Interior budget shuffles funds to boost energy, parks

Published May 23, 2017 7:32pm ET



The Interior Department would be cut 11 percent under President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget request, while receiving more funds for coal, oil and natural gas development and to fix a maintenance backlog at the national parks.

“President Trump promised the American people he would cut wasteful spending and make the government work for the taxpayer again, and that’s exactly what this budget does,” said Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday in rolling out the agency’s $11.7 billion budget proposal for fiscal 18, which is less than the $13.18 billion it is receiving for fiscal 2017.

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