Appropriations for FY2001: Interior and Related Agencies (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Oct. 17, 2000 |
| Report Number |
RL30506 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Alfred R. Greenwood, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
The Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill includes funding for agencies and programs
in four separate federal departments as well as numerous smaller agencies and diverse programs. The
bill includes funding for the Interior Department except the Bureau of Reclamation, but only segments
of the funding of the other three departments, Agriculture, Energy, and Health and Human Services.
On February 7, 2000, President Clinton submitted his FY2001 budget to Congress. The
FY2001 request for Interior and Related Agencies totals $16.32 billion compared to the $14.91
billion enacted for FY2000 ( P.L. 106-113 ), an increase of $1.41 billion. (With scorekeeping
adjustments, including an across-the-board cut of 0.38% for FY2000, the figures are $16.49 billion
requested for FY2001 compared with $14.90 billion enacted for FY2000.)
The Interior Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and the full House
Appropriations Committee marked up the FY2001 Interior Appropriations bill on May 17, 2000 and
May 25, 2000, respectively. On June 16, 2000, the House passed H.R. 4578 ( H.Rept.
106-646 ) by a vote of 204-172. The FY2001 recommended level of $14.6 billion is $1.7 billion
below the President's request and $302 million below the FY2000 enacted level.
The Interior Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the full Senate
Appropriations Committee marked up the Interior bill on June 20, 2000 and June 22, 2000,
respectively. On July 18, 2000, the Senate passed H.R. 4578 ( S.Rept. 106-312 ) by a
vote of 97-2. The FY2001 recommended level of $15.8 billion in total budget authority is some
$1.16 billion above the House-passed mark.
A House-Senate conference met on September 20 and September 21 and after further
discussions between the conferees and the Administration agreed to a funding level of $18.8 billion,
some $3.8 billion above the FY2000 enacted level. The conference agreement included $1.8 billion
in emergency and supplemental funding ($300 million above the President's request) for expenditures
already incurred in firefighting and to restore areas damaged by Western wildfires. The conference
also included a new Title VIII that would implement a modified version of the President's Lands
Legacy Initiative over 6 years. Funding would start at a total of $1.6 billion in FY2001 ($1.2 billion
for Interior Appropriations programs) and rise to $2.4 billion in FY2006. In addition, the conference
provided significant increases for the Indian Health Service (+ $214 million), Bureau of Indian Affairs
programs (+ $272 million), Energy Conservation programs (+ $94.7 million), and Bureau of Land
Management Operations (+ $66 million). (See Table 5 for the House, Senate, and
Conference
approved funding levels.)
The conference report ( H.Rept. 106-914 ) was passed by the House on October 3, 2000 by a
vote of 348-69 and was passed by the Senate on October 5, 2000, by a vote of 83-13. President
Clinton signed H.R. 4578 into law ( P.L. 106-291 ) on October 11, 2000.
