FISCAL YEAR 2020 Civil Works Budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers March 2019
FISCAL YEAR 2020 Civil Works Budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Department of the Army Office, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) March 2019 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL WORKS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310-0108 OVERVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 2020 CIVIL WORKS BUDGET The President's Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 for the Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program funds the development, management, restoration, and protection of the Nation's water, wetlands, and related resources, through studies, the construction, operation and maintenance of projects, the Corps regulatory program, and emergency response preparedness. These investments will enable communities to reduce their flood risks, facilitate waterborne transportation, restore significant aquatic ecosystems, and generate low-cost renewable hydropower. The Budget focuses on the highest performing work within the three main missions of the Corps: commercial navigation, flood and storm damage reduction, and aquatic ecosystem restoration. The Budget provides $4.827 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program, including $2.308 billion for commercial navigation, $1.011 billion for flood and storm damage reduction, and $187 million for aquatic ecosystem restoration. The Budget funds capital investments in the inland waterways, and proposes establishing an annual fee to support infrastructure investment and economic growth by helping finance the users’ share of future capital investments on inland waterways, as well as 10 percent of the operation and maintenance cost, in these waterways. The Budget also proposes to divest the Washington Aqueduct, which is the wholesale water supply system for Washington, D.C.; Arlington County, Virginia; the City of Falls Church, Virginia; and parts of Fairfax County, Virginia and is the only local water supply system in the Nation owned and operated by the Corps.
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