National Park Service: FY2025 Appropriations (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Sept. 19, 2024 |
| Report Number |
IF12713 |
| Report Type |
In Focus |
| Authors |
Laura B. Comay |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
The National Park Service (NPS) administers the National
Park System, which includes 431 units valued for their
natural, cultural, and recreational importance. System lands
cover 81 million federal acres and 4 million nonfederal
acres. As part of the Department of the Interior (DOI), NPS
receives funding in annual appropriations laws for Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies. Selected issues for
Congress related to NPS appropriations include the overall
staffing levels supported by the appropriations, funding to
address NPS deferred maintenance, allocations for land
acquisition, and NPS assistance to nonfederal entities.
The Biden Administration requested $3.576 billion in
discretionary appropriations for NPS for FY2025. The
request was 8% higher than NPS’s FY2024 discretionary
appropriation of $3.325 billion enacted in P.L. 118-42. The
FY2025 request included increases for three accounts and
reductions for two accounts compared with FY2024 (Table
1). NPS also estimated $1.240 billion in mandatory
appropriations for NPS for FY2025, a decrease of 1% from
estimated NPS mandatory funding for FY2024. These
mandatory appropriations come from entrance and
recreation fees, concessioner fees, donations, and other
sources and also include land acquisition funding from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF, 54 U.S.C.
§§200301 et seq.), designated as mandatory appropriations
by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA; P.L. 116-
152). NPS’s mandatory total does not include NPS’s share
from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy
Restoration Fund (LRF)—the deferred maintenance fund
established by the GAOA—which is allocated from a DOI
department-wide account.
