# Land Use Authorization and Access

**Agency:** Agriculture (USDA)  
**Account:** National Forest System  
**Source document:** Forest Service · p. 59  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/agriculture/land-use-authorization-and-access  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 7.8 |
| FY2027 | request | 8.0 |

## Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $20.40B, FY2026 $33.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The Land Use Authorization and Access program supports the economic well-being of communities through improving and providing accurate landownership records and mapping products. The program permits critical infrastructure to remote areas, working across boundaries and working with stakeholders and partners to permit reliable infrastructure to keep communities safe. The program surveys lands in advance of timber sales, acquires rights-of-way, and administers road agreements necessary for public and Forest Service access in accordance with the policy objectives outlined in E.O. 14241, Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production; E.O. 14192, Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation; and E.O. 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Agriculture (USDA) › Forest Service › National Forest System › Land Use Authorization and Access


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*