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handle is hein.crs/goveliq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congress bnaI Research Sea inforrning the iegisav dbtsnce 1.914 Updated April 20, 2023 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: FY2023 Appropriations Congress generally funds 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 operation and maintenance (O&M) of infrastructure and navigation improvements managed by USACE. 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 project construction costs. For more on the USACE appropriations process, see CRS Report R46320, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Annual Appropriations Process. For FY2023 annual appropriations, Congress provided $8.31 billion (26% above the FY2023 President's budget request; see Figure 1) in the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (Division D, Title I, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023; P.L. 117-328). Figure 1. Annual USACE Budget Requests and Annual Appropriations, FY2016-FY2023 (nominal $, in billions) Annual Appropriation Budget Request $9.0 57.0 $6.0 ,211 $1.0_ NJ r 00 M~ O v-i N f+7 r- - - r-1 N N N N Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), based on USACE budget request press books and enacted appropriations laws. Note: Does not reflect supplemental appropriations, including those provided by Division N of P.L. 117-328. In addition to annual appropriations, Congress provided supplemental appropriations to USACE for FY2023 in the same act (outlined in Table 1). Of the $1.48 billion in emergency supplemental funds provided by the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Division N of P.L. 117-328), $350 million was made available for USACE to allocate in a work plan to construction and O&M of certain categories of projects (i.e., similar to additional funding provided through annual appropriations in FY2014-FY2022). Other supplemental appropriations acts with FY2023 funding for USACE included P.L. 117- 180, which designated $20 million for USACE environmental infrastructure assistance, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58). Of IIJA's $17.10 billion for USACE, $1.08 billion was made available in FY2023 (e.g., $1.00 billion for navigation O&M activities). For more information, see CRS In Focus IF11945, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Supplemental Appropriations. Table 1. USACE Appropriations in P.L. I 17-328 Appropriations Amount to Be Administration Assigned by Document Administration Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2023 (Title I of Division D, P.L. 117-328) $8.31 B annual appropriations $0.56 B in additional funding FY2023 Work Plans Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2023 (Title IV of Division N, P.L. I17-328) $1.48 B supplemental appropriations $0.35 B similar to additional funding $1.13 B for natural disaster-related activities FY2023 Work Plans FY2023 Disaster Relief Spend Plans Source: CRS using appropriations acts and USACE budget website. Note: B= billion; $5 million from Division N for disaster-related activities was for expenses, which USACE did not assign to specific studies or projects in its spend plans. Does not reflect other FY2023 supplemental appropriations from P.L. 117-58 and P.L. 117-180. USACE FY2023 Annuai Appropriations The O&M account, which funds maintenance of existing USACE infrastructure, accounted for 61% of USACE's FY2023 annual appropriations (see Figure 2). In Division D, Congress provided $684 million less for the Construction account and $100 million more for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program account in FY2023 than in FY2022. Division N and other acts provided supplemental appropriations for various accounts in FY2023, including the Construction and O&M accounts. Newly funded USACE studies and projects are commonly referred to as new starts. Pursuant to direction in the joint explanatory statement accompanying P.L. 117-328, Congress funded a limited number of new starts; these included the Administration's request for 3 new studies and

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