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handle is hein.crs/goveieg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service In arming the legislive debate since 1914 Updated June 27, 2022 Army Corps of Engineers: FY2023 Appropriations Congress generally funds the civil works activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in annual Energy and Water Development appropriations acts. These activities include the planning and construction of authorized water resource projects and the operation and maintenance of infrastructure and navigation improvements managed by USACE. For USACE civil works, President Biden requested $6.60 billion for FY2023 (see Figure 1), which is $1.74 billion below FY2022 enacted annual appropriations of $8.34 billion (Division D, Title I of P.L. 117-103). In 2021, Congress provided USACE with $22.81 billion in supplemental appropriations in P.L. 117-43 and P.L. 117-58 (see CRS In Focus IF11945, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Supplemental Appropriations). Of P.L. 117- 58 supplemental appropriations, $1.08 billion are to become available for use in FY2023 (e.g., $1.00 billion for navigation Operations and Maintenance [O&M] activities). During the FY2023 appropriation process, the Administration may continue its allocation of these supplemental funds toward eligible USACE activities. Figure 1. Annual USACE Budget Requests and Appropriations, FY20 13-FY2023 (nominal $, in billions) Annual Appropriation Budget Request $9.0 $8.0 $7.0 $6.0 $5.0 $4.0 $3 0 $2.0 f $0 0. 0i r Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS). USACE Funding and FY2023 Request Unlike many of the federal agencies that support infrastructure investments by distributing funds to nonfederal entities by formula or through competitive grant programs, USACE directly commits funds for project planning and construction. It uses most of its appropriations for work on specific studies and projects authorized by Congress. Nonfederal project sponsors or users often share in the project construction costs. As with previous budget requests, a majority of President Biden's FY2023 USACE budget request would fund maintenance of existing infrastructure, as reflected by the share of funds requested for the O&M account (see Figure 2). The share of funding for construction in the FY2023 budget request is 19%, which is less than the 30% for this account in FY2022 annual appropriations. The FY2023 request maintains the 2 to 1 benefit-cost ratio (BCR) threshold, first utilized last year, as the minimum basis for requesting funds for navigation and flood risk reduction construction projects. Previous Administrations often used a BCR threshold of greater than 2.5 to 1. Newly funded studies and projects are referred to as new starts. The Administration is requesting funding for three new studies and no new construction starts for FY2023. The President's FY2022 budget request included seven new studies and four new construction projects; the enacted FY2022 annual appropriations funded a number of new study and construction projects in addition to those requested. Supplemental appropriations enacted in 2021 also allocated funds toward additional new starts in FY2022. For more on the USACE appropriations process and related issues, see CRS Report R46320, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Annual Appropriations Process and Issues for Congress. Figure 2. USACE FY2019-FY2022 Annual Appropriations and FY2023 Request, by Account (nominal $, in billions) Source: CRS, based on enacted appropriations laws. Notes: ASA = Assistant Secretary of the Army; FUSRAP = Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program; Regulatory = Regulatory Program; Req = Request; WIFIA = Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. Although the FY2023 request included a proposal to fund certain expenses directly from two navigation trust funds, the FY2023 request is shown using traditional USACE accounts. $8.0 $7.0 $5.0 $4.0 $2.0 $1. * Expenses & ASA * Regulatory Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies F'USRAP Mississippi River& Operations & Maintenance $3.0 Tributaries $1.0 * Construction $0.0 * Investigations O~ C ~-i N ~-i N N N >- >- >- >-

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