Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2011 Appropriations

Carol Hardy Vincent, Coordinator
Specialist in Natural Resources Policy

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 departments—including 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 President requested $32.43 billion for FY2011 for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, a $136.3 million (0.4%) increase over the FY2010 level of $32.29 billion. Despite the relative stability of this total funding, the President sought increases for some agencies and decreases for other agencies. Among the proposed increases for FY2011, over FY2010 appropriations, were the following: 

• $354.1 million (9%) for the Indian Health Service; 

• $79.4 million (1%) for the Forest Service; 

• $36.2 million (5%) for the Smithsonian Institution; 

• $21.6 million (2%) for the U.S. Geological Survey; and 

• $11.4 million (8%) for the Minerals Management Service. 

Among the proposed decreases were the following: 

• $269.9 million (3%) for the Environmental Protection Agency; 

• $53.6 million (2%) for the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

• $25.8 million (14%) for the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians; 

• $16.7 million (10%) for the Office of Surface Mining; and 

• $15.5 million (15%) for Insular Affairs. 

The House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies have held hearings on FY2011 agency budget requests. No bill to fund Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for FY2011 has been introduced to date. Congress may debate a variety of funding and policy issues during consideration of the FY2011 Interior appropriations legislation. These issues might include energy development onshore and offshore, wildland fire fighting, Indian trust fund management, royalty relief, climate change, DOI science programs, and wild horse and burro management. Other issues might include appropriate funding levels for Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement and education; Indian Health Service construction and contract health services; wastewater/drinking water needs; the arts; land acquisition through the Land and Water Conservation Fund; and the Superfund program.


Date of Report: May 26, 2010
Number of Pages: 60
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