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What's New at Budget?
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Budget in Brief
The Department of the Interior "Budget in Brief" highlights and describes details of the fiscal year 2009 request.
Note: This document is presented as several separate PDF-formatted files. To view these files requires that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader® loaded on your computer. For a printed copy of the "Highlights" contact Margaret Kuyumjian in the Department's Office of Budget.
House Subcommittee Markup
On June 11, the House Interior Subcommittee approved the 2009 bill which provides $27.9 billion for agencies in the bill, including $10.5 billion for programs under the Department of the Interior, $577 million or nearly 6 percent over the 2008 enacted level, including:
- $1 billion for the Bureau of Land Management.
- $1.4 billion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $469 million of which would be allocated to the National Wildlife Refuge System.
- $2.6 billion for the National Park Service, $2.1 billion of which would be allocated to Park Service operations.
- $1.1 billion for the U.S. Geological Survey.
- $2.4 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- $182 million for the Office of Special Trustee.
Summary of Congressional Action on the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. (PDF Format)
The FY 2008 Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill was combined with other appropriations measures (excluding Department of Defense appropriations) in the Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2008 through a process known as "amendments between the Houses". The Senate passed the consolidated bill on December 18 by a vote of 76 to 18. The House passed the bill on December 19 by a vote of 272 to 142. The President signed the bill on December 26, 2007 and it became Public Law 110-161.
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Budget Justifications
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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
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Testimony from 2009 Budget Hearings
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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommitte on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
- Statement of Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on the 2009 President's Budget Request - February 7, 2008 (PDF Format)
- Statement of C. Stephen Allred Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management and Randall B. Luthi Director, Minerals Management Service United States Department of the Interior Before the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies United States Senate - February 26, 2008 (PDF Format)
- Statement of Henri Bisson, Deputy Director Bureau of Land Management U.S. Department of the Interior Before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Hearing on the FY 2009 Budget Request of the Bureau of Land Management - February 27, 2008 (PDF Format)
- Statement of Mark D. Myers, Director U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior Before the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies U.S. House of Representatives - February 28, 2008 (PDF Format)
- Statement for the Record H. Dale Hall Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - February 28, 2008 (PDF Format)
- Statement of Carl J. Artman Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs Accompained by Ross O. Swimmer Special Trustee for American Indians Before the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on the Fiscal Year 2009 President's Budget Request for Indian Programs - March 5, 2009 (PDF Format)
- Statement of Mary A. Bomar, Director, National Park Service, Before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies of the House Appropriations Committee Concerning the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request for the National Park Service - March 6, 2008 (PDF Format)
- Statement of Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on the 2009 President's Budget Request - April 15, 2008 (PDF Format)
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
- Statement of Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior Before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the 2009 President's Budget Request - February 13, 2008 (PDF Format)
- Statement of Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Inteior Before the House Committee on Natural Resources on the 2009 President's Budget Request - February 14, 2009 (PDF Format)
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