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{{See also|United States federal budget|United States budget process}} | {{See also|United States federal budget|United States budget process}} | ||
In 2019, the NPS had an annual budget of $4.085 billion and an estimated $12 billion maintenance backlog.<ref>{{Cite news|title=National Parks Have a Long To-Do List but Can't Cover the Repair Costs|newspaper=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/466461595/national-parks-have-a-long-to-do-list-but-cant-cover-the-repair-costs|access-date=April 6, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522161208/https://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/466461595/national-parks-have-a-long-to-do-list-but-cant-cover-the-repair-costs|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 4, 2020, the [[Great American Outdoors Act]] was signed into law reducing the $12 billion maintenance backlog by $9.5 billion over a 5-year period beginning in FY 2021.<ref>{{cite news|last=Puko|first=Timothy|date=2020-08-04|title=From Yellowstone to Yosemite, National Parks to Get Long-Awaited Overhaul|language=en-US|work= | In 2019, the NPS had an annual budget of $4.085 billion and an estimated $12 billion maintenance backlog.<ref>{{Cite news|title=National Parks Have a Long To-Do List but Can't Cover the Repair Costs|newspaper=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/466461595/national-parks-have-a-long-to-do-list-but-cant-cover-the-repair-costs|access-date=April 6, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522161208/https://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/466461595/national-parks-have-a-long-to-do-list-but-cant-cover-the-repair-costs|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 4, 2020, the [[Great American Outdoors Act]] was signed into law reducing the $12 billion maintenance backlog by $9.5 billion over a 5-year period beginning in FY 2021.<ref>{{cite news|last=Puko|first=Timothy|date=2020-08-04|title=From Yellowstone to Yosemite, National Parks to Get Long-Awaited Overhaul|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-yellowstone-to-yosemite-national-parks-to-get-long-awaited-overhaul-11596533401|access-date=2020-10-08|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812182818/https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-yellowstone-to-yosemite-national-parks-to-get-long-awaited-overhaul-11596533401|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2022, the NPS had the largest budget allocation of any [[United_States_Department_of_the_Interior|Department of the Interior]] bureau or program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interior Account Table 2023 CR1 |url=https://www.doi.gov/document-library/wildland-fire-management/attachment-12-pm-2023-001-interior-account-table-2023-cr1 |website=www.doi.gov |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en |date=2 December 2022}}</ref> | ||
The NPS budget is divided into two primary areas, ''discretionary'' and ''mandatory'' spending. Within each of these areas, there are numerous specific purposes to which Congress directs the services activities.<ref name="FY2006">FY 2006 President's Budget, Executive Summary; National Park Service; Government Printing Office; February 7, 2005</ref> | The NPS budget is divided into two primary areas, ''discretionary'' and ''mandatory'' spending. Within each of these areas, there are numerous specific purposes to which Congress directs the services activities.<ref name="FY2006">FY 2006 President's Budget, Executive Summary; National Park Service; Government Printing Office; February 7, 2005</ref> | ||