House Appropriations Committee Cuts SRF Appropriations for FY 2012
On July 12, the House Appropriations Committee approved its Interior & Environment Appropriations legislation, which includes dollar allocations for fiscal 2012. Following on April’s fiscal 2011 budget agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency’s State Revolving Fund programs were again a major target. The whole agency saw a $1.53 billion, or 18 percent cut, from current spending and much of that would come at the expense of clean water programs. The bill would fund the Clean Water SRF at $689 million, down from $1.5 billion in FY2011 and $2.1 billion in FY10. The Drinking Water SRF would be funded at $829 million, down from $965 million in FY2011 and $1.4 billion in FY2010. Total cuts to the SRF programs would be $967 million from FY2011 numbers, bringing the SRFs back to FY2008 levels. Now that the full Committee has approved the legislation, it moves to the full House for consideration and amendments.
For more information, please contact Scott Berry at (703) 837-5321 or berrys@agc.org.
House Expected to Approve Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
The House of Representatives is expected to pass the FY2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill today. Under the bill, the Army Corps of Engineers civil works program would be funded at $4.76 billion, a decrease of nearly $89 million from last year’s level and $195 million above the budget request.
2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Summary
For the Bureau of Reclamation, the legislation would provide $934 million – $161 million below last year’s level and $117 million below the president’s request.
For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5325 or giamberm@agc.org.
Senate Votes to Approve FY2012 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Spending Bill
The Senate is expected to approve the FY 2012 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill (H.R. 2055) today.. The bill provides $13.7 billion for military construction and family housing. This figure is $1.049 billion below the budget request and $2.87 billion below the FY2011 enacted level, due primarily to the completion of the BRAC 2005 construction phase in fiscal 2011. For VA, the plan provides a total of $589 million in funding for the major construction projects, a $486 million decrease from the $1.076 billion adopted in fiscal 2011.
For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5325 or giamberm@agc.org.
|
Request |
FY2012 House Mark |
FY2012 Pres. Budget |
FY2011 Enacted |
|
Total Civil Works |
4,857,213,000 |
4,768,406,000 |
4,573,000,000 |
|
Investigations |
126,746,000 |
104,000,000 |
104,000,000 |
|
Construction |
613,822,000 |
1,615,941,000 |
1,480,000,000 |
|
Miss River & Tributaries |
241,906,000 |
210,000,000 |
152,000,000 |
|
Operations & Maintenance |
2,365,759,000 |
2,366,465,000 |
2,314,000,000 |
|
Flood Control/Coastal Emergencies |
----------------- |
27,000,000 |
27,000,000 |