Bureau of Land Management: FY2019 Appropriations (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised March 30, 2019 |
| Report Number |
IF10381 |
| Report Type |
In Focus |
| Authors |
Carol Hardy Vincent |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages
248 million acres of grasslands, forests, high mountains,
arctic tundra, deserts, and other public land, nearly all in the
West. Under its multiple-use mission, BLM manages these
lands for diverse purposes, including livestock grazing,
recreation, and preservation. The agency also administers
onshore federal energy and mineral resources covering
nearly 700 million acres of federal subsurface mineral
estate, and it supervises the mineral operations on about
56 million acres of Indian trust lands.
At issue for Congress is determining the amount of funding
to provide for BLM programs and activities for FY2019,
the terms and conditions of such funding, and whether to
enact related Trump Administration proposals.
For FY2019, the Administration requested $1,023.3 million
in discretionary appropriations for BLM, a $308.7 million
(23.2%) decrease from the FY2018 level of $1,331.9
million. On July 19, 2018, the House passed H.R. 6147
with $1,387.0 million for BLM. This was $55.0 million
(4.1%) more than the FY2018 appropriation and $363.7
million (35.5%) more than the Administration’s request. On
August 1, 2018, the Senate passed H.R. 6147 with $1,343.4
million for BLM. This was $11.5 million (0.9%) more than
the FY2018 level and $320.1 million (31.3%) more than the
Administration’s request, but $43.6 million (3.1%) less than
the House-passed amount. (See Table 1.)
BLM discretionary appropriations generally are provided in
Title I of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
appropriations laws. Mandatory (permanent) appropriations
also are provided to BLM under various statutes within the
jurisdiction of authorizing committees. For FY2019, BLM
estimates its mandatory appropriations at $74.8 million.
This would be a decrease from the $200.2 million estimated
for FY2018, in part due to a proposed cancellation of
unobligated mandatory funds.
