# Small Watershed P.L. 83-566

**Agency:** Agriculture (USDA)  
**Account:** Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program  
**Source document:** Natural Resources Conservation Service · p. 36  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/agriculture/small-watershed-p-l-83-566  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 50.0 |

## Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $20.40B, FY2026 $33.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

(1) A decrease of $50,000,000 and a decrease of 45 staff years for the Watershed and Flood No new discretionary funding requested in 2027. There is permanent funding of $150 million provided annually through the Farm Bill to support priority watershed projects. Table NRCS-16. Geographic Breakdown of Obligations and FTEs thousands of dollars,


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Agriculture (USDA) › Natural Resources Conservation Service › Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program › Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program: Discretionary Appropriations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*