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While the Chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations committees have said they intend to pass all 12 appropriations
bills before the September 30 end of the FY25 fiscal year, time is running short for Congress to cross the finish line in time,
which could portend another Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government until all bills are finalized or rolled into a
larger omnibus bill.

The House Appropriations Committee did its part on July 9, marking up and passing the Energy & Water Development
(E&WD) and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which included $9.96 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil
Works mission—a record funding level. FY25 E&WD funding was $1.28 billion above last year’s (FY24) enacted level and
provided $423 million for construction and major rehabilitation projects on the inland waterways system. There were no new starts
for any projects across all Corps of Engineers sectors in the bill.

For the FY25 Construction Account, $3.01 billion was appropriated, an increase of $1.05 billion from the FY25 President’s
budget request.

And while inland waterways construction and major rehabilitation projects received another strong year of funding at
$423 million, at least $148 million will come from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund to specifically fund the following: 

• Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee
River, Ky. - $218 million, requested by
Cong. Comer, (KY-01)
• Navigation & Ecosystem Sustainability
Program (NESP) - $54 million, which
will all go toward ecosystem restoration
efforts, requested by Cong. S.
Graves (MO-06), Luetkemeyer (MO-
03), Sorensen (IL-17), and Budzinski
(IL-13). (which will be used for the
environmental portion of NESP)
The remaining funding for inland
waterways construction is contained in an
additional funding pot that the Corps will
allocate in its FY25 work plan that will be
released 60 days after enactment of the final
E&WD appropriations bill.
The Corps’ Investigations account
received $159 million, up $48.42 million
from the FY25 President’s budget request.
Specifically funding the following projects:
• St. Anthony Falls, Lock and Dam 1,
Mississippi River, Minn. - $100,000
• Upper St. Anthony Falls, Mississippi
River, Minn. - $50,000

The Mississippi River and Tributaries
(MR&T) account received $370 million,
which represents a $125.16 million increase
from the President’s FY25 budget request to
fund inland waterways projects that include
the following:

• Channel Improvement funding for
Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee -
$81.18 million