Both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers received additional discretionary funds in the final fiscal year 2012 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill and were directed by Congress to prepare work plans detailing how the additional funds are to be spent.
The Bureau of Reclamation received an additional $50 million, including $30 million for rural water projects, $5 million for fish screen and fish passage projects, $6 million for water conservation and delivery studies, projects and activities, and $5 million for facilities operation, maintenance and rehabilitation. Reclamation’s spending plan, which was due on January 23rd, has now been released and can be found here.
The Corps of Engineers received an additional $34,740,000 million for Investigations, $253,033,000 for Construction, $46,037,000 for Mississippi River and Tributaries, and $173,409,000 for Operation and Maintenance. The Corps has released its spending plan, which can be found here.
- Bob Schmidt, The Ferguson Group
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