After the start of the Civil Works program in 1824, Congress and cabinet officials oversaw the Army's involvement in Civil Works projects. Congress authorized projects, appropriated funds ...

Thirty years later, one of America's largest civil works projects is complete. On the banks of the Ohio River in southern Illinois, construction has been underway since the Reagan administration ...

The Civil Works Program receives its authority principally through Water Resources Development Acts and Federal funding through annual Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.