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Army Corps of Engineers: Section 7001 Report

on Future Studies and Projects



Updated February 2, 2024

Congress specifically authorizes most of the water resource development studies, projects, and other
assistance activities performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), typically through Water
Resources Development Acts (WRDAs). In 2014, amid congressional earmark moratorium policies that
applied to authorizations and appropriations during the 112th -16th Congresses, Congress established an
annual process for submission and reporting of nonfederal proposals for site-specific water resource
studies and projects that require congressional authorization. It was enacted as Section 7001 of the Water
Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA 2014; P.L. 113-121, 33 U.S.C. @2282d).
Although earmark policies changed after the 116h Congress, the Section 7001 process remains active and
Section 7001 reports continue to inform WRDA development. Inclusion of a proposal in a Section 7001
report provides neither congressional authorization nor appropriation; rather, inclusion facilitates
congressional consideration of the proposal's authorization.
The Section 7001 process begins with a USACE call for nonfederal proposals and concludes with a report
that the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASACW) transmits to the House Transportation
and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee
(Figure 1). In turn, these reports, among other input, may inform the congressional development of
subsequent WRDAs. For example, Congress used Section 7001 reports when developing WRDAs
enacted from 2016 through 2022. In addition to Section 7001 reports, in the 117th and 118th Congresses,
the House T&I and Senate EPW committees also separately solicited priorities for WRDA from Members
of Congress.












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