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A divided House Appropriations Committee advanced a FY024 spending bill that provides $9.57 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. That's $910 million above the enacted level for the current year. By a vote of 34 to 24, the committee sent the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill to the full House, which is set to reconvene July 11.Ten committee votes may sound like a comfortable margin, but those divisions are still disquieting, with some Republicans wanting to limit new Corps spending to FY2022 levels.Key provisions listed by the panel include $2,771 billion for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, $456 million for construction projects on the inland waterways system, fully funding ongoing work for fiscal year 2024, and up to $1.54 billion for flood and storm damage reduction activities. |