President’s Budget Includes $4.631 Billion for Civil Works

The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2012 (FY12) includes $4.631 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) offset in part by a proposal to cancel $57 million of prior year funding of which $35 million was provided through an emergency supplemental appropriation.

The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works said |!|This year’s Civil Works budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reflects the Administration’s priorities through targeted investments in the nation’s infrastructure that help restore the environment and revitalize the economy while also reflecting the need to make the tough choices necessary to put the country on a fiscally sustainable path.

|!|The Budget funds the planning design construction operation and maintenance of projects and focuses on the three main Civil Works mission areas: commercial navigation flood and coastal storm damage reduction and aquatic ecosystem restoration as well as hydropower|!| she said.