[20190502]IF10846_美国鱼类和野生动物服务局：2019财年拨款.pdf

www.crs.gov | 7-5700 Updated May 2, 2019U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2019 AppropriationsIntroduction Congress generally funds the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS, an agency within the Department of the Interior) in Title I of annual appropriations laws for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Discretionary appropriations for FWS fund most of the essential functions related to the agencys mission, namely the conservation, protection, and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats. Discretionary funding covers activities including resource management and conservation, construction projects, land acquisition, and payments and grants to states and other parties. FWS also receives mandatory appropriations, most of which are disbursed directly to states. In FY2019, mandatory appropriations for FWS were estimated at $1.57 billion in the Administrations FY2019 request for FWS. This product focuses on the agencys discretionary appropriations. FWS Discretionary Appropriations Enacted FY2019 appropriations (included in Division E of P.L. 116-6) provided $1.578 billion in discretionary funding for FWS, which is $17.0 million (1.1%) less