The FY 2024 Greenbook has been finalized and will be published on the web later today (at Budget (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)). Below is a summary of the request. In total, the NPS FY 2024 budget request includes discretionary appropriations of $3.76 billion, $289.2 million above the FY 2023 enacted amount of $3.48 billion. The request includes major investments into Administration priorities, including a $110.7 million increase for conservation and resiliency work across multiple appropriations, and a $32.3 million increase for advancing racial justice and equity for underserved communities. Fixed costs of $124.9 million are requested across appropriations.
ONPS: The FY 2024 budget requests $3.19 billion, an increase of $266.3 million above the FY 2023 enacted level of $2.92 billion, which includes an increase of $120.6 million for fixed costs.
- +$86.8 million to address climate change, increase conservation efforts, and support climate science
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- +$31.0 million for youth corps programs
- +$28.5 million for natural resources staff capacity at parks
- +$12.5 million for management and policy support for climate change
- +$3.7 million for cultural resources climate assessment teams
- +$3.1 million for the Inventory and Monitoring program
- +$3.0 million for research learning centers
- +$2.0 million for cooperative ecosystem studies units
- +$2.0 million for natural disaster response capacity
- +$1.0 million for public health protection
- +$25.4 million to address park capacity
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- +$10.1 million for supporting capacity across parks
- +$8.2 million for new and critical responsibilities
- +$5.4 million for the US Park Police capacity
- +$1.9 million for Special Agents capacity
- +$18.8 million for racial justice and equity for underserved communities
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- +$7.1 million for tribal co-stewardship
- +$5.0 million for park accessibility
- +$3.0 million for increasing representation in our public lands, which includes funding for new units established by this Administration
- +$2.5 million for implementation of the Native American Tourism and Improving visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act.
- +$1.0 million or subsistence management in NPS lands and waters in Alaska
- +$0.25 million for the Japanese American WWII History network
- +$14.7 million for additional priorities
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- +$7.2 million for centralized IT costs
- +$3.0 million for visitor services on the digital services
- +$2.0 for America 250
- +$1.5 million for contracting and financial assistance
- +$0.63 million for the Unigrid brochure
- +$0.28 million for LE psychological screenings
Centennial Challenge: The FY 2024 budget requests $15.0 million, flat from the FY 2023 enacted level.
NR&P: The FY 2024 budget requests $95.2 million, an increase of $2.7 million from the FY 2023 enacted level of $92.5 million, including +$1.6 million for fixed costs.
- +$3.0 million for the African American Burial Grounds program
- +$1.0 million for Grants Administration
- -$2.9 million to eliminate Statutory and Contractual Aid funding newly enacted in FY 2023
HPF: The FY 2024 budget requests $177.9 million, a decrease of $26.6 million from the FY 2023 enacted level of $204.5 million.
- +$2.5 million for Tribal Heritage Grants, as part of the racial justice initiative
- -$26.1 million to eliminate Historic Preservation Fund Projects funding newly enacted in FY 2023
Construction: The FY 2023 budget requests $286.6 million, an increase of $46.8 million above the FY 2023 enacted level of $239.8 million, including +$2.7 million for fixed costs.
- +$10.7 million for zero emission vehicles charging infrastructure, as part of the conservation initiative
- +$7.0 million for climate adaptation projects, as part of the conservation initiative
- +$4.1 million for climate vulnerability projects, as part of the conservation initiative
- +$2.0 million for abandoned mineral lands, as part of the conservation initiative
- +$7.0 million to address transportation barriers to parks from underserved communities, as part of the racial justice initiative
- +$7.0 million for the housing improvement program
- +$6.3 million for DOI field communications modernization
Great American Outdoors Act – The budget includes mandatory funding for the Land Acquisition and State Assistance account and the Legacy Restoration Fund.
- Land Acquisition and State Assistance: For FY 2024, the requested allocation to the NPS from the LWCF is $429.9 million for the following programs:
- $104.3 million for the Land Acquisition program
- $61.8 million for major acquisition projects
- $14.5 million for acquisition management
- $12.0 million for recreation access
- $11.0 million for inholdings, donations, and exchanges
- $5.0 million for emergencies, hardship, and relocations
- $305.5 million for State Conservation Grants
- $157.2 million for formula state grants
- $135.0 million for competitive state grants
- $13.3 million for state grants administration
- $20.0 million for American Battlefield Protection
- $17.4 million for ABPP acquisition grants
- $1.0 million for ABPP modernization grants
- $1.0 million for ABPP restoration grants
- $0.6 million for ABPP grants admin
- Legacy Restoration Fund: For FY 2024, the NPS will receive a $1.33 billion allocation to execute major projects and support programs:
- $1.01 billion for projects
- $121.9 million for project contingency
- $145.0 million for project planning and compliance
- $35.0 million for project management
- $20.0 million for program administration and indirect costs
Other Key Points and Language Change Provisions:
- The FY 2024 President’s Budget proposes an employee pay raise of 5.2 percent in 2024
- Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands – clarifies authority related to boundary / LWCF
- LWCF State Grants– provides authority for NPS to provide up to 7% of grants funds to states for administrative responsibilities
- ONPS Appropriations Language – extends availability of funding to two years
- ONPS Appropriations Language –proposed language to enable NPS to use up to $15,000 of appropriated amounts to reciprocate appropriate courtesy with Tribal partners
- Retention of Concessions Franchise Fees – enables Secretary to reduce retention for a unit to 60 percent (similar to existing FLREA authority)
- Historic Preservation Fund – extends authority to deposit receipts into HPF through FY24
- Ebey’s Landing NHR – removes land acquisition ceiling limitation to support the line-item land acquisition project requested