Discretionary Spending
Function 300 - Natural Resources and Environment
Eliminate Certain Forest Service Programs
CBO periodically issues a compendium of policy options (called Options for Reducing the Deficit) covering a broad range of issues, as well as separate reports that include options for changing federal tax and spending policies in particular areas. This option appears in one of those publications. The options are derived from many sources and reflect a range of possibilities. For each option, CBO presents an estimate of its effects on the budget but makes no recommendations. Inclusion or exclusion of any particular option does not imply an endorsement or rejection by CBO.
| Billions of dollars | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2015-2019 | 2015-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in Spending | |||||||||||||
| Budget authority | 0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -2.3 | -5.6 | |
| Outlays | 0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -1.9 | -5.2 | |
Note: This option would take effect in October 2015. Estimates are relative to CBO’s August 2014 baseline projections.
The Forest Service carries out several programs devoted to research on forestry and rangeland. This option would eliminate two of those programs—Forest and Rangeland Research and State and Private Forestry.