What is the Consolidated Appropriations Act and What Does It Mean for the National Park Service?

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Dec. 30, 2022. It is reproduced in full below.

What is the Consolidated Appropriations Act?

On Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a $1.7 trillion federal spending bill that allocates money to different federal agencies for the next year.

In this spending bill, the National Park Service would receive discretionary appropriations of $3.475 billion for fiscal year 2023 (FY23), which is $210.3 million more than the money allocated to National Park Service the previous year.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service