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Read. Follow. Verify.Senate Hearing on the 2022 Interior Department Budget
Record date · January 1, 2023
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What This Bill Does
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to review the President's proposed $17.6 billion budget for the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2022. The discussion focused on balancing public land conservation with energy development and funding for abandoned mine land revitalization.
The proposed $17.6 billion budget represents a 17% increase in funding for the Department of the Interior, which dictates how federal lands are managed, how energy resources are leased, and how environmental restoration projects like abandoned mine cleanup are funded.
Who It Affects
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Coal mining communities
These communities are affected by the proposed $50 million increase in funding for the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grant program.
Oil and gas industry
The industry is affected by the ongoing pause on new lease sales on federal lands and waters.
Key Facts
- The President requested $17.6 billion for the Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2022.
- The request represents a 17% increase ($2.5 billion) over the previous year's enacted level.
- The budget includes mandatory funding from the Great American Outdoors Act for deferred maintenance and the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
- The budget proposes a $50 million increase for the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grant program.
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- The Department is currently under an Executive Order pause on new oil and gas lease sales on federal lands and waters pending a review.
- A federal judge has issued an injunction against the Administration's pause on oil and gas leasing.
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Budgetary Reversal
The current budget request represents a 17% increase, which the Chairman noted is a sharp contrast to the 16% cut proposed by the previous administration.
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