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GAO-24-106746 1 (2023-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaopki0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 November 16, 2023 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Sam Graves Chairman The Honorable Rick Larsen Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Use of Other Transaction Agreements in Water Development Projects Located within the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has both military and civilian responsibilities. During fiscal year 2022, the Corps invested more than $1.86 billion in research and development activities, primarily for warfighter support programs.1 The Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (Act) authorized the Corps to use a contracting mechanism known as an other transaction agreement to carry out prototype projects and follow-on production transactions to support the basic, applied, and advanced research activities of its civilian Civil Works mission.2 These research efforts can aid the Corps' management of water resources infrastructure including dams, levees, hurricane barriers, and floodgates across the U.S. The Act also includes a provision for GAO to report on the Corps' use of its other transaction agreement authority for its Civil Works program. This report examines the status of the Corps' efforts to implement and use its other transaction agreement authority for its Civil Works program. To determine this information, we reviewed relevant Department of Defense documents and GAO reports and conducted interviews with Corps and Department of Defense officials about the status of guidance and implementation efforts. 1The Corps has both a military and a Civil Works program. The military program provides, among other things, engineering and construction services to other U.S. government agencies and foreign governments. The Civil Works program is responsible for investigating, developing, and maintaining water resources development projects. 2Water Resources Development Act of 2022, Pub. L. No. 117-263, § 8160(a), 136 Stat. 2395, 3741-44 (codified at 33 U.S.C. § 2313(c)). GAO-24-106746 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Page 1

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