HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.usccsset/usconset50626 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Gp
109TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 109-474
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
BILL, 2007
MAY 19, 2006.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HOBSON, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5427]
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in
explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for en-
ergy and water development for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2007, and for other purposes.
INTRODUCTION
The Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill for fiscal
year 2007 totals $30,017,000,000, $545,773,000 above the Presi-
dent's budget request, and $172,000,000 below the amount appro-
priated in fiscal year 2006.
Title I of the bill provides $4,983,803,000 for the programs of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a decrease of $345,367,000 below
the fiscal year 2006 enacted level (adjusted for one-time emergency
spending) and $250,803,000 over the budget request. The fiscal
year 2007 budget request for the Corps of Engineers totals
$4,733,000,000, which is composed of entirely of new budget au-
thority.
The fiscal year 2007 budget request for the Corps' Civil Works
program continues the performance-based ranking system insti-
tuted in fiscal year 2006 with two major modifications to the guide-
lines. The first allows risks to human life to be considered along
with economics for flood and storm damage reduction projects. The
second changes the prioritization process for environmental res-
toration projects. This performance-based system is intended to
focus limited federal resources on the efficient completion of high
economic-value projects while suspending or terminating work on
other projects found not to be of as high an economic value and on
27-628](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.usccsset/usconset50626&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)