Corps of Engineers - Civil Works

In its own words: Serve the public by providing the Nation with quality and responsive Development and management of the Nation's water resources; Support of commercial navigation; Restoration, protection and management of aquatic ecosystems; Flood risk management; and Engineering and technical services in an environmentally sustainable, economic, and technically sound manner with a focus on public safety and collaborative partnerships.

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This agency on USAspending.gov →Its budget request to Congress →← Every agency

$12.1B

spent in fiscal year 2025 (net)

0.2 cents

of every federal dollar spent

$35

for every person in the country

$35.3B

committed in the year (obligations)

The Treasury’s books put its net outlays at $12,124,040,201. Its own accounts, as it reported them to USAspending, show $34,330,067,806 in gross outlays: the difference is what its programs took back in and what it paid to other federal accounts, lines the Treasury’s breakdown below lists and subtracts.

Over time

Net outlays in each fiscal year, from the Treasury's September statements.

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The figures

Fiscal year	Net outlays
2025	$12,124,040,201
2024	$11,344,677,274
2023	$7,805,764,127
2022	$8,181,448,625
2021	$7,935,596,750
2020	$7,630,906,995
2019	$6,454,158,368
2018	$5,082,095,502
2017	$6,453,426,761
2016	$6,388,208,342
2015	$6,683,343,838

Inside the agency, as the Treasury lists it

Net outlays by bureau and account, the same books as the total above. Open a line to see what is inside it. Lines in italics are subtracted: money the public paid back, and payments between federal accounts.

Construction$4.50B37.2%
Operation and Maintenance$3.53B29.1%
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies$463M3.8%
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund$2.20B18.2%
Rivers and Harbors Contributed Funds$668M5.5%
Other$1.57B12.9%
Proprietary Receipts from the PublicMoney the public paid back to these accounts, subtracted from the total-$806M
Intrabudgetary TransactionsPayments between federal accounts, subtracted so nothing is counted twice-$633k

Its federal accounts

Each federal account is one pot of money Congress appropriates, and these are the 22 this agency paid out of, by gross outlays. Each opens on USAspending.gov, which lists its programs and awards.

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What kind of payment

Gross outlays by object class, grouped: what each dollar bought.

Contracts, goods and services59.0%$20,260,564,772
Equipment, buildings and loans23.3%$7,988,231,270
Pay and benefits of federal staff17.7%$6,079,963,207
Benefits paid to people<0.1%$1,088,571
Interest<0.1%$214,811
Grants and subsidies<0.1%$5,173
Gross outlays100%$34,330,067,804

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Every object class

Other goods and services from Federal sources$10.2B29.9%
Other services from non-Federal sources$7.73B22.5%
Land and structures$7.91B23.0%
Full-time permanent$4.56B13.3%
Operation and maintenance of facilities$933M2.7%
Civilian personnel benefits$1.13B3.3%
Advisory and assistance services$327M1.0%
Other personnel compensation$341M1.0%
Travel and transportation of persons$261M0.8%
Rental payments to GSA$273M0.8%
Supplies and materials$207M0.6%
Equipment$77M0.2%
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges$125M0.4%
Operation and maintenance of equipment$83M0.2%
Rental payments to others$61M0.2%
Other than full-time permanent$49M0.1%
Research and development contracts$159k<0.1%
Transportation of things$14M<0.1%
Grants, subsidies, and contributions$5k<0.1%
Insurance claims and indemnities$1.1M<0.1%
Printing and reproduction$606k<0.1%
Medical care$434k<0.1%
Interest and dividends$215k<0.1%
Subsistence and support of persons$85k<0.1%

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What its money pays for

Its gross outlays by the budget function and subfunction of each account. Open a function to see every agency that spends on it.

Natural Resources and Environment99.2%$34.1B
National Defense0.8%$260M
Gross outlays100%$34.3B

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Water resourcesNatural Resources and Environment$34.1B99.2%
Atomic energy defense activitiesNational Defense$260M0.8%
Recreational resourcesNatural Resources and Environment$3.0M<0.1%
Other natural resourcesNatural Resources and Environment$1.0M<0.1%

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Net outlays and the bureau breakdown are the Monthly Treasury Statement’s for September 2025, table 5. Everything else is what Corps of Engineers - Civil Works reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal year 2025: its accounts, object classes and functions as gross outlays and obligations, and its contracts, grants, loans and direct payments as award obligations, by the place of performance. Awards are counted under the agency that made them.