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GAO-22-105919 1 (2022-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaonrk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office TEFUNDS: Specific Fiscal Year 2022 Provisions for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers GAO-22-105919 September 2022 Report to Congressional Committees The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated approximately $583.6 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 156 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called Congressionally Directed Spending in the U.S. Senate and Community Project Funding in the House of Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support for requests. This report examines how the Corps intends to identify the provisions, distribute the funds made available through these provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds. What are the intended uses of these funds? The $583.6 million is intended to support the study, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of authorized water resources projects, including projects located along waterways. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending Provisions Source: GAO analysis of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and accompanying joint explanatory statement; and information provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. i GAO-22-105919 aBased on total amount appropriated for each budget account for fiscal year 2022. Who are the designated recipients? The Corps is the designated recipient of funds for 156 local or regional water resources projects. Key Observations * More than half of the funds are for projects under the Construction account. The amount of funding designated for each project under this account ranges from $50,000 to over $45 million. These projects include improving navigation (e.g., deepening harbors) and managing flood risks (e.g., constructing levees). GAO-22-105919 Tracking the Funds: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Page 1

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