In fiscal 2015, the Army had a budget of $151 billion. In fiscal 2016, it had 230,765 nonseasonal, full-time permanent employees.4
• Performs the duties and exercises the powers prescribed by the secretary of the Army (10 U.S.C. § 3016)
• Sets the strategic direction for, and oversees functions relating to the Army’s Civil Works Program, including all reimbursable work performed on behalf of federal and nonfederal entities and foreign governments
• Supervises the execution of the Civil Works Program by the chief of engineers
• Directs and supervises the conservation and development of national water resources, including flood and coastal storm risk management, river and harbor navigation, environmental restoration and protection, water supply, hydroelectric power, shore protection, recreation and related purposes
• Develops, communicates and directs the execution of the policy, legislative and financial programs, and the annual budget, for the Army Civil Works Program
• Develops and supervises the planning program and supporting recommendations of the secretary through the executive branch to Congress for civil works projects
• Develops policy and guidance for administering the Civil Works Regulatory Program to protect, restore and maintain the waters of the United States in the interest of the environment and navigation
• Serves as congressional liaison on all matters associated with the Civil Works Program, including serving as the Department of the Army’s point of contact for House and Senate Authorization and Appropriations Committees charged with overseeing the Civil Works Program
• Advises the secretary on the assignment or transfer of all officers at the grade of lieutenant colonel and above to and from duties involving the civil works functions of the Corps of Engineers5