Any discretionary appropriation for the Corps of Engineers—

(1) derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, in this fiscal year and thereafter, not to exceed the sum of—

(A) the total amount deposited in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in the fiscal year that is two years prior to the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and

(B)(i) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;

(ii) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;

(iii) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;

(iv) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;

(v) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;

(vi) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;

(vii) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;

(viii) $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;

(ix) $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and

(x) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2030 and thereafter; and


(2) for the Operation and Maintenance account of the Corps of Engineers which is designated in statute as being to carry out subsection (c) of section 2238c of this title, not to exceed—

(A) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;

(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;

(C) $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;

(D) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;

(E) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;

(F) $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;

(G) $64,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;

(H) $66,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;

(I) $68,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and

(J) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2030;


shall be subtracted from the estimate of discretionary budget authority and outlays for any estimate of an appropriations Act under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Terms Used In 33 USC 2238b-1

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
  • Budget authority: Authority provided by law to enter into obligations that will result in outlays of Federal funds. Budget authority may be classified by the period of availability (one-year, multiyear, no-year), by the timing of congressional action (current or permanent), or by the manner of determining the amount available (definite or indefinite).
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
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