# Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures Adopt-a-Horse Program

**Agency:** Interior  
**Account:** Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures  
**Source document:** Bureau of Land Management · p. 180  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/interior/service-charges-deposits-and-forfeitures-adopt-a-horse-program  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 1.0 |

## Interior discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $18.80B, FY2026 $17.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be collected under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Public Law 94- 579, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any that have been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged public lands. ' For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public lands and resources, This language provides authority to recover costs associated with the processing of documents related to rights-of-way (ROW) and energy and minerals authorizations required to dispose of public lands and resources. These funds are deposited in the Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures account and used by BLM for labor and other expenses of processing these documents. Only those costs directly associated with processing an application or issuing a ROW grant are charged to an individual project. ' for costs of providing copies of official public land documents, The BLM performs certain types of realty work on a cost-recoverable basis. Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) allow the BLM to collect from applicants the costs associated with providing copies of public land documents. ' for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use The BLM performs certain types of realty work on a cost-recoverable basis. Regulations promulgated pursuant to FLPMA allow the BLM to collect from applicants the costs of monitoring construction, Chapter VII -Service Charges and Deposits Page - VII - 1 Bureau of Land Management 2027 Budget Justification ' and for rehabilitation of damaged property, The BLM performs certain types of realty work on a cost-recoverable basis. Regulations promulgated pursuant to the FLPMA allow the BLM to collect from applicants the costs of monitoring rehabilitation and This language authorizes the BLM to collect amounts for activities authorized by FLPMA. ' and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), This language authorizes the Secretary to issue rights-of-way and other land use authorizations related to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Rights-of-way applicants and permittees are to reimburse the U.S. for all costs associated with processing applications and monitoring pipeline construction and operations. ' to remain available until expended: The language makes the funds deposited into the account available on a no-year basis. This type of account allows the BLM a valuable degree of flexibility needed to support multi-year contracts, maintenance, construction, operations, and rehabilitation of public lands. ' Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law This provision authorizes the BLM to collect for land damaged by users who have not fulfilled the ' any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) This language authorizes the Secretary to issue a refund of the amount in excess of the cost of doing work to be made from applicable funds. ' shall be available and may be expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: This language authorizes the Secretary to use funds to improve, protect, or rehabilitate public lands that were damaged by a developer or purchaser even if the funds collected were not for damages on those exact ' Provided further, that any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged public Chapter VII - Service Charges and Deposits Page - VII - 2 Bureau of Land Management 2027 Budget Justification If a funding excess exists after repair has been made to the exact land for which funds were collected or forfeited, then the BLM may use these funds to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any damaged public land. Federal Land Policy and Authorizes the BLM to receive deposits and forfeitures. The Mineral Leasing Act of Authorizes rights-of-way for oil, gas, and other fuels. It further 1920, as amended by the authorizes the Secretary to issue rights-of-way and other land use Trans-Alaska Pipeline Act of authorizations related to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Rights-of-way U.S.C. 185) associated with processing applications and monitoring pipeline The Alaska Natural Gas Authorizes the granting of certificates, rights-of-way permits, and Transportation Act of 1976 (15 leases. The National Environmental Requires the preparation of environmental impact statements for Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Federal projects that may have a significant effect on the The Wild Free Roaming Horse Authorizes adoption and sale of wild horses and burros by private and Burro Act of 1971, as individuals. The Public Rangelands Establishes the policy of improving Federal rangeland conditions and Improvement Act of 1978 (43 reaffirms the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 as U.S.C. 1901-1908) amended and to avoid excessive cost for administering the Act and facilitates the humane adoption or disposal of excess wild free- Chapter VII - Service Charges and Deposits Page - VII - 3


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