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June 23, 2023 

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PASSES FY24 FUNDING FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS  

Last night, the House Committee on Appropriations approved by a vote of 34-24 the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Energy and Water Development (E&W) Appropriations Bill. Included in the bill are Community Project Funding (CPF) requests for Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF) construction projects. 

Overall proposed funding for Corps’ Civil Works is $9.57 billion, an increase of $910 million above FY23’s appropriated level, and $2.16 billion above the President’s FY24 budget request. 

FY24 funding for construction projects on the inland waterways is $455.97 million, with $159.6 million from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, which is a significant increase from the FY24 budget request of $0. The IWTF construction projects included are the following: 

• Chickamauga Lock: $236.8 million  

• Submitted by: Cong. Fleischmann (TN-03) 
   

• Lower Monongahela: $41 million 

• Submitted by: Cong. Reschenthaler (PA-14) 
   

• MKARNS, Three Rivers: $103.17 million 

• Submitted by: Cong. Crawford (AR-01) 
   

• NESP, Navigation Portion: $75 million 

• Submitted by: Cong. S. Graves (MO-06), LaHood (IL-16), Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Sorensen (IL-17), and Budzinski (IL-13) 

The Corps’ Investigations account funding is $136.09 million, a decrease of $36.4 million from the FY23 enacted level and $6.25 million above the FY24 request. WCI secured an investigations request through the CPF process. 

• Bayou Sorrel Lock Replacement Study: $800,000 

• Submitted by: Cong. G. Graves (LA-06) 

Funding for Operations and Maintenance (O&M) is $5.50 billion, an increase of $418.12 million above FY23 and $1.19 billion above the Administration request. 

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