NPS Mission - National Park Service

National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications
Other Permanent Appropriations
Other Permanent Appropriations FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Change
from FY 2012
($000)
Actual Estimate Estimate Estimate (+/-)
Contribution for Annuity Benefits for
USPP
42,506 43,875 45,063 +1,188
Park Concessions Franchise Frees 66,076 69,000 70,200 +1,200
Concessions Improvement Accounts 14,076 16,000 15,900 -100
[Subtotal, Concessions Fees and
Accounts]
[80,152] [85,000] [86,100] [+1,100]
Park Building Lease and Maintenance
Fund
4,759 5,116 5,500 +384
Filming and Photography Special Use
Fee Program
1,227 1,200 1,200 0
Operation and Maintenance of Quarters 21,879 22,826 23,397 +571
Glacier Bay NP Resource Protection 4,103 3,150 3,000 -150
Delaware Water Gap NRA Route 209
Operations
45 50 50 0
Total Requirements 154,671 161,217 164,310 +3,093
Total FTE Requirements 477 477 477 0
Overview
This activity includes a variety of permanent appropriations that are derived from receipt sources other than
recreation fees.
Appropriation: Contribution for Annuity Benefits of the United States Park Police
Program Overview
This funding pays the costs of benefit payments to annuitants each year under the pension program for U.S.
Park Police (USPP) officers hired prior to January 1, 1984 to the extent the payments exceed deductions
from salaries of active duty employees of the program. As amended in P.L. 85-157, the Annuity Benefits are
collected for Title V retirees. Payments are made to retirees, surviving spouses, and dependents. The USPP
pension program was funded before FY 2002 from appropriations made annually to the National Park
Service. Beginning in FY 2002 (P.L. 107-63 (16 U.S.C. 14e)), these payments have been made from funds
warranted to the National Park Service from a permanent, indefinite appropriation at the Treasury
Department. The estimates of $42.506 million for FY 2011 and $43.875 million for FY 2012 are based on
the best available information, including actuarial tables, and projected pay increases, retirements, and costof-living
increases. Costs in this account are expected to increase gradually in the next several years before
eventually declining.
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