Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
President’s Budget Request for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2024
The purpose of this hearing is to examine the President’s budget request for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2024.
US Forest Service Congressional Budget Justification: $9.7 billion. The 2024 Budget dedicates $323 million toward management for “hazardous fuels reduction”, an increase of $116 million from the 2023 enacted level. The 2024 Budget request for workforce salaries and expenses is $1.42 billion, a $509 million increase above the 2023 enacted level to fund the costs of pay reforms for Federal wildland firefighters and increase Federal firefighting capacity.
The Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on the U.S. Forest Service took place last month.