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handle is hein.crs/govepnq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Informing the legishlive debate since 1914 0 Updated April 17, 2024 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: FY2024 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 (O&M) of infrastructure and navigation improvements managed by USACE. USACE 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 USACE annual appropriations in general, see CRS Report R46320, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Annual Appropriations Process. For FY2024 annual appropriations, Congress provided $8.68 billion for USACE civil works (after accounting for $22 million in recissions) in Title I of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (Division D of P.L. 118-42). This total is 17% above the FY2024 President's budget request (see Figure 1). Congress included an explanatory statement providing further direction to USACE. The act directed $1.46 billion of unobligated Construction account funding from prior appropriations to fund FY2024 Construction account activities. That is, the act provided for $8.68 billion in new appropriations (Figure 1) and redirected the use of $1.46 billion in previous unobligated appropriations (not shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2). Figure I. Annual USACE Budget Requests and Appropriations, FY20 I 7-FY2024 (nominal $, in billions) Annual Appropriations Budget Request $9.0 $7.0 $6.0 $5.0 $4.0 $3.0) $2.0 $1.0 $0.0 , , , . . . . Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), based on appropriations laws from FY201 7-FY2024. Notes: Does not reflect supplemental appropriations and redirection of prior year appropriations. In addition, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58) provided $1.05 billion in advance appropriations for FY2024-$1.00 billion for O&M activities and $50 million for coastal flood damage reduction construction. (See CRS Insight INi 1723, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Fundingfor U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers (USACE) Civil Works.) The Administration allocated these supplemental funds toward eligible USACE activities in FY2024 IIJA spend plans. USACE FY2024 Annual Appropriations The O&M account, which funds maintenance of existing USACE infrastructure, accounted for 64% of USACE's $8.68 billion in FY2024 annual appropriations (Figure 2). Some accounts decreased in funding compared with FY2023 annual appropriations, including the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (-$100 million) and Investigations (-$40 million). The explanatory statement listed Investigations appropriations, which fund studies and design work to contemplate USACE projects, in two categories: (1) Feasibility and (2) Preconstruction, Engineering, and Design (PED). Figure 2. USACE FY2017-FY2024 Annual Appropriations, Percentage of Total by Account 10% S0% EII * Expenses & ASA U Regulatory ECCE FUSRAP MR&T N&M * Construction a Investigations r~ eQ o~ 0 ~-l c.j rfl ~ r N N N IN N Source: CRS, based on appropriations laws from FY2017-FY2024. Notes: ASA = Assistant Secretary of the Army; FCCE = Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies; FUSRAP = Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program; MR&T = Mississippi River and Tributaries; O&M = Operation and Maintenance; Regulatory = Regulatory Program; WIFIP = Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. Does not reflect supplemental appropriations or redirection of prior year funds. For the Construction account, the act directs $3.32 billion for projects and activities funded under the account. This total includes $1.85 billion in annual appropriations and, as 80% 7(% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

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