2010 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget: Facts and Figures

Posted March 23, 2010
By Office of Public Affairs
Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

03/23/2010 - Washington — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is one of 11 Army direct reporting units and is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction agency. Under the office of the chief of engineers in Washington, D.C., its 35,000 employees comprise a worldwide network of eight divisions, 40 subordinate districts, two laboratories and one engineer research and development center providing quality, responsive engineering service.

USACE receives funding from many different sources in order to provide vital public engineering services to strengthen the nation, energize the economy, and reduce risk from disasters. The stewardship of these funds is predominately executed through USACE's Civil Works (CW) and Military Programs (MP) activities.

Funding sources

USACE receives federal funds through a number of different appropriations and trust funds. These funding sources include:

• Annual Civil Works appropriation
• Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
• Inland Waterways Trust Fund
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• Defense Department Appropriations Act
• Coastal Wetlands Restoration Trust Fund
• Permanent Appropriations
• Rivers and Harbors Contributed Funds
• Disaster Relief and Recovery Supplemental Appropriations
• Special Recreation User Fees
• Reimbursable Programs

Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10, Oct. 1, 2009-Sept. 30, 2010) funding

In FY10, USACE has funds totaling $48.1 billion available to execute its CW and MP activities. This total includes funds that remain from the $6.6 billion CW FY09 supplemental appropriation and other appropriations that have been carried over from previous years. Broken down by program area, this includes:

• Civil Works -- $7.3 billion
• CW ARRA -- $2.4 billion
• Supplemental and carry-over -- $10.2 billion
• Total CW -- $19.9 billion

• Military Programs -- $25.8 billion
• MP ARRA -- $2.4 billion
• Total MP -- $28.2 billion

Facts and figures

• USACE will execute a CW and MP budget totaling $48.1 billion in FY10.
• The FY09 appropriated $6.6 billion CW supplemental funding of which $1.6 billion has been obligated as of January 2010. In FY09, $1.3 billion was obligated.
• Total USACE spending was more than $41 billion in FY09, including ARRA, CW supplemental, MP and CW funds.
• USACE's total budget was $12 billion in 2003. The increase indicates the confidence the American people have placed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform critical services on behalf of the nation.