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House Passes Corps Civil Works Funding Bill

Includes $1 Billion More Than President鈥檚 Request Only July 10, the House passed the on a . Within that bill, the House approved over $5.1 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works program. That figure amounts to $1 billion more than . The funding bill includes notable, record-high annual funding levels for Civil Work鈥檚 construction and operation and maintenance (O&M) accounts. 聽聽Within the O&M account, the bill also approves over , also a record figure. You can find the projects recommended by the president by .

Account*

FY 2012

FY 2013聽 (after Sequester)

FY 2014

FY 2015

President鈥檚 Request

FY 2015

House Bill

Construction

$1,694

$1,587

$1,656

$1,125

$1,711

O&M

$2,412

$2,287

$2,861

$2,600

$2,964

MR&T

$252

$238

$307

$245

$260

FUSRAP

$109

$100

$103

$100

$100

Flood Control & Coastal Emergency

$27

$26

$28

$28

$28

Investigations

$125

$119

$125

$80

$115

TOTAL

$4,619

$4,357

$5,080

$4,178

$5,178

聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Senate Appropriations Committee has not yet voted on its version of this bill. Last month, Senate Democrats pulled the bill from committee consideration to avoid votes on amendments regarding climate change, coal regulations and the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 proposed regulations to expand federal jurisdiction over water. There is no indication that the Senate will move forward on the bill. For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at (703) 837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.听