95 billion in emergency funds for FY2009 for some of the accounts within agencies typically funded by the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations laws. In general, the funds were made available for obligation until September 30, 2010 (the end of FY2010). The FY2010 appropriation of $32.29 billion in P.L. 111-88 was $6.50 billion (17%) less than the total FY2009 appropriations of $38.79 billion, including stimulus appropriations.
A variety of funding and policy issues were debated during consideration of the FY2010 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. They included oil and gas leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf, wildland fire fighting, Indian trust fund management, royalty relief, and climate change. Other issues included funding for Bureau of Indian Affairs construction, education, and housing; Indian Health Service construction and urban Indian health; wastewater/drinking water needs; land acquisition; and the Superfund program.
This report is not expected to be updated.
